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{{short description|Indian filmmaker and actor}}
{{Short description|Casting Director, Director, Actor}}
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'''Mukesh Chhabra''' (Born 27 May 1980), is an Indian casting director, film director, and actor. He born and brought up in [[Delhi]].He makes his directorial debut in 2020 with "[[Dil Bechara]]" movie.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mukesh Chhabra: People are beginning to respect the job only now |url=https://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/bollywood-news/article/casting-director-mukesh-chhabra-people-are-beginning-to-respect-the-job-only-now-19839175 |access-date=2023-08-19 |website=Mid-day |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mukesh Chhabra on casting for Hindi films: ‘Actors aren’t good or bad, casting is’ |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/mukesh-chhabra-on-casting-and-actors-says-actors-arent-good-or-bad-casting-is-7985863/ |access-date=2023-08-19 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>.He Worked as an Casting Directer in many films like [[Dangal (film)|Dangal]],[[Chhichhore]],[[Kai Po Che]],[[Gangs Of Wasseypur]] and [[Super30]].<ref>Sur, Prateek. 2023. “‘Gangs Of Wasseypur’ To ‘Dangal’ – 5 Films Where Mukesh Chhabra Did Absolute Justice.” Https://Www.Outlookindia.Com/, April 6, 2023. Accessed September 8, 2023. https://www.outlookindia.com/art-entertainment/-gangs-of-wasseypur-to-dangal-5-films-that-mukesh-chhabra-did-absolute-justice-to-news-276430.</ref>. Under his Casting Company he found the Star like [[Sushant Singh Rajput]], [[Rajkumar Rao]], [[Fatima Sana Shaikh]], [[Sanya Malhotra]] and many more.<ref>Bhargava, Eshita. 2023. “Exclusive Interview | Meet Casting Director Mukesh Chhabra, the Man Who Found Sushant Singh Rajput.” Financial Express, June 14, 2023. Accessed September 8, 2023. https://www.financialexpress.com/entertainment/meet-casting-director-mukesh-chhabra-the-man-who-found-actors-like-rajkummar-rao-sanya-malhotra-sushant-singh-rajput/2968715/./</ref> apart from this he also worked as an actor in [[Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra]]'s film [[Rang De Basanti]] along with [[Kunal Kapoor (actor, born 1977)|Kunal Kapoor]] and [[Aamir Khan]], [[Kaminey]], [[Gangs Of Wasseypur]] and [[Te3n]]<ref>Hungama, Bollywood. 2016. “Mukesh Chhabra Plays a Land Agent in Te3n Movie Review:” Bollywood Hungama, June 9, 2016. Accessed September 9, 2023. https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/mukesh-chhabra-plays-land-agent-te3n/.</ref>.
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{{Infobox person
| name              = Mukesh Chhabra
| name              = Mukesh Chhabra
| image              = Mukesh_Chhabra.jpg
| image              = Mukesh Chhabra.jpg
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| birth_date        = 27 May 1980 (age 43 years)
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1980|05|27}}
| birth_place        = [[Delhi]], [[India]]
| years_active      = 2000{{endash}}present
| occupation        = Casting Director, Director, Actor
| birth_place        = [[Delhi]], India
| years_active      = 2000-present
| alma_mater        = [[University of Delhi]]
| website            = {{url|https://www.mccc.in}}
| occupation        = [[Actor]], [[Casting director]], Acting workshop director
| other_names        = Shivam
| website            = {{Official url}}
}}
}}


'''Mukesh Chhabra''' (born 31 May 1980) is an Indian film [[Film director|director]], [[casting director]], acting workshop director, and [[actor]] who has cast several actors for movies including director [[Vikas Bahl]]'s [[Chillar Party]], [[Anurag Kashyap]]'s [[Gangs of Wasseypur]], [[Abhishek Kapoor]]'s [[Kai Po Che]] and [[Nikhil Advani]]'s [[D-Day (2013 film)|D-Day]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/my-directorial-debut-a-love-story-mukesh-chhabra/|title=My directorial debut a love story: Mukesh Chhabra|date=2016-01-23|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2017-10-06|language=en-US}}</ref> Mukesh has now started his new office at Delhi for all the aspiring actors from Delhi NCR and north region.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://bollywoodgaliyara.com/2020/02/mukesh-chhabras-casting-company-comes-to-delhi/|title=Mukesh Chhabra’s Casting Company comes to Delhi|date=2020-02-21|work=Bollywoood Galiyara|access-date=2020-02-21|language=en-US}}</ref>
==Early Life==
 
