Indian film producer, director, writer and journalist
For the fashion photographer, see Amit Khanna (photographer).
Amit Khanna
Born
(1951-03-01) 1 March 1951 (age 73)[1]
Delhi, India
Nationality
Indian
Occupation(s)
Film producer, lyricist, author, media executive
Years active
1971 - present
Known for
Founder trustee of the Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image
Notable work
Gudia, Sardari Begum, Bhairavi
Parents
Jawaharlal Khanna (father)
Hem Khanna (mother)
Awards
3 National Film Awards
Website
amitkhanna.in
Amit Khanna is an Indian film producer, director, writer, and journalist. He was the founder chairman of Reliance Entertainment,[2][3][4][5][6] former president of the Producers Guild of India,[7] and the founder trustee of the Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] He is credited with having coined the term Bollywood.[17] Khanna has also won three National Film Awards as a producer and lyricist.[18][19]
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Rajat Bedi as Amit Twinkle Khanna as Payal, Ravi's sister. Vivek Shauq as Ravi, Payal's brother. Gulshan Grover as Thakral Mukesh Khanna as Bismillah,...
celebrity gossip. Other sources state that lyricist, filmmaker and scholar AmitKhanna was its creator. It is unknown if it was derived from "Hollywood" through...
Swabhimaan Genre Drama Created by AmitKhanna Written by Shobha De Vinod Ranganathan Surabhi Pandey (Dialogue writer) Starring see below Opening theme...
as Guest Appearance The music composed by Bappi Lahiri and lyrics by AmitKhanna. Kapoor, Coomi (15 December 1984). "After Amitabh who?". India Today...
‘destruction of evidence’. It was AmitKhanna who was allegedly driving the car while Deepak Khanna (a cousin of Ankush and AmitKhanna) was at his house at the...
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