Saurabh Shukla
Actor

Saurabh Shukla Net Worth

Saurabh Shukla is an Indian actor, writer, and director born in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh in 1963. He began his professional career in 1984 with theater roles, and joined the National School of Drama Repertoire Company in 1991. He got his first break in 1992 when Shekhar Kapur created a role for him in Bandit Queen. His biggest break came in 1998 when he co-wrote the script for Ram Gopal Varma's Satya and essayed the role of gangster Kallu Mama in the film. In 2003, he wrote the screenplay for Calcutta Mail, for which he won the Zee Cine Award for Best Screenplay. In 2008, he acted in his first international film, Slumdog Millionaire, as Constable Srinivas.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actor, Writer, Director
Birth Day March 05, 1963
Birth Place  Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, India
Age 60 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Aries
Residence New Delhi, India
Occupation Actor, director, screenwriter
Years active 1984–present

💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M

Biography/Timeline

1984

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.

1986

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. The next year he got his first break when Shekhar Kapur, impressed with his work, created a role for him in Bandit Queen.

1994

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.

1998

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. He won the Star Screen Award for Best Screenplay alongside Anurag Kashyap.

2000

"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 – comedy:

2003

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".

2014

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

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