Rakesh Ranjan Kumar

Rakesh Ranjan Kumar
Rakesh Ranjan Kumar in 2011
Born	15 January 1972 Darbhanga, Bihar
Occupation	Director, Writer
Years active	1995–present

Rakesh Ranjan Kumar (राकेश रंजन कुमार) (Born 15th January 1972) is an Indian film Director and Writer. He directed Dear Friend Hitler which was premiered at Cannes Film Festival^[1] in 2011 and also it's promotions were held at 61st Berlin International Film Festival where it received positive reviews. The film created a lot of havoc all over the world for the theme it dealt with. Later the film got released in India as Gandhi to Hitler.

Born in village kumraul, panchayat Garaul, Darbhanga, Bihar and a Post Graduate in Hindi Literature from Hindu College, University of Delhi, he participated in several stage plays as director, writer, actor including the productions like Oedipus, Punch Light, Sakharam Binder, Jaati Hi Poocho Sadhu Ki, Holi, Antigone, West Side Story etc. He also produced and directed tv serials like "Zameer" for DD1 in partnership with Subhash Ghai's Mukta Arts.

He started his filming career as a writer with famous Hindi writer Late Manohar Shyam Joshi, filmmakers Imtiaz Ali, Anurag Kashyap and Abhinav Kashyap.^[2]

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References

1. Byrge, Duane. "Dear Friend Hitler: Cannes Review". the hollywood reporter. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
2. Kumar, Rakesh Ranjan. "director". Amrapali Media Vision Pvt. Ltd.
3. Kamra, Diksha (12 December 2010). "Filmi campus connection". Times of India.
4. Kamra, Diksha (19 December 2010). "Rakesh likes 'crowd' on the sets". Times of India.

External links

Rakesh Ranjan Kumar at the Internet Movie Database

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1. Chandra, Anjali. work=Times of India "Director Rakesh Ranjan Kumar's next titled 'Marksheet'" Check |url= value (help).
2. Saini, Meenakshi (12 April 2012). "Now, a film on Ranjit Don". Hindustan Times.
3. Kapoor, Jaskiran (10 July 2011). "Peace Mails". Indian Express.
4. Lahiri, Tripti (26 July 2011). "Bollywood’s ‘Dear Friend Hitler’ Is Back". The Wall Street Journal.