Dharmakirti Sumant

Dharmakirti Sumant, a recent UEA graduate, wrote the script for the Hindi-language feature film CRD. It was first made available on Netflix with English subtitles recently after being released in Los Angeles in 2016 and India in 2017. With financial assistance from an INLAKS international fellowship, Dharmakirti completed her MA in Creative Writing (Scriptwriting) in 2018.

Additionally, he co-authored the script for Maun Raag and penned the screenplay for the 2018 movie Ashlee Udyog Mitra Mandal (2013). He wrote hundreds of plays for the theatre, and his play Paani Charo, Aaron Ityadi won the Sahitya Akademie Award in the youth category in 2012. He described an instance from his past. Dharmakirti Sumant and Alok Rajwade Ali Rajwade is a young and talented Indian actor a >> Read More... leave their Kothrud, Pune, office on nights when they have late shifts to go to supper. On the street, we come across balloon vendors.

We realize you don't need a balloon," they assert, "but we need money, not alms." So, around midnight, we, 30-year-old men without kids, go out and buy balloons," explains Rajwade. In the play A Doubtful Gaze At Uber At Midnight, Rajwade directed and Sumant wrote, a girl selling balloons strolls by in silence. She represents the societal and human conflict at the center of Sumant and Rajwade's darkly humorous play for the past ten years. She is both genuine and ludicrous.

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Dharmakirti Sumant is one of the few acclaimed storytellers in the Marathi Theatre arena. Sumant has completed his degree in screenwriting from FTII. He has been a part of the experimental theatre plays for almost a decade. He debuted with the Marathi film 'Maunraag' in 2013 premiered at the 'Mumbai International Film Festival.' Dharmakirti has been awarded the 'Sahitya Academy Youth Award' for his book 'Pani.' In 2016, Sumant worked on another independent project named 'CRD' shot by an Oscar-winning cinematographer 'Daniel Katz.' The film will feature in London and Stuttgart film festivals. Another set of his notable works includes ' Phuntroo Click to look into! >> Read More... ' and 'Binkamache Sanvad.'