GAURAV MADAN

Filmmaker

ABOUT gaurav

Gaurav Madan hails from Yamunanagar, a small dusty town in Haryana, India. He discovered a passion for writing and music when he was all of ten. His short stories and poems got published in children’s books such as Nandan, Champak and Hindi newspapers like Dainik Bhaskar and Punjab Kesri.

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awards

2018
Critics Choice Short Film Awards Best Director for Sambhavtaha
2018
Critics Choice Short Film Awards Best Writer for Sambhavtaha
2018
Nickel International Film Festival Best Writer for Sambhavtaha
2018
Critics Choice Short Film Awards 2018 and Kolkata International Film Festival Best Film Sambhavtaha
2021
Pune International Film Festival Best Director for Barah by Barah
2021
DFW SAFF Best Director for Barah by Barah
2021
OIFFA Best Film for Barah by Barah
2021
SLEMANI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Jury Special Mention for Barah by Barah
2021
Diorama International Film Festival Best Feature Film for Barah by Barah
2021
Diorama International Film Festival Critics Choice Best Feature Film for Barah by Barah
2021
West Meets East Screenplay Lab, Dhaka International Film Festival 3rd prize for Kanda Vanda
2021
Siliguri International Film Festival Best Editing for Brouhaha
2022
Life Beyond Life Film Festival Best Director for Barah by Barah
2022
Thrissur International Film Festival Best Debut Film for Barah by Barah
2022
FIPRESCI-India Grand-Prix 2021 Best Feature Film for Barah by Barah
  1. 2011
  2. 2012
  3. 2014
  4. 2015
  5. 2016
  6. 2017
  7. 2018
  8. 2019
  9. 2020
  10. 2021
  11. 2022
  12. 2023
  13. 2024
  1. LJP timeline

    Gaurav starts his boutique film production house Last Joker Pictures

  2. GM 5

    Gaurav produces his first big TV commercial with Vidya Balan for Zolfresh

  3. 2014

    Gaurav’s feature film script ‘Shaktipur Crude’ gets selected in the prestigious Mumbai Mantra Sundance Screenwriters Lab

  4. 4

    Gaurav finishes the first draft of his second feature film Kanda Vanda

  5. 3

    On the 5th anniversary of his production house Last Joker Pictures Gaurav shoots his 100th digital film

  6. GM 4

    Gaurav finishes shooting his Marathi short film Sambhavtaha

    Gaurav’s third feature film script ‘Gai humari mata hai’ gets selected in Cinestaan Storytellers contest

  7. 2018

    Sambhavtaha wins a plethora of awards at Kolkata International Film Festival and Critics Choice Short film awards

  8. GM 1

    Gaurav shoots his debut feature film ‘Barah by Barah’ in Banaras under his own banner Last Joker Pictures

    Gaurav’s fourth feature film script ‘Shani Yantra’ gets selected in Cinestaan Storytellers contest

  9. 12

    Sambhavtaha releases on Zee5

    Post-production work on Barah by Barah wraps up

    Gaurav shoots two lockdown shorts Brouhaha and Aam ka mausam

    Gaurav finishes writing his first original audio series Uber Pool, Naya tinder for Storytel

  10. 2021

    Barah by Barah premieres at the prestigious IFFK, Kerala and Shanghai International Film Festival

    Barah by Barah wins multiple awards at various international film festivals including three Best Director and six Best Film awards

    Barah by Barah gets featured in Top 20 Indian Films of 2021 list of Indian Express and Rediff.com

    Gaurav’s script Kanda Vanda gets selected in NFDC Filmcity Marathi Screenwriters Lab

  11. 2022

    Kanda Vanda wins the third development award at West Meets East Screenplay Lab of Dhaka International Film Festival

    Barah by Barah wins prestigious KW Joseph award for Best Debut Feature Film at Thrissur IFF

    Barah by Barah wins Grand Prix for Best Feature film of 2021 at FIPRESCI India

  12. 2023 milestone

    Gaurav's first audio show The Dark Side of Cricket releases on Audible

  13. 2024 milestone scaled

    Barah by Barah releases in theatres on 24th May

    Gaurav's second fiction audio show Pool-e-ishq releases on Storytel

“I want to stay a student of cinema for life and
the afterlife. I know for a fact that just one life isn’t enough!”

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