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Umesh Shukla

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Umesh Shukla is an Indian film director who directed the Indian drama film "Oh My God". The film starred Akshay Kumar and Paresh Rawal. He made his directorial debut with UTV Motion Pictures' and Bindass' presentation Dhoondte Reh Jaaoge.
Shukla is now working on his next film Mere Apne alongside Abhishek Bachchan and Asin Thottumkal.

Usually with

Paresh Rawal
Paresh Rawal
(6 films)
Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar
(2 films)
Anu Malik
Anu Malik
(3 films)
Suresh Menon
Suresh Menon
(3 films)
Gulshan Grover
Gulshan Grover
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Umesh Shukla (10 films)

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Actor

Bachke Rehna Re Baba
Bachke Rehna Re Baba (2005)
, 2h10
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Rekha, Paresh Rawal, Mallika Sherawat, Satish Shah, Kurush Deboo, Suresh Menon
Rating29% 1.4769051.4769051.4769051.4769051.476905
Rukmini (Rekha) is well into her 40s and still unmarried. She lives with her orphaned niece, Padmini (Mallika Sherawat), and together they device a scheme to entrap wealthy men, like Monty (Paresh Rawal), relieve them of their money, abandon them, and move on to better targets. They do succeed for quite a while, assuming various disguises, and names, amassing a fortune, until Padmini falls in love with one of her targets, a young man named Raghu (Karan Khanna), and decides to call it quits. An unstable Rukmini, who owes money to Monty, decides she cannot go it alone and concocts a scheme that will force Padmini to give up on Raghu and re-join forces with her to go on philandering unsuspecting wealthy men.
Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi
Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi (1996)
, 3h12
Directed by Umesh Mehra
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Rekha, Akshay Kumar, Raveena Tandon, Gulshan Grover, Inder Kumar, Dolly Bindra
Rating59% 2.9996952.9996952.9996952.9996952.999695
Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi is about the deadly game of survival in a ruthless world of crime and sleaze. A criminal don, Maya (Rekha), hosts illegal wrestling matches in Canada (Toronto) and has the full support of the local Police Commissioner. Ajay Malhotra has relocated to Canada and has started his own orchestra with the help of some of his friends.
Yaar Gaddar
Yaar Gaddar (1994)
, 2h15
Directed by Umesh Mehra
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Mithun Chakraborty, Saif Ali Khan, Somy Ali, Prem Chopra, Himani Shivpuri, Gulshan Grover
Rating38% 1.9309251.9309251.9309251.9309251.930925
Mithun is an honest police officer of the department and he is in love with Somy Ali. Even though he is a strict person to the outside world, he is lenient with his younger brother Saif at home. Saif Ali Khan, a "happy go lucky" guy falls in love with Shweta. Meantime, a group of five criminals (Prem Chopra, Gulshan Grover,Punit Issar, Amrit Pal and Sheila) plots a bank robbery and Saif is implicated in the robbery putting him on the run from the police. Officially Mithun is assigned the task of arresting Saif at any cost and he makes all efforts to nab Saif, but fails. Another important character is a governor, husband of Sheila. The situation become even worse when the members of the group are killed one by one. Mithun is now determined to catch Saif dead or alive. Meanwhile, Mithun also reveals that his girlfriend Somy Ali is a bar dancer who works in the bar owned by the same criminals. On the other hand, Saif also tries to collect evidence to prove his innocence to his brother, but gets in a bigger problem as Somy Ali sees him coming out of the house of the criminal who was killed.

Director

102 Not Out
102 Not Out (2018)

Directed by Umesh Shukla
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Paresh Rawal, Rishi Kapoor, Vijay Raaz
Rating73% 3.698713.698713.698713.698713.69871
The film's plot is based on a Gujarati Play by the same name. Amitabh Bachchan will play a 102-year-old man and Paresh Rawal will play his 75-year-old son. The film story revolves around the 102-year-old man trying to break the oldest person record in the world, which in the film is held by a Chinese Man.
All Is Well
All Is Well (2015)
, 2h6
Directed by Umesh Shukla
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Abhishek Bachchan, Asin Thottumkal, Rishi Kapoor, Supriya Karnik, Smriti Irani, Supriya Pathak
Rating36% 1.8186251.8186251.8186251.8186251.818625
The film starts off with Inder Bhalla(Abhishek Bachchan), an aspiring song composer getting kicked out of his house by his father, Bhajanglal (Rishi Kapoor). Bhajanglal runs a bakery that doesn't really "run". He wants Inder to work at the bakery, but due to Inder's ambitions on becoming a successful song composer, he clearly refuses. Bhajanglal finds this an insult and sends Inder out of his house thinking that he is arrogant and selfish. This makes Inder hate his father forever but somewhere inside his soul, Bhajanglal still has love for his son. Inder travels to Thailand with his friend Ronny(Sumeet Vyas) who is also an ambitious song composer. Inder misses his mother, Pummy Bhalla(Supriya Pathak) but hasn't talked to her in many years. Suddenly, Inder gets a phone call from Cheema(Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub). Cheema lies to Inder that his father has sold his bakery and wants him to get his share. Unknown of this lie Inder leaves everything and flies back to India. At the airport he hugs his girlfriend, Nimmi(Asin) goodbye unknown that she is also travelling to India on the same flight. When Inder and Nimmi reach India they catch the same taxi as Nimmi wants to visit Inder's place. Inder drops Nimmi at his place and then goes to Cheema. There he sees his father has been abducted by Cheema and his goons. Inder comes to learn of the real truth that over the years his father borrowed lots of money from Cheema due to house needs but couldn't return it. Cheema warns that if wants himself and his father to stay alive then he better arrange money. Inder and Bhajanglal go home to think of something. There Inder finds out that his mother is suffering from Alzheimer's and Bhajanglal sent her to an ashram. Inder thinks that his father was very selfish but he hasn't learnt the truth yet. Inder, Bhajanglal, Pummy and Nimmi take a road trip to try to run away from Cheema. They go to a bank on their way and want to take Pummy's brother's money that Pummy has right on. Pummmy obviously has lost her memory so Bhajanglal has to sign the form. There, Inder learns that his father has divorced his mother. This causes his hatred for his dad increase. Bhalanglal tells Inder that it wasn't his fault and the dark truth behind his and Pummy's divorce. The film goes in flashback. After what he has learnt, Inder realises that his father was always innocent and starts loving him again. Inder sell all his songs that he had composed to pay back Cheema, gets his parents married again, marries Nimmi, and renovates his and his father's bakery. The film ends with Inder, Nimmy, Bhajanglal and Cheema (now their friend) working at the bakery and making lots of money.
OMG: Oh My God!
OMG: Oh My God! (2012)
, 2h10
Directed by Umesh Shukla
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Paresh Rawal, Akshay Kumar, Mithun Chakraborty, Om Puri, Puja Gupta, Mahesh Manjrekar
Rating80% 4.0481554.0481554.0481554.0481554.048155
Kanji Lalji Mehta (Paresh Rawal), a middle-class atheist Hindu owns a shop of Hindu idols and antiques in MODI, Mumbai. He is cursed by Siddheshwar Maharaj when he stopped his son from playing dahi handi. A low-intensity earthquake hits the city, and Kanji's shop is the only shop that is destroyed.
Dhoondte Reh Jaaoge
Dhoondte Reh Jaaoge (2009)

