Amole Gupte

Amole Gupte (born c. 1962) is an Indian screenwriter, actor, 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]

Amole Gupte
Amole Gupte at Chronicles of Narnia Special Screening
Born	1962 (age 57–58) Mumbai, India
Occupation	Director, Screenwriter, Actor
Nationality	Indian
Children	Partho Gupte

Filmography

Director

• Sniff (2017)
• Hawa Hawai (2014)
• Stanley Ka Dabba (2011)[6]

Creative director

• Taare Zameen Par (Like Stars on Earth) (2007)

Actor

• Mumbai Saga filming[7] (2020)
• 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)

Writer

• Sniff (2017)
• Taare Zameen Par (Like Stars on Earth) (2007)
• Stanley Ka Dabba (2011)
• Hawaa Hawaai (2014)

Awards

2008 Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards

• Won: Best Screenplay - Taare Zameen Par (Stars on Earth)
• Won: Best Story - Taare Zameen Par[10]

2008 Filmfare Awards

• Won: Best Story - Taare Zameen Par (Like Stars on Earth)

2008 Star Screen Award

• Won: Best Story - Taare Zameen Par (Like Stars on Earth)
• Won: Best Dialogue - Taare Zameen Par (Like Stars on Earth)\

2008 V. Shantaram Awards

• Won: Best Writer - Taare Zameen Par[11]

2008 Zee Cine Awards

• Won: Zee Cine Award for Best Story - Taare Zameen Par (Like Stars on Earth)

2010 IIFA Awards

• Nominated: IIFA Best Villain Award - Kaminey

Further reading

• Vij, Gauri. "A leap of faith: Taare Zameen Par’s brilliance had as much to do with the creative duo of Deepa Bhatia and Amole Gupte as with the child on whom it rides." The Hindu, 3 February 2008.
• Anurag Kashyap. "TAARE ZAMEEN PE- not a review." , 18 December 2007.

Notes

1. "Cinema quiz: Inside Hindi cinema's classrooms". The Hindu. 2 August 2019.
2. "Aamir avoids Amole Gupte, Anusha Rizvi". The Times of India. 16 June 2011.
3. "DNA Mumbai Anniversary: Amol Gupte on how Taare Zameen Par changed mindset about education". DNA India. 29 July 2018.
4. Vij, Gauri (3 February 2008). "A leap of faith". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 11 April 2008.
5. "Festival People – Kautik International Student Film Festival".
6. "Amole Gupte makes film out of children's workshop". IBN Live. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
7. "Sanjay Gupta nervous to shoot for 'Mumbai Saga'". The Times of India. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
8. "'Urumi' is my comment on globalisation: Santosh Sivan". The Indian Express. 31 March 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
9. "Phas Gaya Re Obama songs, Phas Gaya Re Obama videos, 2005". Dhunio.com. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
10. "Winners of 4th Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards". bollywoodhungama.com. 5 December 2009.
11. "Winners of the V. Shantaram Awards 2008". India Times. Archived from the original on 3 February 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2009.

External links

• Amole Gupte on IMDb