Saurabh Shukla

Infobox actor
name = Saurabh Shukla
location = India
occupation = Actor, Director, Scriptwriter
yearsactive = 1994 - present

Saurabh Shukla is an Indian film and television actor, director and scriptwriter.

Early life

Shukla's family left Gorakhpur for Delhi when he was two years old. After completing his schooling, he did his graduation from Khalsa College, Delhi. His professional career began in 1984 with his entry into theatre. [http://www.rediff.com/entertai/1998/sep/18sau.htm Fat lot of good] ]

Career

Shukla began serious theatre in 1986 with roles in plays like A View From The Bridge (Arthur Miller), Look Back In Anger (John Osborne), Ghashiram Kotwal (Vijay Tendulkar) and "Hayvadan". In 1991, he joined the NSD Repertoire Company - the professional wing of the National School of Drama - as actor. The next year, he got his first break when Shekhar Kapur, impressed with his work, created a role for him in Bandit Queen. [ [http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/nov/19shukla.htm Shekhar Kapur told me to remain an actor] ] Shukla also did the role of Vijay Anand's sidekick Gopi in the 1994 Doordarshan crime drama Tehkikat. The series was directed by Karan Razdan, but Shekhar Kapur directed the first episode.

Shukla's biggest break came when he co-wrote the script for Ram Gopal Varma's 1998 cult classic Satya and essayed the role of gangster Kallu Mama in the film. [ [http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2001/sep/24shukla.htm Beyond Kallu Mama] ] .

"Why do I make realistic films, like Satya? Because that's the kind of films I like to do. Capturing reality is very difficult and challenging," he said in a 2000 interview to Rediff.com, making it clear that his prefers realism in his scripts. In the same interview he also talked about his preferred genre of film making - black comedy:

Filmography

As actor

*"Bandit Queen" (1994) - Kailash
*"Tehkikaat (TV series)" (1994)
*"Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin" (1996)
*"Kareeb" (1998) - Birju's father
*"Satya" (1998) - Kallu Mama
*"Taal" (1999)
*"Hey Ram" (2000) - Manohar Lalwani
*"Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar" (2000)
*"Anniyan" (2005)
*"Lage Raho Munna Bhai" (2006) - Batuk Maharaj
*"Mithya" (2008)
*"Hari Puttar - A Comedy Of Terrors" (2008) - Diesel

As writer

*"Satya" (1998)
*"Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar" (2000)
*"Calcutta Mail" (2003)
*"Raghu Romeo" (2003)
*"Mudda" (2003)
*"Chehraa" (2005)
*"Mumbai Express" (2005)
*"Salaam-e-Ishq" (2007)
*"Mithya" (2008)

As director

*"Mudda" (2003)
*"Chehraa" (2005)
*"I M 24" (2008) (under production)

References

External links

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