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Indian film director
Varun Prabhudayal Gupta is an Indian film director, producer and
supervisor who works in
Hindi cinema.
[1] He is known for the song Guzar Jayega.
[2]
Personal life
Varun Prabhudayal Gupta completed his schooling from Jaswant Modern Senior Secondary School in 2000. He joined
Shri Ram College of Commerce to pursue
Bachelor of Commerce degree in
brand management. Then he pursued
Master of Business Administration in marketing in
XLRI Jamshedpur. Later he did
Post-Graduation Diploma in Brand Management & International Marketing from ICFAI University in Tripura. He worked as brand manager in
Dainik Jagran for three years.
[1]
Career
Varun Prabhudayal Gupta started his career as a media professional. In 2020 he worked as a
music supervisor in a Hindi web series,
Bebaakee. Gupta founded a content curation company and
music label, Republik of Musik
[3] and The Ampliify Times in 2015.
[4] He works as a
content curator for
Balaji Telefilms and
Zee5.
[1] Amidst the
COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, Gupta created and produced a motivational song Guzar Jayega (in English; this too shall pass) which featured 115 artistes, including
Amitabh Bachchan,
Sunny Leone and
Raveena Tandon.
[5]
[6] It was sung by
Sonu Nigam,
Shaan,
Babul Supriyo,
Shreya Ghoshal and others.
[7]
[8] The song was submitted for
Guinness World Records.
[9] After Guzar Jayega, he directed Zaroorat, another music video that included
Shatrughan Sinha and
Sonakshi Sinha.
[10]
[11]
[12] In 2021, he directed and produced, Meherbaniyan, a single music video by
Simran Choudhary;
[13]
[14] and the remake of Ek Ladki Bheegi Bhaagi Si with
Urvashi Rautela.
[15]
[16] As of April 2022, Gupta along with
Imtiaz Ali, is directing a musical film, Jeena Abhi Baaki Hai, about women empowerment.
[17]
[18]
[19] Tiraha, a film based on the
1994 Uttarakhand statehood movement; the sacrifices and sufferings of people during the movement. The film was announced in the
Dehradun Literature Festival by
Chief Minister of Uttarakhand
Pushkar Singh Dhami.
[20]
Filmography
Film
Year
|
Film
|
Role
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2022
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Jeena Abhi Baaki Hai
|
Director
|
Music
Year
|
Music
|
Role
|
2020
|
Bebaakee
|
Music supervisor
|
2020
|
It Happened In Calcutta
|
Music supervisor
|
2020
|
Guzar Jayega
|
Producer
|
2020
|
Zaroorat
|
Director
|
2020
|
Ek Ladki Bheegi Bhaagi Si
|
Director
|
2021
|
Meherbaniyan
|
Director, producer
|
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Archived from the original on 23 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
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Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
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Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
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ISSN
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Archived from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
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Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
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Archived from the original on 23 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
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Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
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Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
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