Pawan K Shrivastava is a film maker, writer, blogger and activist born in 1982, in the town of

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. After completing high school, he went to

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for further education, and then to

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to work and study computer science. He left in 2008 and returned to Bihar to aid, make documentaries on, and direct plays on social issues. Pawan is also the Director of Bihar's first independent crowd funded film, Naya Pata. He generated the funds for Naya Pata through social networking sites, personal and social connections and now he has become one of very few film makers who have tried

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, and started a new trend for film making in

. He writes at his blogs E-Bihar and 'Patna Ki Sadko Se'. He has directed two documentaries, two short films and one feature film and has written and directed more than 200 street plays. He has created history by making NAYA PATA through crowd Funding in just 8 Lacs. He has successfully shown the agony of migrants and their struggle for identity. He lives in Delhi and keeps himself involved in various social activities in the city. He has been selected among 13 young innovators of 2012 from Bihar to Chart their own road of Success by Telegraph. Pawan's first film Naya Pata is scheduled to release on 27 June through PVR Director's rare. It is going to be the first time in India that a film from Bihar is exclusively being released by PVR Director's cut. Pawan has recently been invited by Andaman Film Society to take workshops on film making and crowd Funding in Portblair. "Haashiye Ke Log" - After the Success of Naya Pata, Pawan has announced his next film titled "Haashiye Ke Log" which is about the Marginalised Section and focussed on the Plights of Dalits in contemporary Indian Society. He Has already made a strong team and working on the scripting Part. He is hope full to complete the Pre Production by the end of December 2014. He is going to start crowd Funding Campaign soon for "Haashiye Ke Log"

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