Sriram Raghavan is an India

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n film director

Film director

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 and screen writer. He is notable for producing a 45-minute documentary on Indian serial killer Raman Raghav

Raman Raghav

Raman Raghav , also known as Psycho Raman, was a psychopathic serial killer who operated in the city of Mumbai, India in the mid-1960s. He was diagnosed with schizophrenia after his arrest...

 and 2004 Hindi feature film Ek Hasina Thi

Ek Hasina Thi

Ek Hasina Thi is a 2004 Indian psychological thriller film noir by Sriram Raghavan, produced by Ram Gopal Varma, and starring Urmila Matondkar and Saif Ali Khan in the lead roles. The screenplay was by Sriram Raghavan and Pooja Ladha Surti...

produced by Ram Gopal Varma

Ram Gopal Varma

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, starring Urmila Matondkar

Urmila Matondkar

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 and Saif Ali Khan

Saif Ali Khan

Saif Ali Khan is an Indian actor known for his work in Bollywood films. He is the son of the late former Nawab of Pataudi, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, and actress Sharmila Tagore. He has two sisters: Saba Ali Khan and actress Soha Ali Khan....

. His second feature film was 2007's Johnny Gaddar. His latest film Agent Vinod

Agent Vinod (2011 film)

Agent Vinod is an upcoming Hindi action-thriller film starring Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor. Directed by Sriram Raghavan, the project is not a remake of the 1977 action film Agent Vinod, which was directed by Deepak Bahry.-Production:...

, starring Saif Ali Khan

Saif Ali Khan

Saif Ali Khan is an Indian actor known for his work in Bollywood films. He is the son of the late former Nawab of Pataudi, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, and actress Sharmila Tagore. He has two sisters: Saba Ali Khan and actress Soha Ali Khan....

, will be released in December 2011.

Career

He started his career before joining the FTII for Stardust

Stardust (magazine)

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, but left since he wasn't interested in it. Post his FTII studies, he made a documentary Raman Raghav, with Raghuvir Yadav

Raghuvir Yadav

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. Later, he met Ram Gopal Varma

Ram Gopal Varma

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, who liked his work in Raman Raghav, and signed him up for the film Ek Hasina Thi

Ek Hasina Thi

Ek Hasina Thi is a 2004 Indian psychological thriller film noir by Sriram Raghavan, produced by Ram Gopal Varma, and starring Urmila Matondkar and Saif Ali Khan in the lead roles. The screenplay was by Sriram Raghavan and Pooja Ladha Surti...

, a dark thriller starring Saif Ali Khan

Saif Ali Khan

Saif Ali Khan is an Indian actor known for his work in Bollywood films. He is the son of the late former Nawab of Pataudi, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, and actress Sharmila Tagore. He has two sisters: Saba Ali Khan and actress Soha Ali Khan....

 and Urmila Matondkar

Urmila Matondkar

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.

He later went on to direct another thriller, Johnny Gaddaar

Johnny Gaddaar

Johnny Gaddaar , is a 2007 Indian crime thriller noir film written and directed by Sriram Raghavan; produced under the banner Adlabs...

, which marked the debut of Neil Nitin Mukesh. The movie garnered overwhelming response from the critics, though it didn't fare well at the box office.

He is currently directing his third film, Agent Vinod, a remake of the 1977 film, starring Saif Ali Khan

Saif Ali Khan

Saif Ali Khan is an Indian actor known for his work in Bollywood films. He is the son of the late former Nawab of Pataudi, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, and actress Sharmila Tagore. He has two sisters: Saba Ali Khan and actress Soha Ali Khan....

-Kareena Kapoor

Kareena Kapoor

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 duo, produced by Khan himself. He has also signed for a fantasy film, Happy Birthday with Ramesh Sippy

Ramesh Sippy

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, which will star John Abraham

John Abraham

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 and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.

Filmography

• Raman Raghav (documentary)
• Ek Hasina Thi
  Ek Hasina Thi
  Ek Hasina Thi is a 2004 Indian psychological thriller film noir by Sriram Raghavan, produced by Ram Gopal Varma, and starring Urmila Matondkar and Saif Ali Khan in the lead roles. The screenplay was by Sriram Raghavan and Pooja Ladha Surti...
  
  (2004)
• Johnny Gaddaar
  Johnny Gaddaar
  Johnny Gaddaar , is a 2007 Indian crime thriller noir film written and directed by Sriram Raghavan; produced under the banner Adlabs...
  
  (2007)
• Agent Vinod (2011) (filming)
• Happy Birthday (2012) (to go on floor)

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