Nikhil Nagesh Bhat

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Nikhil Nagesh Bhat
Notable work Kill (2023)

Nikhil Nagesh Bhat is an Indian filmmaker and writer who predominantly works in the Hindi film industry. He is known for directing the action thriller film Kill and Apurva.

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Early life

Nikhil was born in Patna and later moved to Pune for his studies. [1]

Career

His personal experience during a train journey between Patna and Pune in the mid-1990s, during which the train he was on was robbed, influenced his storytelling. This traumatic event was the foundation for the plot of Kill , which he began writing in 2016. [1]

Filmography

As director
YearTitleNotes
2009SaluunCredited as Nikhil Bhat [2]
2018 Brij Mohan Amar Rahe
2020 Rasbhari Web series
2020 The Gone Game Web series
2022 Hurdang
2023 Kill Premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2023 [3] Theatrical release in India on 5 July 2024 [4]
2023 Apurva

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