Saurabh Shukla

Saurabh Shukla (born 5 March 1963) is an Indian film, theatre and television actor and director. He is famous for his roles in Satya (1998), Yuva (2004), Barfi! (2012), Jolly LLB (2013), 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.

Saurabh Shukla
Shukla at the screening of Sonata
Born (1963-03-05) 5 March 1963
OccupationActor, director, screenwriter
Years active1984–present
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)

In 2014, he won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Jolly LLB.[1]

Early life

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 Khalsa College, Delhi. His professional career began in 1984 with entry into the theatre.[2]

Career

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 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]

Filmography

As actor

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmRoleNotes
1994Bandit QueenKailash
1996Is Raat Ki Subah NahinVilas Pandey
1998KareebBirju's father
1998ZakhmGurdayal Singh
1998SatyaKallu Mama
1999TaalBanerjee
1999Arjun PanditJohnny
1999BaadshahSaxena
1999Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri JaanMr. Malhotra "Chhotey"
2000Hey RamManohar LalwaniHindi-Tamil bilingual film.
2000Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar!!Gaitonde
2000MohabbateinSanjana's father
2000Snip!Munna
2001Nayak: The Real HeroPandurang
2001Yeh Teraa Ghar Yeh Meraa GharMama Kaanden
2001MokshaKale
2002Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi HaiLachhu Mama
2002Karz: The Burden of TruthSuraj's drunk friendUncredited
2003Yeh DilEconomics Teacher
2003Calcutta MailGhatak
2003Raghu RomeoMario
2003Xcuse MeHotel Manager
2003Mumbai MatineeNitin Kapoor
2003Hazaaron Khwaishein AisiSenior Bihari Constable
2003Mudda - The IssueDinanath
2004YuvaGopal
2005Balu ABCDEFGKhan's briefTelugu film
2005Mumbai XpressKishore Mehta
Tamil film; cameo appearance
2005AnniyanCable Company OwnerTamil film
Dubbed as Aparichitudu in Telugu and Aparichit (2006) in Hindi
2005YakeenChamanlal
2005Home DeliveryPandey
2005Kal: Yesterday and TomorrowRajesh Jalan
2005ChehraaDirector
2005Allari BulloduKarim LalaTelugu film
2006Mixed DoublesSammy
2006Lage Raho Munna BhaiBatuk Maharaj
2006Care of Footpath[RangaKannada film
2007Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to LoveDotcom Paaji
2007Khoya Khoya ChandProducer Khosa
2007ShowbizInder Raj Bahl
2008My Name is Anthony GonsalvesMurthy
2008MithyaShetty
2008De TaaliGodbole
2008Hari Puttar: A Comedy of TerrorsDiesel
2008Slumdog MillionaireHead Constable SrinivasEnglish/Hindi film
2008DasvidaniyaDasgupta
2008Oh, My GodGod
2009Luck By ChanceNand Kishore
2009Love KhichdiKrishnan
2009Chintu JiMalkani
2010Tera Kya Hoga JohnnyBegum
2010LahoreMadhav Suri
2010PaathshaalaLallan Sharma
2010MirchSatish
2011Utt PataangNandu Pandey
2011Yeh Saali ZindagiMehta
2011AarakshanMantri Baburao
2011Shakal Pe Mat JaVijay Dinanath Chauhan
2011Pappu Can't Dance SaalaProducer of dance album
2012Staying AliveShaukat Ali
2012I M 24
2012Barfi!Sudhanshu DuttaNominated—IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor
2012Delhi SafariBharelaVoice only
2012The Last ActTheatre troupe director
2013DavidDavid's fatherTamil Film
2013Jolly LLBJustice Sunderlal TripathiNational Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated—IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor
2013Phata Poster Nikhla HeroGundappa Das
2013KalpvrikshShankar Dada
2014GundayKaali Kaka
2014Main Tera HeroBalli
2014Gang of GhostsBhoothnath Bhaduri
2014Ek Tho ChanceTBA
2014KickBrijesh Mehra
2014PKTapasvi Maharaj
2015Kaun Kitne Paani MeinBraj Singh Deo
2015Mohalla AssiUpadhyay Pandit
2016Dhilluku DhudduKajal's fatherTamil film dubbed as Raj Mahal 3 (2017) in Hindi.
2017Jolly LLB 2Justice Sunderlal Tripathi
2017The Wishing Tree (2017)Dhaba Owner
2017Jagga JasoosEx IB Officer Sinha
2018RaidRameshwar "Rajaji" Singh a.k.a. "Tauji"
2018Shabhash KunduRobin Roy
2018Daas DevAwadesh Pratap Chauhan
2019Fraud SaiyaanMurari Chaurasia
2019Family Of ThakurganjBaba Bhandari
2019Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyun Aata Hai?Remake of classic Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai[9]
2019 The Zoya Factor Nikhil's dad
2019 The Verdict - State vs Nanavati Russi Karanjia ZEE5
2019 Ujda Chaman Guruji [10]
2019 Bala Hari Shukla Nayyar
2019 PagalpantiRaja Sahab [11]
2019 Aadhaar
2020 Chhalaang Masterji
2021Madam Chief Minister Releasing[12]
2021Identity Card Ghulam NabiPost-production
2021No Rules for Fools TBAPost-production

As writer and director

Year Film Director Producer Screenwriter Notes
1998 Satya Yes
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
Mumbai Xpress Yes
2007 Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love Yes
2008 Mithya Yes
2009 Acid Factory Yes
Raat Gayi Baat Gayi? Yes Yes
2011 Utt Pataang Yes
Pappu Can't Dance Saala Yes Yes Yes
2012 Fatso! Yes
I M 24 Yes Yes

As lyricist

YearFilmNotes
2006Mixed Doubles

Awards

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]

References

  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. 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 t.co/Qw17g2fUNh" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  12. "Richa Chadha wields a broom as she turns Madam Chief Minister, see new poster". Hindustan Times. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  13. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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