Amit Khanna (born 24 July 1984) is a film director, writer, film producer, actor and fashion photographer from

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. Khanna made his debut as a writer with

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’s first ever fiction show ''Roomies'' in 2009, he made his debut as a director with a film titled '' Tutiya Dil'' in 2012, followed by '' Badmashiyaan-Fun Never Ends'' in 2015. Khanna short film '' An Untold Story of Paper Boats'' was featured in the 69th

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and won the best short film in foreign language at the Nice Film festival 2016. He wrote, directed, produced, and acted in India's first ever

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web series '' All About Section 377'' and '' Still About Section 377''. ''All About Section 377'' won the best foreign language film at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2017.

Career

Director

Amit Khanna started off as a short film director at a young age. His short films such as Unnoticed Love, Misunderstood, Yeh Jahaan and Squall traveled across the globe and were well received. Khanna directed his first Hindi film, ''Tutiya Dil,'' which released in the year 2012. His second Hindi feature film, '' ''Badmashiyaan''- Fun Never Ends'', was released in 2015. He directed an award winning short film, ''An Untold Story of Paper Boats,'' which released in 2016 at the 69th Cannes film festival. Khanna also directed India's first

web series, ''All About Section 377'', which (apart from the web) also aired on NDTV Prime from 2016–2017. Furthermore, he created the second season of the hit show ''Still About Section 377'' which released on Sony Liv in 2018. Khanna also directed the first ever

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-English cross over film '' Friends-in-law'' which was showcased in the 71st

Market.

Photographer

Khanna has been associated with international brands like

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for celebrity photo shoots as well as brands like Krishna Pearls, Chromozome, Oriflame,

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, Crusoe, Dr. Tvacha, Dazzler, Horra Luxury,

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Lens and many more.

Writer

Amit Khanna began his writing career with

’s first fiction show ''Roomies'' (2009), after which he wrote a feature films ''Tutiya dil'' (2012) and ''All About Section 377'' and a 2018 web series ''Still About Section 377''. He has also written the first ever

-English cross over film ''Friends-in-law''.

Actor

Amit Khanna made his acting debut with the 2016 web series ''All About Section 377''. He was nominated for his performance as an overweight gay man at the Nice film festival for best actor in leading role. Khanna has acted in the second season of the show ''Still About Section 377''.

Filmography

References

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