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Indian-born Dheeraj Akolka graduated in architecture at Pune University but never practiced his job. Instead he started collaborating on Hindi movies such as Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001) (the 2002 Indian Academy Award nominee for best foreign film), the immensely popular Devdas (2002) or the excellent Black (2005).
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at Vardo Films · Experience: Grassroots Stories · Location: London · 340 connections on LinkedIn. View Dheeraj Akolkar’s profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members.
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Mini Bio. Indian-born Dheeraj Akolka graduated in architecture at Pune University but never practiced his job. Instead he started collaborating on Hindi movies such as Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001) (the 2002 Indian Academy Award nominee for best foreign film), the immensely popular Devdas (2002) or the excellent Black (2005).
Feb 9, 2024 · IT WAS at the home of filmmaker, artist and activist Zul Vellani in Mumbai that Dheeraj Akolkar chanced upon legendary Norwegian actor, writer and director Liv Ullmann’s autobiography, Changing (1977). Akolkar, was transfixed by what he read.
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The Wound is Where the Light Enters was created by Dheeraj Akolkar (Vardo Films). It is a film about the making of ‘Otino Onywalo Ilum’, a documentary-dance project performed by fifteen children born of wartime rape in Northern Uganda.
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May 25, 2023 · Improbable as it may seem at first flush, India-born British filmmaker Dheeraj Akolkar’s partnership with Liv Ullmann, one of Europe’s greatest-ever actresses and Swedish master Ingmar...
With this year's release of the new three-part A Road Less Travelled documentary series by Dheeraj Akolkar, the world is once again captivated by Norwegian-born Oscar-winning actor, director and humanitarian Liv Ullmann.
