Rajiv Rai

Rajiv Rai was born in 1955 in Mumbai, India. Rajiv Rai is an Indian film writer, editor and director. Rajiv in his directing career has directed all this films under his father's production company Trimurti Films. Rajiv Rai made his debut as a director with the 1985 film Yudh.

Rajiv wrote and directed several Hindi blockbuster films in the action and thriller genres 1989 film Tridev, Vishwatma in 1992, Mohra that he directed in 1994 and Gupt in 1997.

Rajiv Rai's films are also notable for their fantastic music that also helped the films to be successful hits. Rajiv Rai married Bollywood actress Sonam, who was one of the leading heroine in Rajiv's directed films like Tridev and Vishwatma in the 1990s.

In the year 1997, Rajiv Rai had to leave India with his family for the UK after it was believed that the director was working for the Mumbai underworld don Abu Salem.

After a few years break from the Bollywood industry, Rajiv returned to directing with his comeback projects Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat (2001) and Asambhav (2004). Although, both the films badly failed at the box office.