Ashoke Pandit(I)

Ashoke Pandit (born 11th may) is a film maker and social activist. Ashoke Pandit Started of his career in theater doing plays for IPTA(Indian People's Theatre Association) followed by being an Associate Director to Kundan Shah , Aziz Mirza, Sudhir Mishra, in shows like Nukkad, Circus, Yeh Jo Hain Zindagi. Later in, he became independent as a Producer- Director with a super hit show called Filmi Chakkar starring Satish Shah and Ratna Pathak Shah. Filmi Chakkar was followed by equally known shows like Tere Mere Sapne on Zee starring Aruna Irani, Irrfan Khan and the other big names in the television and the film world. The shows that follow in his repertoire proved to be success in their own accord and genre. Shows like Colgate Top 10. Thriller at 10, Hanste Khelte , Vilayati Babu, Mungerilal Series , Rishtey , Gubbare and Mukammal with Deepti Naval on Sahara Manoranjan were proving true to his quality deliverance. His every show proved to be full on entertainers with a deep social message. Ashoke Pandit Produced and Directed 13 films for Sony Entertainment Television in association with Madhur Bhandarkar's Bhandarkar Entertainment called Heroine- Zindagi ke Panno Se. The show garnered great reviews and awards for its efforts. Besides television Ashoke Pandit has been a front runner for social causes and he being a film maker he has always found voice in his craft. His documentary based on the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits "And the world remained Silent "has been a stark portrayal of the pain and pathos of the community who were reduced to refugees in their own country. His Documentary has traveled the world over to national and international film festivals to the UN in Geneva. This documentary was the inaugural film in International Film Festival in Goa, Pune International Film Festival and Mumbai Academy of Moving Images (MAMI) in Mumbai. The documentary got a standing ovation when screened at the House of Commons in London. Ashoke Pandit's second documentary based Paani based on the 26th July deluge of Mumbai. It proved to be an eye opener. He released his Documentary 'Village of Widows" in 2010, a documentary based on Dardpura Village of Kashmir that houses only orphans and widows of terrorists and security forces affected by terrorist organizations based in Kashmir became the recipient of Indian Television Academy Awards (ITA) for best documentary series and his documentary movie 'And The World Remained Silent' was awarded - The Radio and TV Advertising Professionals Association (RAPA) award. Ashoke Pandit's directorial film debut 'Sheen' was under the production of Sahara Manoranjan . Sheen was a hard hitting film and like his other venture went on to create a mark for itself in the International Film Arena.