Video Profile of Amit R Agrwal 2023
Agrwal is invited with full hospitality across continents as Jury or Guest of Honor to Film Festivals
Published Author with 4 books and over 25million+ readers, his books are in the library of film and media schools across continents. They are also available on top iconic book stores Foyles, Barnes & Noble and e-commerce like Amazon, FlipKart
Virgin.. Mira India's 1st feature film shot on Full HD Handycam screened in cinemas premiered during Cannes Film Festival 2011
Sought-after panelist on National News Broadcasters and Channels
Agrwal is a Co-chair with Ministers, Ambassadors, Consulate Generals and people of socio-politico significance
Co-panelist on film-forums and film-conclaves, Agrwal nurtures talent by grooming and training them under Popcorn Flicksss' Film Residency and/or Talennt Ka Maha Utsav
Hailed as one of the 1st Intimacy Director in Asia-Pacific, Agrwal's films with 1-Billion+ strong audiences, have screened in each of the continents
Agrwal and the now 'cult' 69 Opposites Attract are part of PhD Dissertation completed at Faculty of Law, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
Agrwal is part of Doctoral Thesis done by PhD scholars at IIT, Delhi to be published in Harvard's Business Review
With more than 1000 speaking sessions in business-conclaves, schools and meet-ups; few notable Awards and Honors of Agrwal are
- Invitation to be Guest of Honor, Producers' Network, Marche du Film Online 2020, Cannes Film Festival, France
- Karmaveer Chakra Award 2023 & 2021 instituted by iCONGO in partnership with the United Nations
- Lord Baden-Powell National Award 2020 for pioneering Cinema for Cause in Asia-Pacific
- Panelist since 2016 on Open Forum, at IFFI organized by Ministry of I&B, Government of India
- Invited as Jury and/or Guest of Honor with full-hospitality to film festivals and fashion weeks worldwide
Pioneer in Digital Film-making Agrwal envisioned in 2004 that films can be shot & released digitally. With 69 Opposites Attract he took this pioneering initiative, followed soon by many mainstream filmmakers of the Indian Film Industry.
In this 2010-article, he says that with 90% of films flopping, digital-release will be the trend; post-pandemic it turned out to be so very true
Agarwal is India's one of the first A cappella singers
Here is original single "Bhaiya ji Gaye Bombay Ko.." written, sung, performed and directed by Amit R Agarwal. Log on to Vimeo to watch it