VIKRAM BHATT

VIKRAM BHATT – Film Director/Scriptwriter.

Vikram Bhatt (born 27 January 1969). He is the grandson of Vijay Bhatt, who was one of the pioneer of Indian Films and the son of cinematographer Pravin Bhatt.

Bhatt started his career in 1982, at the age of 14, with the late director Mukul Anand in Anand's first film, Kanoon Kya Karega, working with him for six and a half months. Bhatt's last film with Mukul was the Indian cinema classic Agneepath, for which he was a chief assistant.Subsequently, Bhatt worked with director Shekhar Kapur for two and a half years and later with director Mahesh Bhatt for two years, on films including Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke and Junoon.

His career as a director began with the film Jaanam, which was produced by Mukesh Bhatt. His first four films did not do well at the box office, his first success coming with Fareb. Following this, he had a string of successful films such as Ghulam, Kasoor, Raaz and Awara Paagal Deewana. After Awara Paagal Deewana , he entered a phase where his films did not do particularly well except for the odd Deewane Huye Paagal and the semi-biopic Ankahee.In 2008, he came back with the success of his horror film, 1920. Shaapit followed in 2010, completing his successful horror trilogy.

In 2010, Bhatt pioneered in the field of stereoscopic 3D for the first time in India; his Haunted – 3D is the first stereoscopic 3D Hindi film. Haunted, released in May 2011, went on to become the highest grossing Hindi horror film of all time, making Rs. 270 million at the box office.In 2012, Bhatt's Raaz 3D recorded domestic box office collection of 72.90 Crores after the 3rd weekend and the overseas collection was at 4.60 Crores. Riding high with the success, Bhatt is writing another horror-thriller for Bipasha in the central role, with a more shocking image than Raaz 3. Following the success of Raaz 3, Vikram Bhatt's written Hindi horror movie 1920: Evil Returns which has been directed by debutant Bhushan Patel topped the first weekend collection chart at the Box Office and the approximate collection was Rs 12.43 crores nett. The movie further collected approx Rs 3.75 cr nett in the second Weekend, taking the total to Rs 22.86 cr nett. The movie has been declared a 'Hit'. 

Bhatt's latest was a 3D supernatural thriller titled Dangerous Ishq. In June 2011, actress Karisma Kapoor was undertaking martial arts training to prepare for her role. She played five characters covering historical and spiritual events, spanning from ancient times to the partition of India, to the assassination of Indira Gandhi and through to present-day politics. Kapoor had five leading men, each sharing an event with one of her characters. As one of her characters was a supermodel, the film was considered to be an ideal comeback vehicle for Kapoor but eventually turned out to be a disaster.

He has one daughter from his earlier marriage but currently he is divorced. He has been linked with many high profile women such as Sushmita Sen and Ameesha Patel.