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{{short description|Indian filmmaker (born 1979)}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Rohan Sabharwal
| image =Rohan Sabharwal.jpg
| caption = Sabharwal at the Regency Fairfax Cinema, Hollywood attending the theatrical premiere of his film 'Shunyata' (August 2009).
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1979|10|10}}
| birth_place = [[Bombay, Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| birth_name = Rohan Ajay Sabharwal
| occupation = [[film director]], [[Film producer|producer]], [[screenwriter]]
| years_active = 2003–present
}}

'''Rohan [[Sabharwal]]''' (born '''Rohan Ajay Sabharwal''' on 10 October 1979) is an Indian [[filmmaker]].

== Family life and education ==

Sabharwal was born in the city of Mumbai. He is the elder of two sons born to a [[Punjabi people|Punjabi]] father and a Catholic mother of mixed [[Goa]]n-[[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] and [[Anglo-Irish]] descent. He finished his schooling at the Lawrence School, Lovedale in 1996. He is a graduate of the London Film School, London, UK under the guidance of Oscar-nominated [[Mike Leigh]] [[O.B.E]].

== Film career ==

After graduating from film school in 2006, the same year that he edited the award winning commercial 'Sarah and Wendy' which won the [[Kodak Student Commercial Award]] in the UK, he left London to pursue a career in film and television in India. Here he shot his 16-minute graduation film ''Shunyata'', which premiered at the [[Institute of Contemporary Arts|ICA]] cinema in London and generated mixed reviews, though most were favorable.

He became widely recognized as a filmmaker after the Celebrate Bandra Committee picked his 25-minute short ''Romson and Juliana'' to show at their biennial festival [[Celebrate Bandra]] in 2007.

His most recent film is the first episode of a television documentary series called ''India Rediscovered'', inspired by [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]'s book ''[[The Discovery of India]]''. The series proposes to cover places of historic importance in India that have been ignored by text books.

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! colspan="3" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Director/Producer
|-
! Year
! Film
! Other notes
|-
| 2010
| ''There are no Americans in Taxis''
| Currently in Pre Production
|-
|2009
| ''Sons of the Soil''
| Post Production, A feature documentary that talks about [[Farmers' suicides in India]]
|-
|2009
| ''Fearless''
| Post Production, A political documentary Featuring [[Mallika Sarabhai]]
|-
|2009
| ''Happy Birthday Loki''
| Distributed by Journeyman Pictures
|-
| 2009
| ''An Epilogue To A Friendship''
| Starring Indian radio personality Tarana Kapoor
|-
| 2008
| ''India Rediscovered''
| TV pilot, Screened at the "Cannes Film Festival", 2009
|-
| 2007
| ''Romson and Juliana''
| Premiered at the [[Celebrate Bandra]] festival, 2007
|-
| 2006
| ''Shunyata''
| US Premiere: [[Regency Fairfax Cinema]], Hollywood UK Premiere: [[Institute of Contemporary Arts]], London
|-
|2005
| ''This Man's Journey''
| Produced by the [[London Film School]], Nominated at the British Film Festival, LA in the Category of Best UK Short.
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! colspan="3" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Writer
|-
! Year
! Film
! Other notes
|-
| 2009
| ''The Lost Bloodline And Other Related Stories''
| Feature film, Currently in Pre Production, Quarter Finalist for the Golden Brad Awards
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! colspan="3" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Editor
|-
! Year
! Film
! Other notes
|-
| 2009
| ''The Pact''
| Starring British actor [[JC Mac]]
|-
| 2006
| ''Sarah and Wendy''
| Won the [[Kodak]] Student Commercial Award, 2006 in Best Brief category.
|}

== Social causes ==
Supporter and Member of [[Amnesty International]]

== Sources ==
*http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3290534/
*http://film.britishcouncil.org/shunyata
*http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3290534/
*http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_film-your-life_1285980
*http://documentaries.documentaryfilms.net/India-Rediscovered-2008.html
*http://www.cultureunplugged.com/play/703/Shunyata
*http://www.cultureunplugged.com/play/1146/India-Rediscovered/Vm0xMFlWWXhTbkpQVm1SU1lrVndVbFpyVWtKUFVUMDkr
*http://www.cnngo.com/mumbai/none/presents-698673
*http://gulfnews.com/news/world/india/reel-touch-to-reality-1.705487

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Film directors from Mumbai]]
[[Category:Indian filmmakers]]
[[Category:1979 births]]

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