Shlok Sharma | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1985 (age 39–40) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation(s) | Director, screenwriter, producer |
| Years active | 2005–present |
Shlok Sharma is an Indian director, screenwriter and producer known for his works inHindi cinema. His notable works include the 2013anthology filmShorts, the 2017 feature filmHaraamkhor and the 2018 feature film Zoo.
Shlok's father was aYoga teacher todirectorVishal Bhardwaj andlyricistGulzar. After completing hishigher secondary education, Shlok decided not to pursue education further and build a career in film-making. His father recommended him to Bhardwaj who hired him as aproduction assistant on his 2005 film,The Blue Umbrella.[1] He then went on to work with Bhardwaj on his next film,Omkara. Shlok metAnurag Kashyap on the sets of the film who hired him as anAssistant Director for his 2007 film,No Smoking. He worked with Kashyap on his next feature filmDev.D before joining as aSecond Unit Director onGangs of Wasseypur. During the shooting of the film, he went to jail for shooting onrailway tracks without permission.[2]
In 2010, Shlok Sharma released his first short filmTubelight Ka Chaand[3] which won the Best Short Film award at the 2011 Indian Film Festival Stuttgart.[4] He made his second short film,Bombay Mirror in 2010 which featuredRajkummar Rao andVijay Maurya[5] but the film wasn't released till 2014.[6]
Shlok made his feature film debut with the anthology filmShorts that was released in 2013. The film consisted of five short films out of which one, Sujata, was directed by him and consisted of a story of a young girl, who is struggling to come out of the clutches of her tormenting cousin brother.[7] His second feature film,Haraamkhor was shot in 2013 and explores the romance between a 14-year-old school student and her teacher. The film premiered at the 15thNew York Indian Film Festival and won the Silver Gateway of India trophy at the 17thMAMI Mumbai Film Festival but was denied a certificate by theCentral Board of Film Certification.[8] The film was subsequently approved by the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal and was released in 2017 to critical acclaim.[9]
During this time, he also created two more short films, R.I.P (Romance In Peace) for the storytelling platform Terribly Tiny Tales[10] and Beautiful World for the news publicationThe Quint[11] that featured his long time collaboratorShweta Tripathi who has acted in all his feature films. To gain completeartistic control over his next film, Zoo, Shlok Sharma decided to shoot it with anIPhone 6S Plus and produced the film himself.[12] The film had its international premiere at the 2017Busan International Film Festival and India premiere at the 2017 MAMI Mumbai Film Festival.[13] The film was picked up byNetflix for online distribution.[14] In 2019, Shlok co-produced thesci fi filmCargo.[15] In 2022, Shlok's third featured film, Two Sisters and a Husband had World Premiere in Feature International Narrative Competition section[16] atTribeca Film Festival in New York.[17]
| Year | Title | Director | Producer | Writer | Assistant/Second unit Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | The Blue Umbrella | Production assistant | ||||
| 2006 | Omkara | Yes | ||||
| 2007 | No Smoking | Yes | ||||
| 2008 | One Two Three | Yes | ||||
| 2009 | Dev.D | Yes | ||||
| 2011 | Tubelight Ka Chand | Yes | Yes | Short film | ||
| 2012 | Gangs of Wasseypur | Yes | ||||
| 2013 | Shorts | Yes | ||||
| 2014 | Bombay Mirror | Yes | Yes | Short film | ||
| 2015 | R.I.P. (Romance In Peace) | Yes | Yes | Short film | ||
| 2017 | Haraamkhor | Yes | Yes | |||
| 2018 | Beautiful World | Yes | Yes | Short film | ||
| 2018 | Zoo | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2019 | Cargo | Yes | ||||
| 2022 | Two Sisters and a Husband | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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