Amit V. Masurkar

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Amit V Masurkar
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Born
Amit V Masurkar
NationalityIndian
Education B.A. History
Alma mater Manipal Institute of Technology
Occupation(s) Film Director
Screenwriter
Notable work Newton (film)

Amit V Masurkar is an Indian film director and screenwriter. [1] [2]

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He directed the independent comedy film Sulemani Keeda. His second feature film, Newton was selected as the Indian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards. [3] [4] [5] He also won the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Screenplay for this film. [6]

Early life and education

Masurkar dropped out of an engineering course at Manipal Institute of Technology at the age of 20 to pursue filmmaking. He later acquired a BA degree in history from Mumbai University. [7]

Filmography

Films
YearTitleDirectorScreenplayStoryNote
2011 Murder 3 NoYesNoadditional screenplay
2013 Sulemani Keeda YesYesYes
2017 Newton YesYesYes
2021 Sherni YesNoNoalso Producer

References

  1. ↑ "Amit Masurkar". IMDb. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  2. ↑ Ghosh, Sankhayan (27 January 2017). "Amit Masurkar: Newton's search for order in chaos". Livemint. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "Rajkummar Rao's Newton Is India's Pick For The Oscars". NDTV.com. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "'Newton' box-office collection Day 2: Rajkummar Rao starrer mints Rs 2.50 crore". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  5. ↑ "Newton: Reactions on Twitter". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "APSA Nominees & Winners". Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  7. ↑ Dasgupta, Priyanka. "Amit V Masurkar: 'Some of my favourite Ray films were premiered in Berlin'". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 April 2020.


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