Amole Gupte Explained

Amole Gupte
Birth Place:	Mumbai, India
Occupation:	Director, Screenwriter, Actor, Singer
Nationality:	Indian
Children:	Partho Gupte

Amole Gupte (born) is an Indian screenwriter, actor, singer and director, known for his work on the 2007 Bollywood film Taare Zameen Par (Like Stars on Earth) as creative director and screenwriter.^{[1] [2]} He conceived the film along with his wife, Deepa Bhatia (concept, research, and editing).^{[3] [4]} He was the chairperson of the Children's Film Society, India from 2012 to 2015. And presently serves as a member of the advisory board of the Kautik International Student Film Festival.^[5]

Filmography

Director

Year	Film	Director	Writer	Producer	Note
2007	Panga Naa Lo
2007					also Creative director
2011	Stanley Ka Dabba				^[6]
2014	Hawa Hawaai
2017
2021

Actor

• Mumbai Saga^[7] (2021)
• Sniff (2017)
• Ek Tara (2015)
• Singham Returns (2014)
• Bheja Fry 2 (2011)
• Stanley Ka Dabba (2011)
• Urumi (2011)^[8]
• Phas Gaye Re Obama (2010)^[9]
• Kaminey (2009)
• Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992)
• Holi (1984)

Awards

Year	Work	Award	Category	Result
2008	Taare Zameen Par	Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards^[10]	Best Story
			Best Screenplay
			Best Writer^[11]
2010	Kaminey
			Best Supporting Actor

Further reading

• Vij, Gauri. "." The Hindu, 3 February 2008.
• Anurag Kashyap. "TAARE ZAMEEN PE- not a review." https://web.archive.org/web/20090403084922/http://passionforcinema.com/taare-zameen-pe-not-a-review, 18 December 2007.

Notes and References

1. News: Cinema quiz: Inside Hindi cinema's classrooms . The Hindu. 2 August 2019.
2. News: Aamir avoids Amole Gupte, Anusha Rizvi . The Times of India. 16 June 2011.
3. News: DNA Mumbai Anniversary: Amol Gupte on how Taare Zameen Par changed mindset about education . DNA India . 29 July 2018.
4. News: A leap of faith . 11 April 2008 . Vij . Gauri . 3 February 2008 . The Hindu . https://web.archive.org/web/20080407235243/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2008020350030200.htm&date=2008%2F02%2F03%2F&prd=mag& . 7 April 2008 . usurped.
5. Web site: Festival People – Kautik International Student Film Festival. 15 June 2023 .
6. News: Amole Gupte makes film out of children's workshop . . 24 February 2012 . 5 November 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121105014238/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/amole-gupte-makes-film-out-of-childrens-workshop/148995-8-66.html . dead .
7. Web site: Sanjay Gupta nervous to shoot for 'Mumbai Saga'. The Times of India. 27 August 2019. 27 August 2019.
8. News: 'Urumi' is my comment on globalisation: Santosh Sivan . The Indian Express. 31 March 2011 . 24 February 2012.
9. Web site: Phas Gaya Re Obama songs, Phas Gaya Re Obama videos, 2005 . Dhunio.com . 24 February 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120425091604/http://dhunio.com/movie/phas-gaya-re-obama/ . 25 April 2012 . dead.
10. Web site: 5 December 2009. Winners of 4th Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards. bollywoodhungama.com.
11. Web site: Winners of the V. Shantaram Awards 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090203123548/http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3901208.cms. 3 February 2009. 31 January 2009. The Times of India.