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Ashim Ahluwalia
Ashim Ahluwalia | |
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.jpg) Ashim Ahluwalia, Mumbai 2016 | |
| Born | 1972 (age 52–53) Mumbai, India |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, producer & screenwriter |
| Years active | 1999–present |
Ashim Ahluwalia (born 1972 in Mumbai, India) is a film director and screenwriter. He made his directorial debut with the feature-length documentary John & Jane (2005), which had a world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and a European premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival, and won him the 2005 National Film Award for Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director.[1] This was followed by his first narrative feature film Miss Lovely, premiered at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.[2][3] which won him India's National Film Award – Special Jury Award (Feature film), and Best Production Design at the 61st National Film Awards.[4]
Working outside the mainstream Bollywood film system,[5] Ashim Ahluwalia is part of a new generation of Indian directors.[6] His unconventional films blur the lines between documentary and fiction. His short films have shown at the Tate Modern,[7] the Centre Pompidou and at the Venice Architecture Biennale.[8]
- ^ "53rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals.
- ^ "2012 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- ^ "Indian movie Miss Lovely at Cannes film fest". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 April 2012.[dead link]
- ^ "61st National Film Awards Announced: Live Update". Zee News. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ^ The Filter
- ^ DNA – 'I don't need SRK to make a Hindi movie
- ^ Tate Modern Film
- ^ DNA – Salon – 'Mumbai uses space cunningly' – Daily News & Analysis
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