'''Mukesh Chhabra''' born on 27 May 1980 in Delhi,India to TC Chhabra and Kamla Chhabra.He graduated in Acting Diploma from Sri Ram Centre of Performing Arts,Delhi.<ref>Israni, Prakash. 2023. “What Was Mukesh Chhabra Mother Death Reason? Filmmaker Mukesh Chhabra's Mum Passes Away.” Today News, Latest News, Breaking News, Today News Headlines - PKBnews.In, April 14, 2023. Accessed September 8, 2023. https://pkbnews.in/mukesh-chhabra-mother-death/.</ref>on 13 April 2023 his mother passed away when she was 73 year old.<ref>Etimes.In. 2023. “Casting Director-Filmmaker Mukesh Chhabra’s Mother Passes Away.” The Times of India, April 13, 2023. https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/casting-director-filmmaker-mukesh-chhabras-mother-passes-away/articleshow/99467477.cms.</ref>.
In 2020, Chhabra has made his directorial debut with ''[[Dil Bechara]]'', a remake ''[[The Fault in Our Stars (film)|The Fault in Our Stars]]'' featuring [[Sushant Singh Rajput]] is the leading role and music composed by [[A. R. Rahman]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/sushant-singh-rajput-locked-for-the-fault-in-our-stars-remake/story-JCrcSNgYSTClBe5fCvCR6J.html|title=Sushant Singh Rajput locked for The Fault In Our Stars remake|date=2017-10-06|work=hindustantimes.com/|access-date=2017-10-06|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/mukesh-chhabra-fired-from-kizzie-aur-manny-sushant-singh-rajput-5408693/|title=Mukesh Chhabra suspended as director of Kizzie Aur Manny amid sexual harassment allegations|date=19 October 2018}}</ref>
==Career==
 
Mukesh Chhabra was acted in [[Rang De Basanti]] Movie and recently he acted in A
== Early life ==
[[Atlee (director)|Atlee]] film [[Jawaan]] and also worked as an Casting Directer.<ref>Sharanya Kumar, and Sharanya Kumar. 2023. “Casting Director Mukesh Chhabra: ‘You Have to Work Extra Hard for Films like Jawan and Dangal.’” Filmcompanion, September. https://www.filmcompanion.in/interviews/bollywood-interview/casting-director-mukesh-chhabra-you-have-to-work-extra-hard-for-films-like-jawan-and-dangal.</ref>Before Jawaan he also worked as an Casting Director in [[Gangs Of Wasseypur]], [[Kai Po Che]], [[Shahid]], [[Hasee Toh Phasee]], [[Highway]], [[Bhoothnath Returns]], [[Bombay Velvet]], [[Ugly (film)|Ugly]], [[PK (film)|Peekay]], [[Haider (film)|Haider]] and many more.<ref>Dutta, Mansi. 2014. “Meet Casting Director Mukesh Chhabra: The Man behind Films like Gangs of Wasseypur, Shahid, Highway.” Times of India Blog, April 16, 2014. Accessed September 8, 2023. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/one-for-the-balcony/meet-casting-director-mukesh-chhabra-the-man-behind-films-like-gangs-of-wasseypur-shahid-highway/.</ref>
He spent early days growing up in Mayapuri in West Delhi. Chhabra graduated from [[University of Delhi|Delhi University]] with an acting diploma from the [[Shri Ram Centre for Performing Arts]]. He completed a six-year acting and teaching stint with the ‘Theatre in Education’ Company (TIE) affiliated with the [[National School of Drama]] in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/theatre-of-dreams/1158827/|title=Theatre of Dreams - Indian Express|date=2013-08-23|publisher=Archive.indianexpress.com|accessdate=2014-06-08}}</ref> Chhabra is based in Mumbai.
 
== Career ==
Chhabra came to Mumbai in 1997 and worked as an Assistant Casting Director before setting up his own casting company. His first film as independent casting director was the small budget film Chintuji..
 
Subsequently, Chhabra did the casting for films of different genres like Kai Po Che, [[Shahid (film)|Shahid]], [[Chennai Express]], [[Jai Ho (film)|Jai Ho]], [[Hasee Toh Phasee|Hasee To Phasee]], [[Mastram]] and D-day<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news-interviews/D-Day-Its-gripping-and-has-gravitas/articleshow/21141280.cms/|title='D-Day': It's gripping and has gravitas - The Times of India|author=|date=2013-07-19|publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com|accessdate=2014-06-09}}</ref> Apart from films, he's also done casting for TVCs. In his career, Chhabra has employed several unconventional casting methods. For example, he spotted the budding actor Irfan Khan, who played the character 'Fatka' in the film Chillar Party, on the streets of Mumbai.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/one-for-the-balcony/meet-casting-director-mukesh-chhabra-the-man-behind-films-like-gangs-of-wasseypur-shahid-highway/|title=Meet casting director Mukesh Chhabra: The man behind films like Gangs of Wasseypur, Shahid, Highway &#124; Times of India Blogs|author=|date=|publisher=Blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com|accessdate=2014-06-09}}</ref> Chhabra's democratic style of auditioning has previously invited nuisance value from potential actors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/casting-director-mukesh-chhabra-gets-threat-calls/article1-929216.aspx/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-06-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915173259/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/Casting-director-Mukesh-Chhabra-gets-threat-calls/Article1-929216.aspx |archivedate=2012-09-15 }}</ref>
Actor [[Rajkummar Rao|Rajkumar Rao]] was chosen to play one of the leads for the film Kai Po Che only on Chhabra's insistence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/when-raj-kumar-yadav-faced-rejection-for-kai-po-che-337524/|title=When Raj Kumar Yadav faced rejection for Kai Po Che! - NDTV|date=2013-03-03|publisher=Movies.ndtv.com|accessdate=2014-06-09}}</ref> Rao's talent in the film won him critical acclaim and later Chhabra cast him in [[Shahid (film)|Shahid]] as the leading man.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeoutmumbai.net/film/features/interview-casting-director-mukesh-chhabra/|title=Film &#124; Raj Kumar &#124; Shahid|date=2013-10-09|publisher=Time Out Mumbai|accessdate=2014-06-09|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140608230919/https://www.timeoutmumbai.net/film/features/interview-casting-director-mukesh-chhabra/|archive-date=8 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
== Filmography ==
=== Casting director ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Film
|-
| rowspan="7" | 2011 || [[Yeh Faasley|''Yeh Faasle'']]
|-
|[[Force (2011 film)|''Force'']]
|-
|[[Rockstar (2011 film)|''Rockstar'']]
|-
|''Amal''
|-
|[[Teen Thay Bhai|''Teen The Bhai'']]
|-
|''[[Chillar Party]]''
|-
| ''Trishna''
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2012 ||''[[Gangs of Wasseypur]]''
|-
|[[Shahid (film)|''Shahid'']]
|-
|''[[Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana]]''
|-
|[[I.D. (2012 film)|''I.D.'']]
|-
| ''Pehla Sitara''
|-
| rowspan="8" | 2013 ||[[Kai Po Che!|''Kai Po Che'']]
|-
|[[Ugly (film)|''Ugly'']]
|-
|''[[Monsoon Shootout]]''
|-
|[[D-Day (2013 film)|''D-Day'']]
|-
|''[[Chennai Express]]''
|-
| ''Siddharth''
|-
|''[[Mastram]]''
|-
|[[That Day After Everyday|''That Day After Every Day'']]
|-
| rowspan="6" | 2014 || [[Jai Ho (film)|''Jai Ho'']]
|-
|[[Hasee Toh Phasee|''Hasee to Phasee'']]
|-
|[[Highway (2014 Hindi film)|''Highway'']]
|-
|[[Bhoothnath Returns|''Bhootnath Returns'']]
|-
|[[Haider (film)|''Haider'']]
|-
|''[[Tamanchey]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2015 || ''[[Bombay Velvet]]''
|-
|[[Tamasha (2015 film)|''Tamasha'']]
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Dangal (film)|Dangal]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/Meet-Aamir-Khans-wrestler-daughters/articleshow/47007245.cms|title=Meet Aamir Khan’s wrestler daughters|website=Mumbai Mirror}}</ref>''
|-
| 2017 || [[Tubelight (2017 Hindi film)|''Tubelight'']]
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Sanju]]''
|-
| 2019 || [[Bharat (film)|''Bharat'']]
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2020 || ''[[Dil Bechara]]''
|-
|''[[99 Songs]]''
|-
|
|[[She (series)|''She'']]
|-
|
|''[[Mrs. Serial Killer]]''
|-
|
|''[[Ghoomketu]]''
|-
|
|''[[Dil Bechara]]''
|-
|
|''[[Yaara]]''
|-
|
|[[Hostages (Indian TV series)|''Hostages'']]
|-
|
|[[Scam 1992|''Scam 1992 the Harshad Mehta Story'']]
|-
|
|''[[AK vs AK]]''
|-
|2021
|''[[Lahore Confidential]]''
|-
|
|''[[Kaadan]]''
|-
|
|''[[Ajeeb Daastaans]]''
|-
|
|''[[Kathmandu Connection]]''
|-
|
|[[Radhe (2021 film)|''Radhe'']]
|-
|
|[[Maharani (web series)|''Maharani'']]
|-
|
|''Mukesh Jasoos''
|-
|
|[[The Family Man (Indian TV series)|''The Family Man'']]
|-
|
|[[Grahan (TV Series)|''Grahan'']]
|-
|
|''[[Haseen Dillruba]]''
|-
|
|''[[Chehre]]''
|-
|
|[[Thalaivii|''Thalaivi'']]
|-
|
|''[[Tabbar]]''
|-
|
|''[[Sanak]]''
|-
|
|''[[Antim: The Final Truth]]''
|-
|
|[[Tadap (2021 film)|''Tadap'']]
|-
|
|''[[Bob Biswas]]''
|-
|
|''[[Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui]]''
|-
|
|''The Whistleblower''
|-
|
|[[83 (film)|''83'']]
|-
|
|''[[Atrangi Re]]''
|-
|
|''Sangeen''
|-
|
|''[[Dostana 2]]''
|}
 
