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Nimish is a self-taught screenwriter with an insatiable hunger to craft meaningful stories that engage, impact and inspire. His narrative style transcends genre limitations, focusing on flawed characters driven by deep-seated vulnerabilities within a fascinatingly plausible world. An alumnus of the prestigious Indian Military Academy (IMA), Nimish understands the rigmarole and discipline required to be a professional screenwriter and attempts to draw from his life experiences and emotions. Born and bred in India, Nimish graduated as an IT engineer followed by a post-graduate diploma in Business Management. After working in Mumbai’s corporate world for seven years, he migrated to New Zealand and continues to pursue his passion to appreciate the ‘art’ and learn the ‘craft’ of screenwriting in Mumbai.

His first feature length script – ‘Meiktila’ started off as a finalist (Top 20) in India’s national screenwriting contest Cinestaan 2020 led by Aamir Khan, Anjum Rajabali, Rajkumar Hirani and Juhi Chaturvedi and later went on to be amongst the 6 winning scripts at Screenwriters Association (SWA) Development Lab 2022 where he had the privilege to be mentored by the stalwarts such as Sudip Sharma, Abhishek Chaubey, Smita Singh and Alankrita Srivastava.

His journey into the enchanting world of creative writing began in 2012 when he penned his first coming-of-age novel titled ‘Moments of Truth.’ The love affair with storytelling persisted leading to his second novel in 2018 titled ‘Divyastra’ – a captivating fusion of mythology and a sci-fi thriller. Apparently, literature was merely a stepping stone towards discovering his passion for screenwriting and he embarked on a self-guided expedition. During this time, he seized every opportunity to learn, immersing himself in books, attending seminars, enrolling in masterclasses and workshops, and participating in contests – all while skillfully juggling the demands of his daytime commitments.

Starting off with shorter format, his debut short film ‘Room 306’ was selected by Pocket Films India for exclusive digital distribution while his second short film ‘Don’t Let Her In’ was selected at Zee5 Global Content Festival and played on Zee5 OTT platform in 190+ countries. His third short film script ‘The 7-Day Test’ was selected at the ‘Short Cuts Development Lab 2021’ by the Pan-Asian-Screen-Collective group (PASC) in New Zealand led by renowned screenwriter and teacher, Dr. Shuchi Kothari and also went on to be a Semi- finalist at NY International Screenplay Awards 2022.

Graduating to long form, his dark-comedy feature script ‘Mama Moo’ was shortlisted at PIKI PITCH 2021 and underwent a 4-week development sprint led by Academy-award winning Producer Carthew Neal and Morgan Waru and also featured in Top 2% at TSL Coverfly’s global screenplay contest and quarter-finalist at Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay awards 2021. While two of his original spec scripts are being developed at a leading production houses in Mumbai, he is also currently working with a prominent director in Mumbai to develop a quirky satire feature film.

Nimish is represented by India’s first and largest talent agency for writers – TULSEA and can be reached at: Nimishtanna@gmail.com | Shruti@tulsea.com | Chaitanya@tulsea.com