Saurabh Shukla

Saurabh Shukla
Saurabh Shukla
	Shukla at the screening of Sonata
Born	5 March 1963 (age 61); Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Occupation(s)	Actor, film director, screenwriter
Years active	1984–present

Saurabh Shukla (born 5 March 1963) is a National Award-winning Indian actor, screenwriter, and film director who works in Hindi and a few Tamil and Telugu films. He is best known for his roles in Satya (1998), Nayak: The Real Hero (2001), Yuva (2004), Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006), Barfi! (2012), Jolly LLB (2013); for latter, he won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor.^[1] Other notable films are Kick (2014), PK (2014), Jolly LLB 2 (2017) and Raid (2018). He has also worked in a short documentary with Ruth Agnihotri and Rachael Agnihotri in Goa.^{[citation needed]}

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Born to Jogamaya Shukla, who was the first female tabla player of India and Shatrughan Shukla, a vocalist from Agra Gharana, Shukla's family left Gorakhpur for Delhi when he was two years old. He completed his schooling and did graduation from S.G.T.B. Khalsa College, Delhi. His professional career began in 1984 with entry into the theatre.^[2]

Shukla began serious theatre in 1986 with roles in plays like A View From The Bridge (Arthur Miller), Look Back in Anger (John Osborne), Ghashiram Kotwal (Vijay Tendulkar) and Hayvadan. In 1991, he joined the NSD Repertoire Company – the professional wing of the National School of Drama – as an actor.^[2] The next year he got his first break when Shekhar Kapur, impressed with his work, created a role for him in Bandit Queen.^[3]

Shukla also did the role of Vijay Anand's sidekick Gopi in the 1994 Doordarshan crime drama Tehkikaat. The series was directed by Karan Razdan, but Kapur directed the first episode. He also wrote and acted in Zee TV's 9 Malabar Hill.^[4]

He also appeared in a recurring albeit a short role of an aamir's jasoos (chieftain's spy) in the 1990s Doordarshan TV serial Mulla Nasiruddin, which had Raghubir Yadav in the lead role. The series was based on the folklore of Mulla Nasiruddin.

Shukla is also a part of a comic theater play 2 to Tango, 3 to Jive.^[5]

Breakthrough (1998–present)

Shukla's biggest break came when he co-wrote the script for Ram Gopal Varma's 1998 cult classic Satya and played the role of gangster Kallu Mama in the film.^[6] He won the Star Screen Award for Best Screenplay alongside Anurag Kashyap.

"Why do I make realistic films, like Satya? Because that's the kind of films I like to do. Capturing reality is very difficult and challenging," he said in a 2000 interview to Rediff.com, making it clear that he prefers realism in his scripts. In the same interview he also talked about his preferred genre of film making – comedy:

If you carefully see my work, it is all [comedy]. We usually categorize subjects as comedy and serious. But there is more than just this. Like when we laugh, we sometimes also cry. There can be certain viciousness to this action if there is too much of it. It is the same with romance, which gets too much after a point. There is always a comic element in every situation.^[7]

In 2003, he wrote the screenplay for Calcutta Mail. He received his first award for this film, the Zee Cine Award for Best Screenplay. In 2008, he acted in his first international film, the Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning Slumdog Millionaire, as the character Constable Srinivas. In 2013, he appeared as policeman Sudhanshu Dutta in Barfi!, a film through which director Anurag Basu and co-actor Ranbir Kapoor, he said, "revived [him] as an actor".^[8]

