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	==Early life and background==		==Early life and background==
	Mishra was born on 13 January 1963<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Hindi\|first=Dainik Bhaskar\|date=2020-01-12\|title=Birthday special: तो इस फेमस फिल्म में सलमान खान की जगह होते पीयूष मिश्रा !\|url=https://www.bhaskarhindi.com/bollywood/news/birthday-special-piyush-mishras-famous-songs-piyush-mishras-famous-poetry-piyush-mishras-birthday-103237\|access-date=2021-07-29\|website=दैनिक भास्कर हिंदी\|language=hindi}}</ref> ~~in a Brahmin family~~ in [[Gwalior]] to Pratap Kumar Sharma. He grew up as Priyakant Sharma and was adopted by his father's eldest sister Taradevi Mishra, who had no children. Later, his family moved into his aunt's house to ease financial burden. His parents admitted him to [[Carmel Convent School, Gwalior]] thinking that his education in a convent will help him excel in academics but it was activities like singing, painting and acting which appealed to him. Piyush later moved to Gwalior's JC Mills Higher Secondary School. However, living in the authoritative household of his aunt, developed a rebellious streak in him, which showed up in his first poem, ''Zinda ho haan tum koi shak nahin'' (Yes you are alive; of this there is no doubt), he wrote in class 8th. Later, while studying in class 10, he even filed an affidavit in the district court and changed his name to one his choice to Piyush Mishra.<ref name=ht13>{{cite web\| title = I am not talented, I am God gifted: Piyush Mishra – Hindustan Times\| url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/i-am-not-talented-i-am-god-gifted-piyush-mishra/article1-1145820.aspx\| date = 31 October 2013\| access-date = 1 November 2013\| url-status = dead\| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131109231024/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/i-am-not-talented-i-am-god-gifted-piyush-mishra/article1-1145820.aspx\| archive-date = 9 November 2013\| df = dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="caravan" />		Mishra was born on 13 January 1963<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Hindi\|first=Dainik Bhaskar\|date=2020-01-12\|title=Birthday special: तो इस फेमस फिल्म में सलमान खान की जगह होते पीयूष मिश्रा !\|url=https://www.bhaskarhindi.com/bollywood/news/birthday-special-piyush-mishras-famous-songs-piyush-mishras-famous-poetry-piyush-mishras-birthday-103237\|access-date=2021-07-29\|website=दैनिक भास्कर हिंदी\|language=hindi}}</ref> in [[Gwalior]] to Pratap Kumar Sharma. He grew up as Priyakant Sharma and was adopted by his father's eldest sister Taradevi Mishra, who had no children. Later, his family moved into his aunt's house to ease financial burden. His parents admitted him to [[Carmel Convent School, Gwalior]] thinking that his education in a convent will help him excel in academics but it was activities like singing, painting and acting which appealed to him. Piyush later moved to Gwalior's JC Mills Higher Secondary School. However, living in the authoritative household of his aunt, developed a rebellious streak in him, which showed up in his first poem, ''Zinda ho haan tum koi shak nahin'' (Yes you are alive; of this there is no doubt), he wrote in class 8th. Later, while studying in class 10, he even filed an affidavit in the district court and changed his name to one his choice to Piyush Mishra.<ref name=ht13>{{cite web\| title = I am not talented, I am God gifted: Piyush Mishra – Hindustan Times\| url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/i-am-not-talented-i-am-god-gifted-piyush-mishra/article1-1145820.aspx\| date = 31 October 2013\| access-date = 1 November 2013\| url-status = dead\| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131109231024/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/i-am-not-talented-i-am-god-gifted-piyush-mishra/article1-1145820.aspx\| archive-date = 9 November 2013\| df = dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="caravan" />
	[[File:Audio Release of Gangs of Wasseypur.jpg\|alt=Audio Release of GOW piyush mishra\|thumb\|Audio Release of GOW]]		[[File:Audio Release of Gangs of Wasseypur.jpg\|alt=Audio Release of GOW piyush mishra\|thumb\|Audio Release of GOW]]
	Around this time, he began to be drawn to theatre – it was at places like Kala Mandir and Rangshri Little Ballet Troupe in Gwalior that his talent for the medium was first identified. In spite of the appreciation he was beginning to receive in the theatre circles, his family kept insisting he concentrate on his studies. He took the entrance test to the [[National School of Drama]], New Delhi in 1983, not with any particular desire to study but to get out of Gwalior. Thereafter he moved to Delhi, and joined National School of Drama, graduating in 1986. While at NSD, he got a chance to compose his first music score for a student play, ''Mashreeki Hoor''. His acting breakthrough came in his second year at NSD, when German director, [[Fritz Bennewitz]] (1926–95), directed him in the title role in ''[[Hamlet]]'' and introduced him to acting technique.<ref name=ht13/><ref name="caravan" />		Around this time, he began to be drawn to theatre – it was at places like Kala Mandir and Rangshri Little Ballet Troupe in Gwalior that his talent for the medium was first identified. In spite of the appreciation he was beginning to receive in the theatre circles, his family kept insisting he concentrate on his studies. He took the entrance test to the [[National School of Drama]], New Delhi in 1983, not with any particular desire to study but to get out of Gwalior. Thereafter he moved to Delhi, and joined National School of Drama, graduating in 1986. While at NSD, he got a chance to compose his first music score for a student play, ''Mashreeki Hoor''. His acting breakthrough came in his second year at NSD, when German director, [[Fritz Bennewitz]] (1926–95), directed him in the title role in ''[[Hamlet]]'' and introduced him to acting technique.<ref name=ht13/><ref name="caravan" /> Piyush Mishra was introduced to [[communism]] by his friend [[N. K. Sharma]] in 1989 and he was a thorough Leftist worker for 20 years.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/piyush-mishra-on-alcohol-addiction-brain-stroke-recovery-being-leftist-video-7719330/\|title=The Piyush Mishra you probably don’t know: How he came out alive from ‘alcohol phase’, suffered a brain stroke}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/leftist-ideology-has-hurt-me-1681577-2020-05-25\|title='Leftist ideology has hurt me'}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://scroll.in/reel/1034584/piyush-mishra-interview-nobody-gave-me-my-kind-of-work-so-i-created-my-own-work\|title=Piyush Mishra interview: ‘Nobody gave me my kind of work, so I created my own work’}}</ref>

