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Manish Gupta is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter Indian
Manish Gupta is an Indian writer and director in Bollywood. Manish started his career as a scriptwriter. His first film as a writer was Sarkar, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Katrina Kaif.
Manish soon graduated to film direction and made his debut as director with Darna Zaroori Hai in which he directed one story amongst the six stories each directed by a separate director.
Manish’s first film as independent director was The Stoneman Murders, starring Kay Kay Menon and Arbaaz Khan.
His next movie as director was "Hostel" that explored the psychology of ‘Ragging’ (Hazing/Initiation). The President of India, Mrs. Pratibha Patil felicitated Manish Gupta at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi for addressing a national issue through cinema.
Manish’s latest film is ‘RAHASYA’ a murder mystery based on the infamous AARUSHI murder case. The film stars Kay Kay Menon, Tisca Chopra and Ashish Vidyarthi and is slated for a 2014 release.
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Manish soon graduated to film direction and made his debut as director with Darna Zaroori Hai in which he directed one story amongst the six stories each directed by a separate director.
Manish’s first film as independent director was The Stoneman Murders, starring Kay Kay Menon and Arbaaz Khan.
His next movie as director was "Hostel" that explored the psychology of ‘Ragging’ (Hazing/Initiation). The President of India, Mrs. Pratibha Patil felicitated Manish Gupta at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi for addressing a national issue through cinema.
Manish’s latest film is ‘RAHASYA’ a murder mystery based on the infamous AARUSHI murder case. The film stars Kay Kay Menon, Tisca Chopra and Ashish Vidyarthi and is slated for a 2014 release.
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Hostel (2011)
Directed by Manish Gupta
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Vatsal Sheth, Tulip Joshi, Mukesh Tiwari, Manish Gupta, Nagesh Bhosale, Gufi Paintal
Rating53%
One night at the boys' hostel at Jaigarh University, a senior student Feroz (Mukesh Tiwari) and his goons harass freshman geek Vishnu Pandey (Subeer Goswamin), stripping him down, molesting him and forcing him to act like a dog. His cries for help fall on deaf ears. Karan (Vatsal Sheth), an engineering freshman, arrives at the hostel. He meets Vishnu, Nilesh (Ramesh Chandane) and Bobby (Nirmal Soni) and befriends them. That evening, Akshay, a gang leader, takes Karan to Feroz. Feroz asks Karan to drink a glass of his urine and throws it at Karan's face when he refuses.
Om Dar-B-Dar (1988)
, 1h41Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Anita Kanwar, Manish Gupta
Roles Young Om
Rating70%
Om-Dar-B-Dar is a portrait of life in Ajmer town, Rajasthan. The film tells the story of a young boy named Om in the period of his carefree adolescence and its harsh disillusions. The story starts as a comedy and ends as a thriller. Om has a rather strange family. His father, Babuji, a government employee, leaves his job so that he can dedicate himself to astrology; Om's older sister, Gayatri, is dating a good-for-nothing fellow. Om is involved in science, but is also attracted to magic and religion. In all it seems that his really outstanding skill is his ability to hold his breath for a long time.
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Rahasya (2015)
Directed by Manish Gupta
Genres Thriller
Actors Kay Kay Menon, Tisca Chopra, Ashish Vidyarthi, Mita Vashisht, Ashwini Kalsekar, Nimai Bali
Rating75%
The film revolves around the story of an 18-year-old girl, Ayesha Mahajan (Sakshi Sem), who is murdered in her own house. Her father Sachin Mahajan (Ashish Vidyarthi) is deemed the prime suspect for the murder.
Hostel (2011)
Directed by Manish Gupta
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Vatsal Sheth, Tulip Joshi, Mukesh Tiwari, Manish Gupta, Nagesh Bhosale, Gufi Paintal
Rating53%
One night at the boys' hostel at Jaigarh University, a senior student Feroz (Mukesh Tiwari) and his goons harass freshman geek Vishnu Pandey (Subeer Goswamin), stripping him down, molesting him and forcing him to act like a dog. His cries for help fall on deaf ears. Karan (Vatsal Sheth), an engineering freshman, arrives at the hostel. He meets Vishnu, Nilesh (Ramesh Chandane) and Bobby (Nirmal Soni) and befriends them. That evening, Akshay, a gang leader, takes Karan to Feroz. Feroz asks Karan to drink a glass of his urine and throws it at Karan's face when he refuses.
