Dhwani Gautam
Born (1985-07-22) 22 July 1985
Gujarat, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materThe Asian School
Marwah Studios Noida
Occupation(s)Producer, Director and Writer
Years active2007–present
OrganizationDhwani Gautam Films
Notable workHeroes
Romance Complicated
Order Order Out of Order

Dhwani Gautam (born 22 July 1985) is a filmmaker, director and writer known for Romance Complicated and Hoon Tari Heer. He is the one who predominantly works in the Gujarati Film Industry and Bollywood.[1][2][3]

Early life

Dhwani Gautam was born in Gujarat. He has done his schooling from The Asian School and a degree in film-making from Marwah studios Noida. It all started when he was 13 years old when he watched Yash Chopra's Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. Since then he decided to become a Film Director. Coming from the middle-class family it was quite tough to pursue the career into entertainment industry. He has worked as Radio Jockey in initials days in New Delhi. His struggle started when he shifted to Mumbai to pursue his career.

Career

Hailing from a middle-class family based in Delhi, Gautam worked small jobs until he became an RJ for a while. Later, he moved to Mumbai. He was hired as an assistant director for the family drama, Baa Bahoo Aur Baby. Later he went on to work for three more serials. He later worked in the Sunny Deol starrer Heroes and the Bobby Deol starrer Nanhe Jaisalmer. After garnering experience in direction and writing, he went on to work for the Punjabi Film Industry.

In 2015, he started work on his own films Romance Complicated which was the first film of his as directorial debut,[4] which was his dream project and it was the first film of Gujarati cinema which has been shot overseas.[5] from that film he has also acted in negative character.[6] Dhwani Gautam put his trust on India's raw star winner Darshan Raval as music director[7] for Romance Complicated.

He made his television comeback with cooking show in 2018 named Great Gujarati Cooking Competition.[8]

In 2019 he again come up with the Mr D Show - Get Funny with Dhwani, where 60+ artists such as Malhar Thakar, Parthiv Gohil, Manasi Parekh, Pooja Jhaveri, Raunaq Kamdar and many more came on the show. The show got telecast on Shemaroo Entertainment's OTT platform ShemarooMe.[9]

In 2020 before the starting of pandemic he has started his one of the dream project named Kesariya with Malhar Thakar, Anshul Trivedi and Ritu Bhagwani.[10] The rumor came that movie has stopped due to the lack of fund and Dhwani Gautam has denied it.[11]

Post lock down he has shot the independent Gujarati music song with Geeta Rabari for the song name Pardesiya.[12] and Valamiya 2.0.[13] He has also directed the independent song named Hawa Karda Punjabi song featuring Shama Sikander.[14]

End of 2021 he started his dream project named "Hoon Tari Heer" with Bharat Chawda, Puja Joshi, and Ojas Rawal.[15]

His upcoming project named "Love Atrangi", starring Puja Joshi, Anshul Trivedi and Pooja Jhaveri very soon on the floor.[16]

Filmography

Assistant Director

Year Film
2007 Hats Off Productions
2008 Sagar Arts Vadodara
2008 Heroes

Films

Year Film Director Actor Associate Producer Screenplay Writer Language
2014 The Last Don Yes Gujarati
2016 Romance Complicated Yes Yes Yes Yes Gujarati
2016 Tuu To Gayo Yes Yes Yes Yes Gujarati
2018 Midnights with Menka Yes Gujarati
2019 Order Order Out Of Order[17] Yes Yes Yes Yes Gujarati
2020 Golkeri Yes Gujarati
2022 Hoon Tari Heer[18] Yes Yes Yes Yes Gujarati
2024 Dayro [19] Yes Yes Yes Yes Gujarati
2024 Shubh Saanj [20] Yes Yes Yes Yes Gujarati
2024 The Story of Patel Vs. Patrick Yes Yes Yes Yes Gujarati
2024 Kesariya Yes Yes Yes Yes Gujarati
2024 Love Atrangi Yes Yes Yes Yes Gujarati

