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jugal hansraj mumbai , india national -lrb- 2008 -rrb- film award for best director -lrb- animation -rrb- 26 july 1972 -lrb- age 42 -rrb- jasmine jugal hansraj.jpg jugal hansraj
 jugal hansraj actor , director , screenwriter
jugal hansraj

jugal hansraj -lrb- born 26 july 1972 -rrb- is an indian actor and a national award winning director , based in mumbai .
hansraj started his career as a child in the 1983 film `` masoom '' , which starred naseeruddin shah and shabana azmi .
the film was about a 9-year-old boy whose stepmother was not willing to accept him into the family because he was born out of an extramarital relationship .
`` masoom '' was based on `` man , woman and child '' , a novel by erich segal .
the film had a positive response and launched hansraj 's career .
later on , he continued his career as a child actor in `` karma '' and `` sultanat '' .
hansraj was also featured as a model for tv and print as a child .
he appeared in notable ad campaigns such as vicks vaporub , saffola , nutramul .
he started his adult career with `` aa gale lag jaa '' in 1994 , where he was paired with urmila matondkar , who incidentally played his sister in his first film masoom .
his second film was `` papa kehte hai '' in 1995 opposite mayuri kango .
the film also starred anupam kher .
the 2000 film `` mohabbatein '' , which also featured shahrukh khan and amitabh bachchan , was his adult breakthrough film .
he then played minor roles in the successful 2001 blockbuster `` kabhi khushi kabhie gham '' ; the 2005 hit `` salaam namaste '' ; and madhuri dixit 's 2007 comeback film , `` aaja nachle '' .
he served as writer and director for the 2008 computer-animated film `` roadside romeo '' .
produced jointly by yash raj films and walt disney studios , it stars the voices of saif ali khan , kareena kapoor and javed jaffrey .
it received negative reviews from critics , but won the national film award from the president of india for best director -lrb- animation film -rrb- , best film -lrb- animation film -rrb- and technical award for best animation .
it also won best animation film at the cairo international film festival , judged by an international jury of children .
a song sequence from the film was also nominated for the visual effects society awards in los angeles for best animated sequence alongside sequences from wall-e and kung fu panda .
it also won awards for best animation film and best director -lrb- animation film -rrb- at the screen awards , india and at frames ficci .
in june 2012 , hansraj was invited by film victoria to host a master class session at the indian film festival melbourne .
the session was on the subject of animation in india and his experiences in making the first animation feature in india , and in co-production possibilities between india and victoria state for animation features .
his second film as a director was a romantic comedy pyaar impossible -lrb- january 2010 -rrb- .
this was produced by yash raj films and starred one of the leading female stars priyanka chopra along with uday chopra .
