Saurav Mohapatra is a filmmaker and writer based out of San Francisco, California, USA.

Saurav Mohapatra
Saurav Mohapatra
Saurav Mohapatra
Born1978[1]
Khurda, India[1]
OccupationWriter, Filmmaker
NationalityIndian
Period2006 –
Website
www.sauravmohapatra.com

His comic book work includes the Devi (#11 onwards), The Sadhu : "The Silent Ones"[2] and Deepak Chopra's India Authentic from Virgin Comics. He is the co-creator/writer of the crime-noir comic book series Mumbai Confidential from Archaia. His recent work includes Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay’s Chander pahar into a graphic novel called Moon Mountain[3] for Penguin Random House (India) and Sholay: Gabbar, an authorized prequel graphic novel for the iconic Hindi feature film Sholay.[4]

He wrote all eight episodes of season one of the streaming series Nakaab (directed by Soumik Sen and starring Mallika Sherawat, Esha Gupta, and Gautam Rode) that released on MX Player on Sep 15, 2021.[5]

As a filmmaker, he's known for his short film The First Rule, that he wrote and directed. The First Rule won the award for "Best International Short Film" at the Port Blair International Film Festival, 2021.

Biography

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Born in 1978 in Khurda, India, Mohapatra attended the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and later emigrated to United States in 2000.

He was also the co-founder of Dimdim inc., an open source web conferencing company (acquired by Salesforce.com in 2011)[6]

Bibliography

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Filmography

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  • Amelia runs through a meadow (2024) (short film) (writer/director)
  • The Ukulele (2023) (short film) (writer/director)
  • A Good Fight (2022) (short film) (writer/director) - Winner "Best Action/Adventure Short Film" at Another Hole in the Head Film Festival 2022
  • Nakaab (2021) (streaming series) (MXPlayer) (writer) - Season 1
  • The First Rule (2021) (short film) (writer/director) - Winner "Best International Short Film" award at Port Blair International Film Festival 2021
  • Cora (2020) (short film) (writer/director)
  • Lathe (2020) (short film) (writer/director)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b [1], www.mohaps.com
  2. ^ Forum Archived 2007-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, Newsarama
  3. ^ "Home".
  4. ^ Maniar, Parag (2014). "Sholay's Gabbar Singh immortalised in comic book". Times of India.
  5. ^ "Nakaab (TV Series 2021) - IMDb". IMDb.
  6. ^ About Dimdim Archived 2010-08-22 at the Wayback Machine, www.dimdim.com
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Preceded by Devi writer
2007
Succeeded by
Preceded by
India Authentic writer
2007
Succeeded by