	==Career==		==Career==
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	Mishra won accolades for his performance as Kaka in [[Vishal Bhardwaj]]'s 2003 film ''[[Maqbool]]'', an adaptation of William Shakespeare's ''[[Macbeth]]''.<ref>[http://in.rediff.com/movies/2004/jan/30maqbool.htm Piyush Mishra's performance in Maqbool] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021040444/http://in.rediff.com/movies/2004/jan/30maqbool.htm \|date=21 October 2007 }} Rediff Movies, 30 January 2004.</ref><ref name=sn>{{cite web\|url=http://www.screenindia.com/news/gulaal-is-very-conventional/428370/\|title=Gulaal is very conventional\|date=26 February 2009\|publisher=Screen\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609115450/http://www.screenindia.com/news/gulaal-is-very-conventional/428370/\|archive-date=9 June 2010\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He wrote his own dialogues for his performance as Hafeez (Huffy) Bhai in ''[[Jhoom Barabar Jhoom]]'' (2007), and delivered them in poetry style.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929060751/http://filmikhabar.com/2007/06/08/piyush-mishra-talks-abt-his-experinces-in-jhoom-barabar-jhoom/ Piyush Mishra talks {{sic\|abt his Experinces\|hide=y\|reason=spelling errors in source}} in Jhoom Barabar Jhoom]. filmikhabar.com (8 June 2007).</ref>		Mishra won accolades for his performance as Kaka in [[Vishal Bhardwaj]]'s 2003 film ''[[Maqbool]]'', an adaptation of William Shakespeare's ''[[Macbeth]]''.<ref>[http://in.rediff.com/movies/2004/jan/30maqbool.htm Piyush Mishra's performance in Maqbool] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021040444/http://in.rediff.com/movies/2004/jan/30maqbool.htm \|date=21 October 2007 }} Rediff Movies, 30 January 2004.</ref><ref name=sn>{{cite web\|url=http://www.screenindia.com/news/gulaal-is-very-conventional/428370/\|title=Gulaal is very conventional\|date=26 February 2009\|publisher=Screen\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609115450/http://www.screenindia.com/news/gulaal-is-very-conventional/428370/\|archive-date=9 June 2010\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He wrote his own dialogues for his performance as Hafeez (Huffy) Bhai in ''[[Jhoom Barabar Jhoom]]'' (2007), and delivered them in poetry style.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929060751/http://filmikhabar.com/2007/06/08/piyush-mishra-talks-abt-his-experinces-in-jhoom-barabar-jhoom/ Piyush Mishra talks {{sic\|abt his Experinces\|hide=y\|reason=spelling errors in source}} in Jhoom Barabar Jhoom]. filmikhabar.com (8 June 2007).</ref>

	Mishra again appeared in [[Anurag Kashyap (director)\|Anurag Kashyap]]'s 2009 movie ''[[Gulaal]]'', a movie based on Indian youth, politics, caste-prejudice, and other such social topics. He played Prithvi, the poet brother of Dukey Bana (played by [[Kay Kay Menon]]), in the movie. This was a role he executed with aplomb. He also wrote the lyrics for the songs in the movie, and sung few of them as well and was also the music director of the film.<ref name=sn/> He has acted in Rockstar alongside Ranbir Kapoor and was known as the 'Image is everything...everything is Image' guy. He acted and wrote lyrics of some songs for the movie ''[[Gangs of Wasseypur]]''. His songs are very high on poetic content and have received critical appreciation from all sections of audiences and critics.{{citation needed\|date=July 2021}}		Mishra again appeared in [[Anurag Kashyap (director)\|Anurag Kashyap]]'s 2009 movie ''[[Gulaal (film)\|Gulaal]]'', a movie based on Indian youth, politics, caste-prejudice, and other such social topics. He played Prithvi, the poet brother of Dukey Bana (played by [[Kay Kay Menon]]), in the movie. This was a role he executed with aplomb. He also wrote the lyrics for the songs in the movie, and sung few of them as well and was also the music director of the film.<ref name=sn/> He has acted in Rockstar alongside Ranbir Kapoor and was known as the 'Image is everything...everything is Image' guy. He acted and wrote lyrics of some songs for the movie ''[[Gangs of Wasseypur]]''. His songs are very high on poetic content and have received critical appreciation from all sections of audiences and critics.{{citation needed\|date=July 2021}}

