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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Tanmay Shah
|image =
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1989}}
|birth_place = [[Ahmedabad]], [[India]]
|known_for = Films, 52FilmsProject, Pinch of Salt
|awards = [[Limca Book of Records]]
|occupation = Film director, producer, writer, editor, cinematographer, script and screen-writer
}}
'''Tanmay Shah''' is a director, producer, writer, editor, cinematographer, script and screenwriter<ref name=amkavya>{{cite news |last=Nair |first=Kavya |date=18 March 2019 |title='Short' is the new black|url=https://ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad/others/short-is-the-new-black/articleshow/68455016.cms|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190318030622/https://ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad/others/short-is-the-new-black/articleshow/68455016.cms?|archive-date=18 March 2019|work=[[Ahmedabad Mirror]] |location=Ahmedabad|ref=8}}</ref> from [[Gujarat]], [[India]] who is known for 52FilmsProject<ref name=dnakinjal>{{cite news |last=Shah-Desai |first=Kinjal |date=5 March 2015 |title=52 Films in 2015|url=http://dnasyndication.com/dna/Cinema_Entertainment/dna_english_news_and_features/52-films-in-2015/DNAHM82398|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007102108/http://dnasyndication.com/dna/Cinema_Entertainment/dna_english_news_and_features/52-films-in-2015/DNAHM82398|archive-date=7 October 2017|work=[[Daily News and Analysis]] |location=Ahmedabad|ref=7}}</ref> and his short documentary Pinch of Salt.<ref name=dnajyoti>{{cite news|last1=Bihola|first1=Jyoti|title=City boy tastes success with 'A Pinch of Salt'|url=http://dnasyndication.com/showarticle.aspx?nid=DNAHM106131|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017095719/http://dnasyndication.com/showarticle.aspx?nid=DNAHM106131|archive-date=7 October 2017|work=[[Daily News and Analysis]]|ref=6|location=Ahmedabad|date=18 November 2016}}</ref> He is the Founder and CEO of FridayFictionFilms.<ref name=dnakinjal/><ref name=tiestaff/>

==Early life==
Shah was born in [[Ahmedabad]]. He is an information technology engineer academically. He has worked at [[Physical Research Laboratory]] as a project trainee and [[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay]] as a research associate.<ref name=amstaff/> During his stay at [[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay]], he was asked to write a story for a video game by a friend who had created it.<ref name=amstaff>{{cite news |author= |title=Thank God for Fridays! |url=http://ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/unwind//articleshow/49556725.cms |url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.is/AlRLT|archive-date=7 October 2017|work= [[Ahmedabad Mirror]] |ref=5|location=Ahmedabad |date=28 October 2015}}</ref> The whole process of writing and being on the shoot inspired him to become a filmmaker.<ref name=tbiaditi>{{cite web |url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/89972/friday-fiction-films-tanmay-shah-52-films-in-one-year/ |url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.is/GBM6d|archive-date=22 January 2018|title=Last Year, Tanmay Shah Took up a Challenge to Make 52 Films in a Year & He's all set to do it again! |last=Patwardhan |first=Aditi |date=8 March 2017 |website=The Better India |access-date=8 March 2017 }}</ref> Soon after, he left his job at IIT Bombay and returned to [[Ahmedabad]] to make films.<ref name=dnakinjal/><ref name=tbiaditi/><ref name=dhsunil/>

