Siddharth Chauhan

Siddharth Chauhan is an Indian screenwriter, director and producer from Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. He was awarded the "Youth Achiever" award by Hindustan Times Group in August 2014. Chauhan has not received any professional training in this field. His films have been screened across places including Sarajevo, UK, US, Belarus, Indonesia, New Zealand, Italy, China, Canada and France. He is the first independent filmmaker from Himachal Pradesh to have continuously taken his locally produced films outside India.

His debut feature film titled 'Amar Colony' had its World Premiere at (POFF), 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival where Siddharth became the first Indian Director to win an award for a film and Amar Colony, the first Indian Film to win an award at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in 2022. Amar Colony was awarded the Special Jury Prize for its "originality of vision" The film had its Indian Premiere at (IFFK) 27th International Film Festival of Kerala where the Federation of Film Societies of India awarded Siddharth for being the Best Debutant Director from India. Provided by Wikipedia