Swaroop Kanchi (born 29 June 1983) is an

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film director, producer and screenwriter. Making feature-length English-languageprimarily

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s through Tapas Films, based in

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, Karnatakahis films include the

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-drama films '' Hong Kong Dreaming'' (2008) and '' Bengaloored'' (2010).

Early life and education

He was born in Bangalore, a pre-mature child born at just months, his father is also an actor who worked in more than 50 films before quitting acting for good. His mother was a businesswoman; however, he showed no inclination towards films at an early age instead choosing to play tennis. He studied in Bangalore before starting off his career as a junior tennis player, moving to chennai after being selected at the prestigious Britannia Amritraj Tennis program. He came back to Bangalore before being forced to quit tennis for personal reasons.

Career

Kanchi, a design student learnt the art of filmmaking by himself. He started off with a few low-budget films which earned him recognition for his creativity, technique, approach and story-telling skills. One of his first films '' Something Taboo'', dealt with misconceptions about

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and myths about HIVone of his first attempts at socially relevant films. He worked on the film '' Black Sugar'' which premiered at the

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. Kanchi has also worked on '' Sleeping with the Enemy's Son'', ''Acid'' and '' Taxiwallah'', all American independent films made in Los Angeles, California. Presently based in

Kanchi has worked on films promoting education for street children with a film for Akanksha. Kanchi also collaborated with DreamWorks Executive to make a film on the similarities and differences between

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and Hollywood; the film featured many notable film personalities of Indian film industry. He has also made a documentary film about the

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a mass

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. This was followed by non-fiction film projects based on Indian spirituality and cultural heritage in

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, the

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, India and

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. ''Hong Kong Dreaming'' (2008), an English-language film shot in Hong Kong, made with London actress Fiona Man, and Hollywood actor Kai Wong, resulting in the only Indo-Hong Kong film to date. The film premiered at the International Film Festival of England and later at the Bengalooru Film Festival.Preview in the ''Deccan Herald''
11 November 2007 In 2008, Kanchi served as the Executive Producer on the short film '' Supraman and the School of Necessity'' with UK-based filmmakers. The film's cast were from real slums in Bangalore and stars a young child from an

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. It earned international acclaim and was lauded by many internationally acclaimed directors and film personalities. The film brought awareness to the cause of every child's right to basic education. His film '' Bengaloored'' (2010) was set for an all Indian

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in 2010. In 201
Yeh Dil Ramta Jogi
Released, his first Hindi film, also his first starring role in a film. The film also co-starred Cajole Kapoor, Rageshwari Mahanta and noted Bollywood acto
Sunil Kumar Palwal.
The film was followed b
Mudita
another Indian English film starrin
Padmavati Rao
Swaroop Kanchi, Shivani Parmar, Irshikaa Mehrotra, Alistar Bennis and Sudha NarasimhaRaju. The film premiered at the

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and finally Released on

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Worldwide. Kanchi has been working on a film called

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a big-budget film to be shot mostly in India.

Filmography

References

swaroop Kanchi set to take his film to Cannes- Times of India
* John, Rajeev K.; Jo, Subin (19 September 2008)
"Hosur to HollywoodA Street Kid's Journey"
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"Swaroop Kanchi on 'Bengaloored'"
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External links

swaroopkanchi.com
Kanchi's official website *
Swaroop Kanchi on Facebook

Swaroop Kanchi on Twitter

bengaloored.com
official website for '' Bengaloored'' (2010)
buddhaa.com
official website for new film {{DEFAULTSORT:Kanchi, Swaroop 1983 births 21st-century Indian people Kannada film directors Kannada film producers Living people Film producers from Bengaluru Film directors from Bengaluru Screenwriters from Bengaluru

Early life and education

Career

Filmography

See also

References

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