Pankaj Dubey

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Pankaj Dubey
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Born (1978-07-28) 28 July 1978 (age 46)
Ranchi, Bihar, India
(now in Jharkhand, India)
Language English, Hindi
Education Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Laws, Masters
Alma mater University of Delhi
Coventry School of Art and Design
Notable awardsYouth Icon Award for Social Entrepreneurship, Global Innoventure Award (2018)

Pankaj Dubey (born 28 July 1978) is an Indian author, screenwriter, director, producer [1] and social entrepreneur [2] based in Mumbai.

Contents

Dubey is a bilingual author and writes all his titles in both English and Hindi. For instance, Dubey's debut novel is called What A Loser! in English and Loser Kahin Ka! in Hindi. Dubey was selected amongst three Asian authors for the Writer's Residency in Seoul Art Space Yeonhui, Seoul, South Korea, in 2016. [3] [4] [5]

Early life

Dubey was born in Ranchi, Jharkhand, and grew up in Chaibasa, Jharkhand, where his father was an English literature professor. [6] He earned a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Delhi in 1999. He studied law at the university during 1999–2002, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws. He received a master's degree in Applied Communications from Coventry School of Art and Design, West Midlands, England, in 2003.

Work

Pankaj Dubey had a brief background in journalism. He joined BBC World Service in London as a presenter and journalist in 2003. Dubey debuted as a novelist with What A Loser! [7] in English and Loser Kahin Ka! [8] in Hindi in 2014. His second novel, Ishqiyapa: To Hell with Love, was published by Penguin Books India on 17 September 2015. [9]

He has worked as a script supervisor for Disney UTV's 2013 Ghanchakkar, directed by Raj Kumar Gupta. He worked as a script supervisor in Chauranga [10] and he produced the films Geelee (Wet Dreams) and Naach Ganesh ( Dance of Ganesha ), both directed by Bikas Ranjan Mishra. Dubey founded a social organization called Society for the Promotion and Inculcation of Human Aspirations (SPRIHA) in 2002. [11] He made his directorial debut with a short fiction film, Maratha Mandir Theatre (previously titled Maratha Mandir Cinema), in 2018, [12] [7] which was screened at the 71st Festival De Cannes in France. [13]

Awards

Dubey won the Youth Icon Award for Social Entrepreneurship in 2010 in Gulbarga, Karnataka, for initiating the Sadak Chhap Film Festival. He received the Navodit Lekhak Award from the Government of Delhi's Hindi Academy. [14] He was awarded the Lit-O-Fest Award for Creative Leadership in January 2016. [15]

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References

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  2. ↑ Rakheja, Henna (12 May 2017). "Author Pankaj Dubey: I want to make a blockbuster film on my book set in DU". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  3. ↑ Bose, Antara. "Seoul residency honour for writer Pankaj Dubey with Chaibasa roots". Telegraph India. Archived from the original on 3 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "पंकज दुबे एशिया के तीन चुनिंदा लेखकों में हुए शामिल" [Pankaj Dubey included in the three selected writers of Asia]. Hindustan. 29 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Chaibasa writer in Seoul workshop". The Times of India. 30 April 2016. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  6. ↑ Daftuar, Swati (26 February 2014). "Looks of a winner" . The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  7. 1 2 Banerjee, Anindita (30 July 2021). "Author Pankaj Dubey to Direct Feature Film Based on His Book 'What a Loser!'". Silver Screen India. p. 1. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  8. ↑ Sarkar, Shreya (23 September 2015). "Writer's block is another term for laziness". www.deccanchronicle.com. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  9. ↑ Dubey, Pankaj (2015). Ishqiyapa. Gurgaon: Penguin Books India PVT. ISBN   978-0-14-342451-2.
  10. ↑ "Cast / Crew". Anticlock Films. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  11. ↑ Chandra, Vaishalli (19 November 2013). "Stoking empathy in slum kids". DNA India. Firing their imagination. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  12. ↑ Service, Express News (29 July 2021). "What A Loser! to get a film adaptation". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  13. ↑ Bose, Antara (16 April 2018). "Simran can move Cannes". The Telegraph Online. Jamshedpur. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  14. ↑ Yaseen, Sana (19 February 2014). "A born loser's day in the sun". PressReader. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  15. ↑ Chhapia, Hemali (22 February 2016). "20 manuscripts picked up at Lit-O-fest". The Times of India. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 17 October 2024.

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