Ananyabrata Chakravorty
Directing
Biography
Ananyabrata, a writer-director from Assam and now based in Mumbai, holds degrees in engineering and business administration. His debut feature, Kaisi Ye Paheli, follows his short films 90 to Win and Naukri . He also authored the novel Split Second and wrote Hindi lyrics for Ricky Martin’s Vente Pa’ Ca. Apart from writing and filmmaking, Ananyabrata played an eminent freedom fighter in Ram Madhvani’s historical series The Waking of a Nation.
Known For
In a sleepy hill town in northeast India, a lonely mother tries to reconnect with her estranged policeman son by channeling her inner detective to help him solve a murder.
Kaisi Ye Paheli
Set in the 90s, seventeen-year-old Vivek is sent away from home to attend a rigorous program to prepare for the highly competitive IIT entrance exams. Over two years, Vivek goes through the motions of Indian adolescence, but it is his parents who do the growing up.
All India Rank
An Indian man leaves his job to crack a simpler and more effective alternative to Cricket's most questionable rule- The Duckworth Lewis Method, while his wife is six months into pregnancy and a bad financial crisis is waiting to hit them.