Kranti Kanade is an award-winning Film Director and Screenwriter born in Pune, India. He studied filmmaking at FTII

FTII

FTII may refer to:* Film and Television Institute of India, Pune* a title indicating that the bearer is a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Taxation in the United Kingdom...

 (Film and Television Institute of India) and UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles).

Gandhi Of The Month

Kranti is currently doing the post production of his next feature film "Gandhi Of The Month" starring American actor Harvey Keitel

Harvey Keitel

Harvey Keitel is an American actor. Some of his most notable starring roles were in Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets and Taxi Driver, Ridley Scott's The Duellists and Thelma and Louise, Ettore Scola's That Night in Varennes, Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, Jane Campion's The...

 and Ayush Mahesh Khedekar

Ayush Mahesh Khedekar

Ayush Mahesh Khedekar is an Indian child actor, best known for playing the child version of Jamal Malik in Slumdog Millionaire , for which he won a Screen Actors Guild Award.-Biography:...

 (Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British epic romantic drama adventure film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Simon Beaufoy, and co-directed in India by Loveleen Tandan. It is an adaptation of the novel Q & A by Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup...

) in the lead. It is about a secular expatriate American schoolmaster in India struggling against anti-Gandhian forces. The screenplay won the IFFLA Film Fund Grant instituted by the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles. The grant jury included screenwriters Gill Dennis (Walk The Line

Walk the Line

Walk the Line is a 2005 American biographical drama film directed by James Mangold and based on the early life and career of country music artist Johnny Cash...

), Anurag Kashyap

Anurag Kashyap

Anurag Singh Kashyap is an Indian film director and screenwriter. As a director, he is known for Black Friday , a controversial and award-winning Hindi film about the 1993 Bombay bombings, followed by No Smoking , Dev D and Gulaal...

 (Dev D

Dev D

Dev.D is a 2009 Indian romance film released on 6 February 2009. Written and directed by Anurag Kashyap, the film is a modern day take on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's classic Bengali novel Devdas., previously adapted for the screen by P.C. Barua and Bimal Roy and more recently by Sanjay Leela...

, Black Friday) and Sooni Taraporevala

Sooni Taraporevala

Sooni Taraporevala is an internationally acclaimed screenwriter and photographer, currently based in India. She is best known as the screenwriter of Mississippi Masala, The Namesake and Oscar-nominated Salaam Bombay , all directed by Mira Nair.She directed her first feature film, based on a...

 (Salaam Bombay, Mississippi Masala

Mississippi Masala

Mississippi Masala is a romantic drama film directed by Mira Nair, based upon a screenplay by Sooni Taraporevala, starring Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, and Roshan Seth. Set primarily in rural Mississippi, the film explores interracial romance between African Americans and Indian Americans...

, The Namesake

The Namesake (film)

The Namesake is a 2006 film which was released in the United States on March 9, 2007, following screenings at film festivals in Toronto and New York City. It was directed by Mira Nair and is based upon the novel of the same name by Jhumpa Lahiri, who appeared in the movie. Sooni Taraporevala...

). The first draft of this screenplay was mentored by Oscar winner Danis Tanovic

Danis Tanovic

Danis Tanović is a Bosnian film director and screenwriter.Tanović is best known for having directed and written the script for the 2001 Bosnian movie No Man's Land which won an Academy Award. He was a member of the jury at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.-Biography:Danis Tanović was born in the...

 (No Man's Land

No Man's Land (2001 film)

No Man's Land is a 2001 tragic war drama that is set in the midst of the Bosnian war. The film is a parable and marked the debut of Bosnian writer and director Danis Tanović...

), screenwriters Bernd Lichtenberg (Good Bye Lenin!

Good Bye Lenin!

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), Olivia Hetreed (Girl with a Pearl Earring

Girl with a Pearl Earring (film)

Girl with a Pearl Earring is a 2003 drama film directed by Peter Webber. The screenplay was adapted by screenwriter Olivia Hetreed based on the novel by Tracy Chevalier. The film stars Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson, and Cillian Murphy. The film is named after a painting of the same...

) and Anjum Rajabali (Rajneeti).

Mahek

His first feature film 'Mahek

Mahek (film)

Mahek is an award winning Indian film by writer-director Kranti Kanade. It was produced by the Children's Film Society of India . It is included in the University syllabus at the Otterbein College, US as part of their India studies...

