Samir Karnik is an India

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n film director

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, producer

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 and screenwriter

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 of Hindi

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 movies.

Career

Karnik made his directorial debut with the film Kyun! Ho Gaya Na... in 2004 starring Aishwarya Rai

Aishwarya Rai

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 and Vivek Oberoi

Vivek Oberoi

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. He produced and directed the film Heroes

Heroes (2008 film)

Heroes is a 2008 Hindi film directed by Samir Karnik and starring Salman Khan, Mithun Chakraborty, Sunny Deol, Preity Zinta, Bobby Deol, Sohail Khan, Dino Morea and Vatsal Sheth. The film was written by Aseem Arora. Although initially set to be released on 6 June 2008, it was pushed to 24 October...

in 2008. He has also written the story and dialogues of some of his movies.

His next directorial venture Yamla Pagla Deewana starring Dharmendra

Dharmendra

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, Sunny Deol

Sunny Deol

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 and Bobby Deol

Bobby Deol

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 was released on January 14, 2011.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2011	Yamla Pagla Deewana	Director, Producer
2009	Vaada Raha	Director
2008	Heroes Heroes (2008 film) Heroes is a 2008 Hindi film directed by Samir Karnik and starring Salman Khan, Mithun Chakraborty, Sunny Deol, Preity Zinta, Bobby Deol, Sohail Khan, Dino Morea and Vatsal Sheth. The film was written by Aseem Arora. Although initially set to be released on 6 June 2008, it was pushed to 24 October...	Director, Producer
2007	Nanhe Jaisalmer Nanhe Jaisalmer Nanhe Jaisalmer - A Dream Come True is a 2007 film directed by Samir Karnik and featuring Bobby Deol as himself and child actor Dwij Yadav in the title role...	Director
2004	Kyun! Ho Gaya Na...	Director

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