Noida: 8th Global Film Festival Noida 2015 organized a powerful workshop. on film writing and direction by Manish Gupta a well-known writer and director from Mumbai.
“Writing is the key to success. The powerful script is the soul of the film. Audience accepts something out of the box for the next film. Repeat of subject do not attract people to the theatres,” said Manish Gupta while introducing the subject to the large media and film students present there from all over India and abroad.
Manish Gupta is an Indian writer and director in Bollywood Manish started his career as a scriptwriter. His first film as a writer was Sarkar starring Amitabh Bachchan Abhishek Bachchan and Katrina Kaif.
Manish soon graduated to film direction and made his debut as director with Darna Zaroori Hain which he directed one story amongst the six stories each directed by a separate director.Manish’s first film as independent director was The Stoneman Murders starring Kay Kay Menon and Arbaaz Khan
His next movie as director was “Hostel” that explored the psychology of ‘Ragging’ (Hazing/Initiation). The President of India, Mrs. Pratibha Patil felicitated Manish Gupta at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi for addressing a national issue through cinema.
Manish’s latest film is ‘Rahasya’ a murder mystery. The film stars Kay Kay Menon,Tisca Chopra and Ashish Vidyarthi. Ashok Tyagi Secretary General ICMEI conducted the workshop.