Ashim Ahluwalia

Ashim Ahluwalia
Ashim Ahluwalia, Mumbai 2016
Born1972 (age 51–52)
Mumbai, India
Occupation(s)Film director, producer & screenwriter
Years active1999–present

Ashim Ahluwalia (born 1972 in Mumbai, India) is a film director and screenwriter. He made his directorial debut with the feature-length documentary John & Jane (2005), which had a world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and a European premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival, and won him the 2005 National Film Award for Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director.[1] This was followed by his first narrative feature film Miss Lovely, premiered at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.[2][3] which won him India's National Film Award – Special Jury Award (Feature film), and Best Production Design at the 61st National Film Awards.[4]

Working outside the mainstream Bollywood film system,[5] Ashim Ahluwalia is part of a new generation of Indian directors.[6] His unconventional films blur the lines between documentary and fiction. His short films have shown at the Tate Modern,[7] the Centre Pompidou and at the Venice Architecture Biennale.[8]

  1. ^ "53rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals.
  2. ^ "2012 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Indian movie Miss Lovely at Cannes film fest". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 April 2012.[dead link‍]
  4. ^ "61st National Film Awards Announced: Live Update". Zee News. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  5. ^ The Filter
  6. ^ DNA – 'I don't need SRK to make a Hindi movie
  7. ^ Tate Modern Film
  8. ^ DNA – Salon – 'Mumbai uses space cunningly' – Daily News & Analysis