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Films written by Saurabh Shukla

By Tanvi Gupta

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Saurabh Shukla—who is the directors' go-to choice to portray memorable supporting characters—is celebrating his 61st birthday on Tuesday. We look at the films written by him.  

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'Satya'

Shukla both co-wrote and starred in Ram Gopal Varma's genre-defining cult classic 'Satya,' headlined by Manoj Bajpayee, JD Chakravarthy, and Urmila Matondkar. 

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'Mithya'

The experience of working on 'Satya' would've come in handy to Shukla while writing 'Mithya,' which revolves around the life of a supporting actor in Bollywood who is a doppelganger. 

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'Fatso!'

Co-starring Gul Panag, Purab Kohli, Neil Bhoopalam, and Shorey, it circles five close friends who navigate life's rigamaroles together. 'Fatso' was directed by actor-director Rajat Kapoor. 

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'Dry Day'

Shukla's most recent screenwriting work was in the form of Jitendra Kumar-Shriya Pilgaonkar's 'Dry Day,' which premiered on Amazon Prime Video in December 2023. 

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