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{{Short description|Indian film director}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Amitabh Aurora
| image = File:Amitabh Aurora at the 2011 Zanzibar International Film Festival.jpg
| alt = Aurora at the 2011 Zanzibar International Film Festival
| caption = Aurora at the 2011 [[Zanzibar International Film Festival]]
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|06|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
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| occupation = {{plainlist |
* [[Film director|Director]]
* Screenwriter
* Actor
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'''Amitabh Aurora''' (born 11 June 1982, Allahabad) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and actor.
Aurora is best known for his Bongo films in the Swahili language and is cited as having written and directed ‘the first high quality Bongo movie from Zanzibar.’<ref>{{cite web|title=Glamour- First High Quality Bongo Movie From Zanzibar|url=http://www.bongocelebrity.com/2011/03/29/glamourfirst-high-quality-bongo-movie-from-zanzibar/|website=bongocelebrity.com|accessdate=22 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150324041746/http://www.bongocelebrity.com/2011/03/29/glamourfirst-high-quality-bongo-movie-from-zanzibar/|archive-date=24 March 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Career==
Aurora began his career in New Delhi, working as a stage actor for 4 years with New Delhi Players and Yatrik Theatre Group. He moved to Mumbai to be an actor where he worked acting in T.V. serials for 3 years.{{Citation needed|date=November 2019}}

He moved to Tanzania, East Africa in 2009 where he wrote and directed four feature films in Tanzania working for leading producer of Bongo movies Zanzibar-based ZG Films.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chemhere, Martin. "Weaving A Spell" Screen Africa magazine. August 2012.|url=http://www.screenafrica.com/pls/cms/iac.page?p_t1=2054&p_t2=7877&p_t3=0&p_t4=0&p_dynamic=YP&p_content_id=1558036&p_site_id=103|work=screenafrica.com|access-date=1 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305012841/http://www.screenafrica.com/pls/cms/iac.page?p_t1=2054&p_t2=7877&p_t3=0&p_t4=0&p_dynamic=YP&p_content_id=1558036&p_site_id=103|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> All his Swahili feature films featured in the 2012 [[Zanzibar International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bose|first1=Shinjini|title=Zanzibar International Film Festival|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/zanzibar-international-film-festival-2/|website=boxofficeindia.co.in|accessdate=22 March 2015}}</ref> Black Magic was shortlisted in the Montreal International Black Film Festival in 2012. He also Line Produced several foreign productions in Tanzania for BBC London, M Net South Africa and Al Jazeera News .

Aurora moved back to India in 2012 and began work as Executive Producer in Charlie Kay Chakkar Mein starring [[Naseeruddin Shah]] and as creative producer and additional dialogue writer in forthcoming film Chai Shai Biscuits both produced by Picture Thoughts Productions.

He directed and acted in several short films including Captain The Struggler, which was shortlisted in Paraj Mumbai Short Film Festival in 2014.

He wrote Television shows including [[Bani - Ishq Da Kalma]] and [[Kehta Hai Dil Jee Le Zara]].
In 2015 he assisted [[Tigmanshu Dhulia]] on feature film Yaara.

He is the founder and creative director of Mumbai-based production house Have Camera Make Films (HCMF). In early 2016 HCMF received critical acclaim in the Deccan Chronicle for their short film "Free Basics" featuring popular South Indian actress Shradda Das. The Chronicle described it as a "brilliant production" bringing " to the fore the topic of sudden, unplanned and haphazard growth, urbanisation and development."<ref>{{cite web|title=Gupta, Namita. "Basic'ally, Let's Tackle the Real Issues" Deccan Chronicle. April 2016.|date=2 April 2016|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/viral-and-trending/020416/basic-ally-let-s-tackle-the-real-issues.html}}</ref> Free Basics was part of the official selection for the [[Zanzibar International Film Festival]] 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ziff.or.tz/2017/05/19/ziff-2017-officialselection/|title=ZIFF official selection 2017|last=|first=|date=19 May 2017|website=|access-date=20 May 2017}}</ref>

In 2018 he produced and directed the short film "Blink to Speak" for agency TBWA/India, created for a non-profit, Asha Ek Hope Foundation and NeuroGen Brain & Spine Institute, which won the Health Grand Prix for Good at the 2018 [[Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.adageindia.in/advertising/special-cannes-lions/an-eye-language-for-paralyzed-people-wins-cannes-health-grand-prix-for-good/articleshow/64640711.cms|title = Advertising, Marketing, Agency, Tech and Data News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/advertising/tbwa-india-bags-grand-prix-for-good-at-the-cannes-lions/articleshow/64641733.cms|title=TBWA India bags Grand Prix for Good at the Cannes Lions|newspaper=The Economic Times|last1=Irani|first1=Delshad}}</ref>

In 2022, Amitabh wrote, directed and co-produced ASYLUM, a political thriller short film, starring Taher Shabbir, Rishina Kandhari, Sulbha Arya, Vaishnavi Dhanraj. It is being presented by eminent film maker Sudhir Mishra and has won best director for Amitabh in Florence Film Awards, best thriller in Paris Film Awards and had its European Premiere at the Indian Film Festival of Stuttgart in July 2023. It will be released on a leading ott platform in Dec 2023.

==Filmography==
'''Feature Films'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Film !! Year !! Notes
|-
| Usaliti || 2009 || Director, writer
|-
| Glamour - The Reality Behind The Dreams || 2011 || Director, writer
|-
| Black Magic || 2012 || Director, writer
|-
| Room Number 13 || 2012 || Director, writer
|}

'''Short Films'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Film !! Year !! Notes
|-
| Undercurrent Temper || 2009 || Director, writer, actor
|-
| Captain The Struggler || 2014 || Director, writer, actor
|-
| [[Sauti za Busara]] || 2011 || Director, writer
|-
| Captain Returns || 2015 || Director, writer, actor
|-
| Free Basics || 2016 || Director, writer
|-
|Asylum
|2023
|Director, Producer, Writer
|}

==Acting==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Role !! Production !! Year
|-
| Yash || [[Astitva...Ek Prem Kahani]] || 2005, 2006
|-
| Vicky|| Woh Hue na Humaare || 2006, 2007
|-
| Various || Aisi ki taisi || 2007, 2008
|}

==Writing credits==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Production/Channel !! Year
|-
| [[Bani – Ishq Da Kalma]] || Colors TV || 2014
|-
| [[Kehta Hai Dil Jee Le Zara]] || Sony TV || 2013
|-
| Chai Shai Biscuits || Picture Thoughts Productions || 2013
|-
|Asylum
|HCMF Productions
|2023
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}


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[[Category:Indian male screenwriters]]
[[Category:Male actors from Uttar Pradesh]]
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