Ajay Bhardwaj (
Punjabi: ਅਜੇ ਭਾਰਦਵਾਜ, born 1964) is an Indian-Punjabi documentary filmmaker, not to be confused with the billionaire founder of Anthem Biosciences.
Biography
He completed BA Honors in Political Science from University of Delhi in 1986.
He holds an MA degree in political science from
Jawaharlal Nehru University
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and an MA degree in Mass Communication from
Jamia Millia Islamia. Currently he is a pursuing PhD in Asian Studies from the
University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks among the top thre ...
, Vancouver.
Career
He started his television career as assistant director with a popular Muppet show for pre school children, Tarramtoo in 1990. He went on to direct and produce a variety of programs like election analysis, game show, talk show, and popular science show with television companies such as NDTV, Times Television, TV-18 and Eenadu news channel. One of his well-known programmes is "Turning Point", a popular science show hosted by
Girish Karnad
Girish Karnad (19 May 1938 – 10 June 2019) was an Indian actor, film director, Kannada writer, playwright and a Jnanpith awardee, who predominantly worked in South Indian cinema and Bollywood. His rise as a playwright in the 1960s marked the ...
.
He has been making documentaries from 1997 with his first documentary being ''
Ek Minute Ka Maun'' about the martyrdom of the former President of Jawaharlal Nehru University's student union, Chandrashekhar Prasad.
He major work has been the documentary trilogy about Indian Punjab,
Kitte Mil Ve Mahi,
Rabba Hun Kee Kariye and
Milange Babey Ratan De Mele Te.
Filmography
*Ek Minute Ka Maun (A Minute of Silence)
*Kitte Mil Ve Mahi (Where the Twain Shall Meet)
*Rabba Hun Kee Kariye (Thus Departed Our Neighbours)
*Milange Babey Ratan De Mele Te (Let's Meet at Baba Ratan's Fair)
*Of Land, Labour And Love
*...So Shall You Reap
*Manipur under The Shadow Of AFSPA
*Sanitation for All – A Beginning Made
*Walking Together
*Road to Revival: The Invincible Spirit of People of Kuchchh
*Wave of Success
Honors and awards
* Public Scholar Initiative Award, UBC (2015 and 2016)
* Faculty of Arts Graduate Award, UBC (2014)
References
External links
Official website
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Indian documentary filmmakers
1964 births
Living people