Karan Anshuman (born 1980) is an Indian film writer, director, and producer. He is the creator and director of Emmy-nominated drama film '' Inside Edge''. He is also the director and writer of ''

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'' and the creator, director, and writer of ''

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''. He is the co-founder of two digital initiatives: Dreamscape Media, a web and mobile development agency; and Upperstall.com, an Indian cinema film portal.

Early life

Anshuman was raised in

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, and after finishing his schooling at

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, he went to St Xaviers' College and then to

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in the United States to pursue an undergraduate degree in filmmaking.

Career

Anshuman co-founded Dreamscape Media in 2004 – a digital agency in the business of creation of web and mobile apps, and online marketing and communication. In 2011, Anshuman began his career as a film critic with ''

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''. Anshuman made his directorial debut with ''

'' in 2015, which released across 700 screens in India. The ''Guardian'' called it a "sly suicide-bomber comedy" with "always something to chuckle at in" and that Anshuman "approaches his task with smarts and sensitivity". His next project was

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's first Indian web series '' Inside Edge''. Produced by

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, the show aired its first season in 2017. The series became the most watched show on Amazon Prime and won him the ITA Award for Best Director – Web Series along with Best Show. The show has also been nominated for the 2018

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in the Best Drama category.

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's review mentioned, "Kudos to Karan Anshuman (the creator and director of the series) for making some of best sequences I've seen on the small screen. Not only are they very well edited (each episode starts and ends with a bang), they are superbly shot too. Teaming up with Excel and Amazon again, Anshuman is the showrunner for ''

'', a hinterland gangster drama set in the badlands of eastern Uttar Pradesh, dealing with the illegal arms trade and drug smuggling. Mirzapur released worldwide on November 16, 2018. Anshuman made his literary debut with ''Kashmirnāmā'', a fictionalised version of the Indo-Pak relationship and the Kashmir conundrum, which was published by

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in 2017.

Filmography

Awards and achievements

* Anshuman was named by GQ in GQ’s 50 Most Influential Young Indians of 2018, *ITA Award for Best Director – Web Series for ''Inside Edge'' (2017).

References

External links

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Dreamscape Media
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