Kunal Kohli

Kohli started out as a film critic in the late 1990s and hosted the show Chalo Cinema on EL TV. He also directed some music videos: Bally Sagoo's "Mera Laung Gawacha", Kamaal Khan's "Jaana", Bali Brahmbhatt's "Tere Bin Jeena Nahin", Shiamak Davar's "Jaane Kisne", Hema Sardesai's "Bole Humse Kuch Na Gori" and Rajshri Music's "Yeh Hai Prem", a song for Alisha Chinoy with Milind Soman. He directed about 24 music videos before moving to TV and films. He made his TV directorial debut with the television series Trikon.

Kohli next produced the romantic comedy-drama Break Ke Baad (2010), which was directed by Danish Aslam and starred Deepika Padukone and Imran Khan in lead roles. A mobile video game platformer based on the film was released by Jump Games. The film opened to mixed-to-positive reviews from critics upon release; however, it emerged as an underwhelming commercial success at the box-office. Over the years, the film has achieved cult status due to its novel concept, themes and storyline. His next directorial venture was the romantic comedy Teri Meri Kahaani (2012), starring Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra in triple roles, portraying three couples from three different eras – in 1910 Sargodha, in 1960 Mumbai, and 2012 London. Kohli conceived the film based on the idea of soulmates, showing the strength of love beyond generations by having the same two actors portray all three couples without using a reincarnation theme. Teri Meri Kahaani opened to mixed-to-positive reviews upon release, with particular praise for its storyline and themes; however, like his previous venture Break Ke Baad, it emerged as an underwhelming commercial success at the box-office. Kohli made his acting debut in his next directorial venture, the romance Phir Se... (2018), alongside debutante Jennifer Winget. The web film told the story of a separated couple living in London, trying to come to terms with the consequences of their split. Initially slated to release in 2015, it was shelved indefinitely due to alleged plagiarism controversies. However, Netflix later bought the worldwide rights to the film and released it on their digital platform in 2018. Phir Se... received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics upon release, with praise for its bold storyline, and the performance and chemistry of the lead pair.

Kohli next directed the romantic comedy Next Enti? (2018), starring Tamannaah, Sundeep Kishan and Navdeep in lead roles, which marked his Telugu directorial debut. The film opened to mixed-to-negative reviews from critics upon release, and emerged as a commercial failure at the box-office. His next directorial venture was the spy thriller Lahore Confidential (2021) starring Richa Chadha, Arunoday Singh and Karishma Tanna in lead roles, which released on ZEE5. A sequel to London Confidential (2020) directed by Kanwal Sethi, the film opened to negative reviews from critics upon release. Kohli has a three film contract with Reliance Big Pictures involving financing, distribution and marketing. This contract is estimated to be worth Rs 1.50 billion.

Kohli judged the popular reality dance TV show Nach Baliye's second season for Star Plus in 2005. He also judged the children's reality show on Sony TV, Chota Packet Bada Dhamaka in 2005. In April 2014, it was reported that he would be the judge on NDTV's talent hunt show Ticket to Bollywood.

Kohli is married to Ravina Kohli, who was the director of Koffee with Karan, and headed Yash Raj TV. They have a daughter, Radha who they adopted. His maternal uncle is director David Dhawan, and his cousins are actor Varun Dhawan, and director, Rohit Dhawan, both of whom are David's sons. His maternal aunt died of the COVID-19 in May 2020.

Nach Baliye 2 (judge) Chota Packet Bada Dhamaka (judge) Stardust Awards (host) Chalo Cinema (host) Ticket to Bollywood (judge) Ramyug (director)