Anup Singh (born 14 March 1961) is

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based filmmaker, born in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania, East Africa and grew up in a Sikh family of Punjab origin.

Biography

Anup Singh was born on 14 March 1961 in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania. His family fled Tanzania and came to Bombay in 1971. He graduated in literature and philosophy from the Bombay University and from the Film and TV Institute of

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. He directed films for Indian TV, and was a consultant for BBC2. He now teaches at a film school in Geneva.

Filmography

Director

Ekti Nadir Naam (2003)

Ekti Nadir Naam ''Ekti Nadir Naam'' (English: The Name of a River) is a 2003 documentary-style film directed Anup Singh, exploring the life and work of the great Indian filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak and is set in the partition of Bengal in 1947. The film won the S ...

(The Name of a River) was Anup Singh's first feature-length film was selected in 30 festivals worldwide and won several awards. The film was based on Indian filmmaker

Ritwik Ghatak Ritwik Kumar Ghatak (; 4 November 19256 February 1976) was a noted Indian film director, screenwriter, and playwright. Along with prominent contemporary Bengali filmmakers Satyajit Ray, Tapan Sinha and Mrinal Sen, his cinema is primarily remembe ...

whom Anup Singh considers as his teacher.

Qissa (2013)

Qissa ''- The Tale of a Lonely Ghost'' premiered at Toronto 2013, and was critically acclaimed, hailed by the international press: "stuns its audience", "beyond boundaries", "conjure such intense feelings", "distinctive storytelling". Awards include Best Asian Film by Netpac, the Silver Gateway Award at the Mumbai FF and Best Actress Award at Abu Dhabi FF.

The Song of the Scorpions (2017)

The Song of Scorpions stars Golshifteh Farahani, Irrfan Khan, Waheeda Rehman and

Shashank Arora Shashank Arora (born 21 February 1991) is an Indian actor and musician. He is known for his roles in '' Titli'' (2014), ''Brahman Naman'' (2016), Moothon (2019) and ''Made in Heaven'' (2019). He is the only Indian actor to have two films compe ...

References

Living people Swiss film directors 1961 births Tanzanian film directors People from Dar es Salaam Tanzanian people of Indian descent Film people from Geneva {{Tanzania-bio-stub