Sudhir Mishra (born 22 January 1959) is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for directing the films '' Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi'', ''

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'' and '' Chameli''. Mishra has had a 30-year career, with his work recognised by the

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with three National Awards from the

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, as well as Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the French government.

Early life and background

Sudhir Mishra was born and raised in

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. He is the grandson of former

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. His father, Devendra Nath Mishra, was a founding member of the Lucknow Film Society. After a year and a half with Badal Sircar, Sudhir Mishra left for Pune. In Pune, he spent time at the

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where his younger brother, Sudhanshu Mishra (to whom he credits to have learnt much of his cinema) was a student. Sudhir never studied at the institute himself. He gained a

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degree in Delhi.

Career

He moved to

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in 1980, and started his career as assistant director and scriptwriter in Kundan Shah's comedy '' Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron'' (1983) and later worked with

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in '' Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!'' (1984) and with Vidhu Vinod Chopra in '' Khamosh'' (1985). He made his directorial debut with the film, '' Yeh Woh Manzil To Nahin'' in 1987 which won the National Film Award for Best First Film of a Director. He went on to make films including ''Dharavi'' (1991), '' Main Zinda Hoon'' (1988), '' Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin'' (1996) and '' Chameli'' (2003), and the 2005 movie on the Naxalite movement, '' Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi''. This was followed by '' Khoya Khoya Chand'' in December 2007 and '' Yeh Saali Zindagi'' in 2011. He made film '' Inkaar'' in 2013. The movie starred

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and Chitrangada Singh. In 2018, he wrote and directed a modern adaptation of '' Devdas'' titled '' Daas Dev'' starring Rahul Bhat and Richa Chaddha. After this, he directed an adaptation of the popular Israeli show Hostages. The show got mixed reviews but received critical acclaim for the performances of Ronit Roy and

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. A second season for the show was also made in 2020 in which he was the showrunner. Next, he adapted Manu Joseph's award-winning novel '' Serious Men'' in co-production with Bombay Fables for

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. The film, which released in October 2020, received favorable reviews by critics and viewers. Indian film critic

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said of the film, "the fact that this is a subtle, mature satire, rather than LOL comedy of manners (would've enjoyed some of the latter too). That in all its overt simplicity, this is also a complex story — about failure, first; and on the underclass, only later." The film won Best Web Original Film Award at Filmfare OTT Awards 2021, and Best Editing and Best Cinematography at the Asian Academy Creative Awards. Actor

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received a nomination at the International Emmy Awards and won best actor at the Filmfare OTT Awards 2021 for his performance.

Awards

* 1987

Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director The Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organization set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of sev ...

: Yeh Woh Manzil To Nahin (1987) * 1988 National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues: Main Zinda Hoon (1988) * 1991

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(1991) * 2006 Filmfare Best Story Award: Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi (2005) * 2010

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(French government) *2016 Yash Bharti Award by the Government of Uttar Pradesh. Yash Bharti Award 2016 Awards - Sudhir Mishra: film direction

Filmography

Films

Television

* Hostages (2019) for

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- Director *

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(2022) for

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- Director

References

External links

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Moon And Sixpence, Nisha Susan on the shambling creativity of Sudhir Mishra

Interview with Sudhir Mishra on his film ''Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi''

Sudhir's Blog at PassionforCinema

Sudhir Mishra comments on his films
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