SHIVAM AK PATHAK (SHIVAM S/O ASHOK KUMAR PATHAK) WAS BORN IN FIROZABAD AND THEN LIVES WITH HIS PARENTS IN GHAZIABAD, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA. AFTER MASS COMMUNICATION, HE DECIDED TO WORK AS AN ARTIST IN INDIAN THEATRE AND THE HINDI FILM INDUSTRY. HE TRAINED (2 YEARS) AS AN ARTIST (2015 BATCH) FROM SHRI RAM CENTRE FOR PERFORMING ARTS, MANDI HOUSE NEW DELHI-110001, INDIA. AFTER TRAINING, HE’S PRACTICING AS A FILMMAKER (DIRECTOR, WRITER, AND EDITOR) AND WORKING AS A FREELANCE ACTOR IN INDIAN THEATRE PLAYS AND HINDI CINEMA. HE HAD DONE SOME SHORT FILMS AS A WRITER AND DIRECTOR WHICH’S NOMINATED IN ‘DADA SHAHEB PHALKE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2019’ (INDIA) & HE OPENED A PRODUCTION HOUSE (TRUST) NAMED DOSTBIN PICTURE TO HELP NEW TALENT/ARTISTS. SHIVAM HAD WORKED AS AN INDIVIDUAL CASTING DIRECTOR FOR SOME FILMS LIKE: YE LADKI BHI NA, GUDIYA, SHABBA KHAIR… AS A WRITER AND DIRECTOR SOME FILMS: FAASLE, FIRST DRAFT, FADE DREAMER, NAMAN, 8X10 ROOM, PIE BOOK, CHALO MILNE CHALEIN, LETTER OF HAPPINESS, AUDITION.COM, INQUILAAB, SORRY…LOVE YOU, DARE HONET MAN, KAASH TUM SAMAJH PAATI, OH YO, BHOOTIYA THULLA… WORKING ON SOME FEATURE FILM PROJECTS: USAIN NH2, KISHAN LAL, LEKHAK… WORKED ON SOME PROJECTS IN AS AN ASSOCIATION FILMS ARE: GHARAT, THE CLOSED DOOR, HASTHREKHA, THE ODD DAY, GLIMPSE OF HAPPINESS, SEEKH, NIYATI, EHSAAS, OMKAAR KI TERHVI, SHABBA KHAIR MANY MORE TO COME… SOME AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS: DADA SAHEB PHALKE (2019 AND 2020) WITH FIVE FILMS. ICA FILM FESTIVAL, CLUBBY ONLINE, FIRST TIME FILMMAKER (UNITED KINGDOM), THE LIFT OF SESSION ONLINE SCREENING FILMS, INDIAN FILM HOUSE, AND MANY MORE DID SOME SONGS AS LYRICS WRITER AND MUSIC DIRECTOR: ‘MAIN SHAKUNI’ WHICH IS THE FIRST SONG IN HISTORY. PORTRAY FOR THE CHARACTER SHAKUNI MAMA FROM MAHABHARATA. ‘SHRIMAN NARAYAN’ SONG IS A MIX OF BRIJ FOLK AND ROCK VERSION STREAMING ON ONLINE MUSIC PLATFORMS – INDIA.