Samir Karnik

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title: "Samir Karnik" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["living-people", "hindi-language-film-directors", "film-directors-from-delhi", "indian-male-screenwriters", "1974-births", "21st-century-indian-screenwriters"] description: "Indian film director, producer and screenwriter" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samir_Karnik" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Indian film director, producer and screenwriter ::

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Field	Value
name	Samir Karnik
occupation	Director, Producer, Screenwriter
yearsactive	2002–present
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Samir Karnik is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter of Hindi films.

Career

Karnik made his directorial debut with the film Kyun! Ho Gaya Na... in 2004 starring Aishwarya Rai and Vivek Oberoi. He produced and directed the film Heroes in 2008.

His directorial venture Yamla Pagla Deewana starring Dharmendra, Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol was released on 14 January 2011.

Filmography

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Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer	Notes	Ref.
2004	Kyun! Ho Gaya Na...
2007	Nanhe Jaisalmer
2008	Heroes
2009	Vaada Raha
2011	Yamla Pagla Deewana
2012	Chaar Din Ki Chandni
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References

References

1. (11 August 2004). "'I still don't know how to take a shot': Samir Karnik". Rediff.
2. "After patriotism, Samir Karnik moves to action-thriller". Daily News and Analysis.
3. (2010-12-06). "Yamla Pagla Deewana re-climaxed". Mid-Day.
4. "BBC - Movies - review - Nanhe Jaisalmer".
5. Hungama, Bollywood. (11 September 2009). "Vaada raha… i promise Review 1.5/5 | Vaada raha… i promise Movie Review | Vaada raha… i promise 2009 Public Review | Film Review".
6. Arora, Preeti. "Review: Char Din Ki Chandni lacks the LOL moment".

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