Sudhir Mishra

Directing

Sudhir Mishra

Born

1959-01-22 (67)

Place of birth

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Known for

Directing

Credits

39 titles

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 Government of India with three National Awards from the president of India, as well as Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the French government.

Known for

Film credits

Series credits

Behind the camera

Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi poster
7.3

Set against the backdrop of the Indian Emergency, the movie tells the story of three youngsters in the 70s, when India was undergoing massive social and political changes.

Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi

2005

Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi poster
7.3

Set against the backdrop of the Indian Emergency, the movie tells the story of three youngsters in the 70s, when India was undergoing massive social and political changes.

Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi

2005

Chameli poster
5.9

Lamington Road on Bombay's Western Railway is the nearest railway station that takes one to Kamathipura, notorious for it's red-light, in particular, and a crime-prone area in general.

Chameli

2003

Arjun Pandit poster
5.8

An unexpected betrayal transforms a meek college professor into a cold-blooded gangster who wants to marry a woman against her wishes.

Arjun Pandit

1999

Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro poster
7.1

Two zanies open a photography studio. They score a partnership with a gossip magazine that suddenly thrusts them into a world of corruption, murder, and hijinks.

Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro

1983

Yeh Saali Zindagi poster
5.8

Arun who has seen his lover in other man's arms cant forget her beauty and is always distracted by it. And wants to help her in any sought of situation even save her love from kidnappers.

Yeh Saali Zindagi

2011

Yeh Saali Zindagi poster
5.8

Arun who has seen his lover in other man's arms cant forget her beauty and is always distracted by it. And wants to help her in any sought of situation even save her love from kidnappers.

Yeh Saali Zindagi

2011

Gandhi and My Mother poster
NR

An important yet lesser-known chapter of history – the 21 days in the life of Mahatma Gandhi during India’s independence.

Gandhi and My Mother

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Serious Men poster
6.7

Tormented with his 'under-privileged' societal status, a father capitalizes on his son's newfound fame as a boy-genius. Little does he realize that the secret he harbors will destroy the very thing he loves the most.

Serious Men

2020

Serious Men poster
6.7

Tormented with his 'under-privileged' societal status, a father capitalizes on his son's newfound fame as a boy-genius. Little does he realize that the secret he harbors will destroy the very thing he loves the most.

Serious Men

2020

Inkaar poster
5.4

At a leading ad agency, the battle for the top job between Rahul Verma, the advertising CEO, and Maya Luthra, his ambitious protégée, takes an ugly turn when Maya files a sexual harassment complaint against Rahul.

Inkaar

2013

Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin poster
4.5

An advertising executive, Aditya (Nirmal Pandey) has a beautiful wife (Tara Deshpande) and a beautiful mistress (Smriti Mishra). This secret affair is the catalyst for much of the plot. Adi gets into a scuffle with a bunch of gangsters led by Ramanbhai, (Ashish Vidyarthi)

Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin

1996

Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin poster
4.5

An advertising executive, Aditya (Nirmal Pandey) has a beautiful wife (Tara Deshpande) and a beautiful mistress (Smriti Mishra). This secret affair is the catalyst for much of the plot. Adi gets into a scuffle with a bunch of gangsters led by Ramanbhai, (Ashish Vidyarthi)

Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin

1996

Kal: Yesterday and Tomorrow poster
NR

Bhavna Dayal and Maya Jalan had been fellow collegians and close friends, both come from very wealthy families. Bhavna is in love with another ex-fellow collegian, Tarun Haksar, who also comes from a wealthy family, and is also in love with Bhavna. Their respective families' expect both to marry each other. However, Tarun and Maya suddenly announce their engagement, and get married, leaving a shocked and heart-broken Bhavna to deal with this situation on her own. She eventually breaks off all contact with her former lover and friend respectively. One night, several months later, a disturbed Tarun returns to her life and apartment, and stays there overnight. The next day she is shocked to find out that Maya has been shot dead, and the police suspect Tarun of killing her. The question remains if Tarun had spent the entire night with Bhavna, then who killed Maya, and further why did Tarun decide to return to Bhavna's life all of a sudden?