	In 2014, he acted in the film ''[[The Shaukeens]]'', along with [[Anupam Kher]], [[Annu Kapoor]], [[Lisa Haydon]] in the lead role, which had [[Akshay Kumar]] in an extended [[Cameo appearance\|cameo]]. Piyush also appeared in [[The Kapil Sharma Show]] to promote the film with Anupam Kher and Annu Kapoor. Although the film was a remake of the 1982 film '' [[Shaukeen]]'' directed by [[Basu Chatterjee]], it was well appreciated by audience and was voted the best comedy film of 2014.{{citation needed\|date=July 2021}}		In 2014, he acted in the film ''[[The Shaukeens]]'', along with [[Anupam Kher]], [[Annu Kapoor]], [[Lisa Haydon]] in the lead role, which had [[Akshay Kumar]] in an extended [[Cameo appearance\|cameo]]. Piyush also appeared in [[The Kapil Sharma Show]] to promote the film with Anupam Kher and Annu Kapoor. Although the film was a remake of the 1982 film '' [[Shaukeen]]'' directed by [[Basu Chatterjee]], it was well appreciated by audience and was voted the best comedy film of 2014.{{citation needed\|date=July 2021}}
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{{Short description|Indian actor (b. 1963)}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Piyush Mishra
| image = PiyushMishra2022.jpg
| caption = Mishra in 2016
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|01|13|df=y}}
| birth_name = Priyakant Sharma
| birth_place = [[Gwalior]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]]
| alma_mater = [[National School of Drama]]
| occupation ={{hlist|Actor|lyricist|playwright|music composer|singer|screenwriter}}
| years_active = 1979–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Priya Narayanan|1995}}
| children = 2
| awards =
}}

'''Piyush Mishra''' (born as '''Priyakant Sharma'''; 13 January 1963) is an Indian actor, singer, lyricist, playwright, musician and screenwriter.

Mishra grew up in [[Gwalior]], and graduated from [[National School of Drama]], Delhi in 1986. Thereafter, he started his career in [[Hindi theatre]] in Delhi. Over the next decade, he established himself as a theatre director, actor, lyricist and singer. He moved to [[Mumbai]] in 2002, receiving acclaim for his acting in ''[[Maqbool]]'' (2003) and ''[[Gangs of Wasseypur]]'' (2012).

As a film lyricist and singer, he is noted for his songs ''Arre Ruk Ja Re Bandeh'' in ''[[Black Friday (2004 film)|Black Friday]]'', (2004), ''Aarambh Hai Prachand'' in ''[[Gulaal (film)|Gulaal]]'' (2009), ''Ik Bagal'' in ''[[Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1]]'', (2012), and ''Husna'' in ''[[Coke Studio (India)|MTV Coke Studio]]'', (2012).<ref name=ht13/>

==Early life and background==
Mishra was born on 13 January 1963<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hindi|first=Dainik Bhaskar|date=2020-01-12|title=Birthday special: तो इस फेमस फिल्म में सलमान खान की जगह होते पीयूष मिश्रा !|url=https://www.bhaskarhindi.com/bollywood/news/birthday-special-piyush-mishras-famous-songs-piyush-mishras-famous-poetry-piyush-mishras-birthday-103237|access-date=2021-07-29|website=दैनिक भास्कर हिंदी|language=hindi}}</ref> in a Brahmin family in [[Gwalior]] to Pratap Kumar Sharma. He grew up as Priyakant Sharma and was adopted by his father's eldest sister Taradevi Mishra, who had no children. Later, his family moved into his aunt's house to ease financial burden. His parents admitted him to [[Carmel Convent School, Gwalior]] thinking that his education in a convent will help him excel in academics but it was activities like singing, painting and acting which appealed to him. Piyush later moved to Gwalior's JC Mills Higher Secondary School. However, living in the authoritative household of his aunt, developed a rebellious streak in him, which showed up in his first poem, ''Zinda ho haan tum koi shak nahin'' (Yes you are alive; of this there is no doubt), he wrote in class 8th. Later, while studying in class 10, he even filed an affidavit in the district court and changed his name to one his choice to Piyush Mishra.<ref name=ht13>{{cite web| title = I am not talented, I am God gifted: Piyush Mishra – Hindustan Times| url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/i-am-not-talented-i-am-god-gifted-piyush-mishra/article1-1145820.aspx| date = 31 October 2013| access-date = 1 November 2013| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131109231024/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/i-am-not-talented-i-am-god-gifted-piyush-mishra/article1-1145820.aspx| archive-date = 9 November 2013| df = dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="caravan" />
[[File:Audio Release of Gangs of Wasseypur.jpg|alt=Audio Release of GOW piyush mishra|thumb|Audio Release of GOW]]
Around this time, he began to be drawn to theatre – it was at places like Kala Mandir and Rangshri Little Ballet Troupe in Gwalior that his talent for the medium was first identified. In spite of the appreciation he was beginning to receive in the theatre circles, his family kept insisting he concentrate on his studies. He took the entrance test to the [[National School of Drama]], New Delhi in 1983, not with any particular desire to study but to get out of Gwalior. Thereafter he moved to Delhi, and joined National School of Drama, graduating in 1986. While at NSD, he got a chance to compose his first music score for a student play, ''Mashreeki Hoor''. His acting breakthrough came in his second year at NSD, when German director, [[Fritz Bennewitz]] (1926–95), directed him in the title role in ''[[Hamlet]]'' and introduced him to acting technique.<ref name=ht13/><ref name="caravan" />

