by Ishan Roy
Anand Gandhi
Anand Gandhi is widely regarded as the film auteur who ushered in a new wave of Indian cinema. His first film, Ship of Theseus, won the National Award for Best Picture. His next film, Tumbbad, became the region’s most-watched genre film of the last two decades. His non-fiction production, An Insignificant Man, was India’s most commercially successful documentary film. Anand’s films have won the highest honors at the international film festivals of Toronto, Venice, Transylvania, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. Anand also produced the best selling board games SHASN and SHASN:AZADI, and launched India’s first VR journalism platform, ElseVR. He is now creating his magnum opus - a truly unprecedented narrative universe, that aims to take South Asia to the world.