Occupation Film director, writer Movies Bubble Gum | Years active 1993–present | |
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Director sanjivan lal on his film bubble gum exclusive interview
Sanjivan Lal (born 18 June 1965) is an Indian film director and writer. He did his specialisation in Film Direction from Film and Television Institute of India at Pune. Before making feature films, he had made several documentaries on various topics for Government as well as for the Corporates. He has also made several one-off episodes for various channels like Zee and Star TV.
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- Director sanjivan lal on his film bubble gum exclusive interview
- Introduction to india deaf can tv
- Early life
- Career
- Activities
- Director
- Writer
- Fiction
- Documentary
- Corporate films
- Awards and rewards
- References
He was a jury member of non-feature section of Indian Panorama for IFFI, 2005 at Goa.
In 2011, he made his directorial debut with the film Bubble Gum which was a critically acclaimed film and was also appreciated all over. The film was among the 5 films you should've watched in 2011 by Rajeev Masand. The film was also listed among the best films of 2011 by Hindustan Times.
Sanjivan was also noticed and was among the best Debut Directors List of Yahoo! India.
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Early life
Sanjivan Lal was born in Jamshedpur. He had his early education at Loyola School, Jamshedpur and later at Sawan Public School, New Delhi.
Later he did his graduation from Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi, where he took part in Dramatic Society – The Players.
After graduation he pursued Chartered Accountancy in Delhi for 2 and a half years only to quit & join 6 months documentary workshop being conducted by CENDIT, New Delhi sponsored by The Indo-German Social Service Society, 1989.
At the end of the workshop he got through Film and Television Institute of India at Pune to specialise in Film Direction. He graduated from FTII in 1993 & shifted to Bombay.
Career
Sanjivan Lal is an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune with specialization in Film Direction, 1993. His diploma film The Second Page about the killing of under trails in Police lock ups was screened as part of the Indian Panorama at the International Film Festival of India in Calcutta in 1994.
Starting his own production house, Lumiere Films, Sanjivan directed several one offs and serials telecast on prime television channels like Star Plus's Star Bestsellers, Zee TV's Rishtey, Saturday Suspense and Sahara TV's Raaz and Mujrim Kaun? The episode Khazana in the thriller series Mujrim Kaun? won the prestigious RAPA award for excellence in Radio and Television advertising.
Sanjivan has dealt with a variety of non-fiction subjects as well. From a film on chau mask making for the Government of Jharkhand, to a film on the Electronic Voting Machine for The Election Commission of India.
His short film "Is God Deaf?" about noise pollution in the name of religion was selected for the International Festival of Documentary and Reality Films at New Delhi and the International Film Festival of India, 2004, as part of the Indian Panorama.
His first feature film was Bubble Gum which was released on 29 July 2011. The film was critically acclaimed and was among the best films of 2011. The movie is available for viewing in YouTube
He is currently busy scripting his next film.
Activities
Sanjivan attended Rotterdam Lab at Rotterdam, Netherlands in 2007.
Did freelance journalism on cinema for Delhi-based newspapers- Hindustan Times, The Patriot & The Indian Express.
Director
Writer
Fiction
Documentary
Corporate films
Awards and rewards
The episode Khazana in the thriller series Mujrim Kaun? won the prestigious RAPA award for excellence in Radio and Television advertising.
"Is God Deaf?" was selected for PSBT-PRASAR BHARTI-UNESCO'S INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF DOCUMENTARY & REALITY FILMS at New Delhi, 2004 and was also selected for 35th INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF INDIA [IFFI 2004] at Goa as a part of the INDIAN PANORAMA.
His diploma film The Second Page about the killing of under trails in Police lock ups was selected for THE INDIAN PANORAMA at the 25th INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF INDIA Calcutta 1994.