Amit Shekhar

Amit Shekhar (born 27 January 1986), is a an Ad Filmmaker, Motivational Speaker and Writer  known for his works predominantly in I Shouldn't Be Alive and Megastructures He is also known for his works in many Documentary based Tv series and his Bollywood and Hollywood internet entrepreneurship. Amit was studying English Drama and Economics at Ewing Christian College when he snagged a fellowship of filmmaking, soon he moved to Mumbai to find a niche in the film industry. Amit Shekhar is known for Films like Sanctum, Oscar and Bafta Nominated Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, Ra one, Love Lies and Seeta, Love lies and seeta review Life ki toh lag gayi and many Hollywood and Bollywood films.

Early life and Education
Amit Shekhar was born in Siwan to a Hindu Kayastha family, His father Arjun Prasad Shrivastava and mother Madhuri kumari brought him in the traditional Indian culture. He completed his Schooling in his hometown and moved to Allahabad for further Education. in The city of Ganga he was first introduced to indian Theatre, Drama , indian philosophy , dharma and classical Music. He was trained in Classical Music Violin (Instrumental) by Pt.Tarachand Gaur in Voilin(instrumental) at Prayag sangeet samiti. During Kumbha Mela he used to interact with many spiritual Gurus of india and used to discuss human suffering, religious differences and the meaning of life. This further led him to retrospect more on human life and its evolution.

Career
Amit Shekhar started his career as an assistant director in National Geographic Channel, but Things changed when discovery channel picked him as a script supervisor for series I Shouldn't Be Alive. in 2009 He started working with Fashion TV as a creative director, but his interest in creating new contents did not allow him to work longer in this medium. soon he ventured into a creative world of Advertising. in 2010 he founded an Advertising and marketing company named colaila to distribute digital content on virtual platform.its objective was to combine creativity and experience to develop and deliver quality information solutions. He has made many Ad films and Corporate Films of some of the renowned companies across the globe. He often arranges free Motivational training for poor and orphan students.

OTHER WORKS
Amit has actively been involved in social issues relating starving children and disparity of wealth. He travels across india for his motivational training,often emphasizes on the how society, books and religion have put you into continuous debris of pain and suffering. He has written articles on freethought living style, agnosticism and apatheism.