# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rakeysh-omprakash-mehra
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:19:33.878Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rakeysh-omprakash-mehra"
name: "Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra"
slug: "rakeysh-omprakash-mehra"
description: "Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra is an Indian film director, occasional actor and screenwriter. He is best known for writing and directing the drama Rang De Basanti (2006) and the biographical sports film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013), winning two Filmfare Awards for Best Director. He also wrote and directed the supernatural action thriller Aks (2001) and the drama Delhi-6 (2009)."
tagline: "Indian film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rakeysh_Omprakash_Mehra_MFF_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1963-07-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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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