Abhimanyu Kanodia
- Director
- Writer
- Editor
Abhimanyu Kanodia is an award-winning film writer & director, known for making Kathakaar (2016), Jangle Bells (2015), Queen Of Hearts (2016), Abhineta (2017), Tape (2020), Sau Gram Zindagi (2020), Rajesh Deewana (2017), Truce (2019), Beyond The Tides (2015) and a Web Series titled, Firsts: Season 5 (2021) for Dice Media. His short film Kathakaar, featuring Piyush Mishra in the lead role has achieved a rare feat of being a Semi-Finalist in the Foreign Narrative category of the 43rd Annual Student Academy Awards, Oscars. Among 1,749 films that were submitted to the Student Academy this year, Kathakaar made it in roughly the top 5% of all films submitted.
After Kathakaar, Abhimanyu went on to make some of the extremely successful short films, Jangle Bells, MTV Abhineta, Queen of Hearts, Tape and Truce. He has also made two acclaimed documentaries- Rajesh Deewana & Beyond the Tides and many successful Music Videos like Tum Bhi Na (2016), Kahe Koi Aansoo (2020), Tera Kya Hota x Nene Lekunte Mashup (2020) and O Bandeya (2020). He has also worked as a director on various TV Commercials/Brand films. In January 2021, he directed a Web Series for Dice Media titled, Firsts: Season 5 (2021).
His short films have been selected in over 45 international and national film festivals, winning over 15 awards. The combined YouTube, Facebook and Instagram views of all his work stands at more than 20 Million.
Abhimanyu has successfully collaborated with renowned film and media personalities like Piyush Mishra, Radhika Apte, Darshan Jariwala, Smita Jayakar, Namit Das, Monali Thakur, Sumeet Vyas, Manasi Parekh, Vipin Sharma, Vatsal Sheth, Mukti Mohan, Smita Bansal, Saurabh Dubey, Deepti Devi, Priya Banerjee and Shruti Vyas on various projects. He has worked with Mr. Subhash Ghai's film production company Mukta Arts Ltd, MTV India, Voot, Hotstar, Dice Media, The Zoom Studios, Scroll India, Songfest India, Being Indian, Looking China and Humari Film Company on various projects.
Work Link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4KlnaXshBxe8prSxPBcl1j2wtmIDFFUn
After Kathakaar, Abhimanyu went on to make some of the extremely successful short films, Jangle Bells, MTV Abhineta, Queen of Hearts, Tape and Truce. He has also made two acclaimed documentaries- Rajesh Deewana & Beyond the Tides and many successful Music Videos like Tum Bhi Na (2016), Kahe Koi Aansoo (2020), Tera Kya Hota x Nene Lekunte Mashup (2020) and O Bandeya (2020). He has also worked as a director on various TV Commercials/Brand films. In January 2021, he directed a Web Series for Dice Media titled, Firsts: Season 5 (2021).
His short films have been selected in over 45 international and national film festivals, winning over 15 awards. The combined YouTube, Facebook and Instagram views of all his work stands at more than 20 Million.
Abhimanyu has successfully collaborated with renowned film and media personalities like Piyush Mishra, Radhika Apte, Darshan Jariwala, Smita Jayakar, Namit Das, Monali Thakur, Sumeet Vyas, Manasi Parekh, Vipin Sharma, Vatsal Sheth, Mukti Mohan, Smita Bansal, Saurabh Dubey, Deepti Devi, Priya Banerjee and Shruti Vyas on various projects. He has worked with Mr. Subhash Ghai's film production company Mukta Arts Ltd, MTV India, Voot, Hotstar, Dice Media, The Zoom Studios, Scroll India, Songfest India, Being Indian, Looking China and Humari Film Company on various projects.
Work Link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4KlnaXshBxe8prSxPBcl1j2wtmIDFFUn