==Career==
===Theater and television===
After his graduation from NSD in 1986, Piyush Mishra started his career as a theatre actor in Delhi, and in 1990, helped start the theatre group Act One, with founder-director [[N. K. Sharma]] and stage actors like [[Manoj Bajpai]], [[Gajraj Rao]] and [[Ashish Vidyarthi]]. In the following years he wrote and directed several plays as a part of Act One Theatre Group, including the acclaimed play, ''Gagan Damama Bajiyo'' (The Sky Resounds with the Call to Arms), based on revolutionary [[Bhagat Singh]], which was first performed in 1994,<ref name=mi>{{cite news|url=http://www.mid-day.com/metro/2003/jan/43088.htm|title=Piyush Mishra~ a class act|date=30 January 2003|publisher=[[MiD DAY]]|access-date=21 April 2010|archive-date=17 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617075229/http://www.mid-day.com/metro/2003/jan/43088.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20041029/cth2.htm#5|title=Play on Bhagat Singh's dreams|date=29 October 2004|work=The Tribune|access-date=21 April 2010|archive-date=5 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605233908/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20041029/cth2.htm#5|url-status=live}}</ref> and upon publishing, sold its first edition in just seven days.<ref name=gg>{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/mag/2002/07/14/stories/2002071400330400.htm|title=The script|date=14 July 2002|work=The Hindu|access-date=21 April 2010|archive-date=6 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606131050/http://www.hinduonnet.com/mag/2002/07/14/stories/2002071400330400.htm|url-status=usurped}}</ref> In 1996 he joined Asmita Theatre Group, and performed his popular one-man shows ''An Evening with Piyush Mishra''. He wrote the lyrics for Asmita's popular plays. Piyush acted as ''Maniac'' in operation three star (an adaptation of Dario Fo's play [[Accidental Death of an Anarchist]]). Piyush is also known for his performance in [[Swadesh Deepak]]'s ''Court Martial'' as Suraj Singh, first with Ranjeet Kapoor (1991) and later under the direction of [[Arvind Gaur]] (1996).<ref>[http://sites.google.com/site/asmitatheatre/in-news/prominent-actor-s Prominent Actor's of Delhi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090312095541/http://sites.google.com/site/asmitatheatre/in-news/prominent-actor-s |date=12 March 2009 }}. Sites.google.com. Retrieved on 11 July 2012.</ref>

By then, he had established himself as a theatre director and directed ''Comedy of Terror'' play for Shriram Centre Repertory Company,<ref>[http://www.shriramcenterart.org/act1.html Repertory Performances] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927061857/http://www.shriramcenterart.org/act1.html |date=27 September 2007 }} Shriram Centre, New Delhi.</ref> and also presented his [[solo act]] play at the [[National School of Drama]]'s Annual Theatre Festival, [[Bharat Rang Mahotsav]] in 1999.<ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19990318/ile18004.html All the world's classics, on a stage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929124954/http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19990318/ile18004.html |date=29 September 2007 }} ''Indian Express'', 18 March 1999.</ref> Mishra briefly moved to Mumbai, as he acted in a television series, ''Rajdhani'' (1989), directed by [[Tigmanshu Dhulia]] for [[STAR TV (Asia)|Star TV]], and [[Shyam Benegal]]'s ''[[Bharat Ek Khoj]]'' (1988) and horror TV serial ''Kile ka Rahasya'' (1989), though he returned to Delhi thereafter.<ref name="caravan" />

===Films===
Mishra made his debut as a film actor with [[Mani Ratnam]]'s ''[[Dil Se..]]'' in 1998, he portrayed as [[Central Bureau of Investigation|C.B.I]] Investigation Officer. though he continued to stay in Delhi to pursue theatre. His transition from [[playwright]] to screenwriter happened when he wrote the dialogues for [[Rajkumar Santoshi]]'s 2001 film ''[[The Legend of Bhagat Singh]]'', which was inspired in part by Mishra's critically acclaimed play on Bhagat Singh – ''Gagan Damama Bajyo''.<ref name=gg/><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20201011181101/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/lf/2002/07/01/stories/2002070105790200.htm The play which inspired a film] The Hindu, 1 August 2007.</ref> It won him the [[Zee Cine Awards|Zee Cine Award]] for Best Dialogue (2003).<ref>[http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2004/mar/16sld01.htm Why films happened to me] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225224957/http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2004/mar/16sld01.htm |date=25 February 2009 }} Rediff Movies. March 2004.</ref> Meanwhile, he moved to [[Mumbai]] in November 2002,<ref name=mi/> where he went on to establish a career as a film lyricist, screenwriter and as an actor. He started writing lyrics with the film, ''[[Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar]]'' in 2002, and subsequently wrote for ''[[Black Friday (2004 film)|Black Friday]]'' (2004), ''[[Aaja Nachle]]'' and ''[[Tashan (film)|Tashan]]''.

