Author Biography

Amit Dutta-Amit Dutta is a filmmaker and author. He graduated in film direction from the Film & Television Institute of India (FTII) in 2004. He has made over forty films and published five books. His debut novel in Hindi Kaaljayi Kambakht won the Krishna Baldev Vaid Fellowship Award for outstanding contribution to experimental fiction in 2016. His book of short-stories for children, gyarah rupey ka fountain pen was published in 2021. It was included in Tata Trusts’ Parag Honours List 2022, as one of the best books for children, in an effort to promote good quality children’s literature in India. As a Tagore Fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, he wrote INVISIBLE WEBS: An art-historical inquiry into the life and death of Jangarh Singh Shyam. He has taught at the National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad and the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune.