Agneya Singh is an Indian filmmaker and screenwriter. He is best known for writing and directing '' M Cream''.
Life and career
Early life
Agneya Singh was born in New Delhi, India on 21 July 1989. After working as a photographer and documentary filmmaker, Singh enrolled in
NYU Tisch School of the Arts
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. It was during this time that he assisted filmmaker
Lynne Sachs
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and worked as a projectionist in the experimental Film/TV department at
New York University
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.
His student films and videos have been screened in New York at
Imaad Shah
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Imaad was born to actors Naseeruddin Shah and Ratna Pathak on 20 ...
,
Ira Dubey
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Biography
Dubey was born in Delhi, India, to former senior vice-president of corporate communications in the Tata Group, Ravi Dubey and Lillete ...
,
Barry John
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and
Tom Alter
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Early life
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among others. Shot on location in
New Delhi
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and
Himachal Pradesh
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, ''M Cream'' follows the exploits of four friends who set out in pursuit of a mythic drug.
''M Cream'' premiered at the
Rhode Island International Film Festival
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History
Started in 1997, the Festival is produced by Flickers, the ...
in 2014 where it received the ‘Best Feature Film’ award. The film continued to travel to several international festivals throughout 2014 and 2015.
"M Cream" was released theatrically in India on 22 July 2016 by
PVR Pictures
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History
The company has its origin is Priya Cinema in Vasant Vihar in South Delhi, which was b ...
. The worldwide rights were subsequently acquired by
Netflix
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