Ashish R. Shukla

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Ashish R. Shukla
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Shukla during a shoot
Born
India
Occupation(s)Film director, writer
Years active2009–present
Known for Prague and Bahut Hua Sammaan

Ashish R. Shukla is an Indian film director and writer. [1] [2] [3] [4] He is best known for his films like Prague and Bahut Hua Sammaan. [5] [6]

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Early life

Shukla was born in Mumbai and raised in the neighbourhood of Vakola, Santacruz. [1] [7] Ashish worked for various ad agencies for 6 years as creative director. [7]

Career

Shukla started his journey as an assistant director to Prahlad Kakkar. [5] He worked as creative director with Anurag Kashyap in the film Dev D. [5]

He directed short films like The Lock and Nawazuddin Siddiqui starrer The Journey. [5]

Shukla made his directing and writing debut with Prague. [8] In 2020, he directed  the film Bahut Hua Sammaan starring Raghav Juyal, Sanjay Mishra, Ram Kapoor and Nidhi Singh. [9] In the same year, he directed web series Undekhi produced by Applause Entertainment & Edgestorm Ventures. [10] In 2021, he directed web series Candy. [11]

Filmography

Web series

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