Chitrangada Singh & Sudhir Mishra Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Chitrangada Singh and Sudhir Mishra appeared together in 3 Hindi films between 2005 and 2013. Their highest-rated collaboration was Yeh Saali Zindagi (2011 — 6.3/10). Films span Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi (2005) through Inkaar (2013).
The Chitrangada Singh & Sudhir Mishra partnership
From Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi (2005) to Inkaar (2013). It started with Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi (2005).
The shape of the work
The 2000s belonged to Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi; the 2010s to Yeh Saali Zindagi. Chitrangada Singh acted in every film; Sudhir Mishra directed all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Sudhir Mishra first noticed Chitrangada Singh in a music video and cast her in Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi (2005) without a formal audition — he just knew she had the right 'restless energy' for the role of Geeta Rao.
- On the set of Yeh Saali Zindagi (2011), Mishra let Chitrangada improvise most of her dialogue in the scene where she slaps Irrfan Khan — her raw, unscripted anger made the take so real that they kept it in the final cut.
- Their first film together, Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi, directly inspired Anurag Kashyap to cast Chitrangada in his own dark drama — he later said that film 'changed the way I saw her as an actor'.
- During the making of Inkaar (2013), Mishra and Chitrangada had a falling out over creative differences — she wanted a stronger feminist arc for her character, he wanted more ambiguity. They didn't speak for months after the film wrapped.
- Chitrangada once said about Mishra: 'He doesn't direct you — he provokes you. On Hazaaron, he'd whisper things in my ear just before a take to make me angry or vulnerable. It was unsettling but brilliant.'
3 films across 2 decades
The 2000s accounted for 1 film.
The 2010s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.7/10.
- Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi0
- Yeh Saali Zindagi
- Inkaar
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 8 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
30% of Chitrangada Singh's screen credits are with Sudhir Mishra.
Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi was Chitrangada Singh's acting debut.
After Inkaar, Chitrangada Singh went on to appear in 7 more films, including Gabbar is Back (2015) and Khel Khel Mein (2024).
Before Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi, Sudhir Mishra had directed 10 films, including Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983) and Chameli (2004).
After Inkaar, Sudhir Mishra went on to direct 3 more films, including Afwaah (2023) and Thackeray (2019).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Chitrangada Singh & Sudhir Mishra's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Saurabh Shukla is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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