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Abhishek Chaubey is a Director, Scriptwriter and Assistant Director Indian born on 30 march 1977 at Faizabad (Inde)

Abhishek Chaubey

Abhishek Chaubey
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Nationality Inde
Birth 30 march 1977 (47 years) at Faizabad (Inde)

Abhishek Chaubey (born 30 March 1977) is an Indian film director, writer and screenwriter. He directed the 2010 film, Ishqiya.

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Filmography of Abhishek Chaubey (9 films)

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Director

Udta Punjab
Directed by Abhishek Chaubey
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Diljit Dosanjh, Satish Kaushik, Ishaan Khattar
Rating76% 3.8485253.8485253.8485253.8485253.848525
L'insurrection de la toxicomanie chez les jeunes dans l'État indien du Pendjab à travers les histoires d'une rock star, un travailleur migrant, un médecin et un policier.
Dedh Ishqiya, 2h32
Directed by Abhishek Chaubey
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Musical films, Bollywood, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Madhuri Dixit, Naseeruddin Shah, Arshad Warsi, Huma Qureshi, Huma Qureshi, Vijay Raaz
Rating69% 3.4980853.4980853.4980853.4980853.498085
Khalujan (Naseeruddin Shah) and his nephew Babban (Arshad Warsi), a thief duo, pose as a Nawab and his attendant, and manage to run away with a prized necklace from a jewellery shop. In the police chase they get separated, while Khalujaan is hurt. Months later Babban traces Khalujan again, this time posing a nawab, at a poetry contest. It is a mushaira organised by Begum Para (Madhuri Dixit), the widowed Begum of Mahmudabad as per the wishes of her deceased husband. The winner would win the Begum as bride and in turn become the Nawab of Mahudabad. However, by the opening night, Babban traces Khalujaan. Soon Babban falls in love with Begum Para's assistant, Muniya (Huma Qureshi), while Khalujaan has his heart set on Begum herself.
Ishqiya
Ishqiya (2010)
, 1h55
Directed by Abhishek Chaubey
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Actors Vidya Balan, Naseeruddin Shah, Arshad Warsi, Salman Shahid, Adil Hussain, Rajesh Sharma
Rating72% 3.646943.646943.646943.646943.64694
Ishqiya starts with Krishna Verma (Vidya Balan) trying to convince her husband, Vidyadhar Verma (Adil Hussain), a local gang-lord, that he should surrender. He agrees but is soon killed in a gas explosion. Two criminals Iftikhar aka Khalujan (Naseeruddin Shah) and Razzak Hussain aka Babban (Arshad Warsi) botch up a job and escape from the clutches of their boss Mushtaq (Salman Shahid), who wants to bury them alive. They land up in Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh to seek refuge in the house of Vidyadhar Verma.

