Hansal Mehta (born 29 April 1968) is an Indian filmmaker. He started his career with television show Khana Khazana (1993–2000) and later moved on to directing films like Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar!! (2000), Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai? (2002) and Woodstock Villa (2008). He received critical acclaim with Shahid (2013), for which he won the National Film Award for Best Direction. He was nominated for a Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film for Faraaz (2023). He directed the television series Scam 1992 (2020), for which he won the Filmfare OTT Award for best director and Scoop (2023), which won the Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Award for best Asian television series.
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Biography from TMDB.
- April 29, 1968 (58)
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Director, also writer
- 7 on MovieCove · 35 credits in all
What are Hansal Mehta's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Society.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 4
Grounded 5 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 3
Steady 1 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 4
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet2
- Tragic2
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Hansal Mehta's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Hansal Mehta's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
35 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Billionaire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Birds in the Dark (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
The Buckingham Murders(2023)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Industry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Lootere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Scam 2003: The Telgi Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Scoop(2023)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all shows
Faraaz(2022)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Modern Love Mumbai(2022)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
Chhalaang(2020)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Cargo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
The Accidental Prime Minister (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Omertà (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Garbage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Simran (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Aligarh(2015)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
CityLights(2014)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Shahid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Raakh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Woodstock Villa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Dus Kahaniyaan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Chhal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar!! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Star Bestsellers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
...Jayate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Barabanki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Black River (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Dilkashi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Family Business (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Gandhi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Pralay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Scam 2010: The Subrata Roy Saga (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Untitled LJP Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 35 titles, 27 of them dated from 1997 to 2026.
Film career
- 2019Screen debut· The Accidental Prime Minister
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Hansal Mehta's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 73rd percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 63rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 7 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved2
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the atmosphere 74/100 and the pacing 39/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Hansal Mehta's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Hansal Mehta work with?
People who share at least 2 of Hansal Mehta's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Rajkummar Rao shares the most, 3.
Writers
- Aseem ArroraShared titles: The Buckingham Murders (2023), Chhalaang (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Aseem Arrora
- Kashyap KapoorShared titles: The Buckingham Murders (2023), Faraaz (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Kashyap Kapoor
- Raghav Raj KakkerShared titles: The Buckingham Murders (2023), Faraaz (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Raghav Raj Kakker
- Ritesh ShahShared titles: Faraaz (2022), CityLights (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Ritesh Shah
Actors
- Rajkummar RaoShared titles: Chhalaang (2020), Aligarh (2015), CityLights (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Rajkummar Rao
- Mohd. Zeeshan AyyubShared titles: Scoop (2023), Chhalaang (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Mohd. Zeeshan Ayyub
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Amitesh MukherjeeShared titles: Scoop (2023), The Buckingham Murders (2023), Faraaz (2022)See all 3 shared titles with Amitesh Mukherjee
- Karan KulkarniShared titles: The Buckingham Murders (2023), Aligarh (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Karan Kulkarni
- Pratham MehtaShared titles: Scoop (2023), Faraaz (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Pratham Mehta
- Apurva AsraniShared titles: Aligarh (2015), CityLights (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Apurva Asrani
Producers
- Mazahir MandsaurwalaShared titles: The Buckingham Murders (2023), Faraaz (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Mazahir Mandsaurwala
- Sahil SaigalShared titles: The Buckingham Murders (2023), Faraaz (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Sahil Saigal
- Sakshi BhattShared titles: Faraaz (2022), CityLights (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Sakshi Bhatt
- Sumit SabharwalShared titles: Faraaz (2022), CityLights (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Sumit Sabharwal