Amar Kaushik (Director) Age, Biography, Family, Birthday

Quick Info

Profession	Director, Actor, Producer, Screenwriter
Nationality	Indian
Date of Birth	04/08/1983
Age	42 years
Birthplace	Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

13/05/2025 'Stree' director Amar Kaushik joins Netflix's 'Lust Stories 3'?

06/04/2025 Amar Kaushik reflects on 'Bhediya's underwhelming box-office performance

You can vote only once.

Real Name	Amar Kaushik
Famous For	Directing hit films like 'Stree' (2018), 'Bala' (2019), and 'Bhediya' (2022)

College/University	Not Known
Educational Qualification	Graduate (Mass Communication)

Marital Status	Not Known
Affairs/Girlfriends	Not Known

Parents	Father (Forest Ranger), Shashi (Mother, School Teacher)

Debut

Awards, Honours, Achievements

In 2007, won special prize of 'The Generation Kplus International Jury' at Berlin International Film Festival for the Short Film 'Aaba (2017)'
In 2007, won National Film Award in the category Best Short Fiction for the Film 'Aaba (2017)'
In 2017, won Special Jury Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival for the Short Film 'Aaba'
In 2017, won Best Short Film at the New York Indian Film Festival for 'Aaba'
In 2019, won Best Director at the Filmfare Awards for 'Stree'
In 2019, won Best Debutant Director at the Filmfare Awards for 'Stree'

Filmography (Director)

Filmography (Producer)

1. Amar Kaushik is a Bollywood actor and director known for roles in movies like No One Killed Jessica (2011) and Go Goa Gone (2013).
2. He has contributed as an assistant director to filmmakers such as Onir and Rajkumar Gupta in movies like Aamir (2008) and Shab (2017).
3. The award-winning short film 'Aaba (2017)' marks his directorial debut and is inspired by a story his mother shared with him in his youth.
4. To fund his film 'Aaba', Amar Kaushik borrowed money from his friend Raj Kumar Gupta.
5. Amar has also served as an Assistant Director on the international project 'Beyond the Clouds (2017)' alongside Iranian director Majid Majidi.
6. He grew up in Medo, Arunachal Pradesh, where his father was a forest ranger and his mother was a school teacher.
7. He moved to Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, when he was 10 years old, and later studied mass communications in Delhi before moving to Mumbai in 2006.