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Amit V Masurkar
Amit V Masurkar
Born
Amit V Masurkar
NationalityIndian
EducationB.A. History
Alma materManipal Institute of Technology
Occupation(s)Film Director
Screenwriter
Notable workNewton (film)

Amit V Masurkar is an Indian film director and screenwriter.[1][2]

He directed the independent comedy film Sulemani Keeda. His second feature film, Newton was selected as the Indian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards.[3][4][5] He also won the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Screenplay for this film.[6]

Early life and education

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Masurkar dropped out of an engineering course at Manipal Institute of Technology at the age of 20 to pursue filmmaking. He later acquired a BA degree in history from Mumbai University.[7]

Filmography

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Films
Year Title Director Screenplay Story Note
2011 Murder 3 No Yes No additional screenplay
2013 Sulemani Keeda Yes Yes Yes
2017 Newton Yes Yes Yes
2021 Sherni Yes No No also Producer

References

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  1. ^ "Amit Masurkar". IMDb. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  • ^ Ghosh, Sankhayan (27 January 2017). "Amit Masurkar: Newton's search for order in chaos". Livemint. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  • ^ "Rajkummar Rao's Newton Is India's Pick For The Oscars". NDTV.com. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  • ^ "'Newton' box-office collection Day 2: Rajkummar Rao starrer mints Rs 2.50 crore". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  • ^ "Newton: Reactions on Twitter". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  • ^ "APSA Nominees & Winners". Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  • ^ Dasgupta, Priyanka. "Amit V Masurkar: 'Some of my favourite Ray films were premiered in Berlin'". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
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