Mishra won accolades for his performance as Kaka in [[Vishal Bhardwaj]]'s 2003 film ''[[Maqbool]]'', an adaptation of William Shakespeare's ''[[Macbeth]]''.<ref>[http://in.rediff.com/movies/2004/jan/30maqbool.htm Piyush Mishra's performance in Maqbool] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021040444/http://in.rediff.com/movies/2004/jan/30maqbool.htm |date=21 October 2007 }} Rediff Movies, 30 January 2004.</ref><ref name=sn>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenindia.com/news/gulaal-is-very-conventional/428370/|title=Gulaal is very conventional|date=26 February 2009|publisher=Screen|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609115450/http://www.screenindia.com/news/gulaal-is-very-conventional/428370/|archive-date=9 June 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He wrote his own dialogues for his performance as Hafeez (Huffy) Bhai in ''[[Jhoom Barabar Jhoom]]'' (2007), and delivered them in poetry style.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929060751/http://filmikhabar.com/2007/06/08/piyush-mishra-talks-abt-his-experinces-in-jhoom-barabar-jhoom/ Piyush Mishra talks {{sic|abt his Experinces|hide=y|reason=spelling errors in source}} in Jhoom Barabar Jhoom]. filmikhabar.com (8 June 2007).</ref>

Mishra again appeared in [[Anurag Kashyap (director)|Anurag Kashyap]]'s 2009 movie ''[[Gulaal]]'', a movie based on Indian youth, politics, caste-prejudice, and other such social topics. He played Prithvi, the poet brother of Dukey Bana (played by [[Kay Kay Menon]]), in the movie. This was a role he executed with aplomb. He also wrote the lyrics for the songs in the movie, and sung few of them as well and was also the music director of the film.<ref name=sn/> He has acted in Rockstar alongside Ranbir Kapoor and was known as the 'Image is everything...everything is Image' guy. He acted and wrote lyrics of some songs for the movie ''[[Gangs of Wasseypur]]''. His songs are very high on poetic content and have received critical appreciation from all sections of audiences and critics.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}

In 2014, he acted in the film ''[[The Shaukeens]]'', along with [[Anupam Kher]], [[Annu Kapoor]], [[Lisa Haydon]] in the lead role, which had [[Akshay Kumar]] in an extended [[Cameo appearance|cameo]]. Piyush also appeared in [[The Kapil Sharma Show]] to promote the film with Anupam Kher and Annu Kapoor. Although the film was a remake of the 1982 film '' [[Shaukeen]]'' directed by [[Basu Chatterjee]], it was well appreciated by audience and was voted the best comedy film of 2014.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}

==Personal life==
He married Priya Narayanan in 1995, whom he met in 1992 while directing a play at the [[School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi|School of Planning and Architecture]].<ref name="caravan">{{cite web | title = An Artist's Demons | publisher = [[The Caravan]] | url = http://www.caravanmagazine.in/arts/artists-demons | pages = 1–4 | date = 1 November 2012 | access-date = 1 November 2013 | archive-date = 3 November 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131103021133/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/arts/artists-demons | url-status = live }}</ref> He lives in [[Goregaon]] East, Mumbai with his wife, who is an architect and two sons Josh who is studying at [[Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Mumbai]] and Jai.<ref name="caravan"/><ref name="filmfare">{{cite web| title = Piyush Mishra: Anger {{sic|nolink=y|Managment|expected=Management}}| url = http://www.filmfare.com/interviews/piyush-mishra-anger-managment-1340.html| publisher = Filmfare| date = 27 September 2012| access-date = 1 November 2013| archive-date = 4 November 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131104085905/http://www.filmfare.com/interviews/piyush-mishra-anger-managment-1340.html| url-status = live}}</ref>

==Discography==

===Songwriting credits===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders " style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" |Artist
! scope="col" | Album
|-
!scope="row" | "Paagal"
| 2000
| [[Vishal Bhardwaj]]
| ''[[Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar!!]]''
|-
!scope="row"| "Bandeh"
|rowspan=13| 2007
|rowspan="9"| [[Indian Ocean (band)|Indian Ocean]]
|rowspan="9"| ''[[Black Friday (2007 film)|Black Friday]]''
|-
!scope="row"| "Badshah in Jail"
|-
!scope="row"| {{no wrap|"Bharam Paap Ke"}}
|-
!scope="row"| "Opening"
|-
!scope="row"| "Bomb Planting"
|-
!scope="row"| "Memon House"
|-
!scope="row"| "Rdx"
|-
!scope="row"| "Training"
|-
!scope="row"| "Chase"
|-
!scope="row"| "Aaja Nachle"
|rowspan="4"| [[Salim–Sulaiman]]
|rowspan="4"| ''[[Aaja Nachle]]''
|-
!scope="row"| "Soniye Mil Ja"
|-
!scope="row"| "Is Pal"
|-
!scope="row"| "Koi Patthar Se Na Maare"
|-
!scope="row"| "Dil Haara"
|rowspan="2"|2008
|rowspan="2"| [[Vishal–Shekhar]]
|rowspan="2"| ''[[Tashan (film)|Tashan]]''
|-
!scope="row"| "Tashan Main" ({{small|with [[Vishal Dadlani]]}})
|-
!scope="row"| "Tum Bhi Dhoondna"
|rowspan="15"| 2009
|rowspan="7"| [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
|rowspan="7"| ''[[Chal Chalein]]''
|-
!scope="row"| "Shehar Hai Khoob Kya Hai"
|-
!scope="row"| "Jhoom Jhoom So Ja"
|-
!scope="row"| "Gup Chup Shaam Thi"
|-
!scope="row"| "Chal Chal Chal Ke"
|-
!scope="row"| "Uff Are Tu Mirch Hai"
|-
!scope="row"| "Batladein Koi"
|-
!scope="row"| "Ranaji"
|rowspan="8"| Himself
|rowspan="8"| ''[[Gulaal]]''
|-
!scope="row"| "Yaara Maula"
|-
!scope="row"| "Aarambh"
|-
!scope="row"| "Aisi Sazaa"
|-
!scope="row"| "Sheher"
|-
!scope="row"| "Beedo"
|-
!scope="row"| "Duniya"
|-
!scope="row"| "Raat Ke Musafir"
|-
|-
!scope="row"| "O Re Bande"
| 2010
| [[M. M. Keeravani]]
| ''[[Lahore (film)|Lahore]]''
|-
!scope="row" | "Ik Bagal"
|rowspan="14" |2012
|rowspan="2" | [[Sneha Khanwalkar]]
|rowspan="4" | ''[[Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1]]''
|-

