Directing

Raka

Biography

Raka is an Indian Film director and Choreographer who mainly works is Bollywood films alongside working in Punjabi, Marathi, Tamil films as choreographer. He made his directional debut with the film Happy Hardy and Heer. He started his career as a background dancer, then he worked as an assistant choreographer for Bosco and Ahmed Khan. In 2007, worked as an main assistant choreographer in the film Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love. In 2012, he begun to work as an independent choreographer. He worked as main choreographer in the mainstream Bollywood films like Karle Pyaar Karle, Nil Battey Sannata, Shubh Mangal Saavdhan, Laila Majnu etc. While working as choreographer in the film Shubh Mangal Saavdhan, seeing his ability, he was offered to direct the film Happy Hardy and Heer starring Himesh Reshammiya and Sonia Mann, which was released in January 2020.[2] The film received mostly positive reviews from critics.