Youth Icon Award for Social Entrepreneurship, Global Innoventure Award (2018)
Pankaj Dubey (born on 28 July 1978) is an Indian author, screenwriter, director, producer[1] and social entrepreneur[2] based in Mumbai.
Dubey is a bilingual author and writes all his titles in both English and Hindi. For instance, Dubey's debut novel is called What A Loser! in English and Loser Kahin Ka! in Hindi. Dubey was selected amongst three Asian authors for the Writer's Residency in Seoul Art Space Yeonhui, Seoul, South Korea, in 2016.[3][4][5]
Pankaj Dubey had a brief background in journalism. He joined BBC World Service in London as a presenter and journalist in 2003. Dubey debuted as a novelist with What A Loser![7] in English and Loser Kahin Ka![8] in Hindi in 2014. His second novel, Ishqiyapa: To Hell with Love, was published by Penguin Books India on 17 September 2015.[9]
He has worked as a script supervisor for Disney UTV's 2013 Ghanchakkar, directed by Raj Kumar Gupta. He worked as a script supervisor in Chauranga[10] and he produced the films Geelee (Wet Dreams) and Naach Ganesh (Dance of Ganesha), both directed by Bikas Ranjan Mishra. Dubey founded a social organization called Society for the Promotion and Inculcation of Human Aspirations (SPRIHA) in 2002.[11] He made his directorial debut with a short fiction film, Maratha Mandir Theatre (previously titled Maratha Mandir Cinema), in 2018,[12][7] which was screened at the 71st Festival De Cannes (2018) in France.[13]
Awards
Dubey won the Youth Icon Award for Social Entrepreneurship in 2010 in Gulbarga, Karnataka, for initiating the Sadak Chhap Film Festival. He received the Navodit Lekhak Award from the Government of Delhi's Hindi Academy.[14] He was awarded the Lit-O-Fest Award for Creative Leadership in January 2016.[15]