Television

Year Series Season Director Producer Language Network/Platform Notes
2013 Jeevti Vaarta 1 Yes Yes Gujarati VTV-Gujarati serial
2017 Mr D Show[21] 1 Yes Yes Gujarati GTPL Chat Show & Host
2018 Great Gujarat Cooking [22] 1 Gujarati GTPL Coocking Show & Host
2019 Mr D Show - Get Funny With Dhwani.[23] 2 Yes Yes Gujarati Shemaroo Entertainment Chat Show & Host
2019 Great Gujarat Cooking [24] 2 Gujarati News18 Gujarati Coocking Show & Host

Music Videos

Year Song Name Director Producer Screenplay Writer Language
2021 Valmiya 2.0 Yes Yes Yes Gujarati
2021 Pardesiya Yes Yes Yes Gujarati
2021 Hawa Karda Yes Punjabi

References

  1. ↑ Ahmedabad, The Times Of India (8 September 2016). "City newbies to dazzle the Gujarati silver screen". No. Ahmedabad Times. The Times Group. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  2. ↑ Gujarat, Desh (15 March 2016). "Darshan Raval becomes highest paid actor in Gujarati film industry". No. Online. News Agencies. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  3. ↑ Patel, Kalgi (7 September 2014). "RomCom uses social networking site to cast actors". No. Times Of India Ahmedabad. Times News Network. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  4. ↑ TNN, Times News Network (8 February 2015). "The new-age directors of Gujarati cinema". No. Indiatimes. The Times Group. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  5. ↑ Patel, Kalgi. "Past few months have been great: Dhwani". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  6. ↑ Iyer, Shreya (5 January 2016). "Playing a negative character is always exciting: Dhwani Gautam". No. Times Of India. TNN. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  7. ↑ Today, India (1 December 2014). "India's Raw Star: Rituraj Mohanty beats Darshan Raval to be the winner". India Today. No. Mumbai. India Today Group. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "Dhwani Gautam makes a comeback to small screen! - Times of India". The Times of India.
  9. ↑ "ShemarooMe Launches New Gujarati Chat Show With Dhwani Gautam". No. Mumbai. mumbailive.com. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  10. ↑ "I will begin the shoot of Kesariya in August: Dhwani Gautam - Times of India". The Times of India.
  11. ↑ "Dhwani Gautam on rumors of 'Kesariya': It's a complete lie that the film has stopped due to lack of funds - Times of India". The Times of India. 8 October 2021.
  12. ↑ "Pardesiya - YouTube". YouTube.
  13. ↑ "Valamiya 2.0 - YouTube". YouTube.
  14. ↑ "Afsana Khan : Hawa Karda - YouTube". YouTube.
  15. ↑ "Exclusive Pics! Dhwani Gautam shares a glimpse of 'Hoon Tari Heer' Muhurat rituals - Times of India". The Times of India.
  16. ↑ "PIC! Dhwani Gautam preps for his next untitled project - Times of India". The Times of India.
  17. ↑ "Order Order Out of Order Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos | eTimes". The Times of India.
  18. ↑ Today, India. "Dhwani Gautam to start shooting on his dream project 'Hoon Tari Heer' soon - Exclusive!". The Times of India.
  19. ↑ Today, India. "'Dayro': Dhwani Gautam announces his next; poster out!". The Times of India.
  20. ↑ Today, India. "Dhwani Gautam completes his next romantic venture 'Shubh Saanj', watch the video!". The Times of India.
  21. ↑ "Dhwani Gautam makes a comeback to small screen! - Times of India". The Times of India.
  22. ↑ "Dhwani Gautam makes a comeback to small screen! - Times of India". The Times of India.
  23. ↑ "ShemarooMe Launches New Gujarati Chat Show With Dhwani Gautam". No. Mumbai. mumbailive.com. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  24. ↑ "Dhwani Gautam makes a comeback to small screen! - Times of India". The Times of India.
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