Name : Abhaya Simha G.A.
Profession : Filmmaker
Nationality : Indian
Date of birth : June 12,1981
Email : abhayaftii@gmail.com
Website : abhaya.wordpress.com
Education
Graduation – St Aloysius College, Mangalore
Subjects studied – Journalism, English Literature and Kannada Literature. Graduated with distinctions in all subjects in the year 2003
Film studies - Film and Television Institute of India, Pune
Three Year Post Graduation Diploma in Direction from Film and Television Institute of India, Pune (FTII)
Filmography
* Documentary films
* Geminus – a glimpse in to their world
* Mangalore – tradition of traditions
* Yakshottamara Kalaga – Yakshagana Prasanga
* Poorva Ranga – Specialisation in Yakshagana
* Karki Hasyagara – Particular style in Yakshagana
* Children’s troupe – Documentary on Children’s troupe Yakshagana
* Comic Zone – the world of Indian comic books
* Comic situations in Yakshagana - Yakshagana
* Solo Singer and the Blue City – Film on a Cologne city in Germany
* New day at Transworks – A Corporate film for Aditya Birla group
* Brain factory – Documentary on brain drain phenomena in India
* Cinema! Cinema – About young filmmakers in India and their dreams
* Colors of Administration – A glimpse in to Youth and Politics in India
* Globalization! – A sneak view in to the understanding of this concept in India
* In Search of Nothingness – What God means to the youth of today in India
* Clutches of Culture – The great debate of preservation of culture
* Candid on Youth – interview with U.R.Anantha Murthy about youth of India
* Voices from the Valley – a Documentary about Kashmiri Pandits
* Young Army of Bureaucrats – IAS and Bihar a strange combination film
* Music Video
* Rab Jaane… (4.25min/ 16mm/ Hindi/ 2006) Music Video for Euphoria
* Spirit of Youth NeXT (5min/ DV/ English/ 2007) About youth of India
* Fiction films
* One fine day (17 min/ DV/ English/ 2003)
* Mirch Masala (12 min/ DV/ Hindhi/ 2003)
* Watch out (12 min/ DV/ Silent/ 2004)
* Raksha (8 min/ Stills DV/ English/ 2004)
* Love boy (12 min/ DV/ Kannada/ 2004)
* Sea side story (11 min/ DV/ English/ 2004)
* Karate Saga (3 min / 16mm/ Englsih/ 2004)
* Dayamaran (5 min/ 35mm b-w/ Hindhi/ 2005)
* Yakshottama (11 min/ 35mm/ Kannada/ 2005)
* Ninaad (21 min/ 35mm/ Hindi/ 2006)
* Feature Film
* Gubbachigalu ( 95 min/ Kannada - EST/ 35mm/ 1:1.66/ Mono/2008 )
Other Experience:
* Have organized an exhibition of photographs taken by my self titled ‘Life!’
* Have worked with several wildlife-conservation activists and assisted them in doc * Have acted in more than 15 plays in Kannada like Shavadamane, Kaadina Raja, etc
* Have translated into Kannada the English play The Man Upstairs
* Bagged second prize in Pancharangi, an acting competition conducted by E-TV
Contributed articles to Udayavani (Kannada), Issues and Concerns (English) and to many other periodicals.
