Mohit Suri is an Indianfilm director. Born into Bhatt family He is known for directing films such as the suspensive thriller Murder 2, the musical romance Aashiqui 2 and the romantic thrillers Awarapan,Ek Villain and Malang. He is married to Udita Goswami since 2013. He is the cousins of Famous bollywood Stars Alia Bhatt and Rahul Bhatt.
Before venturing into film direction, Mohit worked as an office assistant for T-Series, and as an assistant director to Vikram Bhatt He started his career as an assistant director and made his debut as a director with the 2005 filmZeher which was a moderate success. He followed it up with Kalyug, which was both a critical and commercial success. His third film Woh Lamhe did well and received critical acclaim. His next film Awarapan was both a critical and commercial success. It was a copy of the Korean film 'A Bittersweet Life' from 2005. In an interview given to Radio Sargam, Mohit said, "I am very critical about my own work. I would never ever go out and say that I have made a masterpiece. I just give my best and hope that it's good enough." His preceding film Crook, an action thriller based on the racial attacks on Indian students in Australia was released in 2010. Murder 2, which turned out to be a Blockbuster, a sequel to the 2004 filmMurder was released on 8 July 2011. In 2013, he directed Aashiqui 2 which was a blockbuster. In 2014, he directed Ek Villain which ran successfully and went past the 1 billion mark at box office. In 2015, he directed his next movie, Hamari Adhuri Kahani. He worked with Arjun Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor in the movie Half Girlfriend as a director which is based on a famous novel by Chetan Bhagat. The film was a commercial success. He debuted on small screen from Nach Baliye 8 as one of the judges of the show. He formed EMI Records India, one of the best musical platforms in India, which has produced singers like Yash Narvekar, Anushka Shahaney etc.
Suri's work is often derived or sometimes blatantly remade, without providing due credit to the original source. For example two of his most successful films, Murder 2 and Ek Villain, have very strong resemblance in plot lines to the Korean filmsThe Chaser and I Saw The Devil respectively. His attempt at original work is yet to see similar success.
