Raj Nidimoru (b. 1979)
Alias:
Raj
Raj & DK
Birthplace:
Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India
Born:
August 4, 1979
Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. widely known as Raj & DK are an Indian American film director-producer duo known for their unique works in Bollywood. The duo are known for their quirky filmmaking and unique sense of style and humor. They have written and directed the widely known sleeper-hits such as Shor in the City and Go Goa Gone (India’s first slacker film and horror-comedy with Saif Ali Khan.) Raj & DK's last film was a meta romcom, Happy Ending. Their latest offering is an action comedy, A Gentleman starring Sidharth Malhotra and Jacqueline Fernandez. The Indian emigrants to the United States - Raj & DK’s first Hindi feature film, 99 is an original crime-comic-thriller-historical-fiction set in Mumbai and Delhi. The New York Times called it "funny, inventive, refreshing"; Box Office magazine (USA) acclaimed that the film "sets new standards in Hindi cinema!"; and a number of Indian publications gave it four star reviews. Shor in the City was the most acclaimed Hindi film of the year. It received glowing reviews from across media publications. The film was also made at a micro-budget, making it profitable even before the film's release. The film was also selected to various high profile film festivals across the world. Go Goa Gone was a clutter-breaking film that introduced to India the first of it's kind of a genre-bending film - stoner/slacker comedy combined with horror and comedy. It become a cult film, especially among the younger audience.