Mukesh Asopa

Mukesh Asopa (born 31 March 1979) is a Canadian actor, producer, writer and director best known for his movies Depth of Pyaar, Bloody Romeo; Chambers Gate; Zombie Beach and The Taste of Relation.
Asopa is the founder of Asopa Films, a production house based in Canada, and is a member of the Directors Guild Of Canada.
With over 100 wins and 60 nominations globally Asopa is the recipient of various accolades in the North America including American Movie Awards, California film awards, SoCal Film Awards, Golden Ace Award at Las Vegas; Spirit Awards at Idyllwild in California, Aurora Awards in Utah. Rising Star Award at Vancouver in Canada;, Care Awards in West Virginia; Golden Palm Awards in Mexico, Maple Leaf Award at Vancouver in Canada; and Platinum Reel Awards at Nevada in the USA.
Asopa made his professional acting debut in the film Reel Zombies and has been involved in fourteen films and multiple television series that have gained recognition for their conceptual storylines.
==Early life and education==
Asopa was born on March 31st, 1979, in Kolkata and Grew up in Kolkata with two brothers. Later, Asopa enrolled in the University of Calcutta, where he pursued B.COM and then did his Post-Graduation in Business Management at the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India. Asopa then pursued CMA from London, England, and later moved to Canada.
Asopa is also an Alumni of the Barry John Acting Studio.
==Career==
Asopa started his career in 2006 as an actor. He got roles in feature films such as No Place to Hide, Karim, and Bollydouble and television series such as Pastor Greg. Ghostly Encounters, Asopa, in 2008, after working with David J. Francis’ on his film Reel Zombies, launched Asopa Films Inc., a production house in Canada.
Asopa through Asopa Films Inc., released films projects that received nomination and won awards globally.. Asopa’s recent film, Depth of Pyaar has won over 50 awards along with securing over 40 other nominations. Produced By : Mukesh Asopa p.g.a. the film did well on Box Office and the OTT platforms like Amazon Prime and many others globally.
 
Bloody Romeo his latest film Produced By : Mukesh Asopa p.g.a. was released in Canada recently with box office in theatres on the Halloween, October 31st 2021 with restrictions for Covid protocols. So far with over 20 wins the film is progressing fast with more releases in the year 2022.
Apart from that, Asopa is a frequent television presenter and stage show performer and has also appeared in several television series. He has also been featured in numerous media outlets including Filmthreat, California Herald, Filmdaily, The American Reporter, LA Progressive, Baltimore Post, Yahoo News, LatestLY, The National Era, London Daily Post, The Hollywood North Magazine, Toronto Film Magazine,Taylor Doctoral Thesis, UK Film Reviews, Vents Magazine, Business Insider, Hollywood Progressive, IBT-Singapore, The Baystreet-Canada, The Business News Press, Yahoo Finance, The Telegraph, New York Weekly, Los Angeles Wire, The National Era, the Chicago Journal and Yahoo Lifestyle.
==Filmography==
S.No. 	Year 	Movie/TV Show/Short Film	Role 	Credit
1 	2006 	The Lookalike 	Voice over 	Actor
2 	2006 	No Place to Hide 	Officer 3 	Actor
3 	2007 	Karim 	Kawas 	Actor
4 	2007 	Pastor Greg 	Officer Rod 	Actor
5 	2009 	Aisha and Rahul 	Rahul Oberoi 	Actor, Writer, Co- Director, Executive Producer
6 	2009 	The Taste of Relation 	Raj Mittal 	Actor, Director, Producer
7 	2009 	Ghostly Encounters 	Shani 	Actor
8 	2010 	The Strip Mall 	 	
Executive Producer	 	 	 	
9 	2010 	Zombie Beach 	Roshan 	Actor, Writer, Director, Producer
10 	2014 	GodsView 	Arun 	Actor
11 	2014 	Chambers Gate 	Jules Akola 	Actor, Director, Producer
12 	2018 	Reel Zombies 	Pascal 	Actor
13 	2019 	Depth of Pyaar 	Ansh/Yash 	Actor, Writer, Director, Producer
14 	2021 	Bloody Romeo 	Romeo Quadros	Actor, Writer, Director, Producer
15 	Upcoming	Universal Greed 	Aryan 	Actor, Director, Producer, Writer
16 	Upcoming	Postal Code 	Dev Thakur 	Actor, Writer, Director
17 	Upcoming	Untitled Zombie Project 	Tezurin 	Actor, Writer, Director, Producer
