Sushil Rajpal

Sushil Rajpal

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Sushil Rajpal Biography

Sushil Rajpal is an Indian director and producer, who shot to fame after directing the National Award winning film Antardwand. He is alumnus of Film and Television Institute of India. He is also known as a Cinematographer and screenwriter in film industry, who got associated with the field since 1991. He worked as a cinematographer for 2007 Bollywood film Laaga Chunari Mein Daag, starring Rani Mukerji and Abhishek Bachchan., and 2011 film Jackpot. In 2012 he directed the film Old Monk after which he took hiatus.

 

He was born in Bihar and brought up in Gorakhpur, UP. He graduated from Hansraj College, Delhi before he joined FTTI Pune to study film making. Initially he worked as an assistant director in the film industry, then moved to cinematographer and finally as film director. He started his Bollywood career with the film Diksha as an Assistant Cinematographer in the year 1991. In the 2000s he worked as a cinematographer in Bollywood. Laaga Chunari Mein Daag is his most noted work, though the film was a box office failure.

 

In 2010 he scripted and directed his first film, Antardwand. The movie opened to positive reviews and also bagged national award. The film starred Raj Singh Chaudhary and Swati Sen in the leading roles, while Vinay Pathak and Akhilendra Mishra played supporting roles. The film based on the practice of groom kidnapping seen in Bihar also starred a bunch of Bihar actors. In fact Sushil also belongs to Bihar. The film won the National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues at the 2009 National Awards. But it was not a commercial hit. After that he continued working as a cinematographer in the industry, and directed one film as well.

Published: November 25, 2018

Updated: November 25, 2018

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