Born on October 11, 1968, Gaurav grew up in Bombay - the largest film producing city in the world. Although his family was not involved in the film business, Gaurav developed keen interest in cinema as a young boy. But curiously enough this interest wasn't for the regular "Bollywood" films produced in his city by the hundreds each year; he was drawn more towards international cinema, deeply influenced by European filmmakers like Fellini, De Sica, Kieslowski, Truffaut and Tarkovsky.By the time he finished school, 18-year old Gaurav had made up his mind he wanted to be a filmmaker. He left India and got admitted into thebiggest, oldest and one of the most prestigious film schools in the world - The Russian federation State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) founded by none other than Sergei Eisenstein. At VGIK Gaurav studied under the strict tutelage of Vadim Yusov, the legendary cinematographer of Tarkovsky and six years later, in 1993, he graduated with a Master's Degree in Cinematography & Film Direction.After making a couple of feature and documentary films in Russia and India, Gaurav moved to Canada in 1998 to make "A Passage to Ottawa", his first dramatic feature length film, which won five international awards, including a Crystal Bear (Special Mention) at the Berlin Film Festival (2002). The following year Gaurav was once again invited to Berlin, this time to serve on the International Kinderfilm Jury alongside noted filmmakers Lars Berg (Norway) and Martin Duffy (Ireland).Gaurav's most recent film is a charming romantic comedy called "Pink Ludoos" produced by Brightlight Pictures & CHUM, which is slated for release in 2006. Currently Gaurav has a several projects in development, including psychological thrillers "Bardo" and "Quantum", and a comedy-drama called "Karma Chameleon." He is also co-writing Deepa Mehta's next film "Exclusion" a historical drama based on the Komagata Maru incident. Show less «