Kal: Yesterday and Tomorrow

2005

Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! poster
7.0

An old couple, Mohan Joshi and his wife, sues their landlord for not maintaining their 'collapsing' apartment building. For this, they hire two cunning lawyers. The court case drags on for years and the lawyers milk the old couple dry, while they become rich. Back home in the society, the old couple is ridiculed for fighting the landlord, but they fight on nevertheless.

Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!

1984

Dharavi poster
7.4

The film follows a scrappy taxi driver's fortunes as he tries to break out from the clutches of poverty, devising plans and investing all his money in a dubious schemes which eventually blow out on him, coming under the eye of unscrupulous politician and local goons, yet he still perseveres for his dreams.

Dharavi

1991

Dharavi poster
7.4

The film follows a scrappy taxi driver's fortunes as he tries to break out from the clutches of poverty, devising plans and investing all his money in a dubious schemes which eventually blow out on him, coming under the eye of unscrupulous politician and local goons, yet he still perseveres for his dreams.

Dharavi

1991

Tera Kya Hoga Johnny poster
8.6

An abused boy who sells coffee on a bicycle gets involved in a robbery.

Tera Kya Hoga Johnny

2010

Tera Kya Hoga Johnny poster
8.6

An abused boy who sells coffee on a bicycle gets involved in a robbery.

Tera Kya Hoga Johnny

2010

Calcutta Mail poster
3.9

Avinash(Anil Kapoor) went to Calcutta for no reason. After meeting with Reema (Rani Mukherjee), he starts having flashbacks about his past and his son. His inquiries take him to Bombay via the Calcutta Mail, and this is where he will find out whether his son is alive or not, or he has been trapped.

Calcutta Mail

2003

Afwaah poster
5.9

A woman seeks to escape her engagement to a violent politician, but when a stranger comes to her aid, the two face an onslaught of bigotry and hate.

Afwaah

2023

Afwaah poster
5.9

A woman seeks to escape her engagement to a violent politician, but when a stranger comes to her aid, the two face an onslaught of bigotry and hate.

Afwaah

2023

Main Zinda Hoon poster
7.3

Beena, a villager married to a man in the city, is shocked to find that her husband has left the house. She begins to provide for the family, but faces issues when she falls in love with a co-worker.

Main Zinda Hoon

1988

Main Zinda Hoon poster
7.3

Beena, a villager married to a man in the city, is shocked to find that her husband has left the house. She begins to provide for the family, but faces issues when she falls in love with a co-worker.

Main Zinda Hoon

1988

No artwork available
9.0

Three old men, who used to be close friends during their school days, embark on a train journey from Bombay to Rajpur to attend the centenary celebration of their boarding school. As they travel, memories of their student activism and past failures flood their minds. Upon reaching their destination, they are confronted by political skirmishes that serve as a stark reminder of the occasions when they had failed to stay true to their conscience.

This Is Not Our Destination

1987

No artwork available
9.0

Three old men, who used to be close friends during their school days, embark on a train journey from Bombay to Rajpur to attend the centenary celebration of their boarding school. As they travel, memories of their student activism and past failures flood their minds. Upon reaching their destination, they are confronted by political skirmishes that serve as a stark reminder of the occasions when they had failed to stay true to their conscience.

This Is Not Our Destination

1987

Mumbai Cutting poster
NR

An anthology of eleven short films from eleven directors featuring stories of life in Mumbai.

Mumbai Cutting

2008

Khoya Khoya Chand poster
5.4

Circa 1960s Lucknow-based author Zafar Ali Naqvi, who has issues with his father and his four wives, including the 4th one who lusts after him, re-locates to Bombay, starts writing for movies, and falls in love with starlet Nikhat Sheikh. Both decide to get married but cancel the plans at the last minute after she finds out that her mother and her live-in boyfriend...

Khoya Khoya Chand

2007

Daas Dev poster
3.5

Dev who takes control of his own life gets addicted to drugs and alcohol and eventually becomes hungry for power.

Daas Dev

2018

Daas Dev poster
3.5

Dev who takes control of his own life gets addicted to drugs and alcohol and eventually becomes hungry for power.

Daas Dev

2018

No artwork available
8.0

A real time story. How a bizarre incident in a Chhattarpur farm changes the lives of so many people. How the past comes back to redeem itself. How lives get shattered and cleaned up in just 15 minutes. How life offers a sudden opportunity to make it large… in just one moment.

Kirchiyaan

2013