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'''Manish G. Acharya''' (14 June 1967 – 4 December 2010) was an [[India]]n [[film director]] and [[actor]]. Acharya was best known for ''[[Loins of Punjab Presents]]'', the film he co-wrote with [[Anuvab Pal (comedian)|Anuwab Pal]], directed, acted in, and co-produced.<ref name=NDTV>{{cite news<br />
|title=Manish Acharya dies after falling off a horse <br />
|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?ID=ENTEN20100162222&keyword=bollywood&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA <br />
|work=[[Press Trust of India]] <br />
|publisher=[[NDTV]] <br />
|date=2010-12-05 <br />
|access-date=2010-12-26 <br />
|url-status=dead <br />
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101208060821/http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?ID=ENTEN20100162222&keyword=bollywood&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA <br />
|archive-date=8 December 2010 <br />
}}</ref> Released theatrically to great critical acclaim in 2007 in India and the US, the film ''s''tarred [[Shabana Azmi]], [[Ayesha Dharker|Ayesha Dharkar]] and [[Ajay Naidu]] among others.<ref name=NDTV/> Manish Acharya's other film credits include a cameo in the 2009 [[Zoya Akhtar]] film ''[[Luck by Chance]]'' and narration in [[Nina Paley|Nina Paley's]] animation feature film ''[[Sita Sings the Blues]]''.<ref name=NDTV/><br />
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Acharya completed his Undergraduate Studies from [[Grinnell College]] in Iowa, USA, with a major in [[Physics]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://loggia.grinnell.edu/page.aspx?pid=818 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-04-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314040300/http://loggia.grinnell.edu/page.aspx?pid=818 |archive-date=14 March 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> He then received a [[Master of Science|Master's degree]] from [[Iowa State|Iowa State University]] in [[Industrial Relations]]. Acharya worked in the US corporate world as Head of Marketing at [[MicroStrategy|Microsyrategy]], and was featured on the cover of [[Marketing (magazine)|Marketing Magazine]] at the age of 27. At the age of 30, Manish left corporate America to study [[film directing]], and received his [[Master of Fine Arts]] degree from [[New York University|New York University (NYU)'s]] prestigious [[Tisch School of the Arts]].<ref name="NDTV" /> Loins Of Punjab Presents was his first feature film as well as his thesis film, and it became the highest grossing English language comedy in India. It won several awards, including the [[Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles|IFFLA]]'s 2008 Audience Choice Award for Best Feature and Sapporo Asian Film Festival of Dallas's 2008 Best Narrative Feature Award.<br />
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Acharya was critically injured in a horse riding accident on 4 December 2010, in [[Matheran]], India. He is survived by his wife, artist [[Dhruvi Acharya]] and their two children Malhar and Aman.<ref>{{cite news |title=Filmmaker Manish Acharya dead - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Filmmaker-Manish-Acharya-dead/articleshow/7045328.cms |work=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref><br />
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*{{IMDb name|id=1054473|name=Manish Acharya}}<br />
*[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/12/movies/12loin.html Loins of Punjab Presents in New York Times]<br />
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[[Category:Film directors from Mumbai]]<br />
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