Zanane Rajsingh

Zanane Rajsingh (Hindi: राजसिंह ज़नाने, born 15 March 1988 ) is an Indian film director. His debut film Beyond Blue - An Unnerving Tale of a Demented Mind, World Premiered on 16 May 2015 at 68th Festival de Cannes Marche du Film [1] and the film was digitally released on Amazon Prime on December 2nd, 2019[2] He was recently awarded at 8th Gauravvanta Gujarati Awards for his contribution to Gujarat State for making films and taking Gujarati community worldwide.[3] His next is a Gujarati film entitled 'Colorbaaj' which is based on underground parties in Ahmedabad [4] He is currently making a film on the topic of the climate change and its adverse effects titled It's Tomorrow - The Film. The film is written by Dr. Rajeshkumar Acharya and is being produced in the United States and India.[5]

Zanane Rajsingh
Born (1988-03-15) 15 March 1988
Kolhapur
OccupationFilm director, film producer, screenwriter
Years active2011-present

Early life and education

Zanane Rajsingh was born in Kolhapur, Maharashtra in 1988. He studied at National Public School, Indore and St. Pauls Higher Secondary School, Indore where his family resides in Harsiddhi Colony.[6] His father works as a logistic manager in a private firm in Ahmedabad and his mother is a retired school teacher. He currently resides in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.[7]

Career

In 2009, Zanane Rajsingh moved to Pune to work for a Multinational corporation where he continued working till 2011. While working there, he made a 16-minute short film A Candle Light Event based on the German bakery blast in Pune in 2010, which garnered appreciation from the film festivals.[8]

In 2013, his psychological thriller short film Hastkala won a Best Screenplay award at the Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival. He then developed this short film into a feature film called as Beyond Blue - An Unnerving Tale of a Demented Mind which went on the floor by end of 2014.[9] It had its world premiere at Cannes 2015. He is currently busy his directorial venture – It's Tomorrow, a climate fiction feature film on climate change which produced by an Indo-US based film production company Nanoland Group.[10] He was awarded at 8th Gauravvanta Gujarati Award, 2015 for making films in Gujarat and representing Gujarat internationally.[11][12]

Films
  • A Candle Light Event (2011)
  • Ashru - Tears in Heaven (2011)[13]
  • Anurupata (2011)
  • Aaj ki Taaza Khabar (2011)
  • Hastkala - An art of hand (2012)[14]
  • Khone De - A story of every Nirbhaya (2013)
  • Beyond Blue - An Unnerving Tale of a Demented Mind (2015)
  • Colorbaaj (2017)
  • It's Tomorrow (currently in production)

References
  1. http://epaper.dnaindia.com/epapermain.aspx?pgNo=8&edcode=1310009&eddate=2015-4-09
  2. https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Blue-Tushar-Pandey/dp/B081PJYDDH
  3. http://digitalimages.bhaskar.com/thumbnail/703x1096/gujarat/epaperimages/16062015/15city%20bhaskar%20ahmedabad-pg1-0.jpg?13
  4. http://dnasyndication.com/showarticlerss.aspx?nid=o/lxgLshDaab3YIIG8E1L3YtDopBH7iWEjpRrTXfkaE=
  5. Gaur, Ashish (25 January 2014). "City lad to direct international film on climate change". Times of India. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  6. "Indore lad's Cannes glory with directional premiere". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  7. "City lad to direct international film on climate change". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  8. "Unmasking the chilling conspiracy of global warming". Khaleej Times. 13 July 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  9. Shetty, Akshata. "Five Indian filmmakers to expand their short films into feature" (22 May 2013). Times of India. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  10. Shah-Desai, Kinjal (5 February 2014). "A career changing film – 'It's Tomorrow'". DNAIndia (AfterHRS). DNA India. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  11. http://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/news/MGUJ-AHM-c-69-1164598-NOR.html?seq=3
  12. http://epaper.divyabhaskar.co.in/ahmedabad/12/16062015/0/1/
  13. "Times of India Publications". Lite.epaper.timesofindia.com. 23 September 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  14. "Five Indian filmmakers to expand their short films into feature". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
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