Most Underrated · Men

Sanjay Mishra

संजय मिश्रा

“Spent twenty years as comic relief, then quietly became one of India's best dramatic actors.”

Screen debut
1995
Best in
Ankhon Dekhi (2013)
Also see
Masaan · Kadvi Hawa · Anaarkali of Aarah · Vadh · Kamyaab

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The case

Ankhon Dekhi should have ended the argument. Mishra plays a man who decides to believe only what he has personally seen, and takes that idea to a place that is funny for an hour and unbearable for ten minutes. He still gets offered the loud uncle. He still turns the loud uncle into a person.

Where to start

Begin with Ankhon Dekhi (2013). It's in this canon — read our entry on it. Then work through Masaan, Kadvi Hawa, Anaarkali of Aarah.

See how we defined “underrated” and why some obvious names are missing in our methodology essay.

In the canon

Sanjay Mishra appears in 4 films on this list