Sudhir Mishra is an Indian theater artist, film director and screenwriter. He is known for directing the Hindi films Dharavi (1992), Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi (2003) and Chameli (2004). He won National Awards for the Hindi films Main Zinda Hoon (1988) and Dharavi (1992).
Wiki/Biography
Sudhir Mishra aka Sudhir Bhai Mishra was born on Thursday, January 22, 1959 in Nagpur, Maharashtra (age 64 as of 2023) and was raised by his parents in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. His zodiac sign is Aquarius.
Childhood photos of Sudhir Mishra with parents
Later, he pursued his graduation and postgraduate studies in Psychology from Delhi University, New Delhi.
appearance
Height (approximately): 6′3″
Hair color: gray
Eye color: black
Sudhir Mishra with Arjun Rampal and Chitrangada Singh
family
Sudhir was born into a Hindu Brahmin family.
Parents and siblings
His father Devendra Nath Mishra was a mathematician, writer and a founding member of the Lucknow Film Society. His mother’s name is Durga Devindernath Mishra. He is the eldest of two siblings. a brother and a sister. His younger brother Sudhanshu Mishra is a film producer.
Photos of Sudhir Mishra’s parents
Sudhir Mishra’s brother
wife and children
In 1978, he married Indian actress Sushmita Mukherjee. After a few years of marriage, the couple divorced.
Collage by Sudhir Mishra and Sushmita Mukherjee
In 1988, Sudhir married Indian film editor Renu Saluja, who was previously married to Indian film director Vidhu Vinod Chopra. However, Renu died of cancer in 2000.
Renu Saluja, wife of Sudhir Mishra
other relatives
Sudhir’s grandfather Dwarka Prasad Mishra was an Indian politician who served as the fourth chief minister of Madhya Pradesh.
Sudhir Mishra’s grandfather (right) and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
Relationships/Affairs
There were rumors that he was in a relationship with Indian actress Chitrangada Singh. It is also said that he was the reason for the divorce between Chitragada Singh and her ex-husband Jyoti Randhawa, a golfer.
Sudhir Mishra and Chitrangada Singh
Profession
theater
He began his career as a theater artist under the tutelage of Indian dramatist Badal Sircar. After appearing in several plays, he began writing plays. He gained great fame as a theater director. He conducted various acting and directing courses at the Film and Television Directors Guild of India, Mumbai.
Sudhir Mishra performs in nukkad natak
Movie
Screenwriter/Director
In 1983, he made his debut as a screenwriter in Bollywood with the film “Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron”.
jane bee du aaron
He made his directorial debut with the 1987 Hindi film Yeh Woh Manzil To Nahin. Some of his other popular Hindi films as director and screenwriter include “Dharavi” (1991), “Chameli” (2004), “Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi” (2005), “Yeh Saali Zindagi” (2011) and “Daas Dev” (2018).
Sudhir Mishra on the set of the movie
actor
In 1985, he made his acting debut in the film Khamosh, in which he played a cameo.
Camoush(1985)
He had guest roles in several other Hindi films such as “Traffic Signal” (2007) and “Raat Gayi, Baat Gayi?” (2010).
short film
Sudhir has directed and written several Hindi short films including Kirchiyaan (2013) and Life Support (2017).
television
He made his television debut as a director in 1996 with the Hindi television series 17 Sherly Road, which aired on Zee TV.
Stills from the TV series “17 Shirley Road”
He also directed several other Hindi television serials such as Chhapte Chhapte (1985) and Nyay (1999), which aired on Doordarshan.
Sudhir Mishra on the sets of Chhapte Chhapte
web series
In 2019, Sudhir made his web series debut as the director of the Disney+ Hotstar series Hostages.
Stills from the web series “Hostage”
He is also directing the 2022 web series “Tanaav”, which airs on SonyLIV.
Awards
- 1987: Wins the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Directorial Debut for the Hindi film Yeh Woh Manzil To Nahin
- 1988: The Hindi film “Main Zinda Hoon” won the National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues
- 1991: Dharavi wins National Film Award for Best Hindi Feature Film
- 1992: The City of Nantes Award for the Hindi films “Dharavi” and “Tied with The Need” at the Nantes Tricontinental Film Festival
- 2006: The Hindi film “Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi” won the Filmfare Award for Best Story
Sudhir Mishra wins award
- 2010: Medal of Arts and Letters awarded by the French government
- 2016: Yash Bhatti Award from the Government of Uttar Pradesh
- 2021: WM Digital Awards Jury Award for Best Story in Digital Film A Serious Man
- 2021: Indian Television Streaming Awards for Best Director Digital Premiere Series
Sudhir Mishra – Winner of India Telly Streaming Award 2021
Facts/Trivia
- As a child, he often accompanied his father to watch movies and plays, and he became interested in Hindi films.
- After acting in a few plays in college, he realized his interest was not in acting but in film directing.
- In an interview, he shared about his Bollywood debut. He said,
My friend Vinod Dua was interviewing Vidhu Vinod Chopra for Doordarshan and asked me to ask Vinod about my knowledge about the film. Vinod saw my knowledge of cinema and invited me to come to Mumbai. He was making his first movie at the time, and I asked him, “What would I do?” “Learn to thrive,” he said. I went to Mumbai and met a bunch of liberals, Kundan Shah, Ketan Mehta, Javed Akhtar and Shekhar Kapur, who became my family. Kundan would come to my house where he started working on Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro and I started co-writing the script with him. “
Old photos of Sudhir Mishra with other actors and directors
- He once revealed that after the death of his wife, he was very depressed and even contemplated suicide.
- After working in theater under the tutelage of Indian theater artist Badal Sircar, Sudhir moved to Pune from Delhi. In Pune, his brother is a student at Film and Television Institute of India. Sudhir then started taking acting and film lessons from his brother.
- In 2014, he was fined by Chandigarh police for smoking in public places.
- In 2020, during the COVID-19 lockdown in India, a video went viral on social media in which several policemen were seen beating up a man (who looked like Sudhir Mishra) for violating quarantine norms. For this, netizens harshly abused Sudhir. However, Sudhir later clarified that the man in the video was not him. He tweeted,
It’s funny to me that people think I’m going to get hit without any reaction. Every tall white-haired man is not me. What struck me was the joy of the troll brigade. How morbid! Whoever that coward got hit with like this, it wasn’t me, disgusting! Get a life! “
- Sudhir Mishra is fluent in multiple languages including Hindi, English and Urdu.
- He is an avid dog lover and often posts photos with his dogs.
Sudhir Mishra and a dog
- Since the age of 45, he has been practicing yoga for about an hour and a half every day.
Sudhir Mishra does yoga
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