| Avinash Das | |
| Occupation: | Indian Filmmaker |
| Spouse: | Swarn Kanta |
Avinash Das (born 14 January 1976) is an Indian filmmaker.[1] [2] He is mostly known for directing Bollywood film Anaarkali of Aarah, Netflix series She and ZEE5 movie Raat Baki Hai.[3]
Avinash started his career as a journalist at NDTV[4] before joining Dainik Bhaskar, a Hindi language daily newspaper.[5] He directed his first movie Anaarkali of Aarah in 2017, featuring Swara Bhaskar, Sanjay Mishra and Pankaj Tripathi.[6] [1] In 2020, Das made his Netflix debut with TV series She, starring Aditi Pohankar and Vijay Varma.[7] In 2021, he directed Raat Baki Hai, featuring Anup Soni, Dipannita Sharma and Rahul Dev.[8] [9] In the same year, he also came up with Runaway Lugaai, starring Ruhi Singh.[10]
He was born in Darbhanga, Bihar.[2] He studied at Lalit Narayan Mithila University in his hometown. Das currently resides in Mumbai with his wife Swarn Kanta and daughter Shravani Das.[3]
In July 2022, he was detained for sharing a photo of Union minister Amit Shah with a former IAS officer Pooja Singhal. He was arrested from his residence in Mumbai. The police filed a complaint against him for misleading people and tarnishing the image of Mr Shah. He was also accused of availing freelance services without making the due payments for the completed projects. A separate case was also filed against him for sharing the picture of a woman wearing national flag on Facebook.