Rahul Chittella Wiki, Age, Wife, Family, Biography & More

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Rahul Chittella is an Indian film director, producer, and scriptwriter. He came into the limelight in 2023 after he directed Gulmohar.

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Wiki/Biography

Rahul Venkata Chittella was born on 24 September in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. His zodiac sign is Libra. He earned a degree in filmmaking in New York City, US.

Physical Appearance

Height (approx.): 5′ 10″

Hair Colour: Black

Eye Colour: Dark Brown

Rahul Chittella with Sakshi Tanwar

Family

Parents & Siblings

He has a sister.

Wife & Children

His wife’s name is Maithili Durge. He has a son.

Rahul Chittella during his marriage ceremony

Address

He resides at Flat No. 702, Wing B, Avalon, Hiranandani Gardens, Powai Mumbai Mumbai City, MH 400076 IN.

Career

Short Films

Rahul Chittella worked as an assistant director and script supervisor in the 2010 short film Door to Door. In September 2010, Rahul Chittella began working as a creative producer at Mirabai Films in Mumbai. Rahul has also worked with Mira Nair in several films including The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012), Words with Gods (2014), Queen of Katwe (2016), and A Suitable Boy (a 2019 TV series). In 2011, Rahul Chittella directed a short film titled Muted. He also wrote the script for the film. In 2016, he worked as a director and a scriptwriter for Shor Se Shuruaat, which is a collection of seven short films. He directed and wrote the script for a 2016 short film Azaad, which was showcased by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Jakarta during the World Press Freedom Day forum. In 2017, Azaad won an award under the Best Short film category at the Indian Film Festival of Houston (IFFH).

Feature Film

In 2023, Rahul Chittella directed his first feature film Gulmohar. In an interview, he said that it was his wife who advised him to write a script for a family film. He further said that he decided to make Gulmohar as nowadays not many family films are being made. Talking about it, he said,

I had another script but no actor wanted to do it because it was a two-hero film. I was really frustrated and then my wife told me, just write a family film. That’s what sells. And that’s really the basic inception of Gulmohar. Everyone is making these action-oriented, guns- and expletive-filled films, and in the midst of all of that we have this sweet flower that’s blooming. I hope people enjoy it. It’s true that family films and human dramas are not made as much.”

Rahul Chittella on the sets of Gulmohar

The film was released on 3 March 2023 on Disney+ Hotstar.

Production Companies

On 8 June 2019, he assumed the directorship of Monsoon Indiawaale Llp. On 14 October 2019, he became the director of Cservoe International Llp. He was appointed the director of Autonomous Works Llp on 12 July 2021.

Other Works

In 2009, Rahul Chittella began working as the director and executive producer for a non-profit organisation named Global Lives Project, India. Thereafter, he went to New York, where he began working with United Nations (UN) in its United Nations Documentary Program.

Awards

In 2010, Rahul Chittella received the ICONGO-CMS Media Citizen Karamveer Puraskar.

Rahul received the Best Short Film Award for his short film Azaad in 2017 at the Indian Film Festival of Houston (IFFH).

He won the Best Original Screenplay (Web Original Film) for ‘Gulmohar’ at the Filmfare OTT Awards on 26 November 2023.
Rahul Chittella after winning the Best Original Screenplay award at the 2023 Filmfare OTT Awards

Note: He has won many awards at various film festivals like the International Film Festivals of Zanzibar and Stuttgart.

Facts/Trivia

In an interview, Rahul Chittella said that he developed an interest in scriptwriting when he was in school. He further said that he used to convert sentences written in Hindi novels into dialogues and record them. Talking about it, he said,

It’s funny how it all began. When I was in school, we were expected to memorise our Hindi literature novels and I used to find it very difficult. Very randomly, one day, I took one of the novels (I think it was called Naya Rasta), started rewriting the text as dialogues between characters and recorded them on my Walkman. I used different voices and also played some random background music on my mini-keyboard.”