!scope="row"| "Keh Ke Lunga"
|-

!scope="row"| "Loonga Loonga"
|rowspan="3"|Himself
|-
!scope="row"| "Manmauji"
|-
!scope="row" | "Electric Piya"
|rowspan=3| ''[[Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2]]''
|-
!scope="row" | "Bahut Khoob"
| Sneha Khanwalkar
|-
!scope="row" | "Tunya"
| Himself
|-
!scope="row" | "Bargat Ke Pedo"
| Kaustubh Tripathi-Deepak Pandit
| ''[[Jalpari: The Desert Mermaid]]''
|-
!scope="row" | "Daanav"
|rowspan="6" | Vishal–Shekhar
|rowspan="6" | '' [[Arjun: The Warrior Prince|Arjun The Warrior Prince]]''
|-
!scope="row"| "Karam Ki Talwar"
|-
!scope="row"| "Manva"
|-
!scope="row"| "Kabhi Na Dekhe Hastinapur Mein"
|-
!scope="row"| "Samay"
|-
!scope="row"| "Khandav"
|-
!scope="row" | "Yaad Hai Yaa Bhulte"
|rowspan="2" | 2017
|rowspan="2" | Pankaj Awasthi
|rowspan="2" | ''[[Sameer (2017 film)|Sameer]]''
|-
!scope="row" | "Ye Jo, Jo Bhi Mar Gaya"
|-
!scope="row" | "Yunhi Rastay Mai"
| 2018
| [[Shuja Haider]]
| ''[[7 Din Mohabbat In]]''
|-
!scope="row" | "Hunkara"
| 2022
| [[Mithoon]]
| ''[[Shamshera]]''
|}

===Singer===
* "Aarambh Hai Prachand" (''[[Gulaal (film)|Gulaal]]'' - 2009)
* "Duniya" (''[[Gulaal (film)|Gulaal]]'' - 2009)
* "Jab Sheher Hamara" (''[[Gulaal (film)|Gulaal]]'' - 2009)
* "Ik Bagal" (''[[Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1]]'' – 2012)
* "Ik Bagal" (''[[Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2]]'' – 2012)
* "Aabroo" (''[[Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2]]'' – 2012)
* "Manva" (''[[Arjun: The Warrior Prince]]'' - 2012)
* "Bargat Ke Pedo Pe Shakhe Purani" (''[[Jalpari: The Desert Mermaid]]'' – 2012)
* "Bas Chal Kapat" (''[[Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns]]'' – 2013)
*"Chanda Ki Katori Hai (Lorie)" (''[[Revolver Rani]]'' - 2014)
*"Chal Lade Re Bhaiya" (''[[Revolver Rani]]'' - 2014)
*"Thaayein Kare Katta" (''[[Revolver Rani]]'' - 2014)
* "Jigarwala Sirf Woh" (''[[Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo]]'' (Hindi dubbed) - 2022)

===Composer===
* ''[[Gulaal (film)|Gulaal]] (2009)''
* ''[[Lahore (film)|Lahore]]'' (2010) (Song: "Oh Re Bande")
* ''[[Gangs of Wasseypur]]'' (2012) (Songs: "Manmauji" & "Ik Bagal")
* ''[[Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2]]'' (2012) (Song: "Ik Bagal")
* ''[[Jalpari: The Desert Mermaid]]'' (2012) (Song: "Bargat Ke Pedo")

===Other===
* ''Husna'' [[Coke Studio (India)#Episodes 2|Coke Studio (India) Season 2]] (2012 - Composer/Singer/Lyrics/Performer)
* ''O Re Manvaa'' (My Heart)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1652324/|title=O Re Manvaa (My Heart)|access-date=24 August 2018|website=IMDb.com|archive-date=10 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210031534/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1652324/|url-status=live}}</ref> (2012 - Composer/Singer/Lyrics)
* ''Tom Dick and Harry'' ([[The Dewarists]]) together with [[Akala (rapper)|Akala]] (Composer/Singer/Lyrics)
* ''Ghar'' [[Coke Studio (India)#Episodes 3|Coke Studio (India) Season 3]] (2013 - Composer/Singer/Lyrics/Performer)
* ''[[Reunion (advertisement)|Reunion]]'' (Google India Google Search Advertisement) (2013 - Singer)
* ''Parle-G New Ad: Roko Mat Toko Mat'' (2013 - Composer/Singer/Lyrics)

