Saurabh Shukla

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Saurabh Shukla
Saurabh Shukla at Rekha Bharadwaj Show

Saurabh Shukla at Rekha Bharadwaj Show in 2011
Born (1963-03-05) 5 March 1963
Gorakhpur, India
Occupation Actor, Director, Screenwriter
Years active 1994 - present

Saurabh Shukla (born 5 March 1963) is an Indian film, theater and television actor, director and screenwriter.

Early life and background

Shukla's family left Gorakhpur for Delhi when he was two years old. Here after completing his schooling, he did his graduation from Khalsa College, Delhi. His professional career began in 1984 with his entry into theatre.[1]

Career

Early 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.[1] The next year he got his first break when Shekhar Kapur, impressed with his work, created a role for him in Bandit Queen.[2] 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. These days also he is doing a comic theater play2 to Tango, 3 to Jive.

Breakthrough 1998 - present

Shukla's biggest break came when he co-wrote the script for Ram Gopal Varma's 1998 cult classic Satya and essayed the role of gangster Kallu Mama in the film.[3] 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 his prefers realism in his scripts. In the same interview he also talked about his preferred genre of film making — black comedy:

“ If you carefully see my work, it is all black 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.[4] ”

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.

Filmography

As actor

As writer

As director

Awards

He was given Screen Awards for the Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) for film Jolly LLB in January 2014.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fat lot of good Rediff, 1998.
  2. ↑ Shekhar Kapur told me to remain an actor
  3. ↑ Beyond Kallu Mama
  4. ↑ The Black Comedy of Saurabh Shukla
  5. ↑ "Staying Alive - The Times of India". The Times Of India. 
  6. ↑ "Sunny Deol is learning Sanskrit". MiD DAY. 2011-02-09. 

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