Subhash Ghai (born 24 January 1945 in Ludhiana, India) is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. His most notable films include Kalicharan (1976),Karz (1980), Hero (1983), Meri Jung (1985), Karma (1986),Ram Lakhan (1989),Saudagar (1991), Khalnayak (1993), Pardes (1997) and Taal (1999). He launched 'Mukta Arts', a film production company in 1982, and is known as the "showman" of Bollywood, for making epic films that portray grandeur and a very rich theme.

Actually he started his career as a hero in the 1970 film Umang, which did not do well at the box office.

He started his career in Hindi cinema as an actor with small roles in six films, like Taqdeer (1967), followed by Aradhana (1969) . His directorial debut was the film Kalicharan (1976) which he obtained through a recommendation by Shatrughan Sinha. Kalicharan was one of the biggest hits of its time. As of 2005, he has written and directed 15 movies out of which 13 were highly successful. In 1982, he started Mukta Arts Private Limited which, in 2000, became a public company, with Subhash Ghai as its chairman and managing director.

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