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• Father was a lyricist active in the 1960s and 1970s.
• Grew up spending a lot of time on movie sets, and thereby learning the arts of the trade.
• Assisted Mahesh Bhatt and David Dhawan before directing his own films.
• Directorial debut Kambakkht Ishq (2009) featured Akshay Kumar alongside Kareena Kapoor and Hollywood stars Sylvester Stallone and Denise Richards.
• Handed actors Tiger Shroff and Kriti Sanon their debuts in his second film Heropanti (2014).