Puyish Mishra Gulaal

Puyish Mishra Gulaal

Piyush Mishra, is an Indian film actor, lyricist, singer, script and dialogue writer, and a well known theatre director and Hindi playwright. He spent his early life in Gwalior, where he received his education.


Films

Mishra made his film debut with Mani Ratnam's Dil Se in 1998, though he continued to stay in Delhi to pursue theatre. His transition from playwright to screen writer happened when he wrote the dialogues for Rajkumar Santoshi's 2001 film The Legend of Bhagat Singh, which was inspired in part by Mishra's critically acclaimed play on Bhagat Singh - Gagan Damama Bajyo.[3] It won him the Zee Cine Award for Best Dialogue (2003).[4] After that, he moved to Mumbai, where he has gone on to establish a career as a lyricist, writer and actor.

Mishra won accolades for his performance as Kaka in Vishal Bhardwaj's 2003 film Maqbool, an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Macbeth. He wrote his own dialogues for his performance as Hafeez (Huffy) Bhai in Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007), and delivered them in poetry style.[5]

Presently he lives in Mumbai with his wife and two sons.


Filmography

Actor

   * Dil Se (1998)
   * Samurai (Tamil) (2002)
   * Maqbool (2003)
   * Butterfly (2003)
   * Sala Bandar! (2003)
   * Ek Din 24 Ghante (2003)
   * Matrubhoomi (2003)
   * Deewaar (2004)
   * Super (Telugu) (2005)
   * 1971 (2007)
   * Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007)
   * Gulaal (2009)

Lyrics

   * Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar!! (2000)
   * Black Friday (2004)
   * Aaja Nachle (2007)
   * Tashan (2008)
   * Gulaal (2009)

Screenplay and dialogues

   * The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002) - Dialogues
   * Yahaan (2005) - Screenplay and dialogues
   * 1971 (2007) - Screenplay