Atul Mongia

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Atul Mongia
Born (1978-09-30) 30 September 1978 (age 44)
Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Creator, Writer, Acting Mentor, Producer, Director, Erstwhile Casting Director, Founder of The Artist Collective.
Years active2000-present
SpouseReshmy Kurian 2010-present

Atul Mongia is a creator, writer, director, producer and acting mentor based in Mumbai. He was the showrunner, creator, head writer and co-director of the show MAI which was ranked #1 on Netflix for weeks in the Top Ten Show of India. He's associated with Hindi cinema for a period spanning two decades with films like Queen, Lootera, Titli (2014 film), Love Sex Aur Dhokha, Queen (2013 film), Shor in the City, Ragini MMS, Shanghai (2012 film), Qarib Qarib Singlle, Gully Boy and Gehraiyaan to his credit. His strength lies in training actors and helping the actors deliver more truthful performances. He has also established himself as one of the industry's most acclaimed erstwhile casting directors who introduced actors like Rajkummar Rao, Vikrant Massey, Radhika Apte, Nushrratt Bharuccha to Indian Cinema.

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He has helped actors to get into their characters for various projects, the list includes contemporary Indian actors like Anushka Sharma, Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh, Raj Kumar Rao, Bhumi Pednekar, Varun Dhawan, Saif Ali Khan, Kriti Sanon, Radhika Apte, Ananya Panday, Sakshi Tanwar, Dia Mirza, Sohum Shah, Raima Sen, Emraan Hashmi, Katrina Kaif, Sidharth Malhotra, Vamika, Arjun Kapoor, Konkona Sen Sharma, Deepika Padukone, Arjun Rampal, Ileana D'Cruz, Vicky Kaushal, Radhika Madan and Siddhant Chaturvedi.

Early life and career

Atul has been mentoring actors since 2000. At the age of 21, he taught acting at the accomplished Imago acting school in Delhi, founded by theatre veteran Barry John.

He moved to Mumbai in 2002. For the first few years, in addition to training actors, he shot four independent short films, the last one being produced by director and producer Vikramaditya Motwane. He's been an associate director on Lootera, Ragini MMS and Titli (Cannes, 2014). [1]

In 2004, Atul met Dibakar Banerjee to train actors for his next film, Love Sex Aur Dhoka. Dibakar wanted to cast fresh faces for the film. That's when he asked Atul if he could also do the casting and his journey as a casting director started. Since then he has been a pioneer in conducting acting workshops in Hindi films with more than 50 films to his credit. He has worked with prominent film directors like Zoya Akhtar, Vishal Bhardwaj, Sharat Kataria, Navdeep Singh, Kanu Behl, Reema Kagti, Dibakar Banerjee, Shashanka Ghosh, Laxman Utekar, Honey Trehan, Anvita Dutt, Ashim Ahluwalia, Navdeep Singh, Maneesh Sharma, Raj & DK, Tanuja Chandra, Alankita Shrivastava, Aparna Sen, Ruchi Narain, Kunal Deshmukh, Sudhir Mishra, Vishal Bhardwaj, Aditya Dhar, Ajay Bahl, establishing workshops more as a norm than an exception in Hindi cinema. He has also conducted many public workshops for acting aspirants all over the country as one of the founders of The Artist Collective.

Filmography

YearFilmRoleNotes
2003 Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi Kashyap (Character)Trivia - The character was inspired from Anurag Kashyap (Director).
2003 Chameli Inspector Adsule (Character)
2005 Kal: Yesterday and Tomorrow Acting Workshop Director
2010 Love Sex aur Dhokha Atul (Character)
2010 Love Sex aur Dhokha Casting Director + Acting Workshop DirectorAlso Assistant Director
2010 Shor in the City Casting Director
2011 Ragini MMS Casting Director + Acting Workshop DirectorAlso Associate Director
2011 Someday... Casting Director + Acting Workshop Director
2011 Ladies vs Ricky Bahl Acting Workshops
2012 Ek Deewana Tha Casting Director + Acting Workshops
2012 Shanghai Casting Director + Acting Workshop Director
2013 David Acting workshops
2013 Lootera Casting Director + Acting WorkshopsAlso Associate Director
2014 Queen Casting Director + Acting workshops
2014 Titli Casting Director + Acting workshop DirectorAlso Associate Director
2014 Daawat-E-Ishq Acting workshops
2014 Pizza (working title)Acting workshops
2014 Detective Byomkesh Bakshy Acting workshops
2014 NH10 Acting workshops
2014 Loveshhuda Acting workshops
2015 One Night Stand (working title)Acting workshops
2015 3 Storeys Acting workshop Director
2015Changez (working title)Acting workshop Director
2015 Baar Baar Dekho Acting workshop DirectorAlso choreographer for song
2015 A Death in the Gunj Acting workshop Director
2016 Lipstick Under My Burkha Acting workshop Director
2017 Gold Acting workshop Director
2017 Pari Acting workshop Director
2017 Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas Acting workshop Director
2017 Loveyatri Acting workshop Director
2018 Sui Dhaaga Acting workshop Director
2018 Gully Boy Acting workshop Director
2018 Kaptaan Acting workshop Director
2018 Selection Day Acting workshop Director
2018 Pataakha Acting workshop Director
2018 Uri: The Surgical Strike Acting workshop Director
2018 Moothon Acting workshop Director
2022 Mai: A Mother's Rage Showrunner, Creator, Head Writer and Co-director Netflix

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