Darshan Ashwin Trivedi is an Indian film director and academician best known for his contribution for

Gujarati cinema Gujarati cinema, also known as Gollywood or Dhollywood, is the Gujarati language film industry. It is one of the major regional and vernacular film industries of the cinema of India, having produced more than one thousand films since its ince ...

. He is known for his movies '' Mrugtrushna'', ''

Mara Pappa Superhero ''Mara Pappa Superhero'' is a 2021 Indian Gujarati-language film directed by Darshan Ashwin Trivedi. Written by Raam Mori, the film stars Abhinay Banker, Shraddha Dangar, Revanta Sarabhai and Bhushan Bhatt in lead roles. The film also stars Bhav ...

'',

Lakiro ''Lakiro'' ( gu, લકીરો), is a 2023 Gujarati film directed by Darshan Ashwin Trivedi, starring Deeksha Joshi, Raunaq Kamdar, Netri Trivedi, Shivani Joshi and Vishal Shah. Synopsis Richa and Hrishi, both millennials, cross paths while ...

and ''Keri''. He is Adjunct faculty at

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Early life

Darshan Ashwin Trivedi was born on 4 August 1977 in

Ahmedabad Ahmedabad ( ; Gujarati: Amdavad ) is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 (per t ...

, India. He has done Master in Development Communications from

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and PhD from

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. During his career he has worked with brands like

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, Moving Pixels, Neela Tele Films.

Career

He started working with radio and television networks in the early years of his career. Darshan has worked with

Sony Entertainment Television Sony Entertainment Television (SET) is an Indian Hindi-language general entertainment pay television channel, that was launched on 30 September 1995, and is owned by Culver Max Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese Sony. SET India's You ...

Radio Mirchi Radio Mirchi (also known as 98.3 Mirchi) is a nationwide network of private FM radio stations in India. It is owned by the ENIL, EntertainmentNetwork India Ltd (ENIL), which is one of the subsidiaries of The Times Group. ''Mirchi'' is Hindi f ...

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, Moving Pixels, Neela Tele Films. Darshan is the former founder of Gujarati film fraternity. Darshan started teaching in MICA in 2007. He teaches Media & Entertainment management. He works as an adjunct faculty with MICA. Darshan is the editor of the Indian OTT Platforms Report published by MICA. Darshan started his filmmaking career in 2018. His debut feature film Mrugtrushna is the first part of the trilogy. His second film

is written by Sahita Academy awarded writer

Raam Mori Raam Mori (born 1993) is a Gujarati language short story writer, Screenwriter and columnist from Gujarat, India, primarily known for his short stories depicting the rural life of Saurashtra. ''Mahotu'' is an anthology of his short stories, which ...

. His third film Lakiro explores Jazz music for the first time in Gujarati cinema. His fourth film Keri stars

Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...

Actor

Rohit Roy Rohit Bose Roy (born 5 April 1969) is an Indian television and film actor. He is known for his role in Hindi television serials such as ''Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand'' and ''Swabhimaan''. Besides working in television series, Roy has also act ...

and Ahmedabad based Radio Jockey Devaki.

Filmography

Films

Awards and recognition

* Golden Butterfly Award, 33rd International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Iran, Best Screenplay, Mrugtrushna, 2020 * 20th Annual Tiburon International Film Festival, Best Children's Film, Mara Pappa Superhero, 2021

References

External links

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