Nandan Saxena

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Nandan Saxena
Master Class by Nandan Saxena on New & Emerging Digital Camera Technologies, at the 45th International Film Festival of India (IFFI-2014), in Panaji, Goa on November 25, 2014.jpg
Saxena, IFFI 2014
Nationality Indian
CitizenshipIndia
EducationJournalism
OccupationFilmmaker, journalist
SpouseKavita Bahl
Awards3 National Film Awards

Nandan Saxena is a multi National Film Award winning Indian documentary filmmaker. [1] [2] He has won National film Awards thrice.

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Saxena receiving Rajat Kamal award from 12th Vice President of India, Mohammad Hamid Ansari, at National Film Awards (2011), held in 2012 Mohd. Hamid Ansari presenting the Rajat Kamal Award to Shri Nandan Saxena for the BEST INVESTIGATIVE FILM Cotton for My Shroud (English), at the 59th National Film Awards function.jpg
Saxena receiving Rajat Kamal award from 12th Vice President of India, Mohammad Hamid Ansari, at National Film Awards (2011), held in 2012

Awards

YearAward(s)CategoryFilmResultRef(s).
2014National Film AwardsBest Environment Film Including AgricultureI Cannot Give You My ForestWon [3]
2013Special MentionCandles In The Wind [3]
2011Best Investigative FilmCotton for My Shroud [3]

Selected filmography

Personal life

Saxena's parents were teachers. [6] He studied journalism. [7] He is married to Kavita Bahl, an Indian filmmaker. [8] The couple quit journalism on returning to Delhi in 1996 and took on film-making. [9]

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