Kirnay Bhatt

Kirnay is an Indian writer, director, and editor. He graduated with a degree in filmmaking from the University of Creative Arts, UK and has fine tuned his craft by working as a 2nd and 3rd Assistant Director (AD) on mainstream Bollywood features including Dharma Productions' Wake Up Sid (2009) and I Hate Luv Storys (2010), Ramesh Sippy Entertainment's Dum Maaro Dum (2011), and Excel Entertainment's Talaash: The Answer Lies Within (2012) and Bombay Talkies (2013) among others. As an editor, Kirnay has worked alongside director Vikramaditya Motwane on behind-the-scenes footage for features such as Lootera (2013) and the yet-to-be released Sunburn, as well as the Kissan television commercial 'Kissanpur'. Most recently, Kirnay wrote, produced, and directed his debut short-film Keep Punching which revolves around a withdrawn boxer who must fight the battle for her freedom.