=== Acting workshop director ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Film
|-
| 2007|| ''Amal''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2011|| [[Yeh Faasley|''Yeh Faasle'']]
|-
|''[[Chillar Party]]''
|-
| 2012|| ''[[Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2013|| [[Kai Po Che!|''Kai Po Che'']]
|-
|''[[Aashiqui 2]]''
|-
| 2014|| ''[[Ek Villain]]''
|}
 
=== Actor ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Film !! Role
!Notes
|-
| 2006|| ''[[Rang De Basanti]]''|| Manmath Nath
|
|-
| 2007|| ''Amal''|| Subhash
|
|-
| 2008|| [[Hijack (2008 film)|''Hijack'']]|| Shakeel
|
|-
| 2009|| ''[[Kaminey]]''|| Guddu's friend
|
|-
| 2011|| ''[[Chillar Party]]''|| Panuti's Guest
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2012|| ''[[Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2]]''|| Nawab
|
|-
|''[[Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana]]''|| Lovely
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2013|| [[Vakratunda Mahakaaya|''Vakratunda Mahakaya'']]|| Man in the Bus
|
|-
|[[Siddharth (2013 film)|''Siddharth'']]|| Mukesh Bhai
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2016 || ''[[I Don't Watch TV]]''|| Himself
|
|-
|''[[Raman Raghav 2.0]]''|| Loan Shark
|
|-
|2018 || ''[[Rajma Chawal]]''|| Anoop Ji
|
|-
|2019
|''[[Fixerr]]''
|Agantuk
|Web series released on [[ALTBalaji]] and [[List of ZEE5 original web series|ZEE5]]
|}
 
=== Director ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Film
|-
| 2020 || ''[[Dil Bechara]]''
|}


== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
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== External links ==
* {{Official website}}
*{{IMDb name|2535507}}
*{{Twitter|CastingChhabra}}
 
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== External Link ==
{{IMDb name|id=2535507}}


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