Akshat Ajay Sharma Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography & More

Some Lesser Known Facts About Akshat Ajay Sharma

• Akshat Ajay Sharma is an Indian film director who is known for directing the Bollywood film ‘Haddi’ in 2023.

• While he was studying at the Vellore Institute of Technology, he organized and worked as a technical head, and president for many events including Robotics Premier League 2.0, RIVIERA ’11, and TOASTMASTER INTERNATIONAL.

• He was also the Joint Secretary of the music of his University.
  

  Akshat Ajay Sharma singing during his college days

• In 2011, he worked as a Programmer Analyst Trainee at Cognizant Technology Solutions, Chennai.

• In 2012, he used to work as a Live sessional Musician at Hotel Orchid, Pune.

• In 2013, he worked as a sound editor for the short film Zindgani: A Story Untold.

• In 2014, he was the Art Director for the short film Parabola.

• In 2015, he started working at Isana Productions Inc., and he directed the Telugu feature film SINGHAM123, which was a huge success in the Telugu Industry.
  

  Poster of the Telugu film ‘SINGHAM123’

• In 2017, he started working as an assistant creative head at Telebuddies, and he produced the short film ‘Padya Yatra: A Revolutionary Walk.’

• In 2018, he was the post-production supervisor for the Hindi film Husband Material (Manmarziyaan) and the anthology film Lust Stories.

• Akshat has contributed as an editor in short films including Zindgani: A Story Untold (2013) and Padya Yatra: A Revolutionary Walk (2017).

• Akshat started working as the first assistant director in 2014 in the short film Ali’s Letter.

• He also worked as an assistant director in the video ‘Honor’ in 2014.

• He became the second assistant director for the Bollywood film The Brawler (Mukkabaaz) in 2017 and the anthology film Lust Stories in 2018.
  

  Poster of the film ‘Lust Stories’

• He was the creative assistant director for the 2018 film Hindi film Husband Material (Manmarziyaan).

• In 2019, he worked as the second unit director for eight episodes of the TV series ‘Sacred Games’ (2019) and in 2020 for the Hindi film ‘AK vs AK.’

• Akshat has directed many short films including Zindagaaani (2013), 1.618 (2013), Parabola (2014), Padya Yatra: A Revolutionary Walk (2017), and Token (2019).

• In 2020, he joined Avk Web Productions as a chief assistant director and directed the music video ‘Ab nahi hai ishq humko’ (2020).

• In 2023, he directed the Hindi film Haddi.

• As of 2023, he is working on a short film ‘Silence…’ as a director.

• He has written many short films including Zindagaaani (2013), Zindgani: A Story Untold (2013), Parabola (2014), Token (2019), and Silence… (2023).

• He has worked as a writer for the Hindi films Major (2022) (dialogues) and Haddi (2023).

• Apart from being a director, he also worked as an actor and theatre artist. He has been part of big plays like Macbeth, Waiting for Godot, Hamlet, and AgniVarsham which gave him a lot of experience in creating and the technical side of theatre.
  

  Akshat Ajay Sharma in the play ‘Macbeth’

• He is also a writer and a poet. He has written two books – GOD IS DEAD and VIATICUM – JOURNEY OF A SOUL. He has also been a part of many anthologies and journals where his poetry has been published. His work has been published in International Journals like the Taj Mahal Review, Harvests of New Millennium and Ruminations.

• He is also an active part of iCandy Films as a Creative Director.

• He has also worked as a dubbing artist before becoming a director.
  

  Akshat Ajay Sharma while dubbing

• Akshat is the Co-Founder and Director at G.R. Wolf Productions which works on making Documentaries and Experimental Films.

• The two documentaries, Zindagaani and Daring Tourist, made by Akshat premiered at the World Poetry and Human Rights Film Festival in Vancouver, Canada.

• He has been friends and worked closely with Anurag Kashyap for a long time.

• He is inspired by poets like Rimbaud and Byron, but he has his own unique style. He is always fascinated by the feelings people experience. He has performed his poetry ‘Iktara’ at Habitat.
  

  Akshat Ajay Sharma performing his poetry

• He loves music a lot and his writings are about how people think and feel deep inside.

• Akshat loves cats a lot and often posts pictures of them on social media.
  

  Akshat Ajay Sharma with a cat

• He often posts pictures of himself while drinking whiskey.
  

  Akshat Ajay Sharma’s Instagram post about consuming alcohol