- Anand Gandhi
Infobox actor
name = Anand Gandhi
आनंद गांधी
caption = Anand Gandhi
birthdate = 26th September, 1980
birthplace = Mumbai
occupation = Filmmaker
awards = Best Short Film, Syracuse International Film FestivalAnand Gandhi (आनंद गांधी) (born
26 September ,1980 inMumbai ,India ) is an Indian screenwriter and an independent filmmaker. He dropped out of formal education and took alternative courses. He was initially involved in parallel theatre, where he wrote and directed several critically acclaimed plays. He is also a visiting lecturer at many mass media colleges.Career
His
film directorial debut "Right Here Right Now" (2003) achieved substantial critical acclaim and became an instant cult hit. To date, it remains to be one of the most popular short films ever to have come out of India.Right Here Right Now is a 30 minute long film that deals with the idea of cyclic causality. His second film "Continuum" (2006) has been co-directed byKhushboo Ranka .Continuum is a montage of simple stories from everyday life, popular culture and folklore that explore "the continuum of life and death, of love and paranoia, of trade and value, of need and invention, of hunger and enlightenment".Anand Gandhi's writing career began in 2000 with the emergence of the
daily soap genre in India. He wrote dialogue for the first eighty-two episodes of the extremely popular showKyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi . Kyunki... and his other showKahaani Ghar Ghar Kii , for which he wrote screenplay, are the longest running TV shows in the history of Indian Television. He has been repeatedly quoted on his utter dislike for the "regressive" and "aesthetically under-evolved" nature of Indian Television.He moved away from his television career to write and direct highly acclaimed award-winning plays like
Sugandhi ,Pratyancha ,Kshanotsav , Na andJanashtaru . Almost all his work has been produced for the alternative one act theatre. Till date, he has written only one mainstream play"Chal Reverse Ma Jaiye" . It achieved moderate success commercially, and won theTransmedia Best Play award for 2005.Filmography
Awards
Anand Gandhi has won the following awards (in bold) and nominations.
yracuse International Film Festival
* 2004
Best Short Film for Right Here Right Nowchnit Film Festival
* 2004
Audience Choice Award for Right Here Right NowTribeca Film Festival * 2004
Official Selection for Right Here Right NowHannover International Film Festival
* 2007
Winner, Film Comet for ContinuumExternal links
*imdb name|id=1628153|name=Anand Gandhi
*imdb title|id=0410521|title=Right Here, Right Now
*imdb title|id=1124322|title=Continuum
* [http://www.cyclewalaproductions.com Cyclewala Productions Official Site]
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