Pankaj Rishi Kumar

After graduating from the FTII Pune, India, in 1992, with a specialisation in Film Editing, Pankaj was assistant editor on Sekhar Kapur's ‘Bandit Queen’. After editing numerous documentaries and TV serials, he made his first film Kumar Talkies. Subsequently, Pankaj has become a one-man crew producing, directing, shooting and editing his own films under the banner of Kumar Talkies. His films have been screened at film festivals all over the world. He has won grants from Hubert Bals, IFA, Jan Vrijman, AND (Korea), Banff, Majlis, Sarai and Pad.ma. Pankaj was awarded an Asia Society fellowship at Harvard Asia Centre (2003). He is an alumnus of Asian Film Academy (Pusan) and Berlin Talents (2016). Pankaj also curates and teaches.

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  Vakratunda Swaha

  Editor

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  In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones

  5th Year

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  A Briefcase Full of Reflexive Maladies

  Editor

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  Katho Upanishad

  Editor

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  Kumar Talkies

  Director

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  Janani's Juliet

  Director

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  Punches n Ponytails

  Director

• 3 Men and a Bulb

  Director

• In God's Land

  Director

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  Gola Dreams

  Director

• 2019Janani's JulietDirector
• 2011Katho UpanishadEditor
• 2010Vakratunda SwahaEditor
• 2008Punches n PonytailsDirector
• 20053 Men and a BulbDirector
• 1999Kumar TalkiesDirector
• 1992A Briefcase Full of Reflexive MaladiesEditor
• 1989In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones5th Year
• —In God's LandDirector
• —Gola DreamsDirector