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.
Host Farooq Shaikh interviews many well-known Bollywood faces as well as television celebrities and gives a peek into their private and professional lives.
Release Date2002-03-22
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A young actress is found to have committed suicide at the filming location. Things take a different turn when further investigation reveals it to be a cold-blooded murder and the killer is someone within the film crew.
Release Date1986-03-14
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Vote Count6
Based on the life of Keshav Thackeray, an Indian politician who is also known as Balasaheb Thackeray.
Release Date2019-01-25
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Release Date2016-04-23
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Vote Count36
A portrait of independent filmmaker Saeed Mirza best known for cult arthouse films that tackle socio political tensions in India.
Release Date2016-06-24
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Documentary on stand-up comedy in India and the larger context of contemporary Indian humour.
Release Date2015-02-05
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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.
Release Date2003-06-30
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count6
An anthology of eleven short films from eleven directors featuring stories of life in Mumbai.
Release Date2008-04-27
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Sequel to Masoom
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
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.
Release Date2020-10-02
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count38
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.
Release Date2011-02-04
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count23
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.
Release Date2003-12-31
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count23
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.
Release Date1984-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
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.
Release Date1983-08-12
DepartmentWriting
JobStory
Vote Count64
Kabir, a special task force veteran, is brought out of retirement to hunt down an enemy, Umar Riaz, he thought he had neutralised but is still alive. He, along with a reassembled special task force, decides to infiltrate Umar's brother's wedding after learning that Umar would be in attendance. However, when things do not go as planned, Kabir and his team must give their all to ensure the dangerous man is caught.
Release Date2022-11-10
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count24
Vote Count2
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.
Release Date2013-01-30
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
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...
Release Date2007-12-07
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count6
Four masked men break into the Anand family home, taking them hostage. Pushed into a do-or-die situation, Dr. Mira Anand has to make a choice. Will she take a life to save lives?
Release Date2019-05-30
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count13
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)
Release Date1996-06-07
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count5
Dev who takes control of his own life gets addicted to drugs and alcohol and eventually becomes hungry for power.
Release Date2018-03-23
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count2
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.
Release Date2023-05-05
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count11
This story revolves around the lives of two look-alike sisters, who are brought up separately by their estranged parents, who had separated due to a misunderstandings when the girls were little. The twins meet, find out about their backgrounds, and decide to switch places
Release Date2001-01-19
DepartmentWriting
JobStory
Vote Count9
An abused boy who sells coffee on a bicycle gets involved in a robbery.
Release Date2010-12-31
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count2
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.
Release Date1988-06-05
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count8
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.
Release Date1991-09-30
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count3
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?
Release Date2005-09-16
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
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.
Release Date2013-01-18
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count21
Small-town crime journalist Abhishek finds his life and career affected by a fugitive gangster. As he gets trapped in a web of lies and motives, what price will he pay- to become a renowned reporter?
Release Date2025-02-21
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count8
Vote Count1
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.
Release Date2003-12-22
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count14
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.
Release Date1987-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Silsila 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...
Release Date2007-02-07
Vote Count12
