Tanmay Shah is a director, producer, writer, editor, cinematographer, script and screenwriter[1] from Gujarat, India who is known for 52FilmsProject[2] and his short documentary Pinch of Salt.[3] He is the Founder and CEO of FridayFictionFilms.[2][4]
Tanmay Shah | |
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| Born | 1989 (age 34–35) |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, producer, writer, editor, cinematographer, script and screen-writer |
| Known for | Films, 52FilmsProject, Pinch of Salt, Walls That Matter |
| Awards | Limca Book of Records |
Early life
editTanmay Shah was born in Ahmedabad. He is an information technology engineer academically. He has worked at Physical Research Laboratory as a project trainee and Indian Institute of Technology Bombay as a research associate.[5] During his stay at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, he was asked to write a story for a video game by a friend who had created it.[5] The whole process of writing and being on the shoot inspired him to become a filmmaker.[6] Soon after, he left his job at IIT Bombay and returned to Ahmedabad to make films.[2][6][7]
52FilmsProject
editIn 2015, Shah undertook a project of making 52 zero-budget short films in a year on various social issues.[2][7][8][9] The issues ranged from Light Pollution, Parenting, Language Manipulation to Child Abuse, Lesbian Wedding and Global Terrorism.[7] He made the first film of the project and released it on the YouTube channel of FridayFictionFilms on 2 January. He released one short film every Friday for the next 52 weeks. The procedure he had designed for the project was to write and shoot the film on Saturday-Sundays, re-shoot on Mondays, Edit on Tuesdays, re-edit on Wednesdays, make the music on Thursdays, and release it on Fridays.[7][8] All the films were shot in Ahmedabad.[10] 170 actors were part of the project out of which many of them were non-professionals.[4] In 2016, Shah was awarded Limca Book of Records for making 52 zero budget short films in 52 weeks. [7] He has given a TEDx talk at TEDxBITSHyderabad about 52FilmsProject.[11][12]
Pinch of Salt
editIn 2016, he made a 12-minute short documentary film, in Gujarati language,[3] based on the lives of 30,000 salt pan workers of Kutch, Gujarat. The short documentary talks about the plight of salt pan workers, how they are deprived of the most basic amenities and infrastructure and yet are thriving their cultural legacy of folk music.[3] It has been screened at the international film festivals of Romania, Russia, USA, Canada, Germany, Spain, UK, and Serbia.[3] It has won 12 awards at various International Film Festivals[3]
Walls That Matter
editIn 2021, he made a 26 minute documentary short film projecting a story of a specially-abled artist that goes through struggles with themselves and society. The documentary talks about a vision of an artist who wants to express art and use it as a medium to bring positive changes in society. It won an award at International Film Festival in Chicago[13]
Recognition
edit| Year of Award | Award | Reference |
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| 2013 | Best Film for 'Paperboat' at 'Yes I am the Change' film festival | [2][4] |
| 2016 | Limca Book of Records for 52FilmsProject | [7] |
| 2016 | Asia Book of Records for 52FilmsProject | [3][7][10] |
| 2016 | India Book of Records for 52FilmsProject | [3][7][10] |
| 2017 | Golden Book of World Records for 52FilmsProject | [3][7] |
External links
edit- Tanmay Shah at IMDb
References
edit- ^ Nair, Kavya (18 March 2019). "'Short' is the new black". Ahmedabad Mirror. Ahmedabad. Archived from the original on 18 March 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ a b c d e Shah-Desai, Kinjal (5 March 2015). "52 Films in 2015". Daily News and Analysis. Ahmedabad. Archived from the original on 7 October 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Bihola, Jyoti (18 November 2016). "City boy tastes success with 'A Pinch of Salt'". Daily News and Analysis. Ahmedabad. Archived from the original on 17 October 2017.
- ^ a b c "After 52 zero-budget films, Shah set to foray into Bollywood". The Indian Express. Ahmedabad. 9 March 2016. Archived from the original on 7 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Thank God for Fridays!". Ahmedabad Mirror. Ahmedabad. 28 October 2015. Archived from the original on 7 October 2017.
- ^ a b Patwardhan, Aditi (8 March 2017). "Last Year, Tanmay Shah Took up a Challenge to Make 52 Films in a Year & He's all set to do it again!". The Better India. Archived from the original on 22 January 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Raghu, Sunil (8 October 2017). "Techie makes one film every week". Deccan Herald. Bengaluru. Archived from the original on 9 October 2017.
- ^ a b Kadakia, Aashima (13 November 2014). "TECHIE TO FILMMAKER". Ahmedabad Mirror. Ahmedabad. Archived from the original on 7 October 2017.
- ^ a b c Chauhan, Ashish (2 August 2016). "Amdavadi filmmaker releases film on every Friday". The Times of India. Ahmedabad. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016.
- ^ "TEDxBITSHyderabad x = independently organized TED event Theme: Dream. Think. Evolve". TED (conference). TED Conferences LLC. 13 November 2016. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
Speakers: Tanmay Shah
- ^ "TEDxBITSHyderabad 2016". TEDxBITSHyderabad. TEDxBITSHyderabad. 13 November 2016. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ "Gujarati Docu Short Wins Big At Chicago". Ahmedabad Mirror. Ahmedabad. 13 October 2021. Archived from the original on 14 October 2021.