
Hardik Mehta
Directing
Biography
Hardik Mehta is a writer-director who works in fiction and non fiction formats. Amdavad Ma Famous (2016), his documentary film has traveled extensively at film festivals world over including HotDocs Canada, PalmSprings, US, at the French Academy of Cinema and has won several awards including the Swarna Kamal, National Award for Best Non-Feature Film (2015). His debut feature Kaamyaab (2020) produced by Red Chillies Entertainment and Drishyam Films released theatrically with rave reviews and also had its World Premiere at Busan International Film Festival. His second feature film 'Roohi' starring Rajkumar Rao and Janhvi Kapoor also released theatrically in 2021. Hardik also co-wrote the film Trapped (2017) and Paatal-Lok (2020), an Amazon series of 9 episodes which won him and the writing team FilmFare Awards for Best Story and Best Screenplay. Hardik has been the showrunner and the director for the Netflix series Decoupled (2021) starring R Madhavan and recently he has just finished shooting a love story for Dharmatic Entertainment and Amazon Prime's upcoming anthology.
Known For

A down and out cop lands the case of a lifetime when four suspects are nabbed in the assassination attempt of a prime time journalist. The case turns out to be a devious maze where nothing is what it looks like. The pursuit of it leads him to the dark netherworld - the 'Paatal Lok', and to shocking discoveries in the past of the four suspects.
Paatal Lok

In a fictional North Indian town, two boys Bhaura and Kattanni are stuck in a forest with Roohi. But there’s an insidious spirit following them with feet turned backwards.
Roohi

Aspiring screenwriter Aayush Verma navigates the bylanes of the Mumbai film industry and etches a bittersweet migrant fairy tale through his personal friendships and professional fall-outs, to make it into the world of ‘Industry’.
Industry

A misanthropic writer and his startup-founder wife juggle their impending divorce with the absurdities and annoyance of life in their affluent world.
Decoupled

Six real life couples relive their unique love stories in this heartfelt series celebrating the triumph of love against all odds.
Love Storiyaan

The human drama is based on an interesting premise of a seasoned character actor who decides to come out of retirement and begin a quest for a record of some sorts, that elusive 500th role, the one for which he shall be remembered forever.
Kaamyaab

Vishnu has a bleak future before him, he must join his father in the family's oil business and try and boost the sales of the stinking oil in small town India. He sees his chance to escape by offering to transport a ramshackle truck, with a make-shift cinema, to a distant museum that lies across the expansive desert of Kutch. His companions: a chai-wallah chokra, a gypsy girl and a burlesque mechanic.
Road, Movie
“Chaar Cutting” comprises of handpicked films from amongst a large assortment of films and put together in a way that captures a wide array of human emotion and genres including comedy, satire, romance and thriller thereby providing a wholesome experience. “ChaarCutting” has Skin Deep (written by Vikramaditya Motwane of Lootera and Udaan fame and directed by his assistant Hardik Mehta), Blouse (directed by Vijayeta Kumar), Manila Running (directed by Anuj Gulati), and Bawdi (directed by Vivek Soni).
Chaar Cutting

In a city of a billion, everyday, a man and a woman meet each other. They turn their backs to the city as they go about their relationship. But this affair can only last for a few minutes, since back at their homes someone waits for them.
The Affair

Mayur Natekar, a hip young adult discovers the TikTok app and gets obsessed with it. Seeing others who have prospered in life, he aspires to achieve something, no matter the cost. Mayur, his brother, mother and father dream of escaping their reality through Mayur's plan of becoming a star.
15 Seconds A Lifetime

Set during the kaleidoscopic backdrop of the kite-flying festival in India, 'Amdavad Ma Famous', witnesses the transformation of an 11-year-old Zaid from a boy next door to an aggressive and a passionate kite-runner until he comes across a hindrance that prevents him from flying kites on the terrace. And thus begins the fight for the terrace on the day of the biggest kite flying festival in India.
Famous in Ahmedabad

A young couple's search for a better life leads them to unforeseen circumstances that change their destiny forever.