Amit V. Masurkar Explained

Amit V Masurkar
Birth Name:	Amit V Masurkar
Nationality:	Indian
Education:	B.A. History
Alma Mater:	Manipal Institute of Technology
Occupation:	Film Director Screenwriter
Notable Works:	Newton (film)

Amit V Masurkar is an Indian film director and screenwriter.^{[1] [2]}

He directed the independent comedy film Sulemani Keeda. His second feature film, Newton was selected as the Indian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards.^{[3] [4] [5]} He also won the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Screenplay for this film.^[6]

Early life and education

Masurkar dropped out of an engineering course at Manipal Institute of Technology at the age of 20 to pursue filmmaking. He later acquired a BA degree in history from Mumbai University.^[7]

Filmography

Films

!Year!Title!Director!Screenplay!Story!Note

2011	Murder 3				additional screenplay
2013	Sulemani Keeda
2017	Newton
2021	Sherni				also Producer

Notes and References

1. Web site: Amit Masurkar. IMDb. 2017-09-24.
2. Web site: Ghosh . Sankhayan . Amit Masurkar: Newton's search for order in chaos . Livemint . 29 April 2020 . en . 27 January 2017.
3. News: Rajkummar Rao's Newton Is India's Pick For The Oscars. NDTV.com. 2017-09-24.
4. News: 'Newton' box-office collection Day 2: Rajkummar Rao starrer mints Rs 2.50 crore . The Times of India. 2017-09-24.
5. News: Newton: Reactions on Twitter . The Times of India. 2017-09-24.
6. Web site: APSA Nominees & Winners . Asia Pacific Screen Awards . 29 April 2020.
7. News: Dasgupta . Priyanka . Amit V Masurkar: 'Some of my favourite Ray films were premiered in Berlin'. 29 April 2020 . The Times of India . en.