Swaroop Kanchi

Swaroop Kanchi is a Bangalore based International Independent Film Maker who has been making Feature length English films for the world market. A student of Design, he taught himself to make films, starting at the age of 16, with a few short films with low/No budgets, which were highly appreciated and got him instant recognition for his creativity and his story telling techniques & approach towards making Film, soon after he made a film to garner AIDS awareness for Peace child International, the film "Something Taboo" dealt with misconceptions about sexually transmitted diseases and myths about HIV. It was Kanchi's first attempt at socially relevant and Issue based films. Still hungry and wanting to make bigger features, he attempted to make "Black Sugar", an English film set in Bangalore, what set out as his first feature film quickly turned his life upside down taking over 2 years to make and was a catastrophic adventure in itself but not in vain as the film Premiered at the New York Film Festival. Kanchi then moved to Los Angeles & went on to working on more Independent projects, he worked with talent from the Hollywood industry on films like "Sleeping with the enemy's son" & followed it with "Acid" and began working on "Taxiwallah", both independent films made in LA. Having worked in Hollywood & wanting to work on Indian stories with home grown talent he came back to India, setting up his base in Mumbai, he worked on films promoting education for street children with a film for Akanksha and also collaborated on a film with Hollywood based Dreamworks executive to make a film on the similarities and difference with Bollywood & Hollywood, the film featured many successful film personalities of Indian Film Industry. He then set out to make a Documentary on Kumbha Mela, the biggest spiritual congregation in the world, the Documentary film was a huge success both personally and as a film maker. He followed it with non-fiction film Projects based on Indian spirituality and cultural heritage in India, Cambodia, Thailand & the Himalayas. In 2007 "Hong Kong Dreaming" happened. An English feature film shot in Hong Kong & made with Hong Kong based actors of different nationalities. His biggest film so far the film was a great success premiering at the UK international Film Festival & later at the Bengalooru Film festival, the film was showcased with the best films from around the world, it was also a great experiment working with Indian & Chinese talent, with a multi-cultural cast & crew. In 2008 he collaborated on "Supraman & the school of Necessity" with UK based film makers, the film's cast picked up from real slums in Bangalore and starring a young talented child from an orphanage, the film went on to win international acclaim and was applauded by many including film makers such as Danny Boyle, Stephen Beaufoy and Shekar Kapur, helping bring awareness to the cause of every child's right to basic education. Kanchi often handles the cinematography and writes his scripts himself. He's known for his successful experimentation & and is known to cast unknown actors and fresh talent every time & he often etches out complex characters in simple stories. Kanchi is developing a film on The Buddha, set to be a big budget film to be shot mostly in India & south East Asia & right now working an Independent Indian English film in Bangalore called "Bengaloored".