Vijay Krishna Acharya


Vijay Krishna Acharya, also known as Viktor Acharya, is an Indian film director from Kanpur, U.P. He is also a screenwriter, dialogue writer, and lyricist known for his works in Bollywood and television.

Career

He began an active career as a scriptwriter after his work on the film Dhoom Franchise. His directorial debut was the film Tashan which opened to negative reviews. Though his second attempt at film directing Dhoom 3 which was also panned by critics worldwide, it went on to gross worldwide in just ten days, to become the highest-grossing Bollywood film of all time in international markets at the time and as of May 2017 is included in the sixth highest-grossing Indian film of all time. It was the 78th highest-grossing film of 2013 worldwide. The film was screened during the 2014 International Film Festival of India in the Celebrating Dance in Indian cinema section. The film has garnered the inaugural Telstra People's Choice Award at the 2014 Indian Film Festival of Melbourne.
His first independent spoof was Channel Mast on VI TV, by the late director Sudhanshu Mishra. His other spoofs include Ramkhilavan CM and Family, Public Hai Sab Jaanti Hai and Krishna Sharma CA, which later gave shape to Krishna Arjun. He has written scripts for and directed Hindi shows including Just Mohabbat, Life Nahin Hai Laddoo, Son Pari, Shaka Laka Boom Boom and Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin.

Filmography

YearTitleDirectorStoryScreenplayDialoguesLyricsNotes
2004Dhoom
2006Dhoom 2
2007Guru
2008Tashan
2010Raavan
2013Dhoom 3
2018Thugs of Hindostan