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{{Infobox person
| name = Brahmanand S. Siingh
| image = BrahmanandSSiingh.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1965|5|03}}
| birth_place = [[Purnia]], Bihar, India.
| nationality = Indian
| occupation = Filmmaker, Author and Life Coach
| notable_works = Pancham Unmixed, Kaagaz Ki Kashti, Jhalki
| awards = [[National Film Award for Best Biographical Film]]
[[National Film Award for Best Historical Reconstruction/Compilation Film]]
[[REX Karmaveer Chakra Award]]
| website = [http://mobiusfilms.net/ Mobius Films]
[http://brahmanandsingh.com/ Brahmanand Siingh]
}}

'''Brahmanand S. Siingh''' (born 3 May 1965) is a filmmaker and author from [[Mumbai]], India. He is best known for the films ''Kaagaz Ki Kashti'', a biopic on [[Jagjit Singh]]<ref name="Kaagaz Ki Kashti - Jagjit Singh">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/entertainment/In-memory-of-Jagjit-Singh/article14489840.ece |title=In memory of Jagjit Singh |work=The Hindu|access-date=15 July 2015}}</ref> and his feature-length documentary on [[R. D. Burman]], ''Pancham Unmixed: Mujhe Chalte Jaana Hai''.<ref name="Pancham Unmixed - RD Burman - Jagjit Singh">{{cite web|url=http://www.jamuura.com/blog/knowing-pancham/ |title=Knowing Pancham: A Beautiful Docu On The Life Of R.D. Burman! |work=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.expressomagazine.com/2020/02/01/an-exclusive-interview-with-brahmanand-s-siingh/|title=An Exclusive Interview with Brahmanand S Siingh|last=sengupta|first=Rituparna|date=2020-02-01|website=Expresso Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-15}}</ref>

==Early life and education==

[[Brahmanand S Siingh]] grew up in [[Purnia]], [[Bihar]]. Later he moved to [[St. Xavier's College, Ranchi|St Xavier's College]] [[Ranchi]] and eventually to [[University of Calcutta|Kolkata University]] for his English Literature Masters. His journeys into cinema, however, started within a year of his moving to [[Mumbai]]<ref name="Purnea (Bihar) to filmmaking in Mumbai">{{cite web|url=https://bargad.org/2012/07/27/brahmanand-singh-documentaries/|title=AUDIENCE ARE HUNGRY FOR QUALITY CONTENT WELL-TOLD -BRAHMANAND SINGH|publisher=Bargad|access-date=22 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805004003/http://bargad.org/2012/07/27/brahmanand-singh-documentaries/|archive-date=5 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> in 1993.

== Career ==
Brahmanand began writing about art and cinema in the 1980s, publishing articles in publications like [[The Daily Telegraph|''The Telegraph'']], [[The Statesman (India)|''Statesman'']], [[The Times of India|''Times of India'']], ''[[The Hindu]]'', [[The Indian Express|''Indian Express'']], and ''[[The Independent]]''. He also published online work during the [[dotcom boom]]. Brahmanand has published over 3,000 articles and features, essays, poems and short stories, as well as three biographical books, ''Strings Of Eternity'', ''Diamonds & Rust'' and ''Lightness Of Being''.

He began making films in the late 1990s, mainly producing biographical documentaries and independent films. He is most well known for his experiential biopics on figures like RD Burman<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/rd-burman-a-lesson-in-time-management/22532171|title=RD Burman, a lesson in time management|date=2020-02-02|website=mid-day|language=en|access-date=2020-04-15}}</ref> and Jagjit Singh (Pancham Unmixed & Kaagaz Ki Kashti).

He has also won the [[Karmaveer Chakra Award|REX-Karmaveer-Chakra Awards]], in partnership with the [[United Nations]], for transforming lives through social impact projects and ideas of hope. Siingh's latest feature project, ''Jhalki'', a feature film that attempts to create public awareness of child trafficking and child labor.<ref name="Jhalki">{{cite web |title=Jhalki a film by Brahmanand S Siingh |url=http://www.advantus.co.in/demo/mobius2015/scroll1/demo.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418081624/http://www.advantus.co.in/demo/mobius2015/scroll1/demo.html |archive-date=18 April 2017 |access-date=17 April 2017 |publisher=Advantus}}</ref>

He has also sat on the jury of various international film festivals and award platforms, and conducts filmmaking and scriptwriting workshops.

