Mukesh Kumar Singh
Biography
Mukesh Kumar Singh is a postgraduate in Dramatic arts with first class and also qualified for lectureship of Drama in an exam conducted by the University Grant Commission. He has acted in and directed many plays for All India Radio, IPTA, the Song and Drama division of India, etc.
He is an experienced director in Indian television who has directed shows in almost all the genres possible. In recent times he has directed mostly historical and mythological shows including Mahabharat for Star Plus, the biggest show ever made on Indian television. It was branded as a 100 crore TV show.
Mr. Salim Khan (writer of Sholay and many more super hit movies) was the script consultant and Oscar winner Bhanu Athaiya was the costume designer for the show which ran for 267 episodes with a great success in TRP charts.
He has also directed Mere Sai, Chandra Nandini, Raziya Sultan, (opening voice-over by Shahrukh Khan), Hanuman, Bandhan, Meera, Ramayan, Bhagya Vidhata, Dwarkadheesh and many more. Most of them were nominated for best shows and many of them have won too. He has written a movie tentatively titled " Ru-ba-Ru".