Keshhav Panneriy

Film director Keshav Paneri is backed by a solid experience of theatre for over 20 years and a significant decade of professional filmmaking. He started his career as an actor at the early age of five on stage and later went onto perform as an outsider at the National School of Drama in 1996. In the year 2000, he acted in the play Shakaar', staged at the world-famous theatre festival NANDIKAR at Kolkata. Driven by an inherent need to polish his acting prowess and a keenness towards enhancing his learning further, Keshav has participated in workshops held by international organizations in India, one such arranged in New Delhi by NIDA, for movements and body language studies in the year 1992. He has worked closely with a diverse range of local and international theatre companies and renowned names such as Sir Jhon Russel Brown, Steve Jharend, Renee Porte, Arya Rice, Rozalia Hummer and Dr. Devendra Raj Ankur. In the year 2008, he graduated in Film Production from the Toronto Film School, Canada, a part of the International Academy of Design & Technology-USA. He was appointed as Creative Head for A K Films Inc. Toronto, Canada and went on to work in many North American Film productions as Director and technical consultant. He founded Keon Arts Private Limited, India where he operated Keon International Film Academy in collaboration with A K Films Inc. Canada with all Canadian filmmakers as faculty. He believes that filmmaking is an apt medium for the free expression of his creativity and imagination. As a young filmmaker who is full of ideas, he wishes to venture into unexplored realms of filmmaking by experimenting with new themes and subjects. He envisions delving in to revolutionary and untrammelled areas and thus be able to discover his inner self using the limitless possibilities and scope of cinema. Keshav has directed India's first Real 3D stereoscopic musical short - "Eternal Love". He directed his first commercial feature film with the budget of 30 Cr. INR ($ 6 million CAD) in India with 'Jeena IsI Ka Naam Hai'." Released worldwide ( UK, USA, CANADA, UAE) on 3rd march 2017.