Biography
Amit Khanna is a Director, Writer, Producer, Actor and an avid Fashion photographer from Mumbai, India. The sole holder of the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke excellence award 2016 in the field of fashion photography, Amit made his debut as a writer with Channel V's first-ever fiction show "Roomies" in 2009 , he made his debut as a director with a film titled "Tutiya Dil" in 2012, Followed by "Badmashiyaan- Fun never ends" in 2015. Amit struck gold with his short film " An untold story of paper boats" which featured in the 69th Cannes film festival as well as won the best short film in foreign language at the Nice Film festival 2016, He wrote directed produced and acted in India's first ever LGBTQ web series All about section 377 and Still about section 377 both these web series gained immense popularity and were big hits. All about section film cut won the best foreign language film at the Berlin international filmmakers award in 2017
Early and Personal
Born on 24th July 1984, Amit is a south Mumbai boy, he did his schooling from G.D.Somani Memorial school, Cuffe parade in Mumbai, went to study commerce at the Jai Hind college as well as HR college of commerce after which he did his graduation in Hotel Management from IHM Bangalore, Amit pursued his post graduation from IIPM Mumbai after which he chose to follow his heart and become an artist. As he was exposed to theatre from an early age of 3 with Raell Padamsee at little actors club as well as Ms Salomi Roy Kapoor mentored him.
Career.
1) Director Amit Khanna, started off as a short film director at an extremely age his short films such as Unnoticed Love, Misunderstood, Yeh Jahaan and Squall travelled across the globe and were well received by one and all, Amit directed his first Hindi film "Tutiya Dil" which released in the year 2012, his second Hindi feature film "Badmashiyaan- fun never ends" was released in 2015, he directed an award-winning short film " An untold story of paper boats" which released in 2016 at the 69th Cannes film festival, Amit Also directed India's first LGBTQ web series - All about section 377 which apart from the web also aired on NDTV prime in 2016-2017, he further did the second season of the hit show " Still about section 377" which released on Sony Liv in 2018 Amit also directed the first ever Telugu- English cross over film " Friends-in-law" which was showcased in the 71st Cannes Film Festival Market
2) Photographer His undying passion and commitment have led him to showcase his skills at celebrated platforms like Provogue Mr India, Miss Diva, Femina Miss India, BCL, Campus Princess, Top Model India, Lakme Fashion Week, Wills India Fashion Week, IIJW. Amit has been associated with international brands like Starbucks for celebrity photo shoots as well as brands like Krishna Pearls, Chromozome, Oriflame, Gatsby, Crusoe, Dr Tvacha, Dazzler, Horra Luxury, Kodak Lens and many more. His style transformed fashion photography in India and gave it a global edge to magazines like L'official, Nobless, Hi Blitz, Man's World, The Man and Men's Health. TMM. He happens to be the sole holder of the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Excellence award 2016 in the field of fashion photography.
3) Writer Amit began his writing career with channel V's first fiction show " Roomies" (2009), after which he wrote Tutiya dil 2012, (feature film), All about section 377 and Still about section 377 (web series). He has also written the first ever Telugu-English cross over film "Friends-in-law"
4) Actor Amit Khanna made his acting debut with the hugely popular web series " All about section 377" (2016) his portrayal of an overweight gay man won him accolades galore he was nominated for his performance at the prestigious Nice film festival as best actor in leading role, Amit has acted in the second season of the show "Still about section 377" (2018)
