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

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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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Chief Minister

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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 ''

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'' (1983) and later worked with

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in '' Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!'' (1984) and with

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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 ''

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'' titled ''

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'' starring

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and

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. 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

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's award-winning novel ''

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'' in co-production with Bombay Fables for Netflix India. The film, which released in October 2020, received favorable reviews by critics and viewers. Indian film critic Mayank Shekhar 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 Nawazuddin Siddiqui received a nomination at the

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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: Yeh Woh Manzil To Nahin (1987) * 1988

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: Main Zinda Hoon (1988) * 1991

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: Dharavi (1991) * 2006

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: Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi (2005) * 2010

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(French government) *2016

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by the Government of Uttar Pradesh.

2016 Awards - Sudhir Mishra: film direction

Filmography

Films

Television

* Hostages (2019) for

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- Director *

Tanaav ''Tanaav'' () is an Indian Hindi -language action thriller streaming series directed by Sudhir Mishra and Sachin Krishn. The series is created and produced by Sameer Nair under the banner of Applause Entertainment Pvt. Ltd, starring Manav V ...

(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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