Indian filmaker
Vinay Shukla is an Indian Director, best known for his documentaries An Insignificant Man [ 1] and While We Watched .[ 2]
Career
Vinay started his career as an assistant director for the 2009 movie Victory . His first short movie was titled Bureaucracy Sonata , set during the Emergency in India in 1975.
In 2012, Vinay started working on the idea of An Insignificant Man with Khushboo Ranka.[ 3] The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2016 followed by a theatrical release in India in November 2017.[ 4] [ 5]
In 2022, Vinay released While We Watched , profiling NDTV 's Ravish Kumar 's journalistic independence against the backdrop of general media bias in India.[ 6] The shooting itself took two years.[ 3] The film won the Amplify voices award at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival , Busan cinephile award[ 7] at the 27th Busan International Film Festival and the Peabody award in 2023.[ 8]
Filmography
References
^ a b "Documentary 'An Insignificant Man' To Show Journey Of Arvind Kejriwal And The Aam Aadmi Party" . NDTV.com . Retrieved 2024-05-28 .
^ Bhatia, Uday (2024-05-25). "News and other battles: Vinay Shukla on 'While We Watched' " . mint . Retrieved 2024-05-28 .
^ a b "Who is Vinay Shukla? And why is his new film While We Watched getting people excited and talking?" . Firstpost . 2022-09-27. Retrieved 2024-05-28 .
^ "An Insignificant Man sparks significant buzz in Toronto" . The Indian Express . 2016-09-17. Retrieved 2024-05-28 .
^ "Documentary on Arvind Kejriwal, An Insignificant Man, to release on November 17" . Hindustan Times . 2017-10-13. Retrieved 2024-05-28 .
^ "Amid threats and signal cuts, India's top independent TV anchor battles on – but for how long?" . France 24 . 2022-09-07. Retrieved 2024-05-28 .
^ Lad, Tanvi (2022-10-14). "While We Watched Wins at the Busan International Film Festival" . www.filmcompanion.in . Archived from the original on 6 June 2024. Retrieved 2024-06-06 .
^ "Vinay Shukla's 'While We Watched', Shaunak Sen's 'All That Breathes' Win Peabody" . The Wire . Retrieved 2024-05-28 .
^ "Film Update: While We Watched | POV" . www.pbs.org . Retrieved 2024-05-28 .
^ Joshi, Namrata (2017-11-17). "An Insignificant Man review: This revolution shall be televised" . The Hindu . ISSN 0971-751X . Retrieved 2024-05-28 .
^ Ramnath, Nandini (2017-11-16). "In 'An Insignificant Man', Arvind Kejriwal's first electoral win becomes a suspense thriller" . Scroll.in . Retrieved 2024-05-28 .
^ "Vinay Shukla's While We Watched bags Peabody Award nomination, to stream on MUBI India in May" .
^ Deep, Aroon (2023-09-24). " 'While We Watched' review: A documentary on Ravish Kumar that finds idealism in distress" . The Hindu . ISSN 0971-751X . Retrieved 2024-05-28 .
^ Pathak, Anamika. "Vinay Shukla's 'While We Watched' and Shaunak Sen's 'All That Breathes' win Peabody Awards; here's how to watch them" . Deccan Herald . Retrieved 2024-05-28 .
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