Luv Ranjan

Luv Ranjan
Luv Ranjan
Born	Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Occupation	Film director, writer, producer
Years active	2011–present

Luv Ranjan is an Indian film director, writer and producer. He was born in Ghaziabad district, Uttar Pradesh.[1] He has directed films such as Pyaar Ka Punchnama, Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety, Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 and Akaash Vani.[2] He is an alumnus of St. Paul's Academy, Ghaziabad.

Early life

After finishing his schooling from St. Paul's Academy, Ghaziabad, he studied at the prestigious Hindu College, Delhi University.

He began his career as a director in 2011 with the film, Pyaar Ka Punchnama produced by Abhishek Pathak, Panorama Studios & Viacom18 Motion Pictures which starred newcomers Kartik Aaryan, Nushrat Bharucha, Ishita Raj Sharma, Sonnalli Seygall, Divyendu Sharma and Raayo S. Bakhirta. The film is a romantic comedy which depicts the life of three young bachelors.[3] In 2013, he wrote and directed Akaash Vani, reuniting him with Aaryan and Bharucha. Two years later, in 2015, he co-wrote and directed the sequel of Pyaar Ka Punchnama, Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 starring Aaryan, Bharucha, Sunny Singh, Ishita Raj Sharma, Omkar Kapoor and Sonnalli Seygall. The sequel too received much appreciation and performed well at the box office.[4][5] He directed the blockbuster Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety in 2018. The film performed exceedingly well at the box office and gained commercial acclaim.[6]

His next directorial venture is starring Ranbir Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor.

He turned to production in 2012 with his childhood friend and co-producer, Ankur Garg and founded their company Luv Films. In 2016, he produced Life Sahi Hai, an Indian coming of age comedy web-series created by Tarun Jain. He directed and co-produced comedy film Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety along with Ankur Garg and in collaboration with T-Series starring Kartik Aaryan, Nushrat Bharucha and Sunny Singh.[7] It emerged as a commercial success and ranks as one of the highest grossing Bollywood films of 2018. His 2019 film is Ajay Devgn, Tabu and Rakul Preet Singh starrer urban romcom film De De Pyaar De.[8][9]

His first release of 2020 was Jai Mummy Di starring Sunny Singh and Sonnalli Seygall which was directed by Navjot Gulati which released on 17 January 2020. His second release for the year was Malang starring Anil Kapoor, Aditya Roy Kapur, Disha Patani and Kunal Khemu directed by Mohit Suri which released on 7 February 2020. His third film was Hansal Mehta’s social comedy Chhalaang starring Rajkumar Rao and Nushrat Bharucha which released on 13 November 2020.

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer	Notes
2011	Pyaar Ka Punchnama	Yes	No	Yes
2013	Akaash Vani	Yes	No	Yes
2015	Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2	Yes	No	Yes	Also lyricist for 1 song
2016	Life Sahi Hai	No	Yes	No	Web series
2018	Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety	Yes	Yes	Yes
2019	De De Pyaar De	No	Yes	Yes
2020	Jai Mummy Di	No	Yes	No
	Malang	No	Yes	No
	Chhalaang	No	Yes	Yes

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