18 	Upcoming	SRI DUNGARGARH 	Lala Lalchand	Actor, Writer, Director, Producer
==Awards==
2009	Aisha and Rahul 	Feature Film 	Jury Award, Canada International Film Festival
2009	Aisha and Rahul 	Feature Film 	Golden Ace Award,
Las Vegas International Film Festival
2009	Aisha and Rahul 	Feature Film 	Gold Palm Award, Mexico International Film Festival
2010	The Taste of Relation	Feature Film 	Platinum Reel Award, Nevada International Film Festival, US
2010	The Taste of Relation	Feature Film 	Gold Palm Award, Mexico International Film Festival
2010	The Taste of Relation	Feature Film 	Official Finalist Award, 
Las Vegas International Film Festival
2010	The Taste of Relation	Director 	Rising Star Award, Canada International Film Festival
2010	The Taste of Relation	Director 	Special Jury Prize,
California Film Awards
2010	Zombie Beach 	Director 	Silver Sierra Award, Yosemite International Film Festival
2011	Zombie Beach 	Director 	Award of Excellence, Feature Film Competition, Canada International Film Festival
2011	Zombie Beach 	Best Feature (Sci-Fi/Horror) 	Festival Prize, Famous Monsters Film Festival
2014	Zombie Beach 	Best Horror Feature 	Hollywood Weekly Magazine Film Festival Award
2011	Zombie Beach 	Jury Prize 	Silver Ace Award, Las Vegas International Film Festival
2011	Zombie Beach 	Feature Film 	Golden Palm Award, Mexico International Film Festival
2017	Zombie Beach 	Feature Film 	Bronze Award, North American Film Awards
2012	Zombie Beach 	Best Horror-Thriller Film Award 	Festival Award, Third World Indie Film Festival
2010	Zombie Beach 	Feature Film 	Silver Sierra Award, Yosemite International Film Festival
2014	Chambers Gate 	Lead Actor 	Award of Merit, Accolade Competition
2014	Chambers Gate 	Best Feature Film 	Hollywood Weekly Magazine Film Festival Award, Hollywood Weekly Magazine Film Festival
2014	Chambers Gate 	Feature Film 	Silver Palm Award, Mexico International Film Festival
2014	Chambers Gate 	Actor, Director, Producer, 	
* Triangle Award
Columbia Gorge International Film Festival
2014	Chambers Gate 	Actor 	
* Award of Merit
* Award of Excellence
Indian Cine Film Festival
2017	Chambers Gate 	Actor 	Gold Award
International Independent Film Awards
2017	Chambers Gate 	Actor 	Special Mention, Los Angeles Film Awards
2017	Chambers Gate 	Special Festival Mention Award 	Noida International Film Festival
2017	Chambers Gate 	Best Actor 	February Award, European Cinematography Awards
2017	Chambers Gate 	Best Feature Film 	Special Jury Award, North American Film Awards
2017	Chambers Gate 	Oregon International Film Awards 	Special Jury Award, Oregon International Film Awards, US
2018	Chambers Gate 	Director 	Special Marquee, American Movie Awards
2018	Chambers Gate 	Director 	Best Director, Alaska International Film Awards
2010	The Taste of Relation	Excellence in Cinematography 	Van Gogh Award, Amsterdam Film Festival
2010	The Taste of Relation	Special Jury Prize 	Grand Winner, California Film Awards
2018	The Taste of Relation	Director 	Best Directing in Feature Film,
Directors Awards
2019	Depth of Pyaar 	Actor 	November Award - Honorable Mention, New York Movie Awards
2019	Depth of Pyaar 	Production Feature Film, Director, Feature Film	Special Mention
Five Continents International Film Festival
2019	Depth of Pyaar 	Actor, Director 	
* April Edition Award
* Best of Year Aphrodite Award
* Best of the Year Award
Aphrodite Film Awards
2019	Depth of Pyaar 	Lead Actor 	Award of Recognition, Accolade Competition
2019	Depth of Pyaar 	Lead Actor 	Best Actor in Drama, Actors Awards, Los Angeles
2019	Depth of Pyaar 	Director 	Gold Award, Aurora Awards
2019	Depth of Pyaar 	Feature Film, Actor 	Excellence Award, Pacific Screen Awards
2019	Depth of Pyaar 	Best Film Editing 	Best Film Editor, Barcelona Planet Film Festival
2019	Depth of Pyaar 	Best Editing 	Festival Award, Festigious International Film Festival
2019	Depth of Pyaar 	Best Romantic Film Award 	Certificate of Achievement, Chhatrapati Shivaji International Film Festival
2019	Depth of Pyaar 	Feature Film, Director 	Pinnacle Film Awards
