Ashish R. Shukla is an Indian

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

and writer. He is best known for his films and like

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and Bahut Hua Sammaan.

Early life

Shukla was born in

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and raised in the neighbourhood of

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, Santacruz. Ashish worked for various ad agencies for 6 years as creative director.

Career

Shukla started his journey as an assistant director to Prahlad Kakkar. He worked as creative director with

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in the film ''Dev D''. He directed short films like ''The Lock'' and

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starrer ''The Journey''. Shukla made his directing and writing debut with ''Prague''. In 2020, he directed the film ''Bahut Hua Sammaan'' starring

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, Sanjay Mishra,

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and

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. In the same year, he directed web series ''

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'' produced by

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& Edgestorm Ventures. In 2021, he directed web series ''Candy.''

Filmography

* Bahut Hua Sammaan *

Web series

*Candy *

References

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