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Saurabh Shukla
34 films on filmi.ai · 26 scored·Works in Hindi (95%), Tamil (5%)
Best-rated work
Hindi · Sep 2006 · 16+
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Saurabh Shukla (born 5 March 1963) is an Indian actor, screenwriter, and film director who works in Hindi and a few Tamil and Telugu films. He is best known for his roles in Satya (1998), Nayak: The Real Hero (2001), Yuva (2004), Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006), Barfi! (2012), Jolly LLB (2013); for the latter, he won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Their films’ Filmi Score
53
across 17 films
as actor, director and writer
1 Exceptional · 4 Very good · 4 Good · 5 Mixed · 3 Weak
Saurabh Shukla movies
Every film on filmi.ai with this person credited — their full filmography, newest firstbest movies first (highest scored), then the unscored by year — scored or not.
Saurabh Shukla series
Every series on filmi.ai with this person credited, newest first. The number is the latest scored season’s Filmi Score.
Frequent collaborators
Three or more films together on filmi.ai, as director, writer, composer, cinematographer, editor or top-five billed cast.
Akiv Ali
Editor · 3 films together
Chandrashekhar Prajapati
Editor · 3 films together
Pritam Chakraborty
Composer · 3 films together
Subhash Kapoor
Writer · Director · 3 films together
Around the web
Recent writing, podcasts and video essays about Saurabh Shukla — chosen by hand, one line on why to read each.
Worth your timeReads Drishyam's reluctant liar as a mirror of the state — his lies run on the same machinery as authoritarian power.
The Hindu · Shreyas Pande · 3 Oct 2026 · 800 words
Director Abhishek Pathak on turning down a peek at Drishyam 3's script and writing Hindi's own ending as a post-truth allegory.
The Hindu · Shreyas Pande · 14 Oct 2026 · 1,300 words
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The writer on running Drishyam 3's set like a Vijay Salgaonkar cover-up — need-to-know info, bribe attempts, and a sealed climax.
Hindustan Times · Monica Yadav · 5 Oct 2026 · 800 words
How Drishyam shed its remake stigma and turned a morally grey cable operator into Hindi cinema's favourite underdog.
Hindustan Times · Abhimanyu Mathur · 27 Sep 2026 · 1,000 words
Director Abhishek Pathak on recasting Akshaye Khanna with Jaideep Ahlawat and rewriting Drishyam 3 in six days, a week before the shoot.
Hindustan Times · Abhimanyu Mathur · 21 Sep 2026 · 1,100 words
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