Kireet Khurana | |
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![]() Kireet Khurana, at the 62nd National Film Awards Function, in New Delhi on 3 May 2015 | |
Born | Bombay, Maharashtra, India | 25 October 1967
Alma mater | Sheridan College, Canada University of Mumbai |
Occupation(s) | Filmmaker, animator |
Years active | 1996-present |
Children | Kabeer Khurana |
Father | Bhimsain |
Kireet Khurana (born 25 October 1967) is an Indian filmmaker, animator, [1] and ad-film director. [2] He is known for have received 6 President's National Film Awards for his contribution to the animation industry. [3] [4] [5] He is the director of Climb Media, a company started by his father, filmmaker Bhimsain in the 70s. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] Apart from feature films and documentaries, he has also directed and produced 500+ ad films. [11] [12]
Kireet has been the Festival Director of Animela, [13] [14] India's first Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics festival, in collaboration with Annecy International Animation Film Festival, France. [15] [16]
Kireet joined his father's company after college, doing the animation for India's largest animation series Vartmaan . In 2002, he created India's first animation series to be licensed called The Adventures of Chhota Birbal, which aired on Cartoon Network. [17] The series featured voices of Tabassum and Ravi Baswani.
In 2010, he made his debut with India's first feature film combining live-action and 3D animation, Toonpur Ka Superrhero , starring Ajay Devgan and Kajol. [18] [19]
Kireet has been a loud voice in social issues with activism films like Safar, Pravaasi and Samvaad, where he has used voice-overs of prominent personalities like Taapsee Pannu, Shabana Azmi, Nandita Das and Tisca Chopra. [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25]
His 2016 documentary on Indian parallel cinema auteur Saeed Akhtar Mirza, entitled Saeed Mirza: The Leftist Sufi, released on Netflix. The film featured Mahesh Bhatt, Sudhir Mishra, Kundan Shah, Aziz Mirza, Pawan Malhotra and others. [26] It was named among the top 10 documentaries of 2017 by Vogue India and The Hindu. [27] [28]
His 2018 feature film T for Taj Mahal, produced by Abis Rizvi, was premiered at the London Indian Film Festival. [29] [30] [31] [32] The trailer of the film was launched at the Cannes Film Festival (2018). [33]
He has also written The Storyteller , [34] [35] starring Adil Hussain and Paresh Rawal, [36] and directed a docu-feature The Invisible Visible, on homelessness and the destitute in India. [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42]
His exposure to animation films started due to his father, Bhimsain, who was an Animator. [43] [44] Kireet attended the Jamnabai Narsee School and later completed a BA with a major in economics from the University of Mumbai. Soon thereafter, he graduated from Sheridan College, Canada in animation filmmaking. [45] [46] [47]
He lives in Mumbai with his wife Tehzeeb, who is a noted animation educator, [48] [49] and his son Kabeer, who is also a filmmaker. [50] [51]
Year | Title | Director | Producer | Writer | Animation | Misc | Notes | Ref. |
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1994 | Vartmaan (TV Series) | Yes | ||||||
1995 | O (Short) | Yes | Yes | Winner of National Film Award | ||||
1997 | Locked (Short) | Yes | ||||||
1998 | Trade (Short) | Yes | Yes | [52] | ||||
2001 | Laadli (Feature film) | Yes | Yes | Executive Producer and Co-director | ||||
2002 | The Adventures of Chhota Birbal (TV Series) | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
2004 | Shaadi ka Laddoo (Feature film) | Yes | Animation Director | |||||
2004 | Hum Tum (Feature film) | Yes | Animation Director | |||||
2009 | Detective Naani (Feature film) | Yes | Animation Director | |||||
2010 | Toonpur ka Superrhero (Feature film) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [53] | ||
2013 | Like Sisters (Short) | Yes | Yes | |||||
2013 | Education Counts (Short) | Yes | Yes | |||||
2013 | Komal (Short) | Yes | Yes | Winner of National Film Award | [54] | |||
2014 | Dewang (Short) | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
2014 | Innocence (Short) | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
2016 | Saeed Mirza: The Leftist Sufi (Documentary) | Yes | Yes | Yes | [55] | |||
2018 | T for Taj Mahal (Feature film) | Yes | Yes | [56] | ||||
2020 | Pravaasi (Short) | Yes | Yes | Yes | [57] | |||
2020 | Safar (Short) | Yes | Yes | Yes | [58] | |||
2020 | Samvaad (Short) | Yes | Yes | Yes | [59] | |||
2021 | The River of Love (Feature film) | Yes | Creative Producer | [60] | ||||
2022 | Samvidhaan (Short) | Yes | Yes | Yes | [61] | |||
2023 | The Storyteller (Feature film) | Yes | ||||||
2023 | The Invisible Visible (upcoming documentary feature) | Yes | Yes | Yes | [62] |
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