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Rajiv Rai is one of the highly acclaimed film makers in Bollywood. He has worked and directed in plenty of films. Rajiv Rai is the son of the veteran producer Gulshan Rai. The films of Rajiv have made lots of success in the box office and they have been very popular in the Indian market as well as overseas.

Rajiv Rai was born in the year 1955 in Mumbai. In addition to being a director, Rajiv has also worked as a film writer and editor. Most of his films are made under their home production which is named as Trimurti Films. Rajiv Rai made his debut as a director in the movie Yudh. The film was released in the year 1985. It made moderate response in the box office and also made moderate business. The film starred Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor and Tina Munim.

After the moderate success of Yudh, Rajiv Rai directed more films. Most of the movies that he directed were written by him. Some of his popular movies include Tridev, Vishwatma, Mohra and Gupt. All these movies were thrillers and made wonderful response in the box office. The main traits that made the movies of Rajiv Rai popular are the plot construction, camera work, and other technicalities.

Music also plays an important factor for making the movies popular. Almost all the films of Rajiv Rai have wonderful musical compositions which have become very popular. Most of the music are composes by Viju Shah.

Some other movies of Rajiv Rai that have created success in the box office are:

• Asambhav
• Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat
• Vishwatma

All these films had mixed response in the box office. They made moderate business in the Indian Market and the foreign market.

Rajiv Rai married Bollywood actress Sonam. Sonam was a part of the casting crew in Tridev and Vishwatma. Both of these movies were released in the mid 90s. He went to the United Kingdom for some period of time and has presently returned to India. Rajeev is presently not into directing any movies but he is making attempts to direct more movies.

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