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| name = Ajay Bhardwaj<br />
| native_name = ਅਜੇ ਭਾਰਦਵਾਜ<br />
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| nationality = Indian<br />
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| occupation = Filmmaker<br />
| years_active = 1997 - Present<br />
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| notable_works = [[Kitte Mil Ve Mahi]], [[Rabba Hun Kee Kariye]] and [[Milange Babey Ratan De Mele Te]]<br />
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'''Ajay Bhardwaj''' ([[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]: ਅਜੇ ਭਾਰਦਵਾਜ, born 1964) is an Indian-Punjabi documentary filmmaker.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
He completed BA Honors in Political Science from University of Delhi in 1986.<br />
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He holds an MA degree in Political Science from [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] and an MA degree in Mass Communication from [[Jamia Millia Islamia]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.indiaifa.org/ajay-bhardwaj.html-0 | title=Ajay Bhardwaj | publisher=India Foundation of the Arts | accessdate=13 October 2016}}</ref> Currently he is a pursuing PhD in Asian Studies from the [[University of British Columbia]], Vancouver.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ajaybhardwaj.in/about/ | title=About | publisher=ajaybhardwaj.in | accessdate=13 October 2016}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
He started his television career as assistant director with a popular Muppet show for pre school children, Tarramtoo in 1990. He went on to direct and produce a variety of programs like election analysis, game show, talk show, and popular science show with television companies such as NDTV, Times Television, TV-18 and Eenadu news channel. One of his well-known programmes is "Turning Point", a popular science show hosted by [[Girish Karnad]].<br />
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He has been making documentaries from 1997 with his first documentary being ''[[Ek Minute Ka Maun]]'' about the martyrdom of the former President of Jawaharlal Nehru University's student union, Chandrashekhar Prasad.<br />
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He major work has been the documentary trilogy about Indian Punjab, [[Kitte Mil Ve Mahi]], [[Rabba Hun Kee Kariye]] and [[Milange Babey Ratan De Mele Te]].<ref name="Frank">{{cite web | url=http://www.frankbrazil.org/filmsbyajaybh.html | title=Films By Ajay Bhardwaj | publisher=Frank Brazil | accessdate=13 October 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013215713/http://www.frankbrazil.org/filmsbyajaybh.html | archive-date=13 October 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
*Ek Minute Ka Maun (A Minute of Silence)<br />
*Kitte Mil Ve Mahi (Where the Twain Shall Meet)<br />
*Rabba Hun Kee Kariye (Thus Departed Our Neighbours)<br />
*Milange Babey Ratan De Mele Te (Let's Meet at Baba Ratan's Fair)<br />
*Of Land, Labour And Love<br />
*...So Shall You Reap<br />
*Manipur under The Shadow Of AFSPA<br />
*Sanitation for All – A Beginning Made<br />
*Walking Together<br />
*Road to Revival: The Invincible Spirit of People of Kuchchh<br />
*Wave of Success<br />
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==Honors and awards==<br />
* Public Scholar Initiative Award, UBC (2015 and 2016)<br />
* Faculty of Arts Graduate Award, UBC (2014)<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://ajaybhardwaj.in/ Official website]<br />
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