2020	Depth of Pyaar 	Feature Film, Director, Producer 	Certificate of Merit, Chambal International Film Festival
2020	Depth of Pyaar 	Best International Feature 	Culver City Film Festival
2020	Depth of Pyaar 	Best Supporting Actor, Honorable Mention, 	Festival Prize, Rising Star Award, Skiptown Playhouse International Film Festival
2020	Depth of Pyaar 	Actor, Director, Producer,
Feature Film, Production	Certificate of Excellence
Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival
2020	Depth of Pyaar 	Feature Film,
Actor, Director 	Platinum, Gold and Silver Awards, Mindfield Film Festival Albuquerque
2020	Depth of Pyaar 	Feature Film, Director, Production Company 	Jury Award, Noida International Film Festival
2020	Depth of Pyaar 	Feature Film 	Vegas Movie Awards
2020	Depth of Pyaar 	Best Music 	Golden Diamond Award, Asian Film Festival, Los Angeles Hollywood
2020	Depth of Pyaar 	Best Director Certificate 	Samskara International Film Festival
2020	Depth of Pyaar 	Best Director 	Indie Spirit Award, Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema
2020	Depth of Pyaar 	Fantastic Feature Film 	Indie Spirit Award, Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema
2020	Depth of Pyaar 	Best Feature 	Festival Award, Malta Film Festival
2020	Depth of Pyaar 	International Feature Film 	Platinum Award, International Movie Awards, Indonesia
2020	Depth of Pyaar 	Best Feature Film 	Diamond Award, SoCal Film Awards
2020	Depth of Pyaar 	AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE 	JIFF Award, Jharkhand International Film Festival & Awards
2021	Depth of Pyaar 	Best Actor 	Care Award
2021	Bloody Romeo 	Feature Film
Leading Actor 	Award Of Recognition
Accolade Competition
2021	Bloody Romeo 	Best Director
Best Feature film
Best Actor
Best Foreign Language Feature	Asian Film Festival, Los Angeles Hollywood
2021	Depth of Pyaar 	Outstanding Achievement 	BCIFF Award of Excellence
Beyond the Curve International Film Festival
2021	Depth of Pyaar 	Best Actor 	Care Award
2021	Bloody Romeo 	Best Script 	Certificate of Achievement
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Film Festival
2021	Bloody Romeo 	Best Feature 	March Award
European Cinematography Awards (ECA)
2021	Bloody Romeo 	Best Feature Film of the Fest 	Jury Choice Award
FFTG Awards
2021	Bloody Romeo 	Best Crime Feature Film 	Festival Award
Five Continents International Film Festival
2021	Bloody Romeo 	Best Director 	April Award
Florence Film Awards
2021	Bloody Romeo 	Film Feature
Direction
Script/Writer 	Award of Recognition
IndieFEST Film Awards
2021	Bloody Romeo 	Best Directing 	Platinum Award
International Independent Film Awards
2021	Bloody Romeo 	Best Thriller 	Festival Award
Lonely Wolf: London International Film Festival
2021	Depth of Pyaar 	Best Thriller
Best Thriller Screenplay 	LAFA September Award
Los Angeles Film Awards
2021	Depth of Pyaar 	Best Feature Film
Best Director of a Feature 	Luleå International Film Festival
2021	Bloody Romeo 	Best Feature Film 	Festival Award
Rameshwaram International Film Festival
2021	Depth of Pyaar 	Best Feature Film 	Honorable Mention
Shockfest Film Festival, US
2021	Bloody Romeo 	Narrative Feature 	Festival Prize
Skiptown Playhouse International Film Festival
2021	Bloody Romeo 	Best Narrative Feature
Best Director 	April Award
Toronto Film Magazine Fest
2021	Depth of Pyaar 	BEST CRIME 	Festival Prize
Wallachia International Film Festival
2022	Bloody Romeo 	Best Cinematography, Best Credit Sequence 	Additional Award, SoCal Film Awards
==Personal life==
Asopa married Twinkle Asopa in 2007 and they have a son together named Akshay Asopa who is an actor. Asopa is fluent in English, Hindi, Marwari (Rajasthani), Bengali, and Punjabi. Asopa is Vegetarian and do not smoke or consume alcohol.
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==In the media==
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==References==
Category:1979 births
Category:Living people
Category:Canadian actors
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Category:Canadian writers
Category:Canadian directors
Category:University of Calcutta alumni