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Kireet Khurana
Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Rajat Kamal Award for Best Educational Film (Including sports) "Komal", in Non Feature Films Section to the Producer, Climb Media India Pvt. Ltd., Rep Shri Kireet Khurana.jpg
Kireet Khurana, at the 62nd National Film Awards Function, in New Delhi on 3 May 2015
Born (1967-10-25) 25 October 1967 (age 57)
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Alma mater Sheridan College, Canada University of Mumbai
Occupation(s)Filmmaker, animator
Years active1996-present
ChildrenKabeer 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]

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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]

Work

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]

His upcoming works include The Storyteller, [34] [35] starring Adil Hussain and Paresh Rawal, [36] and a docu-feature The Invisible Visible, on homelessness and the destitute in India. [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42]

Personal

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]

Filmography

YearTitleDirectorProducerWriterAnimationMiscNotesRef.
1995O (Short)YesYesWinner of National Film Award
1997Locked (Short)Yes
1998Trade (Short)YesYes [52]
2001Laadli (Feature film)YesYesExecutive Producer and Co-director
2002The Adventures of Chhota Birbal (TV Series)YesYesYes
2004 Shaadi ka Laddoo (Feature film)YesAnimation Director
2004 Hum Tum (Feature film)YesAnimation Director
2009 Detective Naani (Feature film)YesAnimation Director
2010 Toonpur ka Superrhero (Feature film)YesYesYesYes [53]
2013Like Sisters (Short)YesYes
2013Education Counts (Short)YesYes
2013Komal (Short)YesYesWinner of National Film Award [54]
2014Dewang (Short)YesYesYes
2014Innocence (Short)YesYesYes
2016Saeed Mirza: The Leftist Sufi (Documentary)YesYesYes [55]
2018T for Taj Mahal (Feature film)YesYes [56]
2020Pravaasi (Short)YesYesYes [57]
2020Safar (Short)YesYesYes [58]
2020Samvaad (Short)YesYesYes [59]
2021The River of Love (Feature film)YesCreative Producer [60]
2022Samvidhaan (Short)YesYesYes [61]
2023The Storyteller (upcoming feature)Yes
2023The Invisible Visible (upcoming documentary feature)YesYesYes [62]

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