Chaitanya Tamhane
Director, Writer
Chaitanya Tamhane (born 1 March 1987, Mumbai, Maharashtra) is the writer and director of the Marathi movie Court, a 2015 Indian courtroom drama film. It was announced as Indias official submission for the 88th Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category. The film examines the Indian legal system through the trial of an aging folk singer in a lower court in Mumbai.Court is Tamhanes directorial debut for a feature length film. His previous work includes the short film Six Strands, of which he was also the writer and director, as well as producer. For Court, Tamhane was nominated for best screenwriter at the 9th Asian Film Awards and won best director at the 16th Mumbai Film Festival, among many other awards and honors.
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