Piyush Mishra

Acting

Piyush Mishra

Born 1963-01-13

Piyush Mishra is an Indian film and theatre actor, music director, lyricist, singer, and scriptwriter. Mishra grew up in Gwalior and graduated from the National School of Drama, Delhi in 1986. Thereafter, he started his career in Hindi theatre in Delhi. Over the next decade, he established himself as a theatre director, actor, lyricist, and singer. He moved to Mumbai in 2002, receiving acclaim for his acting in Maqbool (2003) and Gangs of Wasseypur (2012).

Acting credits

Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1 poster
7.1

In 1970s India, Sardar Khan vows to take revenge on the man who killed his father decades earlier.

Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1

2012

Dil Se.. poster
6.9

Journalist Amar falls for a mysterious woman on an assignment, but she does not reciprocate his feelings. However, when Amar is about to get married, the woman shows up at his doorstep asking for help.

Dil Se..

1998

Deewaar: Let's Bring Our Heroes Home poster
6.0

Major Ranvir Kaul (Amitabh Bachchan) is a POW who was captured along with over 50 soldiers by Pakistani soldiers in 1971 during the war between India and Pakistan. 33 years later Ranvir's son Gaurav (Akshaye Khanna) decides to go on a rescue mission to Pakistan and bring back his father who he has not seen since he was a child. Helping him on his mission is Khan (Sanjay Dutt) who had successfully escaped from the same prison. They steal, kill, and plan to get the prisoners out. This movie is inspired by the film The Great Escape.

Deewaar: Let's Bring Our Heroes Home

2004

Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2 poster
7.8

After the death of his father and brother Danish, Faizal Khan vows to take revenge by destroying Ramadhir Singh's gang.

Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2

2012

Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust poster
5.7

In a sophisticated near perfect society, citizens live with paper bags on heads to dissolve differences. Tensions rise when the whispers of a mythical land without the bags start to float and a fresh council member sparks an accidental revolution.

Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust

2024

Rockstar poster
7.3

College student Janardhan is a simpleton who desperately seeks inspiration for the musician inside him. Although heartbreak helps him reach his goal, it also leads him to self-destruction.

Rockstar

2011

Pink poster
7.4

After being molested, Minal and her friends try to file an FIR against a politician's nephew. When the subsequent case gets rigged, a retired lawyer helps them to fight the case.

Pink

2016

Lafangey Parindey poster
5.9

The path of a street fighter and a dancer on skates, who are in love, is paved by friendship, grit and hope.

Lafangey Parindey

2010

Maqbool poster
7.0

The Scottish tragedy 'Macbeth' set in the contemporary underworld of India's commercial capital; two corrupt, fortune telling policemen take the roles of the weird sisters, and "Duncan" is Abbaji, the head of a crime family.

Maqbool

2003

Rahu Ketu poster
3.8

In the magical world of writer Churu Lal Sharma, his unlucky creations Rahu and Ketu spring to life, causing hilarious chaos instead of fighting corruption. When the mischievous Meenu Taxi steals Churu's mystical notebook, the bumbling duo are dragged into absurd adventures that land them in the middle of a drug mafia.

Rahu Ketu

2026

Tamasha poster
7.0

Meeting while on vacation, Ved and Tara sense a connection but vow to keep their real identities a secret. Years later, their paths cross again.

Tamasha

2015

Indian 2: Zero Tolerance poster
3.1

As corruption becomes rampant in the country, a group of idealistic youngsters attract attention of freedom fighter-turned-vigilante Senapathy through social media, who returns to his homeland to finish what he started.

Indian 2: Zero Tolerance

2024

Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women poster
6.7

A woman, attended by two midwives, is giving birth in a small village in India. When the child's cry rings, the father bangs on a steel plate to attract the attention of all the villagers, ...

Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women

2005

The Shaukeens poster
4.4

Three friends in their 60s try to do everything that they couldn't do in their younger days - before death arrives.

The Shaukeens

2014

Azaad poster
6.4

In 1920s India, a young stable boy bonds with a spirited horse. Amid rebellion and tyranny, his quest to ride the majestic animal becomes a journey of courage, awakening him to the country's fight for freedom.

Azaad

2025

Samurai poster
5.9

Thiyagu is a medico who leads a masked gang of four to abduct corrupt politicians and bureaucrats who use the loophole in law to enjoy their prison term in hospitals or guest houses. Deiva, a schoolgirl and daughter of the police officer who is hot on the trail of the mysterious gang, has a crush on Thiyagu, but she is not aware of his real identity.

Samurai

2002

Jhoom Barabar Jhoom poster
4.1

London, an overcrowded cafe, one table to share. Two strangers tell each other “how I met my fiancé” stories to kill time. Rikki met his fiance Anaida at the Ritz in Paris and Alvira met her prince charming Steve at Madame Tussauds

Jhoom Barabar Jhoom

2007

Happy Bhag Jayegi poster
6.3

After fleeing an arranged marriage, a feisty Indian woman finds herself stranded in Pakistan where the ex-governor's son helps reunite her with her boyfriend.

Happy Bhag Jayegi

2016

Crazxy poster
5.6

A renowned surgeon, Abhimanyu Sood is carrying ₹5 crores for a hush hush settlement that will save him from going to jail, when he gets a chilling phone call—his 16-year-old daughter, Vedica, has been kidnapped. The ransom? The exact amount he is carrying right now. Is this even a real kidnapping—or an elaborate trap?

Crazxy

2025

Gulaal poster
6.9

A law student witnesses the struggles of the Rajputs, deception, homicide and crime after being elected as General Secretary of his college.

Gulaal

2009

Dulhaniya Le Aaeegi poster
NR

Navya, the only daughter of powerful businessman Devi Prasad, is set for a grand wedding that soon goes off track due to unexpected twists. As secrets unfold and egos clash, the celebration turns into a modern-day swayamvar.

Dulhaniya Le Aaeegi

2026

The Exile poster
NR

The Exile (Vanvaas) is an emotionally gripping short film directed by Sandeep Modi, starring the powerhouse actor Piyush Mishra. The film beautifully explores the complex dynamics of a father-son relationship within a compact storytelling format. It was officially selected and screened at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).

The Exile

2015

Tere Bin Laden poster
6.5

Ali Hassan (Ali Zafar), a reporter with a downmarket TV channel in Karachi, is keen to go to USA for a better life, but his visa has been refused six times in seven years. In desperation, he gets hold of an Osama Bin Laden look alike and makes a fake Osama tape which he sells to the owner of his channel to raise money for a false identity, a new passport and better luck with US visa. As one can expect, it is far from smooth sailing for him and his friends, as they get into a series of comic situations.

Tere Bin Laden

2010

Katran poster
5.5

A story of an aged couple who even after spending years of togetherness is staring into an uncertain future. Watch this powerful short now to find out whether they sail through this storm or give up on each other.

Katran

Behind the camera