Siddharth Chauhan

Siddharth Chauhan
Siddharth at an event
Born	24 September 1990 Renuka, Sirmaur
Occupation	Writer, Director & Producer
Years active	2013–present

Siddharth Chauhan, born in 1990, is an award-winning Indian Independent filmmaker from Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.^[1][2][3] He was awarded the "Youth Achiever" award by Hindustan Times Group in August 2014.^[4] Sidharth has not received any professional training in this field. His films have been screened across countries like Sarajevo, England, USA, Belarus, Durham, Indonesia, New Zealand, Italy and Paris.^[5] He is the youngest and the first independent filmmaker from Himachal Pradesh to have continuously taken his locally produced films outside India.^[6][7]

Work and Awards

His docu-fiction, Boys Don't Wear Nailpolish!, based on a sensitive gender issue, was awarded "The Golden Halo Award".^[8] Apart from this the film was screened at several other film festivals in India and abroad, including Mumbai International Queer Film Festival & ViBGYOR Film Festival.^[9][10] The Carolina Theatre group, Unites States also invited the film for a screening in October, 2015.^[11]

Siddharth's next independent production, a musical drama The Infinite Space; is a story of a young buddhist monk who accidentally discovers a secret to Infinity. The film featured music of the well known Grammy Award Nominee, Tibetan Flute Player, Nawang Khechog, and had its local premiere at the Gaiety Theatre, Shimla. The film was selected to compete at the IDSFFK 2015 International Film Festival of Kerala and was also selected by the University of Manchester UK for their Insight Film Curation scheme 2015.^[12][13]

His latest film 'PAPA' premiered at the IDSFFK 2016 International Film Festival of Kerala where it won the Best Short Fiction Award. His filmmaking style is inspired from the avant garde filmmaking movement, as also seen in his film 'PAPA' which received the Best Film Award: "For its innovation in narrative gesture and wicked understanding of human behaviour."^{[14][15] [16]}

Filmography

1. Peace is nowhere! (Short Film, 2012)
2. Boys Don't Wear Nailpolish! (Short Film, 2013)
3. The Infinite Space (Short Film, 2014–15)
4. PaPa (Short Film, 2016)
5. Pashi (Short Film - Under Production, 2017)
6. KARMA (Feature Film, 2018)

References

1. http://www.iffk.in/idsffk/idsffk_2016.php. Missing or empty |title= (help)
2. (PDF) http://www.iffk.in/idsffk/images/2016/idsffkawards_2016.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)
3. "Shimla talent Sidharth takes to films | Hill Post". Hillpost.in. 2013-09-06. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
4. "Beyond Clichés, Shattering stereotypes". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
5. https://himachalwatcher.com/2015/11/30/shimla-based-young-filmmakers-short-film-selected-for-paris-film-festival-2015/
6. https://himachalwatcher.com/2015/11/30/shimla-based-young-filmmakers-short-film-selected-for-paris-film-festival-2015/
7. http://www.hookedupon.com/rendezvous-with-siddharth-chauhan/
8. "Shimla boy bags award at international short film festival". Hindustantimes.com. 2014-02-24. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
9. "ViBGYOR | Film Festival". Vibgyorfilm.org. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
10. "List of Films Playing at KASHISH 2014 - KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival". Mumbaiqueerfest.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
11. http://www.paharicinema.com/breaking-mindset-standard-indians-boys-dont-wear-nailpolish/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
12. "Vision by Lense – Boys Don't Wear Nailpolish | Keekli". Keekli.in. 2015-06-06. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
13. "FILM SCREENING: "The Infinite Space - PREMIERE" + "Boys Don't Wear Nailpolish!"". Facebook.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
14. http://www.iffk.in/idsffk/idsffk_2016.php. Missing or empty |title= (help)
15. (PDF) http://www.iffk.in/idsffk/images/2016/idsffkawards_2016.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)
16. http://www.himachalwonders.in/talent-of-himachal/young-and-talented-siddharth-chauhan-filmmaker-from-shimla/. Missing or empty |title= (help)