Biography
Kranti Kanade's last film 'CRD' was a critical and theatrical acclaim in US and India fetching 100% ratings on RottenTomatoes and reaching 50 days in Indian cinemas. Los Angeles Times called it "Enchanting, audacious and infectious", Hollywood Reporter found it "Entrancing, category-defying" and The Hindu, India's National Newspaper declared "Subversive & fearless, Kanadé breaks all rules of filmmaking in creating CRD, which boldly goes where no Indian film has gone before." Other reviews say "CRD is path-breaking, classy & magnificently inventive. Unlike any seen in years." - Saibal Chatterjee, NDTV. "Outstanding, Superb" - Nandini Ramnath, Scroll. "Masterful, Sharp & Infectious" - Trisha Gupta, Firstpost, "Hypnotic! Inner-body experience." - Rahul Desai, Film Companion. CRD streamed on Netflix between 2018-2020.
His other film 'Gandhi Of The Month' stars the legendary Harvey Keitel (Reservoir Dogs, Youth, The Piano, Taxi Driver). His children's film 'Mahek' won awards around the world and 'Chaitra' won five National Film Awards becoming India's official entry to the Student Academy Awards. He studied at UCLA and FTII.
He has been teaching Film Direction, Production and Screen Writing for the past 18 yrs in several prestigious schools in US and India including USC, UCLA, FTII, NID, Jamia, Indraprastha, Srishti and Symbiosis. He is also a social Entrepreneur, a Tree planter who has planted more than 7000 trees and has helped rehabilitate more than 300 destitute children.
