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fantasy television series '' Chandrakanta''. His other notable works include the character of ''Mirchi'' Seth in the 1999 critically acclaimed film ''

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''. He also played the character of ''Arjan'' in the Academy Award nominated film ''

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''. He played the demon king ''

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'' in the 2008 television adaptation of the Hindu epic

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. Mishra played the antagonist opposite

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in ''

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'' released in 1995.

Early life and career

Mishra was born in

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. He did his schooling from Chhapra Zila School and attended Chapra's Rajendra College where he pursued

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in Physics (Honours). Although he wanted to become an engineer, Mishra started doing theatre at a young age with his first role in a Bhojpuri drama based on a story about child marriage titled ''Gauna Ki Rat''. He later joined

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(IPTA) and Ekjut theatre group to learn acting. Mishra was first seen in '' Udaan'', written and directed by

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, in which he did a small role. In 1994, Mishra played Kroor Singh, a character for which he is best known, in the 1990s fantasy television series '' Chandrakanta''. Mishra's first film was '' Dharavi'' in 1993, written-directed by Sudhir Mishra, which won the 1993

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for Best Feature Film in Hindi, Best Music Direction and Best Editing. He also played Arjan in the

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nominated film ''

''.

Filmography

*'' Dharavi'' (1992) *''Bedardi'' (1993) - Akhil Mishra *''

'' (1995) - Ikka *''

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'' (1997) - Ikka *''

'' (1999) - Mirchi Seth *''

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'' (2000) - Bishen Nanda / Killer her hand leg *''

'' (2001) - Arjan *'' Lal Salaam'' (2002) - Rathod (Forest Ranger) *''

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'' (2002) -

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*''

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'' (2003) - DSP Bhurelal *'' Aanch'' (2003) - Kalu Pandit *'' Parwana'' (2003) - Police Commissioner Tyagi *''

Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost ''Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost'' () is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language drama film starring Abhishek Bachchan, Lara Dutta and Chunky Pandey. The film is directed by Apoorva Lakhia. The film touched on the subject of the influence of television on villag ...

'' (2003) - Priest *'' Yeh Dil'' (2003) - Raghuraj Pratap Singh *'' Hulchul'' (2004) - Surajbhan 'Surya' *'' Fida'' (2004) - Babu Anna *'' Deewaar: Let's Bring Our Heroes Home'' (2004) *'' Jaago'' (2004) - Secy to Home Ministry (IAS officer) *''

Veer-Zaara ''Veer-Zaara'' () is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Yash Chopra, who co-produced it with his son Aditya Chopra. It stars Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta as the eponymous star-crossed lovers: Veer Pratap Singh (Kh ...

'' (2004) - Jailor Majid Khan *''Siddu'' (2005; Kannada film) - Rangegowda *'' Apaharan'' (2005) - CM Brijnath Mishra *'' Shikhar'' (2005) - Irfan bhai *'' Ek Ajnabee'' (2005) - ACP Harvinder 'Harry' Singh *'' Ramji Londonwaley'' (2005) - Mr. Mishra *''Nigehbaan: The Third Eye'' (2005) *'' Utthaan'' (2006) *'' Bhoot Unkle'' (2006) - Makhan Lal Akela (MLA) *''

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'' (2007) - DCP Tripathi *''

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'' (2007) - Chaudhary Om Singh *'' Chamku'' (2008) - Thakur Mahendra Pratap Singh *''

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'' (2008) *'' Delhi-6'' (2009) - Baba Bandarmaar *''

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'' (2010) - Farooqi *''Musaa'' (2010) *'' Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?'' (2010) - Suleman bhai *'' Kedi'' (2010) - Shailendra *''

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'' (2011) - Amar Chaudhry *'' Married 2 America'' (2012) *'' Ya Rab'' (2014) - Maulana Jilani * ''Roll No. 56'' (Gujarati Film) - Panwala * ''

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'' (2017) - Wasim's father * ''

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'' (Kannada Movie) (2017) - Raj Thakur * ''Billu Ustaad'' (2018) - (unknown) *'' Kaashi in Search of Ganga'' (2018) * '' Jhalki'' (2019)

Television

*'' Udaan'' (TV series) (1990) - Hardayal Singh *'' Chandrakanta'' (TV series) (1995) - Kroor Singh *''

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'' (TV series) (2008) -

*'' Jeet Jayenge Hum'' (TV series) (2009) *'' Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev'' (TV series) (2012) - Maharaj Bali *''

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'' (TV series) (2014) *''

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'' (TV series) (2013) -

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*''

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'' (TV series) (2014) - Govindnarayan Agarwal *''

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'' (TV series) (2016–present)

References

External links

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Akhilendra Mishra's interview
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