Date of Birth
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1960
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Place of Birth
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Sirohi
(India, Rajasthan, Sirohi district)
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Nationality
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India
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Also know as
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Chandra Prakash Dwivedi, Dr. Chandra Prakash Dwivedi, Dr. Chandraprakash Dwivedi, डॉ० चंदà¥à¤°à¤ªà¥à¤°à¤•à¤¾à¤¶ दà¥à¤µà¤¿à¤µà¥‡à¤¦à¥€, डॉ० चंदà¥à¤° पà¥à¤°à¤•à¤¾à¤¶ दà¥à¤µà¤¿à¤µà¥‡à¤¦à¥€, चंदà¥à¤° पà¥à¤°à¤•à¤¾à¤¶ दà¥à¤µà¤¿à¤µà¥‡à¤¦à¥€
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Profession
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Film director, Screenwriter, Actor
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Chandraprakash Dwivedi is an Indian film director and script writer, who is best known for directing the 1991 television epic Chanakya in which he also played the title role of the political strategist Chanakya. His other major work is the 2003 film Pinjar, a tragic love story set amidst the Hindu-Muslim tensions during the Partition of India, based on Amrita Pritam's novel of the same name. He has also directed the 1996 television series Mrityunjay which is based on the life of Karna, a major character from the epic Mahabharata, and he won a Screen Videocon Best Director award for the same.
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