Kamlesh Malviya

Born in a simple family in the city of Ujjain, a small town of Madhya Pradesh, at the age of thirteen, I got the opportunity to act on the stage and a seed was sprouted in the heart for art and imagination. As a child artist I started acting with Kalidas Academy of Ujjain. During same time, I also received a scholarship from the Indian Government on two-year Indian classical theatrics. Being a student from Sangeet Natak Academy, I also got the opportunity to direct many plays as a director. Theater gave me great opportunity and respect but my financial situation kept on deteriorating. Later i moved to Mumbai and started working as Assistant director and started understanding the intricacies of film and television technique. After putting lot of hard work , I got the opportunity to work in a film as Associate Director but I was not satisfied with the same. At this point, I thought of making a short film without any money in my pocket; just on the basis of my self confidence. With little savings at my end I was able to save some money and made a short movie titled "sperm" and it was screened in the International film festival. continuing the trend of making short films, i was able to work on different assignments. It is really difficult to put my journey of last 36 years into the words but with almighty's grace and my continuous efforts, I am able to create a space for my self as independent director.