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Mukesh Chhabra (born 31 May 1980) is an Indian film 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.[1] Mukesh has now started his new office at Delhi for all the aspiring actors from Delhi NCR and north region.[2]

Mukesh Chhabra
Born	(1982-05-27) 27 May 1982 (age 40) Delhi, India
Other names	Shivam
Alma mater	University of Delhi
Occupation	Actor, Casting director, Acting workshop director
Years active	2000–present
Website	www.mccc.in

After working for years as a casting director, Chhabra made his directorial debut with Dil Bechara, a remake The Fault in Our Stars featuring Sushant Singh Rajput in the leading role and music composed by A. R. Rahman.[3][4]

Early life

He spent early days growing up in Mayapuri in West Delhi. Chhabra graduated from 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.[5] 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, Chennai Express, Jai Ho, Hasee To Phasee, Mastram and D-day[6] 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.[7] Chhabra's democratic style of auditioning has previously invited nuisance value from potential actors.[8]

Actor Rajkumar Rao was chosen to play one of the leads for the film Kai Po Che only on Chhabra's insistence.[9] Rao's talent in the film won him critical acclaim and later Chhabra cast him in Shahid as the leading man.[10]

Filmography

Casting director

Year	Film
2011	Yeh Faasle
	Force
	Rockstar
	Amal
	Teen The Bhai
	Chillar Party
	Trishna
2012	Gangs of Wasseypur
	Shahid
	Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana
	I.D.
	Pehla Sitara
2013	Kai Po Che
	Ugly
	Monsoon Shootout
	D-Day
	Chennai Express
	Siddharth
	Mastram
	That Day After Every Day
2014	Jai Ho
	Hasee to Phasee
	Highway
	Bhootnath Returns
	Haider
	Tamanchey
2015	Bombay Velvet
	Tamasha
2016	Dangal[11]
2017	Tubelight
2018	Sanju
2019	Bharat
2020	Dil Bechara
	99 Songs
	She
	Mrs. Serial Killer
	Ghoomketu
	Dil Bechara
	Yaara
	Hostages
	Scam 1992 the Harshad Mehta Story
	AK vs AK
2021	Lahore Confidential
	Kaadan
	Ajeeb Daastaans
	Kathmandu Connection
	Radhe
	Maharani
	Mukesh Jasoos
	The Family Man
	Grahan
	Haseen Dillruba
	Chehre
	Thalaivi
	Tabbar
	Sanak
	Antim: The Final Truth
	Tadap
	Bob Biswas
	Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui
	The Whistleblower
	83
	Atrangi Re
	Sangeen
	Dostana 2
2023	3 Monkeys

Acting workshop director

Year	Film
2007	Amal
2011	Yeh Faasle
	Chillar Party
2012	Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana
2013	Kai Po Che
	Aashiqui 2
2014	Ek Villain

Actor

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2006	Rang De Basanti	Manmath Nath
2007	Amal	Subhash
2008	Hijack	Shakeel
2009	Kaminey	Guddu's friend
2011	Chillar Party	Panuti's Guest
2012	Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2	Nawab
	Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana	Lovely
2013	Vakratunda Mahakaya	Man in the Bus
	Siddharth	Mukesh Bhai
2016	I Don't Watch TV	Himself
	Raman Raghav 2.0	Loan Shark
2018	Rajma Chawal	Anoop Ji
2019	Delhi Crime	SHO Karauli	Web series released on Netflix
2019	Fixerr	Agantuk	Web series released on ALTBalaji and ZEE5

Director

Year	Film
2020	Dil Bechara

References

External links

• Official website
• Mukesh Chhabra at IMDb
• Mukesh Chhabra on Twitter

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