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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1972-12-13 (52 years old)

Place of Birth

Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, India

Krishna D.K.

Biography:

Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. widely known as Raj & DK are an Indian American film director-producer duo known for their unique works in Bollywood. The duo are known for their quirky filmmaking and unique sense of style and humor. They have written and directed the widely known sleeper-hits such as Shor in the City and Go Goa Gone (India’s first slacker film and horror-comedy with Saif Ali Khan.) Raj & DK's last film was a meta romcom, Happy Ending. Their latest offering is an action comedy, A Gentleman starring Sidharth Malhotra and Jacqueline Fernandez.

The Indian emigrants to the United States - Raj & DK’s first Hindi feature film, 99 is an original crime-comic-thriller-historical-fiction set in Mumbai and Delhi. The New York Times called it "funny, inventive, refreshing"; Box Office magazine (USA) acclaimed that the film "sets new standards in Hindi cinema!"; and a number of Indian publications gave it four star reviews.

Shor in the City was the most acclaimed Hindi film of the year. It received glowing reviews from across media publications. The film was also made at a micro-budget, making it profitable even before the film's release. The film was also selected to various high profile film festivals across the world.

Go Goa Gone was a clutter-breaking film that introduced to India the first of it's kind of a genre-bending film - stoner/slacker comedy combined with horror and comedy. It become a cult film, especially among the younger audience.

Known For

Acting

2019

The Family Man as Nikhil

2013

2000

Directing

2024

2023

Farzi as Director
Guns & Gulaabs as Director

2020

Unpaused as Director

2019

The Family Man as Director

2017

A Gentleman as Director

2014

Happy Ending as Director

2013

Go Goa Gone as Director

2011

Shor in the City as Director

2009

99 as Director

2004

Flavors as Director

Production

2024

Citadel Honey Bunny as Executive Producer

2023

Farzi as Producer
Guns & Gulaabs as Producer

2021

Cinema Bandi as Producer

2020

Unpaused as Producer

2019

The Family Man as Producer

2018

Stree as Producer

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Gulkanda Tales as Producer

Writing

2024

Stree 2 as Characters
Citadel Honey Bunny as Screenplay

2023

Farzi as Writer
Guns & Gulaabs as Writer

2019

The Family Man as Writer

2018

Stree as Screenplay
Stree as Story

2017

A Gentleman as Screenplay
A Gentleman as Dialogue
A Gentleman as Story

2014

Happy Ending as Writer

2013

Go Goa Gone as Writer

2011

Shor in the City as Screenplay

2009

99 as Screenplay

Creator

2023

Farzi as Creator
Guns & Gulaabs as Creator

2019

The Family Man as Creator