Scriptwriter

Udta Punjab
Directed by Abhishek Chaubey
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Diljit Dosanjh, Satish Kaushik, Ishaan Khattar
Roles Story
Rating76% 3.8485253.8485253.8485253.8485253.848525
L'insurrection de la toxicomanie chez les jeunes dans l'État indien du Pendjab à travers les histoires d'une rock star, un travailleur migrant, un médecin et un policier.
Dedh Ishqiya, 2h32
Directed by Abhishek Chaubey
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Musical films, Bollywood, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Madhuri Dixit, Naseeruddin Shah, Arshad Warsi, Huma Qureshi, Huma Qureshi, Vijay Raaz
Roles Ecrivain
Rating69% 3.4980853.4980853.4980853.4980853.498085
Khalujan (Naseeruddin Shah) and his nephew Babban (Arshad Warsi), a thief duo, pose as a Nawab and his attendant, and manage to run away with a prized necklace from a jewellery shop. In the police chase they get separated, while Khalujaan is hurt. Months later Babban traces Khalujan again, this time posing a nawab, at a poetry contest. It is a mushaira organised by Begum Para (Madhuri Dixit), the widowed Begum of Mahmudabad as per the wishes of her deceased husband. The winner would win the Begum as bride and in turn become the Nawab of Mahudabad. However, by the opening night, Babban traces Khalujaan. Soon Babban falls in love with Begum Para's assistant, Muniya (Huma Qureshi), while Khalujaan has his heart set on Begum herself.
Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola
Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Pankaj Kapur, Imran Khan, Anushka Sharma, Aarya Babbar, Shabana Azmi, Ranvir Shorey
Rating56% 2.8004052.8004052.8004052.8004052.800405
The film tells the story of three individuals, Harphool Singh Mandola a.k.a. Harry (Pankaj Kapur), his daughter, Bijlee Mandola (Anushka Sharma) and Hukum Singh Matru (Imran Khan) known in short as 'Matru'. Harry is a wealthy, cynical businessman who dreams of turning the Mandola village (named after his family) into a shining example of his success and a microcosm of a fledgeling economy in itself. But this dream can only be realised if the villagers agree to sell their land to the government at unfairly low rates in order for the land to be converted into a Special Economic Zone.
Ishqiya
Ishqiya (2010)
, 1h55
Directed by Abhishek Chaubey
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Actors Vidya Balan, Naseeruddin Shah, Arshad Warsi, Salman Shahid, Adil Hussain, Rajesh Sharma
Rating72% 3.646943.646943.646943.646943.64694
Ishqiya starts with Krishna Verma (Vidya Balan) trying to convince her husband, Vidyadhar Verma (Adil Hussain), a local gang-lord, that he should surrender. He agrees but is soon killed in a gas explosion. Two criminals Iftikhar aka Khalujan (Naseeruddin Shah) and Razzak Hussain aka Babban (Arshad Warsi) botch up a job and escape from the clutches of their boss Mushtaq (Salman Shahid), who wants to bury them alive. They land up in Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh to seek refuge in the house of Vidyadhar Verma.
Kaminey
Kaminey (2009)
, 2h15
Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Shahid Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Amole Gupte, Deb Mukherjee, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Rajatava Dutta
Rating73% 3.6976453.6976453.6976453.6976453.697645
Charlie and Guddu are twins who were raised in Mumbai. Charlie lisps while Guddu stutters. Charlie likes to take shortcuts to fulfil his dream of becoming a bookmaker at the racecourse where he works for three criminal brothers who fix races. He is closer to the youngest brother Mikhail than to Guddu, to whom he is hostile. A jockey deceives Charlie when he bets ₹100 000 (US$1 500) on a horse during a fixed race, losing all of his savings. Seeking revenge, Charlie locates the jockey in an upmarket city hotel.
Blood Brothers, 13minutes
Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj
Themes Medical-themed films, HIV/AIDS in film
Actors Siddharth, Ayesha Takia, Pankaj Kapur, Pavan Malhotra, Mukti Mohan, Chandra Mohan
Rating80% 4.049474.049474.049474.049474.04947
The film revolves around a successful advertising campaign manager named Arjun Dutt (Siddharth). During a routine medical check-up, he discovers that he is HIV positive. He is totally devastated. Instead of facing the truth and telling his pregnant wife and son, he runs away from his home and job.
Omkara
Omkara (2006)
, 2h35
Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Bollywood
Actors Ajay Devgn, Saif Ali Khan, Pankaj Tripathi, Vivek Oberoi, Kareena Kapoor, Konkona Sen Sharma
Rating79% 3.997343.997343.997343.997343.99734
Omkara Shukla or Omi (Ajay Devgan) is a bahubali, a sort of political enforcer. He is the leader of a gang which commits political crimes for the local politician Tiwari Bhaisaab (Naseeruddin Shah). Ishwar 'Langda' Tyagi (Saif Ali Khan) and Keshav 'Kesu Firangi' Upadhyay (Vivek Oberoi) are his closest lieutenants.
The Blue Umbrella, 1h30
Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Pankaj Kapur, Deepak Dobriyal, Shreya Sharma, Shriya Saran, Rahul Kumar, Dolly Ahluwalia
Rating72% 3.643823.643823.643823.643823.64382
The story is set in a small village near Banikhet, Himachal Pradesh and revolves around a young girl Biniya and village's only shop owner Nand Kishore Khatri. Biniya lives with her mother and elder brother. One day she comes across a blue color Japanese umbrella while herding her family cows. The umbrella is revealed to be belonging to a group of Japanese tourists. Biniya develops a liking for the umbrella and trades it with her bear claw necklace called Yantra with the Japanese tourists. Wearing a bear claw necklace is considered to be auspicious and bring good luck. For that she is scolded by her mother. Everyone in the village is amazed by the beauty of the umbrella and Biniya acquires a celebrity like status. This makes some people jealous of her. The shopkeeper Khatri and Lajvanti (wife of village school teacher) covet for such an umbrella but find themselves unable to buy due to its high cost. Lajvanti even hints toward the possibility of stealing Biniya's umbrella. Khatri tries to buy it from Biniya but she refuses.

Director

Makdee
Makdee (2002)

Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj
Genres Fantasy, Horror
Themes Children's films
Actors Shabana Azmi, Makarand Deshpande, Shweta Basu Prasad, Daya Shankar Pandey, Vineet Kumar, Chittaranjan Giri
Roles Assistant Director
Rating74% 3.7429953.7429953.7429953.7429953.742995
Life in Chunni's village is all peace and quiet, and great fun. She fools the villagers including her parent with her impersonation of her twin sister, Munni.