Pankaj Advani (director)
| Pankaj Advani | |
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1 August 1965 Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. |
| Died | 11 November 2010 (aged 45) Mumbai, India. |
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Film director screenwriter |
Pankaj Advani (Hindi: पंकज आडवाणी) (August 1965 – 11 November 2010) was an Indian film director, editor, screenwriter, photographer, theatre director, and painter, known for his works in Bollywood, and cross over cinema. Pankaj made his Hindi film screenwriting debut with Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (1993) which went on to win the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie.
In 1994, he scripted, and directed the short film Sunday which won the Children's Film Society of India Award for best writing, and the National Film Award for Best Short Fiction Film. The film was screened at the Indian Panorama Section of the 25th International Film Festival of India, Calcutta; the Asian Panorama section of 8th International Children's Film Festival, Udaipur; and has participated in other festivals including Cairo International Children's Film Festival and 11th Annual Chicago International Children's Film Festival. The same year Pankaj won an award for best writing for Shadow Boxer at NFDC.
Pankaj was born in Lucknow and grew up in the small town of Veraval in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat state. As a young boy he was drawn to the magical world of cinema and as a first step wrote, acted, and directed for his school plays.
He obtained his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in painting from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. At the Faculty of Fine Arts, he specialized in photography and built up a portfolio of photographs. While in Baroda he participated in playwright and film-maker, Habib Tanvir's workshop. He wrote and directed black comedies under his supervision (Andher Nagari and others) that participated in college festivals. He then went on to do his Diploma in Editing at the Film and Television Institute of India-Pune, receiving a merit scholarship for his academic excellence.
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