Mukesh Chhabra

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
May 27, 1980 (44 years old)

Mukesh Chhabra

Known For

The Traitors
TV Show 2024

The Traitors

Karan Johar Show

Dedh Bigha Zameen
1h 40m
Movie 2024

Dedh Bigha Zameen

Anil, a 28-year-old wheat seller, lives with his wife, mother, and sister. Excited for his sister Neha's marriage to Ajay, a soon-to-be civil servant, Anil agrees to a dowry. To fund it, he plans to sell his late father's land, only to find it's under litigation by MLA Amar Singh.

First Act
TV Show 2023

First Act

First Act chronicles the journey of child actors and their parents into the Hindi film and TV industry. Through interviews with older child actors, parents, casting directors and filmmakers, the series explores the ecosystem within which children must perform and the challenges they face to achieve the family dream.

Chamak
TV Show 2023

Chamak

The life of an aspiring young rapper Kaala who comes back to Punjab from Canada. As he unravels the death of Taara Singh - the legendary singer who was shot dead in the midst of a packed performance

Chamak
TV Show 2023

Chamak

The life of an aspiring young rapper Kaala who comes back to Punjab from Canada. As he unravels the death of Taara Singh - the legendary singer who was shot dead in the midst of a packed performance

Jawan
2h 49m
Movie 2023

Jawan

An emotional journey of a prison warden, driven by a personal vendetta while keeping up to a promise made years ago, recruits inmates to commit outrageous crimes that shed light on corruption and injustice, in an attempt to get even with his past, and that leads him to an unexpected reunion.

Commando
TV Show 2023

Commando

When a covert mission in Pakistan goes wrong and his close friend Kshitij is captured, Commando Virat embarks on a perilous journey to rescue him.

Kafas
TV Show 2023

Kafas

A middle-class family sees a brighter tomorrow when their son meets with a life-changing career opportunity. But this transition only unravels a web of trauma, raising poignant questions about wealth, power, and morality.

Biography

Mukesh Chhabra is a Mumbai-based 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. 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.(NSD) Chhabra came to Mumbai in 2007 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. His casting for the film Chillar Party won him accolades based on which director Anurag Kashyap engaged him for the casting of his crime thriller Gangs of Wasseypur and also its sequel. 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. 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. Chhabra's democratic style of auditioning has previously invited nuisance value from potential actors. Actor Rajkumar Yadav (now Rajkumar Rao) was chosen to play one of the leads for the film Kai Po Che only on Chhabra's insistence. Rao's talent in the film won him critical acclaim and later Chhabra cast him in Shahid as the leading man.