He has cast for several movies, web series and TV commercials, working with directors like Anurag Kashyap, Oni Sen, Neeraj Ghaywan, Sukriti Sharma, Gursimran Khamba, Amit Tandon, Shashant Shah, Siddharth Sen Gupta, Kanu Behl and Raj Kumar Gupta
Our Bureau
Mumbai
In the burgeoning Indian film and entertainment industry, the spotlight is often on directors and actors but in reality, it is the casting directors who are the unsung heroes as they meticulously select the perfect ensemble to bring scripts to life.
Shivam Gupta is one such film casting director and acting coach who has made a niche for himself in a short span of time in the tinsel town.
The casting director of ‘Sacred Games’ and ‘Little Things’, Shivam Gupta left the comfort of his home in Agra to pursue his dreams in Mumbai. Today a little over a decade later, Shivam has been accredited with working on numerous known projects with major film studios and leading OTT platforms.
In 2018, he founded Shivam Gupta Casting Company which has evolved to become one of the premier casting companies of the country.
As a casting director his filmography includes “Daddy”, “Trapped”, Choked” (Netflix), “Little things 3” (Netflix), “Kanpuriye”(Hotstar), “Music Teacher” (Netflix), Zindagi in Shorts” (Netflix), “Chacha Vidhayak hai Humare” (Amazon prime), ‘Chalo Koi Bat Nahi” (Sonyliv), “These Black Black Eyes” (Netflix), “ASUR 2” (VOOT), Fear 1.0 (Hotstar), Manoj Bajpayee’s well-received OTT release “Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai”, the recently released film “Bhaiyya Ji” and many more in the pipeline.
Shivam has cast for several movies, web series and TV commercials, working closely with directors Anurag Kashyap, Oni Sen, Neeraj Ghaywan, Sukriti Sharma, Gursimran Khamba, Amit Tandon, Shashant Shah, Siddharth Sen Gupta, Kanu Behl, Raj Kumar Gupta, amongst other leading names from the film and entertainment arena.
Shivam immersed himself in the world of theatre for nearly five years and struggled in Mumbai to get a firm footing before he got his opportunity to cast actors for film projects. It’s this inspiring story of resilience and hard work coupled with his indomitable spirit that makes Shivam Gupta one of the most sought-after casting directors in the Indian Film industry today.