==52FilmsProject==
In 2015, Shah undertook a project of making 52 zero-budget short films in a year on various social issues.<ref name=dnakinjal/><ref name=dhsunil/><ref name=amaashima/><ref name=navgujaratjayjit>{{cite news|last1=Trivedi|first1=Jayjit|title=52 વીકમાં ફિલ્મ્સ|url=http://navgujaratsamay.indiatimes.com/lifestyle/youth-of-gujarat/52-/articleshow/49609841.cms|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.is/2cXgq|archive-date=22 January 2018|work=[[NavGujarat Samay]]|location=Ahmedabad|date=1 November 2015}}</ref> The issues ranged from Light Pollution, Parenting, Language Manipulation to Child Abuse, Lesbian Wedding and Global Terrorism.<ref name=dhsunil/> He made the first film of the project and released it on the YouTube channel of FridayFictionFilms on 2 January. He released one short film every Friday for the next 52 weeks. The procedure he had designed for the project was to write and shoot the film on Saturday-Sundays, re-shoot on Mondays, Edit on Tuesdays, re-edit on Wednesdays, make the music on Thursdays, and release it on Fridays.<ref name=dhsunil/><ref name=amaashima>{{cite news|last1=Kadakia|first1=Aashima|title=TECHIE TO FILMMAKER|url=http://ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/unwind//articleshow/45128179.cms|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.is/L09Dl|archive-date=7 October 2017|work=[[Ahmedabad Mirror]]|ref=3|location=Ahmedabad|date=13 November 2014}}</ref> All the films were shot in Ahmedabad.<ref name=toiashish>{{cite news|last1=Chauhan|first1=Ashish|title=Amdavadi filmmaker releases film on every Friday|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Amdavadi-filmmaker-releases-film-on-every-Friday/articleshow/53507594.cms|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808014651/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Amdavadi-filmmaker-releases-film-on-every-Friday/articleshow/53507594.cms|archive-date=8 August 2016|work=[[The Times of India]]|ref=4|location=Ahmedabad|date=2 August 2016}}</ref> 170 actors were part of the project out of which many of them were non-professionals.<ref name=tiestaff>{{cite news |author= |title=After 52 zero-budget films, Shah set to foray into Bollywood |url=http://epaper.indianexpress.com/743830/Ahmedabad/09-March-2016#clip/9083879/c4d9e1f4-ab00-4c21-81bb-62358a312a94/384:516.4220268394262 |archiveurl = https://archive.is/vPjgq | archivedate =7 October 2017 |url-status=live|work= [[The Indian Express]] |ref=2|location=Ahmedabad |date=9 March 2016}}</ref> In 2016, Shah was awarded Limca Book of Records for making 52 zero budget short films in 52 weeks.
<ref name=dhsunil>{{cite news|last1=Raghu|first1=Sunil|title=Techie makes one film every week|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/636782/techie-makes-one-film-every.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009055910/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/636782/techie-makes-one-film-every.html|archive-date=9 October 2017|work=[[Deccan Herald]]|ref=4|location=[[Bengaluru]]|date=8 October 2017}}</ref> He has given a [[TEDx]] talk at TEDxBITSHyderabad about 52FilmsProject.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/19832 |title=TEDxBITSHyderabad x = independently organized TED event Theme: Dream. Think. Evolve.| author= |date= 13 November 2016|website=[[TED (conference)]] |publisher=TED Conferences LLC |access-date=31 January 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.is/Bj9Pg |archive-date=31 January 2018 |quote=Speakers: Tanmay Shah }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tedxbitshyderabad.com/2016.html |title=TEDxBITSHyderabad 2016 |author= |date= 13 November 2016|website=TEDxBITSHyderabad |publisher=TEDxBITSHyderabad |access-date=31 January 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6wsRDhuBw |archive-date=31 January 2018 }}</ref>

==''Pinch of Salt''==
In 2016, he made a 12-minute short documentary film, in Gujarati language,<ref name=dnajyoti/> based on the lives of 30,000 salt pan workers of [[Kutch]], [[Gujarat]]. The short documentary talks about the plight of salt pan workers, how they are deprived of the most basic amenities and infrastructure and yet are thriving their cultural legacy of folk music.<ref name=dnajyoti/> It has been screened at the international film festivals of Romania, Russia, USA, Canada, Germany, Spain, UK, and Serbia.<ref name=dnajyoti/> It has won 12 awards at various International Film Festivals<ref name=dnajyoti/>

==Recognition==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year of Award
! Award
! Reference
|-
| 2013
| Best Film for 'Paperboat' at 'Yes I am the Change' film festival
| <ref name=dnakinjal/><ref name=tiestaff/>
|-
| 2016
| [[Limca Book of Records]] for [[#52FilmsProject|52FilmsProject]]
| <ref name=dhsunil/>
|-
| 2016
| Asia Book of Records for 52FilmsProject
| <ref name=dnajyoti/><ref name=dhsunil/><ref name=toiashish/>
|-
| 2016
| India Book of Records for 52FilmsProject
| <ref name=dnajyoti/><ref name=dhsunil/><ref name=toiashish/>
|-
| 2017
| Golden Book of World Records for 52FilmsProject
| <ref name=dnajyoti/><ref name=dhsunil/>
|}

==External links==
* {{IMDB name|nm8342038}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shah, Tanmay}}
[[Category:1989 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Artists from Ahmedabad]]
[[Category:Film directors from Gujarat]]

Tanmay Shah - Revision history

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