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[[File:Pravin Mishra (Artist).jpg|thumb|Pravin Mishra]]
'''Pravin Mishra''' (born 1975) is an [[India|Indian]] filmmaker, painter, columnist and educationist based in Karjat, [[Maharashtra]] in [[Western India]].

His animated short film "Dharamveer" won the National Critics Award at the [[Mumbai International Film Festival]] (MIFF) in 2004. In 2019, Mishra filed a defamation case worth Rs 10 crore against journalist Surabhi Vaya for a Facebook post. The post was later withdrawn.<ref> Deccan Herald {{Cite web| title=#MeToo: Painter slaps Rs10 cr defamation suit on journo |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/metoo-painter-slaps-Rs10-cr-defamation-suit-on-journo-766512.html#:~:text=City%2Dbased%20activist%2C%20filmmaker%20and,of%20%23MeToo%20movement%20last%20year}}</ref> Now Pravin Mishra serves as Dean at School of Design [6] at Vijaybhoomi University in Greater Mumbai.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vijaybhoomi.edu.in/about-us.php#Founding-Team|title=Founding Team|last=|first=|date=|website=VijayBhoomi University|access-date=1 April 2020}}</ref> at [[Vijaybhoomi University|VijayBhoomi University]] in [[Mumbai Metropolitan Region|Greater Mumbai]].

==Background and education==
He was born the youngest of nine siblings in [[Murshidabad]], [[West Bengal]] in India. He painted number-plates of vehicles and billboards during his school days.<ref name="indianexpress">{{cite web |date=26 October 2007 |title=The fresh blood - Indian Express |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-fresh-blood/232456 |website=www.indianexpress.com}}</ref>

He obtained a bachelor's degree from the [[Government College of Art & Craft]] at the [[University of Calcutta]] and later received a post-graduate degree in Animation Film Design from the [[National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad|National Institute of Design]] in Ahmedabad.

==Films==
His first film was an animated short called Dharamveer, which addressed the issue of communal violence against the backdrop of [[Gujarat]] in 2002. This film was his diploma project at NID.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/a-man-with-a-difference-meet-pravin-mishra/108696-3.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403010130/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/a-man-with-a-difference-meet-pravin-mishra/108696-3.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-04-03|title=News18.com: CNN-News18 Breaking News India, Latest News Headlines, Live News Updates|website=News18}}</ref>

He also directed the music video for Indian [[ghazal]] singer Jagjit Singh's song "Ye Kaisi Aazadi Hai," which is about the right to social security in India.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/filmedia/play/2100/Ye-Kaisi-Aazadi-Hai- |title=Watch Documentaries online | Promote Documentary Film : Ye Kaisi Aazadi Hai! By Pravin Mishra |access-date=26 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110418062933/http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/filmedia/play/2100/Ye-Kaisi-Aazadi-Hai- |archive-date=18 April 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

His film The Killing Fields of Gujarat is about the politics of fake police encounters in the state of Gujarat.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qcut6bxBLDU|title=Pravin Mishra tells the truth about fake encounters in Gujarat at Right to be Heard platform|last=RightToBeHeard|date=1 February 2013|publisher=|via=YouTube}}</ref>

==Art exhibits==
His solo exhibitions were held at the Hutheesing Visual Art Centre in Ahmedabad.,<ref>[http://epaper.dnaindia.com/dnaahmedabad/newsview.aspx?eddate=11%2F18%2F2009&pageno=1&edition=9&prntid=46274&bxid=29585478&pgno=1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004121832/http://epaper.dnaindia.com/dnaahmedabad/newsview.aspx?eddate=11%2F18%2F2009&pageno=1&edition=9&prntid=46274&bxid=29585478&pgno=1|date=4 October 2011}}</ref> Visual Art Gallery in [[New Delhi]] and Epicentre in [[Gurugram]].

In 2010, [[CNN- IBN|CNN-IBN]] profiled him in its series on vision for India 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/108696/a-man-with-a-difference-meet-pravin-mishra.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403010340/http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/108696/a-man-with-a-difference-meet-pravin-mishra.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-04-03|title=News18.com: CNN-News18 Breaking News India, Latest News Headlines, Live News Updates|website=News18}}</ref>

Along with a group of his students he created a mural on a wall in Ahmedabad depicting the city's diversity.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxTXZg-lel4|title=THE AHMEDABAD WALL|last=pravin mishra|date=13 July 2009|publisher=|via=YouTube}}</ref>

He conducts art workshops in design schools across India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/academy/report_art-brings-west-to-east-at-mgis_1512619|title=Art brings 'West' to 'East' at MGIS|date=25 February 2011|publisher=}}</ref>

Pravin was an Associate Professor and Director of the Crafting Creative Communication (CCC) program at MICA, Ahmedabad.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mica.ac.in/pravin-mishra|title=Core Faculty - Pravin Mishra|website=MICA}}</ref>

==Politics==
In 2007, he ran for the position of Member of the [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) in Gujarat from [[Maninagar]] against the incumbent [[Narendra Modi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/archive/guj&him07/list_candidates_eng.pdf |title=List of candidates |website=eci.nic.in }}</ref>

==Writing==
Pravin was a weekly columnist for the [[Ahmedabad Mirror]] from June 2010 to October 2014. He has written for [[the Times of India]],<ref>[http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?page=section&xslt=&sectid=78&sectname=Praveen%20Mishra] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616040707/http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?page=section&xslt=&sectid=78&sectname=Praveen%20Mishra|date=16 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=pastissues2&BaseHref=TOIA/2009/08/13&PageLabel=29&EntityId=Ar02900&ViewMode=HTML&GZ=T|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717060627/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=pastissues2&BaseHref=TOIA/2009/08/13&PageLabel=29&EntityId=Ar02900&ViewMode=HTML&GZ=T|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 July 2011|title=Article Window|website=epaper.timesofindia.com}}</ref> [[The Quint]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/author/44573/pravin-mishra|title=Pravin Mishra on The Quint|website=The Quint}}</ref> and [[ThePrint]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theprint.in/author/pravin-mishra/ |title=Pravin Mishra, Author at ThePrint |publisher=Theprint.in |date= |accessdate=2018-09-30}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*Dharamveer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT9tQE-Qb4Q
*Ye kaisi Aazad Hai: http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/filmedia/play/2100/Ye-Kaisi-Aazadi-Hai-

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[[Category:1975 births]]
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[[Category:Indian filmmakers]]
[[Category:Indian male painters]]
[[Category:Indian male journalists]]
[[Category:Government College of Art & Craft alumni]]
[[Category:University of Calcutta alumni]]
[[Category:National Institute of Design alumni]]
[[Category:Painters from West Bengal]]

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