Directed by Umesh Shukla
Genres Comedy
Actors Kunal Khemu, Soha Ali Khan, Sonu Sood, Paresh Rawal, Johnny Lever, Zayed Khan
Rating56% 2.8019352.8019352.8019352.8019352.801935
Set in Mumbai, the film starts with Raj (Paresh Rawal), a good-for-nothing movie director who has released certain films, but none of them ever do well at the box office. He gets threatened by his landlords that if he does not pay them on time, he will be homeless. While chartered accountant Anand (Kunal Khemu) tries to cheer up his girlfriend Neha (Soha Ali Khan) on her birthday. Neha is another useless wannabe actress who Anand takes to a 5-star restaurant for her birthday. Raj meets Ratan (Asrani) at the restaurant. Ratan is the manager of famous Bollywood actor Aryan Kapoor (Sonu Sood), and Raj has come to see Ratan to sign a movie deal with Aryan.

Scriptwriter

OMG: Oh My God!
OMG: Oh My God! (2012)
, 2h10
Directed by Umesh Shukla
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Paresh Rawal, Akshay Kumar, Mithun Chakraborty, Om Puri, Puja Gupta, Mahesh Manjrekar
Rating80% 4.0481554.0481554.0481554.0481554.048155
Kanji Lalji Mehta (Paresh Rawal), a middle-class atheist Hindu owns a shop of Hindu idols and antiques in MODI, Mumbai. He is cursed by Siddheshwar Maharaj when he stopped his son from playing dahi handi. A low-intensity earthquake hits the city, and Kanji's shop is the only shop that is destroyed.
Dhoondte Reh Jaaoge
Dhoondte Reh Jaaoge (2009)

Directed by Umesh Shukla
Genres Comedy
Actors Kunal Khemu, Soha Ali Khan, Sonu Sood, Paresh Rawal, Johnny Lever, Zayed Khan
Rating56% 2.8019352.8019352.8019352.8019352.801935
Set in Mumbai, the film starts with Raj (Paresh Rawal), a good-for-nothing movie director who has released certain films, but none of them ever do well at the box office. He gets threatened by his landlords that if he does not pay them on time, he will be homeless. While chartered accountant Anand (Kunal Khemu) tries to cheer up his girlfriend Neha (Soha Ali Khan) on her birthday. Neha is another useless wannabe actress who Anand takes to a 5-star restaurant for her birthday. Raj meets Ratan (Asrani) at the restaurant. Ratan is the manager of famous Bollywood actor Aryan Kapoor (Sonu Sood), and Raj has come to see Ratan to sign a movie deal with Aryan.
Bachke Rehna Re Baba
Bachke Rehna Re Baba (2005)
, 2h10
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Rekha, Paresh Rawal, Mallika Sherawat, Satish Shah, Kurush Deboo, Suresh Menon
Rating29% 1.4769051.4769051.4769051.4769051.476905
Rukmini (Rekha) is well into her 40s and still unmarried. She lives with her orphaned niece, Padmini (Mallika Sherawat), and together they device a scheme to entrap wealthy men, like Monty (Paresh Rawal), relieve them of their money, abandon them, and move on to better targets. They do succeed for quite a while, assuming various disguises, and names, amassing a fortune, until Padmini falls in love with one of her targets, a young man named Raghu (Karan Khanna), and decides to call it quits. An unstable Rukmini, who owes money to Monty, decides she cannot go it alone and concocts a scheme that will force Padmini to give up on Raghu and re-join forces with her to go on philandering unsuspecting wealthy men.
Jodi Kya Banayi Wah Wah Ramji
Jodi Kya Banayi Wah Wah Ramji (2002)

Actors Reema Sen, Gulshan Grover, Tiku Talsania, Paresh Rawal, Amar Upadhyay, Rakesh Bedi
Rating42% 2.130492.130492.130492.130492.13049
"Jodi Kya Banai Wah Wah Ramji" is a riotous comedy about a suspense thriller writer 's search for a love affair .