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(born Rohan Ajay Sabharwal on 10 October 1979) is an Indian filmmaker.

Family life and education

Sabharwal was born in the city of Mumbai. He is the elder of two sons born to a

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father and a Catholic mother of mixed Goan- Portuguese and

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descent. He finished his schooling at the Lawrence School, Lovedale in 1996. He is a graduate of the London Film School, London, UK under the guidance of Oscar-nominated Mike Leigh O.B.E.

Film career

After graduating from film school in 2006, the same year that he edited the award winning commercial 'Sarah and Wendy' which won the Kodak Student Commercial Award in the UK, he left London to pursue a career in film and television in India. Here he shot his 16-minute graduation film ''Shunyata'', which premiered at the ICA cinema in London and generated mixed reviews, though most were favorable. He became widely recognized as a filmmaker after the Celebrate Bandra Committee picked his 25-minute short ''Romson and Juliana'' to show at their biennial festival

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in 2007. His most recent film is the first episode of a television documentary series called ''India Rediscovered'', inspired by Jawaharlal Nehru's book '' The Discovery of India''. The series proposes to cover places of historic importance in India that have been ignored by text books.

Filmography

Social causes

Supporter and Member of

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Sources

*http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3290534/ *http://film.britishcouncil.org/shunyata *http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3290534/ *http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_film-your-life_1285980 *http://documentaries.documentaryfilms.net/India-Rediscovered-2008.html *http://www.cultureunplugged.com/play/703/Shunyata *http://www.cultureunplugged.com/play/1146/India-Rediscovered/Vm0xMFlWWXhTbkpQVm1SU1lrVndVbFpyVWtKUFVUMDkr *http://www.cnngo.com/mumbai/none/presents-698673 *http://gulfnews.com/news/world/india/reel-touch-to-reality-1.705487 {{DEFAULTSORT:Sabharwal, Rohan Living people Film directors from Mumbai Indian filmmakers 1979 births