Rohit Shetty

Rohit Shetty
Shetty at JW Marriott, Juhu in 2019
Born	(1974-03-14) 14 March 1974 (age 50) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupations	Film director producer stuntman writer host[1]
Years active	1991–present
Works	Full List
Spouse	Maya Shetty ​ (m. 2005)​
Parent	M. B. Shetty (father)
Relatives	Hriday Shetty (half-brother)

Rohit Shetty (born 14 March 1974) is an Indian filmmaker, stuntman and television personality who works in Hindi cinema. A notable director of Hindi cinema,^[1][2][3] his movies often mix the genres of action comedy and masala films.

His breakthrough came with the first installment of the comedy film franchise Golmaal (2006), starring Ajay Devgn and Arshad Warsi, which became a sleeper hit. Further subsequent successful films in the franchise included Golmaal Returns (2008) and Golmaal 3 (2010), which became one of the highest-grossing films of the year.

Shetty returned to the action genre with Singham (2011) after eight years of his debut action thriller Zameen. It also starred Ajay Devgn in the lead; the film turned out to be one of the highest grossers of the year. Later on, it expanded in the Cop Universe franchise with other successful films such as Singham Returns (2014), Simmba (2018), and Sooryavanshi (2021). His other notable successes include All the Best: Fun Begins (2009), Bol Bachchan (2012), and Chennai Express (2013), starring Shah Rukh Khan, which became the highest grossing Hindi film, surpassing 3 Idiots at that time.

Apart from film directing, he has also hosts the stunt-based adventure show Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi since 2014.