20-617: Sudhir Mishra (born 22 January 1959) is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for directing the films Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi , Dharavi and Chameli . Mishra has had a 30-year career, with his work recognised by the Government of India with three National Awards from the president of India , as well as Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the French government. Sudhir Mishra
40-611: A nomination at the International Emmy Awards and won best actor at the Filmfare OTT Awards 2021 for his performance. Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi ( transl. A Thousand Wishes Like This ) is a 2003 Indian Hindi -language political drama film directed by Sudhir Mishra . The film was shot in 2003 but wasn't released until 2005. Set against the backdrop of
60-928: A real reel from India. Avijit Ghosh of The Telegraph called it a "post-dated love letter to that lost generation." Sukanya Verma of Rediff said, " Sudhir Mishra 's drama is overwhelming, memorable." Anupama Chopra of India Today called it a "finely crafted, textured film." 2021 Filmfare OTT Awards 2021 Filmfare OTT Awards , the second edition of awards show was held on 9 December 2021 in Mumbai. These awards honour artistic and technical excellence in original programming on over-the-top streaming media in Hindi-language. Web original shows or films released across OTT platforms between 1 August 2020 and 31 July 2021 were eligible for Awards. Nominations were announced by Filmfare on 2 December 2021. Mirzapur (Season 2) and Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story led
80-411: A story of a villagers' riot to explain their injuries. Geeta is bailed out of prison by her now influential ex-husband. Siddharth, on the run, is shot by the police, admitted to a local hospital, and placed under arrest while Geeta believes him to have been killed. Vikram, who has been consoling Geeta and taking care of her during the absences of her ex-husband and of Siddharth, is informed that Siddharth
100-469: Is a man of influence, they resolve to kill him and dump his body to make it unrecognisable. Vikram, terrified and injured, attempts to escape but is chased down. The policemen find that the Naxalites have emptied their revolver, and they beat Vikram. Soon, the police chief and a local politician come looking for Vikram and are able to stop the policemen from killing him. Vikram suffers severe brain damage and
120-455: Is alive. Vikram travels to meet Siddharth and release him using his influential contacts. However, he has an accident on the way and is admitted to the same hospital as Siddharth. During the night, local Naxalites break into the crude hospital and free Siddharth while Vikram lays there. The next morning, the policemen in charge of guarding Siddharth, frustrated, accused Vikram of conspiring to free Siddharth and beat him up. After discovering that he
140-434: Is rendered mentally challenged , while Siddharth tells Geeta that he intends to leave. Geeta refuses to accompany him. Siddharth has moved beyond simply trying to foment a revolution. He is prepared to delay it because he feels that the people are not ready in spite of their saying otherwise. He goes to London to study medicine and, through a letter, voices his anguish and disillusion with the idea of revolution, writing "I hope
160-434: Is still trying to foment a revolution. But all is not as it seems. Below the mask of happiness, each person is quite unhappy. Vikram has'made it' but he cannot get Geeta, the love of his life. Geeta is married, but she meets Siddharth on the sly, cheating on her husband. Geeta gets a divorce from her husband because of her love for Siddharth, even though she does not want to hurt her husband's feelings. Geeta joins Siddharth in
180-613: The Khamosh (1985). He made his directorial debut with the film, Yeh Woh Manzil To Nahin in 1987 which won the National Film Award for Best First Film of a Director. He went on to make films including Dharavi (1991), Main Zinda Hoon (1988), Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin (1996) and Chameli (2003), and the 2005 movie on the Naxalite movement , Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi . This
200-728: The Film and Television Institute of India where his younger brother, Sudhanshu Mishra (to whom he credits to have learnt much of his cinema) was a student. Sudhir never studied at the institute himself. He gained a Master of Philosophy degree in Delhi. He moved to Mumbai in 1980, and started his career as assistant director and scriptwriter in Kundan Shah 's comedy Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron (1983) and later worked with Saeed Akhtar Mirza in Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! (1984) and with Vidhu Vinod Chopra in
