Brahmanand S. Siingh

Brahmanand S. Siingh (born 3 May 1965) is a filmmaker and author from Mumbai, India.

He is best known for the films Kaagaz Ki Kashti, a biopic on Jagjit Singh and his feature-length documentary on R. D. Burman, Pancham Unmixed: Mujhe Chalte Jaana Hai.

Brahmanand S Siingh grew up in Purnia, Bihar.

Later he moved to St Xavier's College Ranchi and eventually to Kolkata University for his English Literature Masters.

Brahmanand began writing about art and cinema in the 1980s, publishing articles in publications like The Telegraph, Statesman, Times of India, The Hindu, Indian Express, and The Independent.

He also published online work during the dotcom boom.

Brahmanand has published over 3,000 articles and features, essays, poems and short stories, as well as three biographical books, Strings Of Eternity, Diamonds & Rust and Lightness Of Being.

He began making films in the late 1990s, mainly producing biographical documentaries and independent films.

He is most well known for his experiential biopics on figures like RD Burman and Jagjit Singh (Pancham Unmixed & Kaagaz Ki Kashti).

He has also won the REX-Karmaveer-Chakra Awards, in partnership with the United Nations, for transforming lives through social impact projects and ideas of hope.

Siingh's latest feature project, Jhalki, a feature film that attempts to create public awareness of child trafficking and child labor.

He has also sat on the jury of various international film festivals and award platforms, and conducts filmmaking and scriptwriting workshops.

As a director and/or producer.

His journeys into cinema, however, started within a year of his moving to Mumbai in 1993.