Born and raised Kanpur, India, Amit Sial discovered acting at the age of eight, and since then, has appeared in numerous stage productions across India, including in particular the lead role of Tim Supple’s adapted version of Salman Rushdie’s Haround and the Sea of Stories, directed by noted Mumbai-based experimental theatre director, Neeraj Kabi.Sial also has directed two short adaptations of Shakespeare’s MacBeth and Romeo & Juliet for the short play festival organized by the Prithvi Theatre in Mumbai.Sial studied at Delhi University (B.Com. with Honours) and Swinbourne University of Technology in Australia (International Business). Back in India, he has worked with several theatre directors, including the acclaimed Barry John.Hope & a Little Sugar (2006) marks his feature film debut.
Amit Sial
Movies
Guddu Rangeela
Based in the dusty plains of North India, Guddu Rangeela is a story about two cousins trying to make ends meet in the crime infested surroundings. Orchestra singers by day and informants by night, acquiring measly pay offs from the information provided to local gangsters about the richest families in…
Bombairiya
Phas Gaye Re Obama
Phase Gaye Re Obama is a comedy set against the backdrop of global recession/meltdown that originated in USA. The film traces the journey of OM Shashtri, an American citizen of Indian origin, who loses all his wealth overnight to the global recession & has been asked to vacate his home…