220-610: The Indian Emergency , the movie tells the story of three young people in the 1970s, when India was undergoing massive social and political changes. The title is taken from a poem by Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib . It went to 12 film festivals in 6 months in various locations including Turkey , Estonia , River to River ( Florence ), Berlin , Edinburgh , Washington , Goa , Bite The Mango (Bradford), Commonwealth ( Manchester ), India ( Los Angeles ), Dallas , and Pacific Rim ( California ). The film opens at Hindu College , Delhi , with
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#1732880565284240-570: The film, "the fact that this is a subtle, mature satire, rather than LOL comedy of manners (would've enjoyed some of the latter too). That in all its overt simplicity, this is also a complex story — about failure, first; and on the underclass, only later." The film won Best Web Original Film Award at Filmfare OTT Awards 2021, and Best Editing and Best Cinematography at the Asian Academy Creative Awards . Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui received
260-441: The mysteries of the human body will be less confusing" (in reference to his studying medicine and quitting the revolution). The last scene shows Geeta working in the village and taking care of the handicapped Vikram, who can no longer speak. The movie ends with Vikram writing, "I love you, Geeta," on a rock as they sit by a placid lake and watch the sunset. Source: The film received positive reviews. The Hindu described it as
280-449: The performances of Ronit Roy and Tisca Chopra . A second season for the show was also made in 2020 in which he was the showrunner. Next, he adapted Manu Joseph 's award-winning novel Serious Men in co-production with Bombay Fables for Netflix India . The film, which released in October 2020, received favorable reviews by critics and viewers. Indian film critic Mayank Shekhar said of
300-414: The same time, seeing his father's way of life as ineffective in bringing about change. Siddharth leaves for Bihar to bring about a revolution; Geeta leaves for Oxford to get a degree; and Vikram sets up an office in Delhi. A few years later, Vikram is a fixer in the power corridors of government, Geeta is married to promising IAS Officer Arun Mehta, who, as Geeta says, "has it all," and Siddharth
320-412: The story of three students, Siddharth Tyabji, Geeta Rao, and Vikram Malhotra. Siddharth is a driven revolutionary who dreams of bringing a revolution in the state of Bihar that will end the caste -based discrimination there, bringing social justice, and improving society. Geeta is a London-returned South Indian in love with the firebrand Siddharth. She has led a very sheltered life and is yet to explore
340-514: The terrain of the Indian socio-political landscape. While she finds Siddharth's Naxalite rhetoric attractive, she is not sure if she can wholeheartedly subscribe to it. Every time they come to a choice, Siddharth chooses his ideology over his love for her, breaking her heart time and again. Vikram is a middle-class boy who dreams of making it big, whatever the cost. He is particularly afflicted by his father's Gandhian ideas but irritated and frustrated at
360-469: The village and starts to teach the children, while the police repeatedly try to hunt down her now husband, Siddharth. She bears a child with Siddharth, whom she sends to her parents in London since she believes he deserves more than to grow up in the remote village. Eventually the police round up the entire village, capturing Siddharth and Geeta for intent to cause unrest and brutally assaulting them – fabricating
380-511: Was born and raised in Lucknow . He is the grandson of former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Dwarka Prasad Mishra . His father, Devendra Nath Mishra , was a founding member of the Lucknow Film Society, a mathematics professor, and also the 19th Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University . After a year and a half with Badal Sircar , Sudhir Mishra left for Pune. In Pune, he spent time at
400-501: Was followed by Khoya Khoya Chand in December 2007 and Yeh Saali Zindagi in 2011. He made film Inkaar in 2013. The movie starred Arjun Rampal and Chitrangada Singh . In 2018, he wrote and directed a modern adaptation of Devdas titled Daas Dev starring Rahul Bhat and Richa Chaddha . After this, he directed an adaptation of the popular Israeli show Hostages . The show got mixed reviews but received critical acclaim for
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