
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
7.0Kapil Sharma is back with his gang - Bindu, Chandan and 'mohalle ki dhoban' Gudiya. In tow is a new character, Maski, along with Goli, Roopmati and more! Enjoy guaranteed laughter with Kapil and his antics as different celebrities join in.
The Kapil Sharma Show
2016
Host Farooq Shaikh interviews many well-known Bollywood faces as well as television celebrities and gives a peek into their private and professional lives.
Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai
2002
7.3Set 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
5.9Lamington 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
5.8An unexpected betrayal transforms a meek college professor into a cold-blooded gangster who wants to marry a woman against her wishes.
Arjun Pandit
1999
7.1Two 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
Film credits
2010s · 3 titles
5.4Based on the life of Keshav Thackeray, an Indian politician who is also known as Balasaheb Thackeray.
Thackeray
2019
8.0Documentary on stand-up comedy in India and the larger context of contemporary Indian humour.
I Am Offended
2015
8.7A portrait of independent filmmaker Saeed Mirza best known for cult arthouse films that tackle socio political tensions in India.
Saeed Mirza: The Leftist Sufi
2016
2000s · 2 titles
5.5Following a wild party, a married man meets with his friends in order to try and remember his indiscretions.
A One Night Stand
2009
5.3Silsila is the "manager" of one traffic signal, that is he collects the "hafta" (protection tax) from each signal squatter plying his trade. There's Tsunami, a little scavenger boy, there's Rani - a Gujrati girl selling ethnic clothes on the sidewalk, and there's Dominic - a drug addict and the prostitute who feels for him...
Traffic Signal
2007
Series credits
7.0Kapil Sharma is back with his gang - Bindu, Chandan and 'mohalle ki dhoban' Gudiya. In tow is a new character, Maski, along with Goli, Roopmati and more! Enjoy guaranteed laughter with Kapil and his antics as different celebrities join in.
The Kapil Sharma Show
2016
Host Farooq Shaikh interviews many well-known Bollywood faces as well as television celebrities and gives a peek into their private and professional lives.
Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai
2002
Behind the camera
7.3Set 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
7.3Set 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
5.9Lamington 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
5.8An unexpected betrayal transforms a meek college professor into a cold-blooded gangster who wants to marry a woman against her wishes.
Arjun Pandit
1999
7.1Two 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
5.8Arun 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
5.8Arun 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
NRAn 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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6.7Tormented 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
6.7Tormented 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
5.4At 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
4.5An 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
4.5An 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
NRBhavna 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
7.0An 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
7.4The 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
7.4The 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
8.6An abused boy who sells coffee on a bicycle gets involved in a robbery.
Tera Kya Hoga Johnny
2010
8.6An abused boy who sells coffee on a bicycle gets involved in a robbery.
Tera Kya Hoga Johnny
2010
3.9Avinash(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
5.9A 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
5.9A 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
7.3Beena, 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
7.3Beena, 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
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
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
NRAn anthology of eleven short films from eleven directors featuring stories of life in Mumbai.
Mumbai Cutting
2008
5.4Circa 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
3.5Dev who takes control of his own life gets addicted to drugs and alcohol and eventually becomes hungry for power.
Daas Dev
2018
3.5Dev who takes control of his own life gets addicted to drugs and alcohol and eventually becomes hungry for power.
Daas Dev
2018
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

