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Kamil Shaikh (born 29 March 1991) is an Indian actor, director, writer and producer. Born and brought up in Mumbai in a civil servants family. Graduated from Mumbai, a civil service aspirant, Actor by heart.

Filmy Flakes Productions
Kamil started off his career in filmmaking from 2012 onwards and set up his production house, "Filmy Flakes Productions' through which he has acted, directed, written and produced short films, feature length documentaries, corporate ad films and feature length films. Some of the work done by his production house are:

'''HUM  (2016-2016 ) FILMY FLAKES PRODUCTIONS AND KIRAN MEHRA - ACTOR'''

(A tribute to black friday) hum is a short film written and directed by Kamil Shaikh and Rohan Mehra. The story revolves around two best friends Vishal and Asim meeting for lunch in 1993. Vishal has been working abroad for the past couple years, and comes back to find Asim as well as Bombay completely different to what he remembers it. he finds Asim has been involved in the Bombay bombings and that his outlook on religion and Bombay has been completely manipulated. how will this affect their friendship?

PROOF : 8 awards( including BEST FILM at INDIA-PAKISTAN-SRI LANKA-BANGLADESH international film festival BETA MOVEMENT). Two extremists meet at an interrogation table. an encounter specialist and a serial killer. both debate if manipulation is an art or a science and some secrets gets unfolded.

A PERFECT MURDER: 10 awards ( including BEST FILM 1st runner up at INDIA-PAKISTAN international film festival BETA MOVEMENT). A perfect murder' was made for the 48 hours film project Delhi 2012 competition, and won five awards including: 1. best film 1st runner up 2. best writing 3. best actor : Kamil Shaikh 4. best actor : Jatin Sarna 5. audience choice award.

THE LAST VENGEANCE: The last revenge is based on Revenge. When revenge is on the mind, vengeance becomes a necessity. who would be a survivor? The short film went on to win 2 awards.

FAREWELL GIFT: 2 official selections. Farewell Gift is a story of a boy who gets inspired by the famous bush shoe incident in Iraq.

HISSA (2015-2016) –ACTOR AND PRODUCER: Filmy flakes productions presents in association with autowala matic productions and happy faces. Hissa is the story of a failed cricketer called Shailesh who struggles financially to secure his family as well his dream to open a cricket academy........ so he gets on a journey which should have been avoided.

LIFE AS UNUSUAL: A short documentary " Life As Unusual " shows the actual lives related to Delhi University and the students. The documentary won 2 awards.

GANESHA SAYS I AM FINE - WRITER AND DIRECTOR: Devotion never meant to remain ignorant of the impacts of our actions. More than 2,00,000 Ganesha Idols were expected to be immersed into the sea in Mumbai this year. An upcoming documentary on GANESH CHATURTHI FESTIVAL and its AFTER EFFECTS.

MYSELF: From the makers of award winning short films, here comes MYSELF, the first film to expose the shocking truth behind the preparation for Civil Services. UPSC is the platform on which one has to be by doing years of hard work. In 2013 UPSC changed the pattern and accordingly we interviewed some aspirants. MYSELF was shot in New Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar, Patel Chest, Delhi University, JNU and Jamia Hamdard.

Filmography
Kamil also worked in '''Shuruaat Ka Twist. Producer-turned-director Sanjiv Kishinchandani made Bhaskar Calling ,''' a comedy based on a story by Anupama Sirsalewala. The original idea of Shuruaat Ka Twist was about an insurance agent who is called upon by a gentleman, and his son. He casted actors — Kamil Shaikh plays Bhaskar, while Shahriyar Atai plays the Parsi gentleman, who has several tricks up his sleeve; the duo play off against each other with a natural ease.

In 2018, Kamil played the main antagonist in Tikli and Laxmi Bomb , a Netflix originals, which is about two sex workers from Mumbai – Putul (Chitrangada Chakraborty), a rebellious newbie, and a weary veteran Laxmi Malwankar (Vibhawari Deshpande) – develop a bond and an idea. They experiment with an idea to create an autonomous system that liberates them from bondage to levels of male exploitation. These include the pimp and the police among others. Are they successful in their slightly naive and idealistic endeavour? Will the sisterhood of street walkers stay united? Will the men step aside and give in to a new order without a fight? Who or what is Tikli? The answers to these questions are in the film, which is now streaming on Netflix.

In 2018, Kamil played main lead in Bloody Swine . The story revolves around Albert and Maria, a young Indian catholic couple live in a small town. Albert is suddenly found brutally murdered. Who killed Albert and how was he killed? Bloody Swine is a dark humour short film about poetic justice.

WEB – SERIES: HANKAAR (2018-2018)
Hankaar is the story of five people set in the seedy underbelly of Mumbai. the stories are about their struggles, their triumphs and their ultimate fall as they are thrust into the dark alleys of organized crime, unaware of the fact that their lives are interconnected by a common enemy. Hankaar highlights the nexus of drugs, prostitution, human trafficking and murky real estate deals that are operated by the criminal underworld in Mumbai.

'''BLACK AUGUST (2015 - 2015) ACTOR / PRODUCTION MANAGER / SPECIAL EFFECTS ARTIST:''' India, 1975. in a remote part of the country a young banker helps a girl stranded on a dirt road. but what begins as an innocent encounter takes an unexpected turn.

Theater Plays
Kamil has performed at multiple Theatre Plays in Mumbai and Delhi.

JG Studios
Kamil also worked as an Actor and conducted workshops at JG Studios for aspiring actors.

Awards and Nominations
The nomination received by Kamil is listed below, beginning with the Filmfare Awards.