Sudhir Mishra

Infobox actor
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occupation = Film director, Screenwriter
filmfareawards= 2006 Filmfare Best Story Award: Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi (2005)

Sudhir Mishra is an Indian film director and scriptwriter most renowned for directing critically acclaimed films like Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi, Dharavi and Chameli.

Biography

A graduate from Delhi University, it was in here that he met Badal Sircar, and formed a theatre group called Workshop Theatre, and worked on several plays with him.

After one and half year with Badal Sarkar, a deeply influenced and inspired Sudhir left for Pune. In Pune, he spent time at FTII, (Film and Television Institute of India), Pune, where his elder brother, Sudhanshu Mishra, to whom he credits to have learnt much of his cinema, was a student. Incidentally, Sudhir never studied at the institute himself. [ [http://passionforcinema.com/film-making-influences-life-and-people/ Passion for Cinema] ]

He moved to Mumbai in 1980, and started his career as assistant director and sriptwriter in Kundan Shah's comedy classic Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron (1983) and later worked with Saeed Akhtar Mirza 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 acclaimed films like "Main Zinda Hoon" (1988), "Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin" (1996) and "Chameli" (2003), and his most accalimed film to date, the 2005 film, "Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi". This was followed by "Khoya Khoya Chand" in December 2007.

Awards

* 1987 Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director: Yeh Woh Manzil To Nahin (1987)
* 1989 National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues: Main Zinda Hoon (1988)
* 2006 Filmfare Best Story Award: Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi (2005)

Filmography

* Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron (1983) - Sceenwriter
* Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! (1984) - Screenwriter
* Khamosh - Screenwriter
* Yeh Woh Manzil To Nahin (1987) - Director, Screenwriter
* Main Zinda Hoon (1988) - Director, Screenwriter
* Dharavi (1992) - Director, Screenwriter
* Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin (1996) – Director, Screenwriter
* Calcutta Mail (2003) - Director, Screenwriter
* Chameli (2003) – Director, Screenwriter
* Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi (2005) - Director, Screenwriter
* Traffic Signal (2007) - Actor
* Khoya Khoya Chand (2007) -Director, Screenwriter

References

External links

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* [http://www.tehelka.com/story_main36.asp?filename=hub221207Moon.asp Moon And Sixpence, Nisha Susan on the shambling creativity of Sudhir Mishra]
* [http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=10213 Interview with Sudhir Mishra on his film "Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi"]
* [http://passionforcinema.com/author/sudhir/ Sudhir's Blog at passionforcinema]
* [http://www.musicindiaonline.com/ar/i/movie_name/879/3/director/1307/ Sudhir Mishra comments on his films]