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'''Vivek Kajaria''' ({{lang-hi|विवेक कजरिया}}), (born 1 October 1984) is an Indian film producer and director. He is the founder/managing director of Holy Basil Productions Pvt. Ltd. and Co- founder/partner of NAHB, a joint venture between Holy Basil Productions and Navalakha Arts.

==Early life and education==
Vivek Kajaria finished his education from [[Warwick University]], UK in M.Sc in Computer Science and Applications. Prior to this, he already held a degree in MBA. Later, he joined his family business of construction and development to polish himself as a skillful entrepreneur and then went after his longtime dream to be associated with the creative and media industry by finding his very own brand, [http://www.holybasil.in Holy Basil Productions].

== Career ==
Having successfully worked along with some of the most reputed agencies like LOWE LINTAS, TBWA, Publicis Singapore, Leo Burnette and on brands like Standard Chartered, Surf Excel, Hamam, HUL, Complan, Transtadia, etc. Vivek made the long due foray into Feature films by a leap of collaboration.

NAVALAKHA ARTS & HOLY BASIL PRODUCTIONS came into existence through the collaboration of two ambitious companies and in a very short time made its mark with an enviable track record of making feature films like [[Shala (film)]] (won National award – Best film), [[Anumati (film)]] (Presenter), [[Fandry]] <ref name= VarietyMedia>{{cite news |title=Fandry, Powerless, Alchemy Cop Top Prizes at Fest - Variety|author=Shalini Dore |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/fandry-powerless-alchemy-cop-top-prizes-at-fest-1201157186/ |publisher=VarietyMedia (entertainment news) |date=14 April 2014 |accessdate=14 April 2014}}</ref><ref name= bollyspice>{{cite news |title=Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles to showcase Bombay Talkies, Ugly and More - BollySpice|author=Stacey Yount |url=http://bollyspice.com/77651/preview-indian-film-festival-los-angeles-showcase-bombay-talkies-ugly |publisher=bollyspice (news) |date=21 March 2014 |accessdate=21 March 2014}}</ref><ref name=dearcinema1>{{cite news |title=Film Review: Fandry - DearCinema.com|author=Aniruddha Basu |url=http://dearcinema.com/review/film-review-fandry/5224 |publisher=dearcinema (digital publication) |date=16 February 2014 |accessdate=16 February 2014}}</ref><ref name=dearcinema2>{{cite news |title=Fandry to release on 150 screens in February - DearCinema.com|author=Amit Upadhyaya |url=http://dearcinema.com/news/fandry-release/1300 |publisher=dearcinema (digital publication) |date=9 January 2014 |accessdate=9 January 2014}}</ref> (won a number of national and international awards and is still counting), Chaurya and Siddhant.

Vivek turned Director with his debut short, ''Durga'', which bagged him the special mention Dada Saheb Phalke award and has travelled to over 20 film festivals across the globe.

His upcoming films include Raju (Kannada), which is the story of thousands of Raju's in our villages who are very intelligent but remain so without exposure and appreciation. The film has Music given by Shri Illiyaraja.

His feature films in Marathi have been awarded by national and international body of film makers and Festivals across the globe. Now he is also entering Bollywood industry by working on a Hindi feature film and also presenting one.

He has also played an active role in fund raising activities for Mumbai Film Festival.<ref name="dearcinema">{{cite news|url=http://dearcinema.com/news/uncertainly-mumbai-film-festival-public-support-outpours/0048|title=Uncertainty over Mumbai Film Festival, supporters take to social media - DearCinema.com|author=NewsDesk|date=29 August 2014|accessdate=29 August 2014|publisher=dearcinema (digital publication)}}</ref>

Very recently he has founded another company called [http://www.basilcontent.com Basil Content Media Pvt Ltd]. The company was founded with the idea of being one of India's first film sales and film festival strategies outfits. It operates with the ideology that a crosshatched and sustainable ecosystem needs to be maintained to be able to create value for all stakeholders in the filmed entertainment value chain.

==Filmography==

* ''[[Fandry]]'' (2013)
*''[[Anumati (film)|Anumati]]'' (2013)
* ''Siddhant''
*''Chaurya''
*''Durga'' (Short film)
*[[Rakshas (film)|''Rakshas'']] (2018)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|nm5616528}}
*[https://twitter.com/kajariavivek Vivek Kajaria] on Twitter

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