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{{short description|Indian film director}}
{{EngvarB|date=December 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Hansal Mehta
| image = Hansal Mehta.jpg
| caption = Mehta in 2016
| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date |46|2014|April|22}}<ref name=ethnicity/>
| birth_place =
| spouse = Sunita Mehta (div)<br/>[[Safeena Husain]]
| children = 4
| parents =
| awards = National Film Award for Best Direction, Screen Award for Best Screenplay
| years_active = 1993–present
| occupation = Film director, producer, writer
}}

'''Hansal Mehta''' is an Indian film director, writer, actor and producer.<ref name=ethnicity>{{cite news|title=Hansal Mehta: Rejection really scares me|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news-interviews/Hansal-Mehta-Rejection-really-scares-me/articleshow/34044289.cms?from=mdr|last=Gupta|first=Priya|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=22 April 2014|quote=I am a Gujarati and come from a middle-class happy family from Mumbai.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Hansal Mehta warns young 'outsiders' of Bollywood trappings |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/hansal-mehta-warns-young-outsiders-of-bollywood-trappings |access-date=14 August 2020 |work=Free Press Journal |date=15 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref> Mehta started his career in television with his show ''[[Khana Khazana]]'' (1993–2000) and later moved on to films like ''Jayate'' (1999), ''[[Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar!!]]'' (2000) and ''Chhal'' (2002). He is best known for ''[[Shahid (film)|Shahid]]'' (2013) for which he won the [[National Film Award for Best Direction]]. He then went on to direct ''[[City Lights (2014 film)|City Lights]]'' (2014), ''[[Aligarh (film)|Aligarh]]'' (2016),<ref name=diff>{{cite web |title=61st National Film Awards For 2013 |url=http://www.dff.nic.in/List%20of%20Awards.pdf# |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |date=16 April 2014 |access-date=16 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416181218/http://www.dff.nic.in/List%20of%20Awards.pdf |archive-date=16 April 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''[[Simran (film)|Simran]]'' (2017), ''[[Omerta (2017 film)|Omerta]]'' (2018) and ''[[Scam 1992]]'' (2020).

==Personal life==

[[File:Hansal Mehta and Safeena Husain.jpg|Hansal Mehta with his wife Safeena Husain.|200px|thumb]]

Hansal Mehta is a [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]], born in a middle-class family from Mumbai.<ref name=ethnicity /> He grew up learning classical music and studied [[computer engineering]]. He worked in Fiji before returning to India to start his career in films.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|date=18 November 2020|title=With Scam 1992 and Chhalaang, Hansal Mehta ushers in a new wave of thought-provoking, entertaining content|first=Karishma|last=Upadhayay|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/with-scam-1992-and-chhalaang-hansal-mehta-ushers-in-a-new-wave-of-thought-provoking-entertaining-content-9026921.html|access-date=23 November 2020|work=Firstpost}}</ref> Mehta married Sunita in his 20s, with whom he has two sons{{mdash}}Jay, who is a director and Pallava.<ref name="Filmfare">{{cite news |last1=Farook |first1=Farhana |title=Hansal Mehta talks about Aligarh |url=https://www.filmfare.com/features/hansal-mehta-talks-about-aligarh-to-filmfare-12257-3.html |access-date=7 April 2021 |work=Filmfare |date=18 February 2016 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Hansal Mehta questions govt's decision on vaccination, shares photo of son: 'Pallava has Downs Syndrome, does he want or need the vaccine?' |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/hansal-mehta-questions-governments-decision-on-vaccination-shares-photo-of-his-son-pallava-has-downs-syndrome-7262627/ |access-date=7 April 2021 |work=The Indian Express |date=7 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref> After divorcing Sunita, Mehta married Safeena Hussain, with who he has two daughters{{mdash}}Kimaya and Rehana.<ref name="Filmfare"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Gaikwad |first1=Pramod |title=Hansal Mehta shares a passionate lip-lock with wife in this throwback picture |url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/hansal-mehta-shares-passionate-lip-lock-wife-this-throwback-picture-749621 |access-date=7 April 2021 |work=IBTimes |date=16 November 2017 |language=en}}</ref>

==Career==
Mehta started his career in 1993, by directing with TV cookery show ''[[Khana Khazana]]'', thus launching the television career of celebrity chef [[Sanjeev Kapoor]] on Zee TV. Alongside, Mehta also directed several television series like ''Amrita'' (1994), ''Highway'' (1995), ''Yaadein'' (1995), ''Lakshya'' (1998), ''Neeti'' (1998) and many more.

He made his debut as a feature film director with ''...Jayate'', a part of the Indian Panorama 1999–2000 at the [[International Film Festival of India]] (IFFI), Hyderabad. This was later followed by ''[[Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar!!]]'' (2000) a bittersweet migrant tale set in Mumbai. This film, though not a huge box-office success continues to enjoy a following for its dark humour and its exploration of life on the fringes of Mumbai. Later that year he came up with ''Chhal'' (2002) a stylised gangster film that met with more praise than his previous films. By his own admission the films post-Chhal were disappointing and his career entered a phase where he flirted with formulaic mainstream themes. He made his presence felt with a short film in ''[[Dus Kahaniyaan]]'', (2007) titled ''High on the Highway,'' which was basically a retelling of a short ''(Highway)'' that he directed for television in 1995, based on a script by Vishal Bhardwaj . In 2008 after the release of ''[[Woodstock Villa]]'' he went on an extended sabbatical to explore life as a foodie, entrepreneur and to explore themes that mattered to him.<ref name=BBC1/>

