Background
David Dhawan was born in Agartala, but brought up in Kanpur where his father, who was a manager in UCO Bank, got transferred.
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David Dhawan was born in Agartala, but brought up in Kanpur where his father, who was a manager in UCO Bank, got transferred.
He studied at the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. He studied in Christ Church College till Class XII.after that he joined FTII for acting, but seeing other actors like Satish Shah and Suresh Oberoi, he realised that he can"t acting
So he took up editing as an option. Dhawan started off as an editor before moving into directing. He specialises in directing comedy films.
His biggest success to date is 1993"s Aankhen, starring Govinda and Chunkey Pandey.
His Partner (2007) also became a big success at the box office. He was a judge on the Star Plus show Nach Baliye 3 in 2008 and on the show Hans Baliye.
Work with Govinda
Dhawan first teamed with actor Govinda for the film Taaqatwar (1989). He then formed a collaboration with Govinda and went onto direct 17 movies with him as the leading actor, most of which were comedy films.
The films made by their collaboration are Taaqatwar (1989), Swarg (1990), Shola Aur Shabnam (1992), Aankhen (1993), Raja Babu (1994), Coolie Number.
1 (1995), Saajan Chale Sasural (1996), Banarasi Babu (1997), Deewana Mastana (1997), Hero Number. 300 Million in India on its opening week, the second highest domestic opening week gross for an Indian film at that time. Dhawan got back to the trio of Govinda, Ritesh Deshmukh and himself with the film, Do Knot Disturb.