Atul Mongia

Atul Mongia has been associated with Hindi cinema for a period spanning two decades, establishing himself as one of the industry's most acclaimed casting directors, with films like Queen, Lootera, Titli, LSD, Shanghai and Shor in the City, to his credit. His strength also lies in training actors and helping them deliver more truthful performances.

Atul Mongia
Born
Atul Mongia

(1978-09-30) 30 September 1978
NationalityIndian
OccupationCasting Director, Acting Workshop Director, Filmmaker
Years active2000-present

He has trained contemporary Indian actors like Anushka Sharma, Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh, Varun Dhawan, Saif Ali Khan, Deepak Dobriyal.[1][2]

Early life and career

Atul was the pioneer in starting acting workshops in Hindi films for the film LSD in 2009, and since then has done workshops for over 40 films, working with prominent film directors like Zoya Akhtar, Vishal Bhardwaj, Sharat Kataria, Navdeep Singh, Kanu Behl and Reema Kagti establishing workshops more as a norm than an exception in Hindi cinema.

Atul has been training actors since 2000. At the age of 21, he taught acting at the accomplished Imago acting school in Delhi, founded by theatre veteran Barry John. Since then he has come a long way, taking many public workshops for acting aspirants all over the country.

He is also a writer and a director having written over four feature length scripts and has directed four acclaimed, short independent films, the last one being produced by director/producer Vikramaditya Motwane. He's been an associate director on Ragini MMS, Titli (Cannes, 2014) and Lootera.[3]

Filmography
Year Film Role Notes
2003Hazaaron Khwaishein AisiKashyap (Character)Trivia - The character was inspired from Anurag Kashyap (Director).
2003ChameliInspector Adsule (Character)
2005Kal: Yesterday and TomorrowActing Workshop Director
2010Love Sex aur DhokhaAtul (Character)
2010Love Sex aur DhokhaCasting Director + Acting Workshop DirectorAlso Assistant Director
2010Shor in the CityCasting Director
2011Ragini MMSCasting Director + Acting Workshop DirectorAlso Associate Director
2011Someday...Casting Director + Acting Workshop Director
2011Ladies vs Ricky BahlActing Workshops
2012Ek Deewana ThaCasting Director + Acting Workshops
2012ShanghaiCasting Director + Acting Workshop Director
2013DavidActing workshops
2013Lootera Casting Director + Acting WorkshopsAlso Associate Director
2014QueenCasting Director + Acting workshops
2014ChuskitActing workshops
2014TitliCasting Director + Acting workshop DirectorAlso Associate Director
2014Daawat-E-IshqActing workshops
2014Pizza (working title)Acting workshops
2014Kirkit (working title)Acting workshops
2014Detective Byomkesh BakshyActing workshops
2014NH10Acting workshops
2014LoveshhudaActing workshops
2015One Night Stand (working title)Acting workshops
20153 StoreysActing workshop Director
2015Changez (working title)Acting workshop Director
2015Baar Baar DekhoActing workshop DirectorAlso choreographer for song
2015A Death in the Gunj Acting workshop Director
2016Lipstick Under My BurkhaActing workshop Director
2017GoldActing workshop Director
2017PariActing workshop Director
2017Pal Pal Dil Ke PaasActing workshop Director
2017LoveyatriActing workshop Director
2018Sui Dhaaga Acting workshop Director
2018Gully Boy Acting workshop Director
2018Kaptaan Acting workshop Director
2018Selection Day Acting workshop Director
2018PataakhaActing workshop Director
2018Uri: The Surgical StrikeActing workshop Director
2018MoothonActing workshop Director

References
  1. "The Actor in the Mind". The Indian Express. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  2. "Take One: Nushrat Bharucha, a model miss". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  3. "Radhika Madan: Pataakha team was confused about who should play the younger sister". India Today. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
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