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Year	Film	Role	Notes
1994	Bandit Queen	Kailash
1996	Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin	Vilas Pandey
1998	Kareeb	Birju's father
	Zakhm	Gurdayal Singh
	Satya	Kallu Mama
1999	Taal	Banerjee
	Arjun Pandit	Johnny
	Baadshah	Saxena
	Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan	Mr. Malhotra "Chhotey"
2000	Hey Ram	Manohar Lalwani	Hindi-Tamil bilingual film.
	Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar!!	Gaitonde
	Mohabbatein	Sanjana's father
	Snip!	Munna
2001	Nayak: The Real Hero	Pandurang
	Yeh Teraa Ghar Yeh Meraa Ghar	Mama Kaanden
	Moksha	Kale
2002	Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai	Lachhu Mama
2002	Karz: The Burden of Truth	Suraj's drunk friend	Uncredited
2003	Yeh Dil	Economics Teacher
	Calcutta Mail	Ghatak
	Raghu Romeo	Mario
	Xcuse Me	Hotel Manager
	Mumbai Matinee	Nitin Kapoor
	Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi	Senior Bihari Constable
	Mudda - The Issue	Dinanath
2004	Yuva	Gopal
2005	Balu ABCDEFG	Khan's brief	Telugu film
	Mumbai Xpress	Kishore Mehta
	Anniyan	Cable Company Owner	Tamil film Dubbed as Aparichitudu in Telugu and Aparichit (2006) in Hindi
	Yakeen	Chamanlal
	Home Delivery	Pandey
	Kal: Yesterday and Tomorrow	Rajesh Jalan
	Chehraa	Director
	Allari Bullodu	Karim Lala	Telugu film
2006	Mixed Doubles	Sammy
	Lage Raho Munna Bhai	Batuk Maharaj
	Care of Footpath	Ranga	Kannada film
2007	Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love	Dotcom Paaji
	Khoya Khoya Chand	Producer Khosa
	Showbiz	Inder Raj Bahl
2008	My Name is Anthony Gonsalves	Murthy
	Mithya	Shetty
	De Taali	Godbole
	Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors	Diesel
	Slumdog Millionaire	Head Constable Srinivas	English/Hindi film
	Dasvidaniya	Dasgupta
	Oh, My God	God
2009	Luck By Chance	Nand Kishore
	Love Khichdi	Krishnan
	Chintu Ji	Malkani
2010	Tera Kya Hoga Johnny	Begum
	Lahore	Madhav Suri
	Paathshaala	Lallan Sharma
	Mirch	Satish
2011	Utt Pataang	Nandu Pandey
	Yeh Saali Zindagi	Mehta
	Aarakshan	Mantri Baburao
	Shakal Pe Mat Ja	Vijay Dinanath Chauhan
	Pappu Can't Dance Saala	Producer of dance album
2012	Staying Alive	Shaukat Ali
	I M 24
	Barfi!	Sudhanshu Dutta	Nominated—IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated— Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
	Delhi Safari	Bharela	Voice only
	The Last Act	Theatre troupe director
2013	David	David's father
	Jolly LLB	Justice Sunderlal Tripathi	National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor
	Phata Poster Nikhla Hero	Gundappa Das
	Kalpvriksh	Shankar Dada
2014	Gunday	Kaali Kaka
	Main Tera Hero	Balli
	Gang of Ghosts	Bhoothnath Bhaduri
	Ek Tho Chance	TBA
	Kick	Brijesh Mehra
	PK	Tapasvi Maharaj
2015	Kaun Kitne Paani Mein	Braj Singh Deo
2015	Mohalla Assi	Upadhyay Pandit
2016	Dhilluku Dhuddu	Kajal's father	Tamil film dubbed as Raj Mahal 3 (2017) in Hindi.
2017	Jolly LLB 2	Justice Sunderlal Tripathi
	The Wishing Tree (2017)	Dhaba Owner
	Jagga Jasoos	Ex IB Officer Sinha
2018	Raid	Rameshwar "Rajaji" Singh a.k.a. "Tauji"
	Shabhash Kundu	Robin Roy
	Daas Dev	Awadesh Pratap Chauhan
2019	Fraud Saiyaan	Murari Chaurasia
	Family Of Thakurganj	Baba Bhandari
	Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyun Aata Hai?	Nayyar	Remake of classic Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai^[9]
	The Zoya Factor	Nikhil's dad
	The Verdict - State vs Nanavati	Russi Karanjia	Web series on ALTBalaji and ZEE5
	Ujda Chaman	Guruji	^[10]
	Bala	Hari Shukla
	Pagalpanti	Raja Sahab	^[11]
	Aadhaar	Parmanand Singh
2020	Chhalaang	Mr. Shukla
2021	Madam Chief Minister	Master Suraj Bhan
	The Big Bull	Manu Malpani
	Tadap^[12]	Ishana's father
2022	Shamshera	Shamshera's friend, Bali's ally
	Drishyam 2	Murad Ali
	Bhediya	Bagga, Bhaskar's boss
2025	Jolly LLB 3 †	Justic Sunderlal Tripathi	Filming
TBA	Identity Card †	Ghulam Nabi	Post-production
TBA	No Rules for Fools †	TBA	Post-production
TBA	Manohar Pandey †	TBA

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Year	Title	Role	Platform	Notes
2022	Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein	Akheraj Awasthi "Vidrohi", Purva's Father	Netflix
2023	Pop Kaun?	KBC	Disney+ Hotstar

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As writer and director

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Year	Film	Director	Producer	Screenwriter	Notes
1998	Satya			Yes	Star Screen Awards for Best Screenplay with Anurag Kashyap
2000	Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar!!			Yes
2003	Raghu Romeo			Yes
	Calcutta Mail			Yes	Nominated—Zee Cine Award for Best Screenplay
	Mudda - The Issue	Yes		Yes
2005	Chehraa	Yes		Yes
2005	Mumbai Xpress			Yes
2007	Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love			Yes
2008	Mithya			Yes
2009	Acid Factory			Yes
2009	Raat Gayi Baat Gayi?	Yes		Yes	New York South Asian International Film Festival for Best Film with Rajat Kapoor
2011	Utt Pataang			Yes
2011	Pappu Can't Dance Saala	Yes	Yes	Yes
2012	Fatso!			Yes
2012	I M 24	Yes		Yes
2023	Dry Day	Yes		Yes

