User:Deependra Singh Vatsa

D.S. Vatsa (born 1986) is a Filmmaker/Story teller. He was born in Allahabad (now Prayagraj) but shifted to Mumbai with his family as a kid. He underwent his initial schooling in culture of Mumbai. Soon, fate called him back to his roots when he went back to do his education from Allahabad & Lucknow. At the age of 16, he left his studies and came back to Mumbai alone, where in search of shelter and food, he started doing odd jobs in the field of movie editing in the film Industry.

One thing led to another, and he went on to edit many movies and TV shows.He edited many TV shows like Prithviraj Chauhan (Star plus), Jai Shri Krishna (Colours), Allahdin (Zee), Hatim (Life Ok) etc. In 2013 he was nominated in the category of best editor for ITA awards for cult show Devon Ke Dev Mahadev.

In 2015 he started shooting his first short film “I Witness”. As a director he won Best Director award at MISFFI Miami Florida. Film also won best actor, best screenplay, best story, 17 awards in national and international category. He is also Author of novel “Shankhnaad” which is a love story of an Aghori.

He was Director of “Chandrashekhar“ TV show on the life of Chandrashekhar Azad on Star Bharat. In these years he was also head of VFX company with his experience of post production. In 2017 He shot his first feature film “Shoonya-Sound of Silence” written by himself, which is a silent film from the perspective of a deaf and mute man. “Shoonya” is in Film festivals and has been acclaimed by the experts.