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After winning multiple awards for her new film,

A STORY CALLED LIFE,

the offers came rushing in for visionary filmmaker, AKSHATA HONNAVAR. “I have been grateful to work with multiple amazing projects,” she commented on her recent success,

“I will be script supervisor and continuity starting July 19 for nine episodes of Chase, a new TV series; then I work with Bhakti Center, developing and subsequently producing a series of Master Class Educational Programs, and finally I will be part of the TV pilot for a series called Budabless, but I don’t have production dates on that yet.”

Her life currently looks like the films she loved and grew up on, “In India, almost every film is a musical and perhaps reflects the way people live in this part of the world. I am not sure how or when the transition from being a huge film fan to wanting to be a filmmaker happened. But it did and my journey to New York Film Academy began.”

When asked if she encounters any obstacles — as a woman or as someone from another country — Akshata volunteered an answer as hopeful as any of her favorited films but resolute, “The important thing to go up is to have a network of good film makers from whom we can learn further. A film school teaching has its limitations and cannot be compared with what we learn on the ground.” But she is not naïve, “everybody wants to be with good natured people. Unless someone is amazingly talented we will try to avoid them. The work is too collaborative where we sit with many people together. Personal relations will definitely come in between. If you are good to be around the people for whom we may work will find this as a bonus.”

Open and honest her needs point to talent, “I think everyone has to pass the first test but the real challenges that we will face here is the lack of good film makers to work with. There are a few but then they are already surrounded with so many brilliant people that we will not be visible unless we have some network.”

She concluded with honesty, ” I am struggling with the networking part and that should not be taken lightly ever. Most of us think that we are best at our work and good hearted. That illusion breaks and builds all the time.”