Hansal Mehta

Directing

Hansal Mehta

Born

1968-04-29 (58)

Place of birth

Mumbai, Maharashtra

Known for

Directing

Credits

29 titles

Hansal Mehta (born 29 April 1968) is an Indian filmmaker. He started his career with television show Khana Khazana (1993–2000) and later moved on to directing films like Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar!! (2000), Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai? (2002) and Woodstock Villa (2008). He received critical acclaim with Shahid (2013), for which he won the National Film Award for Best Direction. He was nominated for a Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film for Faraaz (2023). He directed the television series Scam 1992 (2020), for which he won the Filmfare OTT Award for best director and Scoop (2023), which won the Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Award for best Asian television series.

Known for

The Kapil Sharma Show poster
7.0

Kapil 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

The Lavari Show poster
NR

The Lavari Show is a Gujarati live talk show that combines stand-up comedy, improv, and live podcasts with celebrity guests.

The Lavari Show

2024

Showtime poster
6.0

An epic saga of legacy and ambition, get a glimpse behind the multi million-dollar industry of Bollywood, nepotism and power struggles at the top.

Showtime

2024

Industry poster
3.0

Aspiring screenwriter Aayush Verma navigates the bylanes of the Mumbai film industry and etches a bittersweet migrant fairy tale through his personal friendships and professional fall-outs, to make it into the world of ‘Industry’.

Industry

2024

Birds in the Dark poster
NR

A police informant Jagtar takes Amir, a Muslim man from Kashmir, into custody. As they travel through the jungle and the mountains towards the bustling city, Jagtar eventually sets Amir free and returns to the hometown he once fled. There, as agricultural workers begin to organize a struggle, Jagtar reunites with Raman, a landowner and his former lover. Meanwhile, Amir comes to the town looking for Jagtar and meets Dilraj, the leader of the workers' organization, and begins to feel a sense of solidarity.

Birds in the Dark

2026

The Accidental Prime Minister poster
5.3

Based on the memoir by Indian policy analyst Sanjaya Baru, The Accidental Prime Minister explores Manmohan Singh's tenure as the Prime Minister of India, and the kind of control he had over his cabinet and the country.

The Accidental Prime Minister

2019

Film credits

Series credits

Behind the camera

Birds in the Dark poster
NR

A police informant Jagtar takes Amir, a Muslim man from Kashmir, into custody. As they travel through the jungle and the mountains towards the bustling city, Jagtar eventually sets Amir free and returns to the hometown he once fled. There, as agricultural workers begin to organize a struggle, Jagtar reunites with Raman, a landowner and his former lover. Meanwhile, Amir comes to the town looking for Jagtar and meets Dilraj, the leader of the workers' organization, and begins to feel a sense of solidarity.

Birds in the Dark

2026

Aligarh poster
6.8

A sympathetic journalist covers the true story of Ramchandra Siras, an esteemed linguistic professor at Aligarh University who was suspended on charges of homosexuality.

Aligarh

2016

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Pralay

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The Buckingham Murders poster
5.8

Fresh wounds are reopened when Jasmeet Bhamra, a cop and a single mother who recently lost her child in a shooting spree, transfers to High Wycombe and is assigned a case of a missing child.

The Buckingham Murders

2024

Woodstock Villa poster
3.8

Sameer thinks he's found the solution to all his problems when he's hired by a beautiful woman to kidnap her in an elaborate ruse to test her husband's love. But when the woman turns up dead, Sameer finds himself at the center of a dangerous web of lies, deception and murder.

Woodstock Villa

2008

Chhalaang poster
6.2

Chhalaang humorously addresses the value of Sports Education in the school curriculum. It follows a hilarious, yet an inspirational journey of a typical PT Master from a semi government-funded school in Northern India, Montu, for whom it’s just a job and is forced to do what he has never done - Teach.

Chhalaang

2020

Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai? poster
5.5

Four friends fall in love, providing a catalyst as they enter into manhood and discover the beautiful wiles that women possess -- their soul and their power to love and nurture. Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai is a film where everything that occurs is completely unexpected, and just when you think you have things figured out … that's when you should think again!

Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai?

