Agneya Singh is an Indian filmmaker and screenwriter. He is best known for writing and directing '' M Cream''.

Life and career

Early life

Agneya Singh was born in New Delhi, India on 21 July 1989. After working as a photographer and documentary filmmaker, Singh enrolled in NYU Tisch School of the Arts. It was during this time that he assisted filmmaker Lynne Sachs and worked as a projectionist in the experimental Film/TV department at

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. His student films and videos have been screened in New York at

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First Feature: M Cream

Singh wrote and directed the Indian independent feature film M Cream starring

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, Barry John and

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among others. Shot on location in

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and

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, ''M Cream'' follows the exploits of four friends who set out in pursuit of a mythic drug. ''M Cream'' premiered at the

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in 2014 where it received the ‘Best Feature Film’ award. The film continued to travel to several international festivals throughout 2014 and 2015. "M Cream" was released theatrically in India on 22 July 2016 by PVR Pictures. The worldwide rights were subsequently acquired by

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.''M Cream - Netflix'', November 2016
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Agneya 1989 births 21st-century Indian people Mass media people from New Delhi Screenwriters from Delhi Living people