Pan Nalin

Pan Nalin is an Indian film director, screenwriter and documentary maker. Nalin is best known for directing award-winning films like Samsara, Valley of Flowers, and Ayurveda: Art of Being. His debut film, Samsara went on to win awards like "Grand Jury Prize – Special Mention" at AFI Fest and "Most Popular Feature Film" at Melbourne International Film Festival in 2002. His next film will be Buddha: The Inner Warrior, a biographical film of Siddhartha Gautama.

Nalin was born as Nalin Kumar Pandya, in a small town in Gujarat, India. His father owns a tea stall at Khijadiya railway station near Amreli. He lives in India and France.

Pan Nalin studied Fine Arts at the M. S. University of Baroda and went on to learn Design at the National Institute of Design. He made four animation films and twenty short silent films before moving to Mumbai where he worked as production runner until directors realised his potential and started to give him opportunities to direct commercials and corporate films.

Pan Nalin, came into global limelight with his debut feature Samsara (2001).

As a child, Nalin disliked schools; instead he used to paint and draw. He also staged mythological dramas and folk plays.

He saw his first movie at age nine. As a teenager, he left his village in pursuit of cinema. After studies in Fine Arts at the M.S. University of Baroda, Nalin went to learn Design at the NID (National Institute of Design).

He travelled widely in India and finally moved to Mumbai (Bombay) where he worked as production runner. Producers recognised Nalin's talent and offered him a chance to direct commercials and corporate films.

Nalin lived in the US and UK for a short period and then set out for six-month-long nomadic existence in Europe. On returning to India, he roamed the Himalayas.

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