== Filmography ==

As a director and/or producer.
{|class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
|-
| 1997
| Ashgari Bai
|-
| 1998
| A burden of Love
|-
| 1999
| Back to Nature
|-
| 2002
| Uncaging the Body<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mobiusfilms.net/product/uncaging-the-body/|title=Uncaging the Body – Documentary Films – Mobius Films|work=mobiusfilms.net|access-date=18 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418022356/http://mobiusfilms.net/product/uncaging-the-body/|archive-date=18 April 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2005
| Ragpickers<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mobiusfilms.net/product/ragpickers/|title=Ragpickers – Documentary Films – Mobius Films|work=mobiusfilms.net|access-date=18 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418022359/http://mobiusfilms.net/product/ragpickers/|archive-date=18 April 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2008
| Pancham Unmixed<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/737491/pancham-unmixed-documentary-gets-rebooted-with-extended-interviews-about-composer-rd-burman|title='Pancham Unmixed' documentary gets rebooted with extended interviews about composer RD Burman|first=Nandini|last=Ramnath|work=scroll.in|access-date=18 April 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 2011
| Chidiya Rain Basera
|-
| 2012
| Ambassador of Peace
|-
| 2015
| Knowing Pancham<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jamuura.com/blog/knowing-pancham/|title=Knowing Pancham: A Beautiful Docu On The Life Of R.D. Burman! – Jamuura Blog|date=8 July 2015|work=jamuura.com|access-date=18 April 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 2015
| Through Our Eyes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mobiusfilms.wordpress.com/2016/08/24/through-our-eyes/|title=Through Our Eyes|last=mobiusfilms|date=24 August 2016|work=wordpress.com|access-date=18 April 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 2016
| Riding on a Sunbeam<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eventshigh.com/detail/bangalore/b4551c5a9b613145a5782a318b2e1fe4-tie-spotlight-riding-on-a|title=TiE Spotlight : Riding on a Sunbeam – With Brahmanand Siingh at Bangalore – Events High|work=eventshigh.com|access-date=18 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418081509/https://www.eventshigh.com/detail/bangalore/b4551c5a9b613145a5782a318b2e1fe4-tie-spotlight-riding-on-a|archive-date=18 April 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2017
| Kaagaz Ki Kashti<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thereel.scroll.in/803182/documentary-on-ghazal-superstar-jagjit-singh-lines-up-the-tributes-and-the-tears|title=Documentary on ghazal superstar Jagjit Singh lines up the tributes and the tears|first=Nandini|last=Ramnath|work=scroll.in|access-date=18 April 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 2019
| Jhalki
|-
|}

== Awards ==

{|class="wikitable"
! Year
! Award
! Category
! For
|-
| 2003
| Apsara Film Producers Guild Awards
| Best Short Film
| Uncaging the Body
|-
| 2008
| IFFLA
| Critics Special Mention
| Pancham Unmixed
|-
| 2008
| Washington DC Film Festival
| Audience Choice Award
| Pancham Unmixed
|-
| 2009
| [[57th National Film Awards]]
| Best Compilation Film (Director)
| Pancham Unmixed
|-
| 2009
| [[57th National Film Awards]]
| Best Compilation Film (Producer)
| Pancham Unmixed
|-
| 2010
| AIFF
| Best Documentary
| Pancham Unmixed
|-
| 2016
| Vancouver International South Asian Film Festival<ref name="https://visaff.ca"/>
| Audience Choice Award
| Kaagaz Ki Kashti
|-
| 2016
| Vancouver International South Asian Film Festival<ref name="https://visaff.ca">{{Cite web|url=https://visaff.ca/|language=en-CA|access-date=2020-03-23}}</ref>
| Best Documentary Award
| Kaagaz Ki Kashti
|-
|2019
|International Screen Awards (ISA 2019)<ref name="internationalscreenawards.com">{{Cite web|url=http://internationalscreenawards.com/internationalscreenawards/international-screen-awards-winners.htm|title=Winners International Screen Awards|website=internationalscreenawards.com|access-date=2020-03-23}}</ref>
|Platinum Award for International Feature Film
|Jhalki
|-
|2019
|Washington DC South Asian Film Festival (DCSAFF 2019)
|Best Director Award
|Jhalki
|-
|2019
|Indian Film Festival of Cincinnati (IFFCINCY 2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiacincinnatisistercity.org/copy-of-schedule-2018-1|title=Schedule 2019|website=indiasistercity|language=en|access-date=2020-03-23}}</ref>
|Best Feature Film Award
|Jhalki
|-
|2019
|Indian International Film Festival Of Boston (IIFFB 2019) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iiffb.org/closing-night-iiffb-2019/|title=Closing Night - IIFFB 2019|website=India International Film Festival of Boston|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-23}}</ref>
|Best Social Cause Film Award
|Jhalki
|-
|2019
|International Independent Film Awards Los Angeles (IIFA 2019) <ref name=":0" />
|Best Concept Platinum Winners
|Jhalki
|-
|2019
|International Independent Film Awards Los Angeles (IIFA 2019) <ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.iifilmawards.com/Platinum_Award.html|title=Platinum Award|website=iifilmawards.com|access-date=2020-03-23}}</ref>
|Best Screenplay Platinum Winners
|Jhalki
|-
|2019
|Boston International Film Festival (BIFF 2019) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bostoniff.com/portfolio-view/jhalki-tale-of-a-tireless-sparrow-2/|title=JHALKI: Tale Of A Tireless Sparrow|website=Boston International Film Festival {{!}} BostoninterFF|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-23}}</ref>
|Best Original Screenplay Award
|Jhalki
|-
|2019
|REX-Karmaveer-Chakra<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://india.afs.org/2019/11/12/rex-karmaveer-global-young-leaders-fellowship-and-karmaveer-chakra-awards/|title=REX Karmaveer Global Young Leaders Fellowship and Karmaveer Chakra Awards|last=India|date=2019-11-12|website=India|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-23}}</ref>
|Karmaveer Chakra Award
|N/A
|-
|}

==References==
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== External links ==

*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4827297/ Brahmanand S Siingh on IMDb]
*[https://www.facebook.com/brahmanandssiingh Brahmanand S Siingh on Facebook]
*[https://twitter.com/BrahmanandSingh Brahmanand S Siingh on Twitter]
*[https://www.instagram.com/brahmanandsingh123/ Brahmanand S Siingh on Instagram]

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