Mehta truly came into the lime-light with his film [[Shahid (film)|Shahid]] (2013) starring [[Rajkummar Rao]]. Shahid had its world premier at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival following which it had an extended run at various international film festivals around the world. This film was later acquired by Disney-UTV and commercially released in October 2013. A biographical film on the life of human rights lawyer [[Shahid Azmi]], who was murdered in 2010.<ref name=BBC1>{{cite news|title=Film remembers Indian lawyer Shahid Azmi as symbol of hope|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-19595663|access-date=15 May 2013|newspaper=[[BBC]]|date=28 September 2012}}</ref><ref name=iexp12>{{cite news |title= The 'unlikely' lawyer as an unlikely hero |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-unlikely-lawyer-as-an-unlikely-hero/985769/0 |newspaper=[[Indian Express]]|quote=A movie based on the lawyer and human rights activist..|date=9 August 2012 |access-date=21 August 2012}}</ref> this film continues to shine a light on human rights and the Indian judicial system and is highly rated on various digital streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime. Hansal was honoured with the [[National Film Award for Best Direction|61st National Film Award for Best Direction]] while Rajkummar Rao won the [[National Film Award for Best Actor|61st National Film Award for Best Actor]] for ''Shahid.''

After their success together, Hansal Mehta teamed again with [[Rajkummar Rao]] to make the acclaimed [[City Lights (2014 film)|City Lights]] (an official adaptation of the British Indie hit ''Metro Manila'') for [[Fox Star Studios]] and [[Mahesh Bhatt]]. After ''Citylights'', Mehta directed, ''[[Aligarh (film)|Aligarh]]'' (2016) based on a Marathi professor and poet who was suspended by his university for being gay. This film premiered at the 20th Busan International Film Festival followed by the BFI London Film Festival. Aligarh was the opening film at the 17th [[Mumbai Film Festival|Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=3 October 2015|title=Hansal Mehta's 'Aligarh' to open MAMI Mumbai film festival|url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/hansal-mehtas-aligarh-to-open-mami-mumbai-film-festival-1133457.html|access-date=23 January 2021|work=News18|language=en}}</ref> Based on a script by his long time collaborator Apurva Asrani (previous collaborations Chhal, Shahid, Citylights) ''Aligarh'' featured three of Mehta's favourite actors [[Manoj Bajpayee]] (with whom he reunited after Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar in 2000), [[Ashish Vidyarthi]] (after Highway in 1995) and [[Rajkummar Rao]] (their third collaboration since Shahid). Aligarh was presented and co-produced by [[Eros International]].

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Key
| style="background:#ffc;" |{{dagger|alt=Film yet to release}}
|Denotes films that have not yet been released
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Release Dates!!Title!!Notes
|-
|1993–1999
| ''[[Khana Khazana]]'' ||
|-
|1999
| ''Jayate''<ref name="auto"/> ||
|-
|1994
| ''[[Amrita]]'' ||
|-
|1996
| ''[[Kalakaar]]'' ||
|-
|1999
| ''[[Dooriyan]]'' ||
|-
|2000
| ''[[Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar!!]]'' ||
|-
|2002
| ''Chhal'' <ref name="auto"/> ||
|-
|-
|2002
| ''[[Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai?]]'' ||
|-
|2005
| ''Anjaan'' ||
|-
|2007
| ''[[Dus Kahaniyaan]]'' || ([[Anthology film]]) [[Dus Kahaniyaan#Plot|High on the Highway]] directed
|-
|2008
| ''[[Woodstock Villa]]'' ||
|-
|2010
| ''[[Raakh (2010 film)|Raakh]]'' ||
|-
|2013
| ''[[Shahid (film)|Shahid]]'' ||
|-
|2014
| ''[[CityLights (2014 film)|CityLights]]'' ||
|-
|2015
| ''[[Aligarh (film)|Aligarh]]'' ||
|-
|2016
| ''The Last Letter'' ||Short film
|-
|2017
| ''[[Simran (film)|Simran]]'' ||
|-
|2017
| ''[[Bose: Dead/Alive]]'' ||Executive producer, Web series
|-
|2018
| ''[[Garbage (film)|Garbage]]'' || Producer
|-
|2018
| ''[[Omerta (2017 film)|Omerta]]'' ||
|-
|2019
|''[[The Accidental Prime Minister (film)|The Accidental Prime Minister]]'' ||Creative producer
|-
|2020
| ''[[Scam 1992]]'' ||Web series
|-
|2020
| ''[[Chhalaang]]'' ||Released on [[Amazon Prime Video]]
|-
|2022
| ''Scam 2003'' ||Sequel to Scam 1992, Web series
|}

==Awards==
* [[National Film Award for Best Direction]]
** [[61st National Film Awards|2013]]: ''[[Shahid (film)|Shahid]]'' <ref name="61staward">{{cite web|title=61st National Film Awards|url=http://www.dff.nic.in/List%20of%20Awards.pdf|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|date=16 April 2014|access-date=16 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416181218/http://www.dff.nic.in/List%20of%20Awards.pdf|archive-date=16 April 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb person}}
* {{Bollywood Hungama person}}

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