Onir Biography

Onir is an Indian film director, editor, writer and producer, best known for his film, My Brother Nikhil.

He was born as Anirban Dhar in Thimphu, Bhutan. His father Aparesh Dhar and mother Manjushree are of Bengali origin. Onir spent much of his childhood going to the cinema.

In Kolkata, Onir studied comparative literature and took a few film classes at Chitrabani Film School. He graduated from Jadavpur University in 1989, but left before getting his post-graduate degree when he received a scholarship to study films in Berlin.

He later returned to India and worked as an editor, scriptwriter, art director, music album producer and song/music video director. He also served as an assistant to Kalpana Lajmi on Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence (2001) where he had his first experience directing a full-length feature film.