Pawan K. Shrivastava
Pawan K. Shrivastava
Born (1982-05-11) May 11, 1982
Marhowrah, Bihar State, India
NationalityIndian
Known forFilms, Activism
Websitewww.nayapata.com

Pawan K Shrivastava[1][2][3] is a film maker, writer, blogger and activist born in 1982, in the town of Marhaura, Bihar State, India. After completing high school, he went to Allahabad for further education, and then to Delhi to work and study computer science. He left in 2008 and returned to Bihar to aid, make documentaries on, and direct plays on social issues.[4]

Pawan is also the Director of Bihar's first independent crowd funded film,[5] Naya Pata. He generated the funds for Naya Pata through social networking sites, personal and social connections and now he has become one of very few film makers who have tried Crowdfunding, and started a new trend for film making in India. He writes at his blogs E-Bihar[6] and 'Patna Ki Sadko Se'.[7] He has directed two documentaries, two short films and one feature film and has written and directed more than 200 street plays.[8]

He has created history by making NAYA PATA through crowd Funding in just 8 Lacs.[9] He has successfully shown the agony of migrants and their struggle for identity.[10] He lives in Delhi and keeps himself involved in various social activities[11][12] in the city.

He has been selected among 13 young innovators of 2012 from Bihar to Chart their own road of Success by Telegraph.[13]

Pawan's first film Naya Pata is scheduled to release on 27 June through PVR Director's rare.[14] It is going to be the first time in India that a film from Bihar is exclusively being released by PVR Director's cut.

Pawan has recently been invited by Andaman Film Society to take workshops on film making and crowd Funding in Portblair.[15]

"Haashiye Ke Log" - After the Success of Naya Pata, Pawan has announced his next film titled "Haashiye Ke Log" [16] which is about the Marginalised Section and focussed on the Plights of Dalits in contemporary Indian Society. He Has already made a strong team and working on the scripting Part. He is hope full to complete the Pre Production by the end of December 2014. He is going to start crowd Funding Campaign soon for "Haashiye Ke Log" [17]

Filmography

YearTitleNotes
2014Naya PataFeature Film
First Crowd funded film from Bihar Released in 2014 by PVR directors cut[18]
2018Life of an OutcastFeature Film
Streaming on Netflix [19]
2021Kumbh - The Other StoryFeature Length Documentary
Released on MovieSaints in 2022 [20]
2021I Am DraupadiFeature Film
Completed [21]

References

  1. ↑ "Pawan k Shrivastava". IMDb.
  2. ↑ "An Independent Film Through Crowd Funding". Naya Pata. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
  3. ↑ Esther Elias (2012-09-05). "Sabse bada rupaiyya". The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
  4. ↑ "SWATI - Social Welfare And Advancement Through Integration". swatiindia.org.
  5. ↑ "Crowd funding concept reaches Bhojpuri industry". The Times of India. Jul 19, 2012. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
  6. ↑ Pawan K Shrivastava (2011-04-30). "Welcome to eBihar". Ebihar.blogspot.in. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
  7. ↑ Pawan K Shrivastava. "पटना की सड़को से" [From Patna's Road] (in Hindi). Patnakisadkose.blogspot.in. Archived from the original on 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
  8. ↑ "Young Turk to screen migration menace". Telegraphindia.com. 2012-08-27. Archived from the original on October 2, 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
  9. ↑ "Agony of migrants identity loss captured in indie film". india.com. 19 January 2014.
  10. ↑ Bhattacharya, Budhaditya (9 January 2014). "Home truths" – via www.thehindu.com.
  11. ↑ "Stopacidattacks.org". www.stopacidattacks.org. Archived from the original on 2014-01-13. Retrieved 2014-01-20.
  12. ↑ "Occupy Polling Booths: Online Campaign". Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-01-20.
  13. ↑ "Smart and peppy youths chart road to success". telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on January 5, 2013.
  14. ↑ "'Naya Pata' to hit screens June 27". india.com. 31 May 2014.
  15. ↑ "Port Blair | Workshop on film making by Pawan K Shrivastava | the Echo of India". Archived from the original on 2014-10-26. Retrieved 2014-10-26.
  16. ↑ "Hit at home, crowd funding sets sail for Port Blair". telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on October 7, 2014.
  17. ↑ "People to fund social film". telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on October 26, 2014.
  18. ↑ "Naya Pata". IMDb.
  19. ↑ "Life of an Outcast". IMDb.
  20. ↑ "Kumbh - The Other Story". Watchmyfilm.
  21. ↑ "I Am Draupadi". IMDb.
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