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As lyricist

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Year	Film	Notes
2006	Mixed Doubles

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Shukla won the National Film Award and the Screen Award for the Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in Jolly LLB.^[13]

[1]
"61st National Film Awards For 2013" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 16 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
[2]
Fat lot of good Archived 27 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine Rediff, 1998.
[3]
"Shekhar Kapur told me to remain an actor". Archived from the original on 22 March 2007. Retrieved 14 November 2006.
[4]
"Red alert - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
[5]
"Saurabh Shukla hits a century with his play '2 To Tango 3 To Jive'!". DNA India. 18 May 2017. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
[6]
"Beyond Kallu Mama". Archived from the original on 26 July 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2008.
[7]
"The Black Comedy of Saurabh Shukla". Archived from the original on 22 March 2007. Retrieved 14 November 2006.
[8]
Sharma, Sampada (5 March 2018). "From gaining popularity as a credible actor to winning a National Award, Saurabh Shukla's journey has been tremendous". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 5 March 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
[9]
Taran Adarsh [@taran_adarsh] (6 March 2019). "Manav Kaul, Nandita Das and Saurabh Shukla... #AlbertPintoKoGussaKyunAataHai - an official remake of the cult classic by Saeed Akhtar Mirza - to release on 12 April 2019... Directed by Soumitra Ranade... The 1980 classic starred Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi and Smita Patil. https://t.co/e3JaquzPMI" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
[10]
"'Ujda Chaman' trailer: Ayushmann Khurrana's 'Bala' to face competition from Sunny Singh's 'Ujda Chaman'". Times of India. 1 October 2019. Archived from the original on 4 November 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
[11]
Anees Bazmee [@BazmeeAnees] (10 March 2019). "Meet Raja Sahab aka @saurabhshukla_s ! #pagalpantionset @TSeries @PanoramaMovies @AnilKapoor @TheJohnAbraham @ArshadWarsi @PulkitSamrat @Ileana_Official @UrvashiRautela @kriti_official https://t.co/Qw17g2fUNh" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
[12]
"Tadap 2021 Film - Best Supporting Performance From Saurabh Shukla". 20 December 2021.
[13]
"Ship of Theseus, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag win National Awards | NDTV Movies.com". Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.

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[diff-1] [1]
"61st National Film Awards For 2013" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 16 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.

[rediff-1998-interview-2] [2]
Fat lot of good Archived 27 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine Rediff, 1998.

[3] [3]
"Shekhar Kapur told me to remain an actor". Archived from the original on 22 March 2007. Retrieved 14 November 2006.

[4] [4]
"Red alert - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2016.

[5] [5]
"Saurabh Shukla hits a century with his play '2 To Tango 3 To Jive'!". DNA India. 18 May 2017. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.

[6] [6]
"Beyond Kallu Mama". Archived from the original on 26 July 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2008.

[7] [7]
"The Black Comedy of Saurabh Shukla". Archived from the original on 22 March 2007. Retrieved 14 November 2006.

[8] [8]
Sharma, Sampada (5 March 2018). "From gaining popularity as a credible actor to winning a National Award, Saurabh Shukla's journey has been tremendous". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 5 March 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.

[9] [9]
Taran Adarsh [@taran_adarsh] (6 March 2019). "Manav Kaul, Nandita Das and Saurabh Shukla... #AlbertPintoKoGussaKyunAataHai - an official remake of the cult classic by Saeed Akhtar Mirza - to release on 12 April 2019... Directed by Soumitra Ranade... The 1980 classic starred Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi and Smita Patil. https://t.co/e3JaquzPMI" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[10] [10]
"'Ujda Chaman' trailer: Ayushmann Khurrana's 'Bala' to face competition from Sunny Singh's 'Ujda Chaman'". Times of India. 1 October 2019. Archived from the original on 4 November 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.

[11] [11]
Anees Bazmee [@BazmeeAnees] (10 March 2019). "Meet Raja Sahab aka @saurabhshukla_s ! #pagalpantionset @TSeries @PanoramaMovies @AnilKapoor @TheJohnAbraham @ArshadWarsi @PulkitSamrat @Ileana_Official @UrvashiRautela @kriti_official https://t.co/Qw17g2fUNh" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[12] [12]
"Tadap 2021 Film - Best Supporting Performance From Saurabh Shukla". 20 December 2021.

[13] [13]
"Ship of Theseus, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag win National Awards | NDTV Movies.com". Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.

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Saurabh Shukla
Shukla at the screening of Sonata
Born	5 March 1963 (1963-03-05) (age 61) Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Occupation(s)	Actor, film director, screenwriter
Years active	1984–present