Amit Khanna (photographer)

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Amit Khanna
Born(1984-07-24)24 July 1984
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Director, actor, photographer and producer

Amit Khanna (born 24 July 1984) is a film director, writer, film producer, actor and fashion photographer from Mumbai, India.

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Khanna made his debut as a writer with Channel V’s first ever fiction show Roomies in 2009, [1] he made his debut as a director with a film titled Tutiya Dil in 2012, [2] followed by Badmashiyaan-Fun Never Ends in 2015. [3] Khanna short film An Untold Story of Paper Boats was featured in the 69th Cannes Film Festival and won the best short film in foreign language at the Nice Film festival 2016. [4] He wrote, directed, produced, and acted in India's first ever LGBT web series All About Section 377 and Still About Section 377 . All About Section 377 won the best foreign language film at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2017. [4]

Career

Director

Amit Khanna started off as a short film director at a young age. His short films such as Unnoticed Love, Misunderstood, Yeh Jahaan and Squall traveled across the globe and were well received. Khanna directed his first Hindi film, Tutiya Dil, which released in the year 2012. [2] His second Hindi feature film, Badmashiyaan- Fun Never Ends , was released in 2015. He directed an award winning short film, An Untold Story of Paper Boats, which released in 2016 at the 69th Cannes film festival. [5] Khanna also directed India's first LGBT web series, [4] All About Section 377, which (apart from the web) also aired on NDTV Prime from 2016–2017. Furthermore, he created the second season of the hit show Still About Section 377 which released on Sony Liv in 2018. Khanna also directed the first ever Telugu-English cross over film Friends-in-law which was showcased in the 71st Cannes Film Festival Market. [6]

Photographer

Khanna has been associated with international brands like Starbucks for celebrity photo shoots as well as brands like Krishna Pearls, Chromozome, Oriflame, Gatsby, Crusoe, Dr. Tvacha, Dazzler, Horra Luxury, Kodak Lens and many more. [7]

Writer

Amit Khanna began his writing career with Channel V’s first fiction show Roomies (2009), after which he wrote a feature films Tutiya dil (2012) and All About Section 377 and a 2018 web series Still About Section 377. He has also written the first ever Telugu-English cross over film Friends-in-law. [8]

Actor

Amit Khanna made his acting debut with the 2016 web series All About Section 377. He was nominated for his performance as an overweight gay man at the Nice film festival for best actor in leading role. Khanna has acted in the second season of the show Still About Section 377. [4] [9]

Filmography

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducer
2009Channel V Roomies [1] NoYesNo
2012Tutiya Dil [2] YesYesNo
2015Badmashiyaan –fun never ends [3] YesNoNo
2016An untold story of paperboats [5] YesYesNo
2016All about section 377 [4] YesYesNo
2018Still about section 377 [6] YesYesYes
In productionMeri Girlfriend ka Boy Friend [10] YesYesYes
In productionWoh wali picture [11] YesYesNo
In productionFriends-in-law [8] YesYesYes

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