Abhishek Chaubey

Abhishek Chaubey (born 30 March 1977) is an Indian director, screenwriter and film producer known for his works in Hindi cinema. He began his career as an associate director and co-writer to Vishal Bhardwaj for his debut Makdee (2002). He went on to assist him in his subsequent films, and most notably co-wrote Vishal's trendsetting Omkara (2006) and Kaminey (2009). Abhishek's directorial debut, the dark comedy Ishqiya (2010) and its sequel Dedh Ishqiya (2014), both starring Naseeruddin Shah received rave reviews. His following film, Udta Punjab (2016), highlighted the heroin epidemic in Punjab and was released to critical acclaim. His next directorial venture Sonchiriya (2019) presented a rooted tale set in Chambal and released to positive reviews from critics.

Works

Panjab '95

Based on real events, Honey Trehan’s second feature tells the story of human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra’s courageous campaign to uncover murderous corruption during the nadir of Punjab’s period of insurgency.

Release Date:2025-02-07

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Monsoon Walk

In a remote village of the Sayhadri mountains, a 75-year-old woman embarks on a journey to fetch medicines for her grandson on a heavy monsoon day.

Release Date:2024-10-21

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:1

Ullozhukku

The film is set in a flooded region in Kerala where a woman and her daughter-in-law attempt to bury a loved one. However, due to heavy floods, the burial is postponed. This delay brings long-buried secrets and lies to the surface, threatening the family's unity.

Release Date:2024-06-21

Department:Production

Job:Co-Producer

Vote Count:7

Killer Soup

Swathi dreams of owning a restaurant. But when a murder derails her plan, she and her lover take an outrageous step — to replace him with her husband.

Release Date:2024-01-11

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:8

Vote Count:17

Sharmaji Namkeen

Late Rishi Kapoor in his swansong plays B. G. Sharma, a 58-year old middle-class widower living in West Delhi. After being laid off from the company he has worked for his entire life, Sharmaji struggles to deal with the beast called retirement. His struggle to stay relevant in front of his two sons finally ends when he rekindles his love for cooking through a kitty party. A bunch of merry women rekindle in Sharma, a passion for cooking and chutzpah in general, that help him find his true calling.

Release Date:2022-03-31

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:20

Ankahi Kahaniya

As big city life buzzes around them, lonely souls discover surprising sources of connection and companionship in three tales of love, loss and longing.

Release Date:2021-09-17

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:12

Ray

From a satire to a psychological thriller, four short stories from celebrated auteur and writer Satyajit Ray are adapted for the screen in this series.

Release Date:2021-06-25

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:24

Raat Akeli Hai

When a newly married landlord is murdered, a misfit cop’s investigation is complicated by the victim’s secretive family and his own conflicted heart.

Release Date:2020-07-31

Department:Production

Job:Supervising Producer

Vote Count:69

Sonchiriya

In the more or less lawless Chambal Valley in 1975, a gang of bandits led by Maan Singh are up to mischief. The lawless men, who call themselves Bhaagis (rebels), live by robbery and attack the villages in the area. Since they have previously committed a more than shameful crime, they are hunted mercilessly by the police. When Maan Singh learns about a treasure of gold that is about to change hands at a wedding reception, the target of their next heist is clear. They have no idea that it is an ambush of the police. Some of the gang members barely manage to escape and flee into the inhospitably barren surrounding area. While a dispute arises about how to proceed, they meet a woman from the lowest caste who is being hunted by a family clan. In their care there is a girl who was raped and seriously injured by the leader of that clan. The bandits see the opportunity to atone for their shameful crime.

Release Date:2019-03-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:36

A Death in the Gunj

Life for a shy young Indian student slowly falls to pieces during a family road trip.

Release Date:2017-06-02

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:49

Udta Punjab

Drug abuse and the darker side of Punjab rear their heads in the intense, interwoven tales of a policeman, a doctor, a migrant worker, and a rockstar.

Release Date:2016-06-17

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:150

INT. CAFÉ – NIGHT

A short film exploring two stories about love, loss and reunion set inside a café in Kolkata, India.

Release Date:2014-08-09

Department:Crew

Job:Thanks

Vote Count:11

Dedh Ishqiya

A team of con men fall for a Begum and her female confidante. Does their love fructify?

Release Date:2014-01-10

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:41

Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola

Harry is an industrialist who loves his daughter Bijlee, and the bond they share with Harry's man friday, Matru. Bijlee's plan to wed the son of a politician, however, brings twists and turns in the lives of Matru, Bijlee and Mandola.

Release Date:2013-01-10

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:42

Ishqiya

While on the run from goons, a man and his nephew fall for a kidnapper's seductive widow.

Release Date:2010-01-29

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:67

Kaminey

Two brothers, as different as chalk and cheese, find their lives intertwined when one puts himself in danger via a `get rich quick' scheme and the other finds there is a price on his head.

Release Date:2009-08-14

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:97

Omkara

Half-caste bandit Omkara Shukla abducts his lady love, Dolly Mishra, from her family. Thanks to his cleverness, he gets away with the kidnapping. A conspiracy, however, forms against him when he denies his right-hand man, Langda Tyagi, a promotion. Ultimately, this plot threatens not only his relationship with Dolly, but their lives and those of their associates as well.

Release Date:2006-07-28

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:83

The Blue Umbrella

Young Biniya lives a poor lifestyle in a small village in the mountainous and snowy region of Himachal Pradesh in India along with her widowed mom and wrestler brother. She entertains various tourists, and while doing so with some tourists from Japan, trades in her bear-tooth amulet with a blue umbrella...

Release Date:2005-12-11

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:20

Makdee

One half of an identical set of twins, the mischievous Chunni is known in her hometown for the pranks she plays, notably on her father, the schoolteacher and the village butcher. To get out of trouble, Chunni often impersonates her sister Munni and makes others look a fool.

Release Date:2002-11-22

Department:Directing

Job:Assistant Director

Vote Count:19