# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-dhawan
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:37:12.757Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/david-dhawan"
name: "David Dhawan"
slug: "david-dhawan"
description: "David Dhawan is an Indian director of Hindi films. A member of the Dhawan family, he has directed 46 films. The 1993 action thriller Aankhen and 1999 comedy Biwi No.1 earned him nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Director."
tagline: "Indian film director (born 1951)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Dhawan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1955-08-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump