Ashwin Alok

Ashwin Alok (born 7 May 1995) is an Indian filmmaker, director and actor. He is the founder of Kreative Krew, a photography & video production company. He is also a content creator on Kreative Krew's YouTube channel. He has made several short films and some of those have won film festival awards as well. He has recently played the role of a news reporter in the upcoming web series by Amazon Prime, Tandav, starring Saif Ali Khan which is yet to be released."Kreative Krew's IMDb link""Nazm-e-Qaasid by Ashwin Alok""कोरोना पर शार्ट फिल्म बनाकर पाया अवॉर्ड, अब 'जीतेगा इंडिया' बनाने में जुटे अश्विन आलोक", Navbharat Times NBT, Gorakhpur, 18 May 2020.
In February-March 2020, Ashwin has created two short films (Derwa and Namaste) for Uttar Pradesh government in association with the health department of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh.Jaiswal, Amar Nath. "सम्मान समारोह में नवाजे गए डेरवा एनक्वास के नायक, लघु फिल्म का हुआ प्रिमियर"., Khabar E Gorakhpur, Gorakhpur, 28 February 2020."Video Coverage on Derwa", Public App, Gorakhpur, 28 February 2020."शार्ट फिल्म ‘नमस्ते’ और ‘डेरवा’ ने जीते अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय पुरस्कार", Inext Live Gorakhpur, Gorakhpur, 10 May 2020.
== Early life and education ==
Ashwin was born in Patna, Bihar. He attended St. Paul's School in Gorakhpur and finished his intermediate education in 2012. He, then, joined Lovely Professional University in Phagwara, Punjab and finished his engineering in Computer Science in 2016. In 2018, Ashwin completed his MBA studies."पीएचसी पर मौजूद सुविधाओं की जानकारी देगी शार्ट फिल्म डेरवा, 126 नायकों का हुआ सम्मान"., Chai Panchayat, Gorakhpur, 28 February 2020.Singh, Bechan. "short film derva will tell facilities on phc", Bharat Daily News, Gorakhpur, 28 February 2020."पीएचसी पर मौजूद सुविधाओं को बताएगी शार्ट फिल्म ' डेरवा '", Gorakhpur News Line, Gorakhpur, 28 February 2020."जिलाधिकारी की अध्यक्षता में सम्पन्न हुई विशेष संचारी रोग नियंत्रण अभियान की बैठक", Gorakhpur News, Gorakhpur, 29 February 2020.
== Career ==
While Ashwin was in his 2nd year of the engineering course, he joined an international certification course on fitness by International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA), USA. After successfully completing this course, he got certified as a Fitness Trainer. To use his skills, Ashwin started Kreative Krew to promote athletes & fit individuals and make people aware about the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. Due to engineering studies, he could not invest time into this and things stopped working out."यू-ट्यूब के जरिए मातृ-शिशु स्वास्थ्य सुविधाओं के प्रचार का प्रयास पीएचसी पर मौजूद सुविधाओं को बताएगी", Gorakhpur City- 1 News, Gorakhpur, 29 February 2020."कोरोना से बचाएगा...नमस्ते", Rashtriya Sahara, Gorakhpur, 25 March 2020.
In October 2017, Ashwin shifted to New Delhi and resumed Kreative Krew by taking up photography & videography projects. As a beginner, he covered Zubeen Garg's concert at India Gate in New Delhi, Rasoi Queen (a cooking competition for women) and he was also a part of the media department in one of the events of Model United Nations Conferences in the world (ILMUNC) which was held in Hotel Hyatt Regency, Gurugram. As years passed by, Ashwin started making films for his YouTube channel and won awards in the film festivals."गोरखपुर की शॉर्ट फिल्म 'नमस्ते' और 'डेरवा' को अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय अवार्ड", Navbharat Times NBT, Lucknow, 10 May 2020."स्वास्थ्य विभाग की शार्ट फिल्म ‘नमस्ते’ और ‘डेरवा’ ने जीते अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय पुरस्कार", Khabar E Gorakhpur, Gorakhpur, 10 May 2020."स्वास्थ्य विभाग की शार्ट फिल्म ‘नमस्ते’ और ‘डेरवा’ ने जीते अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय पुरस्कार", Tufan Live, Gorakhpur, 10 May 2020.
In January 2020, Ashwin published his 1st book 'Nazm-e-Qaasid' on Apple Books. Later, he published his book on Google Books and Amazon Kindle as well. Ashwin has also been invited twice as a Guest Speaker in an Entrepreneurial Summit held at JSSATE, Noida."स्वास्थ्य विभाग की शार्ट फिल्म ‘नमस्ते’ और ‘डेरवा’ ने जीते अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय पुरस्कार", Bansgaon Sandesh, Gorakhpur, 10 May 2020."शार्ट फिल्म ‘नमस्ते’ और ‘डेरवा’ ने जीते अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय पुरस्कार", Dainik Jagran, Gorakhpur, 10 May 2020."शार्ट फिल्म ‘नमस्ते’ और ‘डेरवा’ को मिला अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय पुरस्कार", Rashtriya Sahara, Gorakhpur, 10 May 2020.
== Filmography ==
Year	Film 	Role 	Type 	Awards
2018	The Portrait 	Co-director, Actor & Editor 	Short film 	
2018	The Cigarette 	Actor & Editor 	Short film 	
2018	Paneer ki sabzi 	Actor & Editor 	Short film 	
2018	10 lakhs : An untold story	Director, Cinematographer, Script Writer & Editor. Cameo.	Short film 	Special Appreciation Award at New Delhi Film Festival (NDFF), 2018
Official Selection at Magadh Film Festival (2019)
2018	The Portrait 2 	Co-director, Actor & Editor 	Short film 	
2018	Guftagu 	Director, Actor, Writer & Editor 	Hindi Poem written by Ashwin Alok 	
2018	Ek Arsa Hua 	Director, Actor, Writer & Editor 	Hindi Poem written by Ashwin Alok 	
2018	Main apni ek kitaab 	Director, Actor, Writer & Editor 	Hindi Poem written by Ashwin Alok 	
2019	Bread Butter 	Subtitle Editor 	Pre-Production, series based on true life events	Official Selection at Magadh Film Festival (2019)
2019	Fikr... aaj bhi 	Director, Actor, Writer & Editor 	Short film on Hindi poem written by Ashwin Alok 	
2019	Blessings 	Director, Cinematographer & Editor 	Short film 	
2019	Anokhi Rakhi 	Director, Cinematographer & Editor 	Short film 	
2019	Paani 	Director, Cinematographer & Editor 	Short film on water conservation 	Top 50 films at Casttree Events and Awards (2020)
2019	Theek tumhare peeche 	Director, Cinematographer & Editor 	Hindi Poem written by Manav Kaul 	
2019	Untitled 	Director, Cinematographer & Editor 	Short film 	
2020	Derwa 	Actor & Editor 	Short film for Uttar Pradesh government 	Outstanding Achievement Award (Winner) at Tagore International Film Festival (2020)
2020	Namaste 	Actor & Editor 	Short film for Uttar Pradesh government 	Winner in Educational Film category at Tagore International Film Festival
== Talk show ==
Year	Title 	Role 	Featuring Person 	Position
2018	Female Foeticide & PCPNDT Act 	Videographer & Editor 	Dr. Smita Mishra 	Associate Director, Jaypee Hospital, Noida
2018	Ayurveda Talkshow 	Host/Creator of the show	Dr. Dinesh Singh 	Ayurveda Specialist, Gorakhpur
2019	Live life to its fullest 	Host/Creator of the show	Mr. Dinesh Mohan 	Supermodel and Bollywood Actor
2019	Talkshow with Director of Gold's Gym Gorakhpur	Creator of the show 	Mr. Mukund Agarwal	Director at Gold's Gym, Gorakhpur
2019	Talkshow with Trainers of Gold's Gym Gorakhpur	Creator of the show 	 	
2019	Talkshow with Clients of Gold's Gym Gorakhpur 	Creator of the show 	 	
==In the media==
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== References ==
==External links==
* Ashwin Alok on imdb
* Ashwin Alok on linkedin
* Ashwin Alok on instagram
* Ashwin Alok · Photography - Pexels
* Ashwin Alok on facebook
* Ashwin Alok, Professional Photographer in New Delhi
* Ashwin Alok | Lovely Professional University - LPU Alumni
* Ashwin Alok, Actor, New Delhi - Mandy
* Ashwin Alok youtube channel
Category:1995 births
Category:Indian filmmakers
Category:Indian film directors
Category:Indian actors
Category:Indian people
Category:Lovely Professional University
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Category:Master's degrees