Karma, Confessions and Holi (2009)
Directed by Manish Gupta
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Randeep Hooda, Sushmita Sen, Naomi Campbell, Suresh Oberoi, Sticky Fingaz, Suchitra Krishnamoorthi
Rating32%
The film revolves around an NRI couple, desperate to have a biological child. The couple host a party to celebrate Holi, with Indian and American guests. The plot deals with the events happening further.
The Stoneman Murders (2009)
, 1h55Directed by Manish Gupta
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Politic
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Kay Kay Menon, Arbaaz Khan, Vikram Gokhale, Rukhsar Rehman, Virendra Saxena, Rachana Maurya
Rating72%
The serial killer dubbed 'Stoneman' by the media has just claimed his fifth victim and the case is still of little interest to the Bombay police. But to suspended sub-inspector Sanjay Shelar (Kay Kay Menon), this killer poses an opportunity. Sanjay hopes to track the killer down and, thus, possibly find an entry back into the police force. With the secret aid of his patronizing superior AIG Satam (Vikram Gokhale), Sanjay takes up the arduous process of tracking the murderer. The official police investigator of the case Kedar Phadke (Arbaaz Khan) clashes incessantly with Sanjay they, separately, delve deeper into the case. Sanjay is determined to find the stoneman. He takes the help of his informer. His wife Manali (Rukhsar) is upset with him and thinks that he is having an affair. One night someone throws a stone into Sanjay's house through a window. Manali thinks it to be the mischief of boys of the locality; Sanjay feels it is the stoneman. Another night the stoneman tries to kill a beggar sleeping on the roadside but is saved by Kedar and some patrolling policemen. Sanjay and his car is spotted by Kedar. Sanjay finds that his investigation house has been visited by the stoneman as sees vermilion spread everywhere.
Darna Zaroori Hai (2006)
, 1h48Directed by Ram Gopal Varma, Manish Gupta, J. D. Chakravarthy, Sajid Khan, Sajid Khan
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Arjun Rampal, Manoj Pahwa, Anil Kapoor, Sarita Joshi, Mallika Sherawat
Rating55%
Darna Zaroori Hai interweaves six stories into one film. Five children get lost in the middle of a forest until they find a haunted house. Inside, there is an old woman who agrees to tell them six scary stories, and they will all compete on who is able to sit through all six stories without getting scared.
Directed by Manish Gupta
Actors Prashant Narayanan, Sameer Dharmadhikari, Rajendra Gupta
VARTAMAAN explores the dilemma of a common man in India, wherein he often finds himself caught between corruption and honesty. There is a character in the film whose personality has been modeled on social activist Anna Hazare. The film's message is that while it has become fashionable in India to support Anna Hazare's stand against corruption, how many of us are actually honest? The film takes a deeper look into the practical impossibility of living an honest life in India. The film has been written and directed by writer-director Manish Gupta known for writing 'Sarkar' and directing 'The Stoneman Murders' and 'Hostel'.
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Rahasya (2015)
Directed by Manish Gupta
Genres Thriller
Actors Kay Kay Menon, Tisca Chopra, Ashish Vidyarthi, Mita Vashisht, Ashwini Kalsekar, Nimai Bali
Rating75%
The film revolves around the story of an 18-year-old girl, Ayesha Mahajan (Sakshi Sem), who is murdered in her own house. Her father Sachin Mahajan (Ashish Vidyarthi) is deemed the prime suspect for the murder.
Hostel (2011)
Directed by Manish Gupta
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Vatsal Sheth, Tulip Joshi, Mukesh Tiwari, Manish Gupta, Nagesh Bhosale, Gufi Paintal
Rating53%
One night at the boys' hostel at Jaigarh University, a senior student Feroz (Mukesh Tiwari) and his goons harass freshman geek Vishnu Pandey (Subeer Goswamin), stripping him down, molesting him and forcing him to act like a dog. His cries for help fall on deaf ears. Karan (Vatsal Sheth), an engineering freshman, arrives at the hostel. He meets Vishnu, Nilesh (Ramesh Chandane) and Bobby (Nirmal Soni) and befriends them. That evening, Akshay, a gang leader, takes Karan to Feroz. Feroz asks Karan to drink a glass of his urine and throws it at Karan's face when he refuses.