2002

Shahid poster
7.3

A story based on real-life human-rights and criminal lawyer, Shahid Azmi, who was slain while defending the wrongly accused by the law in terrorist activities.

Shahid

2013

Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar!! poster
10.0

Takes a slightly different look at various layers of life in a city like Mumbai through the eyes of Ram Saran (Manoj Bajpai), a garage mechanic who hails from a small town. The film is also about his interaction with the different layers of society that is prevalent in the city.

Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar!!

2000

City Lights poster
7.1

Deepak Singh was an ex army person and owned a small garment shop in a Rajasthani village. When his life struck by a tragedy, he migrates to Mumbai, with his wife and young child, hoping for a better life. However, upon arriving, he soon discovers the challenges of life in a big city.

City Lights

2014

Simran poster
4.9

A Gujarati housekeeper working in the United States, allows her ambitions to overpower her which leads her to get involved in the world of crime.

Simran

2017

Omertà poster
6.8

A dramatization of the complex and dangerous life of Omar Sheikh. A convicted terrorist who many believe had financial connections to 9/11, Sheikh is widely known as the man responsible forthe 2002 kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.

Omertà

2018

Omertà poster
6.8

A dramatization of the complex and dangerous life of Omar Sheikh. A convicted terrorist who many believe had financial connections to 9/11, Sheikh is widely known as the man responsible forthe 2002 kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.

Omertà

2018

No artwork available
NR

United by passion, torn apart by volatility and an obsessive third lover, Rose and Atharva reunite in a seductive game of love, betrayal, fantasy, and dangerously irreversible second chances.

Dilkashi

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Faraaz poster
4.7

A terrifying hostage crisis unfolds over one fateful night in 2016 when heavily armed militants attack a popular cafe in Dhaka.

Faraaz

2023

Dus Kahaniyaan poster
4.4

An anthology of ten short films dealing with diverse subjects such as infidelity, companionship, lust and a spectrum of human emotions.

Dus Kahaniyaan

2007

...Jayate poster
5.0

Stuck with getting affidavits stamped and signed, alcoholic Advocate Mohan Agashe accepts a case of medical malpractice against two gynecologists affiliated with Sanjivani Hospital whose alleged negligence put a young widow and mother of one child, Aarti Mehta, in a state of acute coma. The hospital is willing to make a settlement, but Mohan refuses and decides to try his luck in court. He soon finds out about the greed of patients' relatives, which forces him to accommodate Aarti's married sister Pooja and her son in his already-cramped flat; the lack of evidence and his very own credibility; a hostile judge among other challenges that threaten to not only drive him to despair but also turn his life upside-down.

...Jayate

1997

No artwork available
NR

The story centers around the cold-blooded murder of an eight-year-old girl in a small village on the outskirts of Delhi and the subsequent investigation.

Black River

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No artwork available
NR

The story centers around the cold-blooded murder of an eight-year-old girl in a small village on the outskirts of Delhi and the subsequent investigation.

Black River

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Garbage poster
4.3

Taxi driver Phanishwar is living with a mysterious girl, Nanaam, who he keeps in chains. When a medical student, Rami, a victim of revenge porn leaked online by an ex-boyfriend, seeks refuge in Goa, she stumbles into the strange but placid lives of Phanishwar and Nanaam.

Garbage

2018

No artwork available
9.0

After losing his love to the son of a gangster, a loyal gang-member must try and protect his family.

Raakh

2010

No artwork available
NR

An Upcoming Film

Untitled LJP Film

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Chhal poster
9.0

Secret Service Agent, Karan Menon (Kay Kay) has been assigned the task of penetrating the gang and winning the confidence of underworld don, Shastri (Vallabh Vyas). Karan does so with ease, however, problems arise when he falls for Shastri's deputy's Girish (Prashant Narayan) sister, Padmini (Jaya Seal). He then starts to sympathize with Shastri and Girish and attempts to convince his Department, in vain. His Department assumes that he is now a out of control rogue agent, and he stops getting any support from them. And at the same time he must face the wrath of Shastri and Girish when they find out that they have been harboring a policeman in their midst.

Chhal

2002