Author: mostlycinema
Amit Agarwal is an award winning filmmaker, screenwriter, film thinker and TEDx speaker.
After completing his MBA, he worked in the agricultural sector in Africa, India and Europe for over 10 years and decided to pursue his passion for cinema.
He has been mentored in filmmaking by Dr Girish Kasaravalli, the master Indian filmmaker. He assisted Dr Kasaravalli on his National Award Winning film "Kurmawatara" (The Tortoise, An Incarnation) and on "Images/Reflections” a seminal documentary based on the cinema of the legendary Adoor Gopalakrishnan.
His award winning short film Son of Kali examines global issues of migration and religious minorities in the Indo-Bangladesh context. Farewell Goddess a short documentary, asks a big question about mans abusive relationship with nature. His first short film A Special Man which dealt with the ambivalence of the Indian elite towards participative politics, premiered on NDTV Prime Channel.
A self-styled Film Evangelist he writes about cinema at mostlycinema.com apart from publishing articles and photographs related to cinema in leading national dailies. In Singapore he currently serves as the Artistic Director of the Singapore South Asian International Film Festival (SGSAIFF) and is pioneering a unique Image-literacy program for children.
As a filmmaker he firmly believes that cinema should a part of the dialogue in society.