== Filmography==
===Actor===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Key
| style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}
| Denotes films that have not yet been released
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="text-align:left;"
!scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Title
!scope="col"| Role
!scope="col"| Note
|-
| 1988
|scope="row"| ''[[Bharat Ek Khoj]]''
|British Indian Sepoy-Episode No 42/43 [[1857 Revolt]]
|TV Series
|-
| 1993
|scope="row"| ''[[Sardar (1993 film)|Sardar]]''
|Cameo
|
|-
|1998
|scope="row"| ''[[Dil Se..]]''
|CBI investigator
|
|-
|2002
|scope="row"| ''[[Samurai]]''
|Cameo
|Tamil Film
|-
|rowspan="5"|2003
|scope="row"| ''[[Butterfly(2003 film)|Butterfly]]''
|Ghani
|Short Film
|-
|scope="row"| ''[[Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women]]''
|Jagannath
|
|-
|scope="row"| ''[[Maqbool]]''
|Kaka
|
|-
|scope="row"| ''[[Sala Bandar!]]''
|Nana
|Short Film
|-
|scope="row"| ''[[Ek Din 24 Ghante]]''
|Police Inspector
|
|-
|2004
|scope="row"| ''[[Deewar (2004 film)|Deewaar]]''
|Qureshi
|
|-
|2005
|scope="row"| ''[[Super (2005 film)|Super]]''
|Mama
|Telugu Film
|-
|rowspan="3"|2007
|scope="row"| ''[[1971 (2007 film)|1971]]''
|Major Bilal Malik
|A Film Based on Indo-Pak war of 1971
|-
|scope="row"| ''[[Jhoom Barabar Jhoom]]''
|Huffy Bhai
|
|-
|scope="row"| ''[[Rahim Murge Pe Mat Ro]]''
|Rahim Murga
|Short Film
|-
|rowspan="2"|2009
|scope="row"| ''[[Gulaal (film)|Gulaal]]''
|Prithvi Bana
|Stardust Award for Standout Performance by a Music Director
|-
|scope="row"| ''[[The White Elephant]]''
|Babu
|
|-
|rowspan="3"|2010
|scope="row"| ''[[Tere Bin Laden]]''
|Majeed Bhai
|
|-
|scope="row"| ''[[Lafangey Parindey]]''
|Usmaan Bhai
|
|-
|scope="row"| ''[[Lahore (film)|Lahore]]''
|
|
|-
|rowspan="3"|2011
|scope="row"| ''[[Bhindi Bazaar (film)|Bhindi Bazaar]]''
|Shankar Pandey
|
|-
|scope="row"| ''[[That Girl in Yellow Boots]]''
|Auto Rickshaw Driver
|
|-
|scope="row"| ''[[Rockstar (2011 film)|Rockstar]]''
|Dhingra
|
|-
|rowspan="3"|2012
|scope="row"| ''[[Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1]]''
|Nasir Ahmed
|
|-
|scope="row"| ''[[Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2]]''
|Nasir Ahmed
|
|-
|scope="row"| ''[[Remember a Day]]''
|Suresh Sinha
|Short Film
|-
|rowspan="2"|2013
|scope="row"| ''[[The Playback Singer]]''

|Ashok Rao
|
|-
|scope="row"| ''[[Meridian Lines]]''
|Prakash Kumar
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|2014
|scope="row"| ''[[Revolver Rani]]''
|Balli
|
|-
|scope="row"| ''[[The Shaukeens]]''
|Harishankar 'Pinky' Goyal
|
|-
|rowspan="4"|2015
|scope="row"| ''[[The Exile (2015 film)|The Exile]]''
|Manmohan Sharma
|A Short Film by Sandeep Modi
|-
|scope="row"| ''[[Father's Day (2015 film)|Father's Day]]''
|Biju
|A Short Film by Vinay Jaiswal<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adageindia.in/marketing/cmo-strategy/oyo-rooms-celebrated-fathers-day-in-style/articleshow/47782899.cms|title=Ad Age Homepage - Ad Age|website=Adageindia.in|access-date=24 August 2018|archive-date=24 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824183217/http://www.adageindia.in/marketing/cmo-strategy/oyo-rooms-celebrated-fathers-day-in-style/articleshow/47782899.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|scope="row"| ''[[Tamasha (2015 film)|Tamasha]]''
|Storyteller
|
|-
|scope="row"| ''[[The Homecoming (2015 Short film)|The Homecoming]]''
|
|Short Film by Vinay Jaiswal & The Moody Nation<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/this-son-had-the-sweetest-diwali-gift-for-his-dad-its-ok-to-tear-up-1239493|title=This Son Had the Sweetest Diwali Gift For His Dad. It's OK to Tear up|website=Ndtv.com|access-date=24 August 2018|archive-date=25 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825073919/https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/this-son-had-the-sweetest-diwali-gift-for-his-dad-its-ok-to-tear-up-1239493|url-status=live}}</ref>
|
|-
|rowspan="4"|2016
|scope="row"| ''[[Kathakaar]]''
|
|Short film<ref>{{Citation|title=Kathakaar (2016)|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt6164748/|language=en|website=IMDb.com|access-date=2018-03-18}}</ref>
|
|-
|scope="row"| ''[[Tere Bin Laden dead or alive|Tere Bin Laden : Dead or Alive]]''
|Khalili
|
|-
|scope="row"| ''[[Happy Bhag Jayegi]]''
|ASP Usman Afridi
|
|-
| scope="row"| ''[[Pink (2016 film)|Pink]]''
| Prashant Mehra
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|2018
| scope="row"| ''[[Sanju]]''
| D.N. Tripathi
|
|-
| scope="row"| ''[[Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi]]''
| ASP Usman Afridi
|
|-
|2019
|''Qatran''
|Husband
|Short Film by Prem Singh (Large Short Films)
|-
|rowspan=2|2020
|''[[Illegal - Justice,Out of Order|Illegal]]''
|Janardhan Jaitley
|rowspan=5|Web Series
|-
|[[JL50]]
|Dr B.C Mitra
|-
|rowspan=2|2021
|[[Matsya Kaand]]
|Panditji
|-
|''[[Illegal - Justice,Out of Order|Illegal 2]]''
|Janardhan Jaitley
|-
|2022
|''[[Salt City (TV series)|Salt City]]''
| Harish Bajpai
|-
|2023
|''[[Kanjoos Makhichoos]]''
|
|}

