Darshan Ashwin Trivedi is an Indian film director and academician best known for his contribution for

Gujarati cinema Gujarati cinema, also known as Dhollywood, is the segment of Cinema of India, Indian cinema, dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Gujarati language widely spoken in the state of Gujarat. It is based in Ahmedabad. It is one ...

. He is known for his movies '' Mrugtrushna'', '' Mara Pappa Superhero'',

Lakiro ''Lakiro'' (), is a 2023 Gujarati film directed by Darshan Ashwin Trivedi, starring Deeksha Joshi, Raunaq Kamdar, Netri Trivedi, Shivani Joshi and Vishal Shah. Synopsis Richa and Hrishi, both millennials, cross paths while studying in Pune. R ...

and ''Keri''. He is Adjunct faculty at

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Early life

Darshan Ashwin Trivedi was born on 4 August 1977 in

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, India. He has done Master in Development Communications from

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and PhD from

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. During his career he has worked with brands like

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, Moving Pixels, Neela Tele Films.

Career

He started working with radio and television networks in the early years of his career. Darshan has worked with

Sony Entertainment Television Sony Entertainment Television (abbreviated as SET) is an Indian Hindi-language general entertainment pay television channel that was launched in 1995 and is owned by Culver Max Entertainment, a division of Sony Pictures. History This chann ...

Radio Mirchi Radio Mirchi ("''Mirchi"'' in Hindi meaning red chilli), also known as 98.3 Mirchi, is a nationwide network of private FM radio stations in India. It is owned by the ENIL, EntertainmentNetwork India Ltd (ENIL), which is one of the subsidiarie ...

Zoom Zoom may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Film * ''Zoom'' (2006 film), starring Tim Allen * ''Zoom'' (2015 film), a Canada-Brazil film by Pedro Morelli * ''Zoom'' (2016 Kannada film), a Kannada film * ''Zoom'' (2016 Sinhala film), a Sr ...

, Moving Pixels, Neela Tele Films. Darshan is the former founder of Gujarati film fraternity. Darshan started teaching in MICA in 2007. He teaches Media & Entertainment management. He works as an adjunct faculty with MICA. Darshan is the editor of the Indian OTT Platforms Report published by MICA. Darshan started his filmmaking career in 2018. His debut feature film Mrugtrushna is the first part of the trilogy. His second film Mara Pappa Superhero is written by Sahita Academy awarded writer

Raam Mori Raam Mori (born 2 February 1993) is a Gujarati language short story writer, Screenwriter and columnist from Gujarat, India, primarily known for his short stories depicting the rural life of Saurashtra. ''Mahotu'' is an anthology of his short sto ...

. His third film Lakiro explores Jazz music for the first time in Gujarati cinema. His fourth film Keri stars

Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is primarily produced in Mumbai. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and "Cinema of the United States, Hollywood". The in ...

Actor

Rohit Roy Rohit Bose Roy (born 5 April 1968/1969) is an Indian actor who is known for his work in several television and film productions. He is best known for his role in Hindi television serials such as '' Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand'' on Star Plus an ...

and Ahmedabad based Radio Jockey Devaki.

Filmography

Films

Awards and recognition

* Golden Butterfly Award, 33rd International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Iran, Best Screenplay, Mrugtrushna, 2020 * 20th Annual Tiburon International Film Festival, Best Children's Film, Mara Pappa Superhero, 2021

References

External links

* Living people 1977 births Gujarati-language film directors 21st-century Indian people Indian male screenwriters Artists from Ahmedabad Gujarati people Film directors from Gujarat Film producers from Gujarat {{India-film-director-stub