Karma, Confessions and Holi (2009)
Directed by Manish Gupta
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Randeep Hooda, Sushmita Sen, Naomi Campbell, Suresh Oberoi, Sticky Fingaz, Suchitra Krishnamoorthi
Rating32%
The film revolves around an NRI couple, desperate to have a biological child. The couple host a party to celebrate Holi, with Indian and American guests. The plot deals with the events happening further.
The Stoneman Murders (2009)
, 1h55Directed by Manish Gupta
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Politic
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Kay Kay Menon, Arbaaz Khan, Vikram Gokhale, Rukhsar Rehman, Virendra Saxena, Rachana Maurya
Rating72%
The serial killer dubbed 'Stoneman' by the media has just claimed his fifth victim and the case is still of little interest to the Bombay police. But to suspended sub-inspector Sanjay Shelar (Kay Kay Menon), this killer poses an opportunity. Sanjay hopes to track the killer down and, thus, possibly find an entry back into the police force. With the secret aid of his patronizing superior AIG Satam (Vikram Gokhale), Sanjay takes up the arduous process of tracking the murderer. The official police investigator of the case Kedar Phadke (Arbaaz Khan) clashes incessantly with Sanjay they, separately, delve deeper into the case. Sanjay is determined to find the stoneman. He takes the help of his informer. His wife Manali (Rukhsar) is upset with him and thinks that he is having an affair. One night someone throws a stone into Sanjay's house through a window. Manali thinks it to be the mischief of boys of the locality; Sanjay feels it is the stoneman. Another night the stoneman tries to kill a beggar sleeping on the roadside but is saved by Kedar and some patrolling policemen. Sanjay and his car is spotted by Kedar. Sanjay finds that his investigation house has been visited by the stoneman as sees vermilion spread everywhere.
Darna Zaroori Hai (2006)
, 1h48Directed by Ram Gopal Varma, Manish Gupta, J. D. Chakravarthy, Sajid Khan, Sajid Khan
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Arjun Rampal, Manoj Pahwa, Anil Kapoor, Sarita Joshi, Mallika Sherawat
Rating55%
Darna Zaroori Hai interweaves six stories into one film. Five children get lost in the middle of a forest until they find a haunted house. Inside, there is an old woman who agrees to tell them six scary stories, and they will all compete on who is able to sit through all six stories without getting scared.
D (2005)
, 1h47Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Randeep Hooda, Chunky Pandey, Isha Koppikar, Yashpal Sharma, Sushant Singh, Nagesh Bhosale
Rating67%
Deshu (Randeep Hooda) is a mechanic in Dubai, who has come home after his mother's death. His father is a dry, gruff police constable. Deshu unwittingly becomes a witness to a murder, when Mangli Bhai's goons chase a man, burst into his chawl, and proceed to kill the man right there. Roughened up by the police to act as a witness, and threatened by the goons to not do so, Deshu keeps his mouth shut. Later, he joins a rival gang (Hashim Bhai's), and proceeds to kill Mangli. Little by little, with his bravery and intelligence he manages to become Bhai's right-hand man, much to the dismay of his two sons, Muqarram and Shabbir.
Sarkar (2005)
, 2hDirected by Ram Gopal Varma
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Mob film, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Films about music and musicians, Politique, Musical films, Political films, Bollywood, Gangster films
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Kay Kay Menon, Katrina Kaif, Tanisha, Anupam Kher
Rating75%
Subhash Nagre (Amitabh Bachchan), who is known by his followers as Sarkar, lives in Mumbai. The opening scenes show a rape victim's father (Veerendra Saxena) approaching Sarkar for justice (which the corrupt law and order system has failed to deliver) which Sarkar promptly establishes by having the rapist beaten up by his henchmen. His son, Vishnu (Kay Kay Menon), plays a sleazy producer who is more interested in the film actress Sapna (Nisha Kothari) than his wife Amrita (Rukhsar). Sarkar's other, more upright son, Shankar (Abhishek Bachchan), returns from the United States with his love Pooja (Katrina Kaif) after completing his education there. Pooja's doubts about Sarkar's image cause Shankar, who firmly believes in his father's righteousness, to break up with her later in the movie.