=== Theatre Work ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
List of Plays
!Year
!Title
!Actor
!Director
!Music
!Script
!Lyrics
|-
|1979
|Dilli Teri Baat Nirali|Dilli Teri Baat Nirali
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|
|-
|1980
|Are Shareef Log
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|
|-
|1981
|Men Without Shadows
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|
|-
|1982
|Abu Hassan
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|
|-
| rowspan="5" |1983
|Evam Inderjit
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|
|-
|Bahut Bada Sawaal
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|
|-
|Mashriq Ki Hoor
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|-
|Sapna Kaali Ka
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|
|-
|A trilogy of Mohan Rakesh (Aadhe Adhoore, Lehron Ke Rajhans, Aashaadh Ka Ek Din)
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1984
|Hamlet
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|
|-
|Urubhangam
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1985
|Nekrassov
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|
|-
|Man Equals Man
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |1986
|A View From The Bridge
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|
|-
|Bholaram Ka Jeev
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|
|-
|Raja Gopichand
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |1987
|Abhigyaan Shakuntala
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|
|-
|Comedy of Terrors
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|
|-
|Hum Sab Dataram
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|-
|1988
|Arsenic & the old lace
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|
|-
|1989
|End Game
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|
|-
|1990
|Arsenic & the old lace
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |1991
|Court Martial
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|
|-
|Holy
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|-
|Suno Re Qissa (Blood Brothers)
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
|Humare Daur Mein (Musical Collage)
|
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1992
|Jab Shehar Humara Sota Hai (West Side Story)
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
|Comedy of terrors
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |1993
|Mahakund Ka Mahadaan (Payment as Pledged)
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
|Life & Times of Galileo
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|-
|Ye Jo Zindagi Hai Na
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |1994
|Aane Bhi Do Yaaro (Dream of Peter Mann)
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
|Wo Ab Bhi Pukarta Hai
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|-
|Gagan Damama Bajyo
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
|Once Upon a Time in America
|
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|-
|1995
|Jheeni Jheeni Mehki Mehki Seeli Seeli (Fiddler on the roof)
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |1996
|Doosri Duniya
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|-
|Duvidha
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|-
|Whatever happened to Betty Lemon
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1997
|An Accidental Death of an Anarchist
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|
|-
|Court Martial
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|
|-
|1999
|Life & Times of Galileo
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|
|-
|2000
|Ye Jo Zindagi Hai Na
|{{Yes}}
|
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|
|-
|2019
|Gagan Damama Bajyo
|
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|}

===Screenplay and dialogues===
* ''[[The Legend of Bhagat Singh]]'' (2002) – Dialogues
* ''[[Yahaan]]'' (2005) – Screenplay and dialogues
* ''[[1971 (2007 film)|1971]]'' (2007) – Screenplay
* ''[[Ghajini (2008 film)|Ghajini]]'' (2008) – Dialogues
* ''[[Lahore (film)|Lahore]]'' (2010) – Screenplay
* ''[[Chittagong (film)|Chittagong]]'' (2011) – Dialogues
* ''[[Agneepath (2012 film)|Agneepath]]'' (2012) – Dialogues
* ''[[Shamshera]]'' (2022) - Dialogues
* Mandi House - Screenplay and dialogues (Post Production)
* Yo Jawaan Yo Kisaan - Dialogues (Post Production)

==Awards==
;[[Zee Cine Awards]]
* 2003: [[Zee Cine Award for Best Dialogue|Best Dialogue]]: ''[[The Legend of Bhagat Singh]]'' (with Ranjit Kapoor and Rajkumar Santoshi)<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0592795/awards Awards for Piyush Mishra] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401110618/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0592795/awards |date=1 April 2016 }} [[IMDb]].</ref>

;[[Stardust Awards]]
* 2010: [[Standout Performance by a Music Director]]: ''[[Gulaal]]''

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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* [http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2004/mar/16sld02.htm An Interview with Piyush Mishra]

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