Saurav Mohapatra
Saurav Mohapatra | |
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![]() Saurav Mohapatra | |
Born | 1978[1] Khurda, India[1] |
Occupation | Writer, Filmmaker |
Nationality | Indian |
Period | 2006 – |
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Saurav Mohapatra is a filmmaker and writer based out of San Francisco, California, USA.
His comic book work includes the Devi (#11 onwards), The Sadhu : "The Silent Ones"[2] and Deepak Chopra's India Authentic from Virgin Comics. He is the co-creator/writer of the crime-noir comic book series Mumbai Confidential from Archaia. His recent work includes Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay’s Chander pahar into a graphic novel called Moon Mountain[3] for Penguin Random House (India) and Sholay: Gabbar, an authorized prequel graphic novel for the iconic Hindi feature film Sholay.[4]
As a filmmaker, he's known for his short films The First Rule, that he wrote and directed. The First Rule won the award for "Best International Short Film" at the Port Blair International Film Festival, 2021.
Biography[]
Born in 1978 in Khurda, India, Mohapatra attended the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and later emigrated to United States in 2000.
He was also the co-founder of Dimdim inc., an open source web conferencing company (acquired by Salesforce.com in 2011)[5]
Bibliography[]
- Sholay: Gabbar (Westland/)
- (Penguin India)
- Moon Mountain (Penguin India)
- Mumbai Confidential (Archaia) [3]
- Witchblade (issues 140-141 co-written with Ron Marz (Top Cow) [4]
- India Authentic (Virgin Comics)
- Devi #11-onwards (Virgin Comics)
- The Sadhu : "The Silent Ones" (Virgin Comics)
- Jimmy Zhingchak - Agent of D.I.S.C.O. (one shot) (Virgin Comics)
- (one shot) (Virgin Comics)
Filmography[]
- The First Rule (2021) (short film) (writer/director) - Winner "Best International Short Film" award at Port Blair International Film Festival 2021
- Cora (2020) (short film) (writer/director)
- Lathe (2020) (short film) (writer/director)
See also[]
- Indian comics
- Virgin Comics
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b [1], www.mohaps.com
- ^ Forum Archived 2007-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, Newsarama
- ^ [2]
- ^ Maniar, Parag (2014). "Sholay's Gabbar Singh immortalised in comic book". Times of India.
- ^ About Dimdim Archived 2010-08-22 at the Wayback Machine, www.dimdim.com
External links[]
- Devi #11 on Forbidden Planet [5]
- India Authentic #1 Ganesha on Mile High Comics [6]
- Saurav Mohapatra's Website and Blog- [7]
- Ron Marz interview on Newsarama [8]
- Dimdim Management Team [9]
- Salesforce acquires Dimdim [10]
- Creator details page at Archaia [11]
- Saurav Mohapatra's [12]
- Indian comics writers
- Indian writers
- Indian film directors
- Living people
- 1978 births
- Writers from Odisha
- Comics writer stubs
- Indian writer stubs