Yashpal Sharma was born on August 9, 1970 in Hisar, Haryana, India. He is an actor and producer, known for Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001), Gangs of Wasseypur (2012) and Gangaajal (2003).
Yashpal Sharma
Movies
A Strange Love Story
Aaja Nachle
An unexpected phone call shakes Dia (Madhuri Dixit) out of her dance rehearsal in New York. Her teacher, her guru, is dying and she must return to India. The town where she grew up, the town where she learnt to live and to dance. Also the town she left on…
Aarakshan
Following the Mandal Commission report and the Supreme Court of India’s decision to maintain a 27 percent reservation for Dalits and lower/backward castes, right-winged political parties organize protests. The Principal of Shakuntala Thakral Mahavidyalal, a non-government college which is exempt from this mandate, gets in the limelight when it’s Principal,…
Rivaaz
Mumbai-based Rahul accompanies his friend, Amar Singh, to a village called Bhedia in order to attend the marriage of Supriya, the latter’s sister. While on the way there, he sees a young woman and instantly falls in love with her despite of being told that she is destined to be…
Rowdy Rathore
Shiva (Akshay Kumar) is a small time conman in love with Paro (Sonakshi Sinha), a pretty girl whom he met at a wedding he wasn’t invited to. Into this picture perfect world enters six year old Chinki who inexplicably believes Shiva to be her dad! And if this wasn’t bad…
Ek Bura Aadmi
Lamhaa
Indian Military Intelligence assigns their agent, Vikram Sabharwal, to travel to Kashmir. There he is to locate the person(s) behind the violence, under the guise of a press reporter, Gul Jahangir. Once there, he begins his investigation by visiting highly sensitive areas as such as the Jama Masjid, Dardpura Village…
Lanka
Dr. Anju Khanna is admonished by hospital administration when she gets upset with a male for assaulting his wife. She then recounts her very own story of being forcibly confined by Bijnor-based Jaswant Sisodiya, an influential gangster, who loves her insanely but refuses to marry her. Her as well as…
Life Express
Mumbai-based Tanvi Sharma, married to Financer, Nikhil, for 3 years, is thrilled when she is not only promoted as Assistant Vice-President with her employer, ICBI Bank, but also tests positive for motherhood. But her joy will be short-lived when she must abort the child as it comes in the way…
Sankat City
Owning several aquariums, fish-loving Mumbai-based Guru makes a living stealing cars, getting them to his garage-owner friend, Ganpat Gajanan Jagirdar, and re-selling them through an associate, Sharafat. One day he steals a Mercedez and takes it to Ganpat. They inspect the car, find a bag containing Rs.1 Crore, decide to…
Anwar
Anwar is a Muslim who lives a middle-class lifestyle in Lucknow, India, along with his mom, brother, and Bhabhi, Suraiya. Anwar is doing a research on ancient Hindu Mandirs. They rent out a room to a poor widow and her attractive daughter, Mehru. Anwar falls in love with her. Anwar…
Asambhav
Adit, played by Arjun Rampal, is in the Indian army. When the Indian president is kidnapped, Adit is sent undercover to rescue the president and his daughter. Adit becomes a journalist for IndiaTimes, and manages to make his way to Switzerland with the help of a police officer called Bhatnagar.…
Tashan
What happens when you throw two guys who hate each other together. A cool call center executive Jimmy Cliff (Saif Ali Khan), a desi wannabe gangster Bachchan Pande (Akshay Kumar) add for good measure a beautiful girl Pooja (Kareena Kapoor) who cant be trusted – on a journey across spectacular…
Chameli
Lamington Road on Bombay’s Western Railway is the nearest railway station that takes one to Kamathipura, notorious for it’s red-light, in particular, and a crime-prone area in general. It is in this area, on a stormy rainy day, that wealthy Aman Kapoor’s car breaks down. His efforts to call for…
Welcome To Sajjanpur
It was Jawaharlal Nehru who changed the name of a small town, Durjanpur, to Sajjanpur, and that was about all the change that had occurred there since then. The town still lacks adequate infrastructure, no safe drinking water; in a 24 hour period, electricity is out for almost 23 hours,…
Well Done Abba
This is the story of Armaan Ali, a driver working for a senior executive in Mumbai. He takes a month’s leave to find a husband for his teenage daughter, who lives near Hyderabad. When he is delayed and returns to work after three months, his employer threatens to sack him.…
Jal
Jal is the story of young, willful BAKKA who is gifted with a special ability to find water in the desert. With the backdrop of water scarcity, the film tells a complex and intriguing story of love, relationships, enmity, deceit and circumstances that bring about the dark side of human…
Songs
Yeh Saali Zindagi
After Bade falls out of favor of Member of Parliament, Verma, he is arrested, held in a cell without any trial, and is humiliated and beaten everyday. His brother Chhotte and others conspire to secure his release by kidnapping Verma’s to-be son-in-law, Shyam Singhania. Things do not go exactly as…
Yeh Sunday Kyun Aata Hai
The film is based on the 4 real shoe-polish boys of Goregaon Railway Station, Mumbai, who earn their daily bread and butter by polishing shoes at railway station. Their lives are full of struggle and hard work, where there is a limited scope for happiness, but even then they try…
Fun Facts
He won the 'best actor' award at Whatashort Independent International Film Festival 2016 for his short film 'Moksha' directed by Aly Rana.