Agneya Singh

Agneya Singh
Agneya Singh
Agneya Singh
Born (1989-07-21) 21 July 1989
New Delhi, India
Occupation Filmmaker, Producer, Screenwriter
Years active 2007–present
Website agneyasingh.com

Agneya Singh is an Indian filmmaker and screenwriter.[1] He is best known for writing and directing M Cream.[2]

Life and career

Early life

Agneya Singh was born in New Delhi, India on 21 July 1989. His mother is the journalist and political commentator Seema Mustafa. After working as a photographer and documentary filmmaker, Singh enrolled in NYU Tisch School of the Arts. It was during this time that he assisted filmmaker Lynne Sachs and worked as a projectionist in the experimental Film/TV department at New York University.[3]

His student films and videos have been screened in New York at Anthology Film Archives.[4]

First Feature: M Cream

M Cream at RIIFF
M Cream wins Best Feature at RIIFF

Singh wrote and directed the Indian independent feature film M Cream starring Imaad Shah, Ira Dubey, Barry John and Tom Alter among others. Shot on location in New Delhi and Himachal Pradesh, M Cream follows the exploits of four friends who set out in pursuit of a mythic drug.[5]

M Cream premiered at the Rhode Island International Film Festival in 2014 where it received the ‘Best Feature Film’ award.[6] The film continued to travel to several international festivals throughout 2014 and 2015.[7]

"M Cream" was released theatrically in India on 22 July 2016 by PVR Pictures.[8] The worldwide rights were subsequently acquired by Netflix.[9]

References

  1. ↑ imdb.com - Agneya Singh, July 2015
  2. ↑ "PVR - M Cream", July 2016
  3. ↑ IANS (16 October 2014). "Cinema must be a weapon of revolution: Filmmaker Agneya Singh". Business Standard. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  4. ↑ anthologyfilmarchives.org - Calendar, January 2011
  5. ↑ M cream is a notion of rebellion, November 2015
  6. ↑ "M Cream wins at Rhode Island", August 2014
  7. ↑ In search of sex, drugs and rebellion, M Cream wins accolades abroad, March 2015
  8. ↑ M Cream - PVR, July 2016
  9. ↑ M Cream - Netflix, November 2016
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