Sudhir Mishra-Director with a difference

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Sudhir Mishra born in Lucknow is a Bollywood Film Director and screenwriter most acclaimed for his movies that do more than just entertain the audience. It can be said that film making caught his eye at an early age as his father DN Mishra was a founder member of the Lucknow Film Society.

Sudhir Mishra finished his graduation from Delhi university and formed a theater Group called "Workshop Theater" with Badal Sircar and worked on many plays with the latter. Sudhir left for Pune after working with Badal Sircar for one and a half years. He spent his time at FTII(Film and Television Institute of India) where his younger brother Sudhanshu Mishra was studying at the time.Though Sudhir spent his time at the institute.he never actually studied there.
The director moved to land of dremas and opportunities, Mumbai and stepped in Bollywood as an assistant director and scrptwriter in comedy classic "Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron" in the year 1983 directed by Kundan Shah.He later on, worked with "Mohan Joshi Haazir Ho !" directed by Saeed Akhtar Mirza and with Vidhu Vinod Chopra in Khamosh(1985).
Though he had considerable contributions to the above films,he made his directorial debut with his film "Yeh Woh Manzil Toh Nahin' in the year 1987 for which he won the National Award for the First Film of a Director. But he didn't stop there,Sudhir Mishra went on to make many films which recieved not only crtical acclaim but prestigious awards too. Some of such films include, Main Zinda Hoon(1988), Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin(1996),Chameli(2003) and the most noted movie of his film career till date, "Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi".
His other awards include National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues for the film Main Zinda Hoon releasd in the year 1988 and Filmfare Best Story Award for Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi in the year 2005.
Films directed by Sudhir Mishra:

• (Yeh Woh Manzil To Nahin(1987)
• Main Zinda Hoon(1988)
• Dharavi(1992)
• Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin(1996)
• Calcutta mail(2003)
• Chameli(2003)
• Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi(2005)
• Traffic Signal(2007)
• Khoya Khoya Chand(2007)