', 2007, was a personal film about the self discovery of a 11-yr old girl who dreams of becoming the very best in everything, but is unsure of where her real talent lies. To complicate things further, an old, magic-less Modern Fairy walks into her life. Will Mahek ever realize her true strength? The film premiered at the London Film Festival

London Film Festival

The BFI London Film Festival is the UK's largest public film event, screening more than 300 features, documentaries and shorts from almost 50 countries. The festival, , currently in its 54th year, is run every year in the second half of October under the umbrella of the British Film Institute...

 to affectionate reviews. British Film Institute called it an “Inspiring Family Film,” Writer Rachel Dwyer said it's “Totally delightful,” Cleveland and St Louis Festival called it a “Gem of a film” and Sprockets Toronto Festival said it has “Heart & humor”. It was invited to many festivals around the world and won awards in Hollywood and Houston. It was Best Children's Film Nominee at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards

Asia Pacific Screen Awards

The Asia Pacific Screen Awards is an international cultural initiative of the State Government of Queensland, Australia, through Events Queensland, to honour and promote the films, actors, directors, and cultures of Asia-Pacific to a global audience and to realise the objectives of UNESCO to...

 in Australia. It is included in the University syllabus at the Otterbein College, US as part of their India studies curriculum. It is also shown as part of studies in schools of Canada.

Chaitra

'Chaitra

Chaitra (film)

Chaitra is a short film by Kranti Kanade based on G.A. Kulkarni's story of the same name. Kranti selected this story for his thesis short film towards completion of his degree in Direction from FTII. The film went on to win five National Film Awards in 2002.- Production :The film was shot in Alandi...

', his thesis film, is based on a story of the same name by the legendary Marathi author G. A. Kulkarni

G. A. Kulkarni

G. A. Kulkarni or simply "GA" , was a legendary Marathi writer of short stories.GA grew up in Belgaum. After earning his masters degree, he taught English at JSS College in Dharwad for about 30 years. He had very strong liking for Dharwad and Belgaum. For medical treatment of his eyes, he...

. It is about a proud woman who poetically vindicates her unfair social insult, but cannot escape her inevitable destiny. It won several National Film Awards

National Film Awards

The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it is administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973.Every year, a national panel...

 including Best Short Film, Best Music for Short Film (Pt Bhaskar Chandavarkar

Bhaskar Chandavarkar

Bhaskar Chandavarkar was an Indian sitar player, academic and film and theatre composer who worked with directors of Indian cinema, in various languages including Marathi, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam, Mrinal Sen, Girish Karnad, Aparna Sen and Amol Palekar and was known for his blending of Indian...

) and Jury Award for Acting (Sonali Kulkarni

Sonali Kulkarni

Sonali Kulkarni is an Indian actress. She was born in Pune. She has majorly worked in Marathi and Hindi films. She is famous for her role in Dil Chahta Hai.-Career:...

). It was India's official entry to the Student Academy Awards

Student Academy Awards

The Student Academy Awards is the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' annual competition for college and university filmmakers. The awards were originally named the Student Film Awards and were first presented in 1973. Since 1975, the awards have been given annually, usually in June...

.

NGO

Kranti is a co-founder of an NGO that works for the destitute children. So far it has rehabilitated 218 children.

Awards

Gandhi Of The Month (2012) (formerly called Against Itself)
Awarded IFFLA Film Fund by Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles

• Mahek (2007)

1. Premiered at the London Film Festival
2. Best Children's Film (Nominee) - Asia Pacific Screen Awards
3. Best Feature Film - Arpa Film Festival, Hollywood
4. Best Feature (Family) - Houston Film Festival
5. Nominated for various awards at several international film festivals [click] .

• Shaala (2005)

1. Best Screenplay - Indian Documentary Producer's Association
2. State Award - Best Editing and Best Cinematography

• Chaitra (2002)

1. National Award - Best Short Fiction
2. National Award - Best Music (Bhaskar Chandavarkar)
3. National Award - Special Mention for Best Acting (Sonali Kulkarni)

• Mumbai International Film Festival 2002

1. National Critics' Award
2. Best Short Silver
3. India's official entry to the Student Academy Awards