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Rubaid Ashfaq (born: Rubaid Ashfaq on 15 February 1988)is an Indian Short film Director and Scholar of Film Studies who has established himself as one of the leading director of short film cinema and Film Critique in India.

Starting his career as a Director in his Media school film Ghazni (2009), Ashfaq began his professional career eleven years later with Ghaza (2009) and had his first commercial success with Toba Tek Singh (2010). He received his first National Level Short Film Award as a Special Jury Award for his direction in the film Toba Tek Singh (2010) and for Sparkling Lane (2010). After four previous nominations during the 2010 and 2011, Ashfaq received his first International Award for Best Director for his Direction in the major grosser Toba Tek Singh (2010) and later earned his second Best Director award for his Direction in the advertisement Glocon D in National Level Advertisers Meet at Advertizo.

Following a One-year break from direction, Rubaid made his comeback in the historical Music Video Daastan-e-ishq (2011), and later won a Filmsaaz Award for Best Director for his direction in Daastan-e-ishq(2011). The following year, he made his Animation directorial debut with The Drought, for which he received the Filmsaaz Award for Best Animation Film.

Early Education

He had his early education in Kendriya Vidyalaya School, Kanpur and later in Class IX Joined Aligarh Muslim University, Graduation in Psychology (Hons) From Faculty of Social Science, Aligarh Muslim University,Aliagrh & Masters in Journalism & Mass Communication from Department of Mass Communication, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh and PhD in Films From Jaipur National University, Jaipur.