Kranti Kanade

Kanade in 2010.

Kranti Kanade is a film director and screenwriter from India. He studied filmmaking at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) and FTII (Film and Television Institute of India). His filmography includes Gandhi of The Month, Mahek and Chaitra.^[1]

Films

Gandhi of The Month

Gandhi of The Month stars actor Harvey Keitel and Ayush Mahesh Khedekar in the lead. It is about a secular expatriate American schoolmaster in India struggling against anti-Gandhian forces. The screenplay won the IFFLA Film Fund Grant instituted by the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles.^[2] The first draft of this screenplay was mentored by Oscar winner Danis Tanovic, screenwriters Bernd Lichtenberg (Good Bye Lenin!), Olivia Hetreed and Anjum Rajabali (Rajneeti).

Mahek

Mahek (2007), a children's film, is about the self-discovery of an 11 year old girl who dreams of becoming the very best in everything, but is unsure of where her real talent lies. The film premiered at the London Film Festival to affectionate reviews. It was invited to many festivals around the world and won awards in Hollywood and Houston.^[3] It was Best Children's Film Nominee at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards in Australia. It is included in the University syllabus at the Otterbein College, US as part of their India studies curriculum.

Chaitra

Chaitra (2002), a thesis film, is based on a story of the same name by Marathi author G. A. Kulkarni. It is about a proud woman who poetically vindicates her unfair social insult, but cannot escape her inevitable destiny. It won several National Film Awards including Best Short Film, Best Music for Short Film (Pt Bhaskar Chandavarkar) and Special Jury Award for Acting (Sonali Kulkarni).^[4] It won two National Awards at MIFF Film Festival.

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