Piyush Mishra Age, Height, Weight, Wiki, Biography, Family, And More

Piyush Mishra Age

61 Years Old

Biography

Full Name	Piyush Mishra
Date of Birth	13 January 1963
Age	61 Years Old
Place of Birth	Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality	Indian
Religion	Hinduism
Profession	Actor

Family

Father	Pratap Kumar Sharma
Mother	Taradevi Mishra
Brother	Not Known
Sister	Not Known
Relationships	Not Known
Spouse	Priya Narayanan (m. 1995)
Kids	Jai Mishra Josh Mishra

Physical Measurements

Height	5 feet 4 Inches
Weight	60 kg
Hair Color	White
Eye Color	Dark Brown
Body Measurements	Not Known

Education

School	Carmel Convent School, Gwalior Gwalior’s JC Mills Higher Secondary School
College	National School of Drama, New Delhi
Qualification	Graduate

Career

After graduating from NSD in 1990, Piyush Mishra began his career as a theatre actor in Delhi. He helped start the theatre group Act One, with founder-director N. K. Sharma and stage actors like Manoj Bajpai, Gajraj Rao, and Ashish Vidyarthi. Over the next few years, he wrote and directed several plays for Act One Theatre Group, including the acclaimed play “Gagan Damama Bajiyo” (The Sky Resounds with the Call to Arms), based on revolutionary Bhagat Singh, which was first performed in 1994 and sold its first edition in just seven days upon publishing.

In 1996, Mishra joined Asmita Theatre Group and performed his popular one-man shows “An Evening with Piyush Mishra.” He also wrote lyrics for Asmita’s popular plays and acted as Maniac in “Operation Three Star,” an adaptation of Dario Fo’s play “Accidental Death of an Anarchist.” Mishra is also known for his performance in Swadesh Deepak’s “Court Martial” as Suraj Singh, first with Ranjeet Kapoor in 1991 and later under the direction of Arvind Gaur in 1996.

By this time, Mishra had established himself as a theatre director, directing the play “Comedy of Terror” for Shriram Centre Repertory Company, and presenting his solo act play at the National School of Drama’s Annual Theatre Festival, Bharat Rang Mahotsav, in 1999. He briefly moved to Mumbai, acting in television series such as “Rajdhani” (1989), directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia for Star TV, Shyam Benegal’s “Bharat Ek Khoj” (1988), and the horror TV serial “Kile ka Rahasya” (1989), though he returned to Delhi thereafter.

Mishra made his debut as a film actor with Mani Ratnam’s “Dil Se..” in 1998, where he portrayed a C.B.I Investigation Officer. However, he continued to stay in Delhi to pursue theatre. His transition from playwright to screenwriter occurred when he wrote the dialogues for Rajkumar Santoshi’s 2001 film “The Legend of Bhagat Singh,” which was inspired in part by Mishra’s critically acclaimed play on Bhagat Singh, “Gagan Damama Bajyo.” This work won him the Zee Cine Award for Best Dialogue in 2003.

In November 2002, Mishra moved to Mumbai, where he established a career as a film lyricist, screenwriter, and actor. He began writing lyrics with the film “Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar” in 2002, and subsequently wrote for “Black Friday” (2004), “Aaja Nachle,” and “Tashan.” Mishra won accolades for his performance as Kaka in Vishal Bhardwaj’s 2003 film “Maqbool,” an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth.” He wrote his own dialogues for his performance as Hafeez (Huffy) Bhai in “Jhoom Barabar Jhoom” (2007), delivering them in a poetic style.

Mishra again appeared in Anurag Kashyap’s 2009 movie “Gulaal,” a film based on Indian youth, politics, caste-prejudice, and other social topics. He played Prithvi, the poet brother of Dukey Bana (played by Kay Kay Menon), and also wrote and sang some of the lyrics for the movie, serving as its music director. He acted in “Rockstar” alongside Ranbir Kapoor, where he became known as the ‘Image is everything…everything is Image’ guy. Mishra acted and wrote lyrics for some songs in “Gangs of Wasseypur,” which were praised for their poetic content.

In 2014, he acted in the film “The Shaukeens” alongside Anupam Kher, Annu Kapoor, and Lisa Haydon, with Akshay Kumar in an extended cameo. Mishra appeared on “The Kapil Sharma Show” to promote the film with his co-stars. Although “The Shaukeens” was a remake of the 1982 film “Shaukeen” directed by Basu Chatterjee, it was well appreciated by audiences and was voted the best comedy film of 2014.