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Rohan Mapuskar

Rohan belongs from a small village called Shrivardhan in Raigad, with a degree in commerce. His brother inspired him to make a mark in the Indian film industry. He started his career as an assistant director to Rajkumar Hirani for the movie Lage Raho Munna Bhai and 3 idiots. He was involved in the casting of 3 idiots where his career as a casting director took off. He believes in casting a character and not an actor for his movies and that’s what makes him one of the most successful casting director’s in the film industry with films like 3 idiots, Ferrari Ki Sawari, Sachin- A billion Dreams, Ventilator, and many more under his credits for casting. He has also worked as an associate director for Ventilator with the National Award winner Director Mr. Rajesh Mapuskar produced by Priyanka Chopra and Dr. Madhu Chopra which featured more than 100 actors including veteran actors like Jitendra Joshi & Ashutosh Gowarikar from the Marathi film industry.

Career

Rohan Mapuskar’s cousin Rajesh Mapuskar introduced him to the Indian Film Industry In 2005, he started his career as an assistant director for the album Chanda ki Doli after which he joined Vinod Chopra Films & did his first feature film Lage Raho Munna Bhai as Assistant Director to Rajkumar Hirani. Post that, Mapuskar did casting for an ad film directed by Rajkumar Hirani, which led to Mapuskar being the Casting Director in 3 Idiots. Mapuskar has worked as Assistant Director, Associate Director & Casting director in the film industry & worked on over 150 ads. He also produced a play kanupriya based on a book written by Dharmvir Bharati & directed by Mitali Joshi. He is currently working on Bhikari, a Marathi film directed by choreographer Ganesh Acharya and 2 other projects with Vinod Chopra Films. He is about to start his directorial debut, a Marathi regional film that will go on floor in 2018. Mapuskar is also launched his own casting company.

Filmography

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Casting Department