Nitin is an award winning producer/actor and enjoys working both on screen and behind the scenes. He was raised in India and always had a keen interest in the film making process and arts. However, his first achievement backstage was in Singapore, when he proposed the idea of forming The Indian Orchestra group for Marathi music. With like-minded friends, a group was formed, Marathi Association of Singapore in 1997. With a great support from MMS, Singapore, Nitin participated actively with the group durin... more
Nitin is an award winning producer/actor and enjoys working both on screen and behind the scenes. He was raised in India and always had a keen interest in the film making process and arts. However, his first achievement backstage was in Singapore, when he proposed the idea of forming The Indian Orchestra group for Marathi music. With like-minded friends, a group was formed, Marathi Association of Singapore in 1997. With a great support from MMS, Singapore, Nitin participated actively with the group during its first year. From gathering artists, musicians, singers, conducting practice sessions, to the final preparation of the event. Nitin moved to the USA in 1999, and is now based in the DC-Baltimore area. He has been acting for the past 8 years, mostly in independent features/shorts, Television shows/commercials and industrials. While working in various projects, from low/zero budgets to medium/high level budgets, he observed the behind scene efforts carefully, with having ambitions to one day produce a project of his own. In 2002, he was cast in leading role for independent feature film "Far from India" and also took part in script suggestions and scene improvisations. "Far from India" was screened in two film festivals: Directors View in Stamford, CT, and South Asian Film Festival in Dallas, TX. Through his acting opportunities, he got a chance to watch and observe, big productions like "Something the Lord Made" and "The WIRE" by HBO TV, Touchstone/Disney pilot "Twenty Questions" for ABC TV, a "MD/VA Lottery commercial" by Eisner Communications and "As The World Turns" by CBS. In 2005 the dream of producing came true with the feature length film entitled Prayer Life. Bringing all of his experience and knowledge to Prayer Life, he with his two partners, formed EastWest Films and began production on the film. Prayer Life received worldwide Release in 2008 and has won the WYSIWYG Christian Film Festival Jury Award and The Redemptive Film Festival Storyteller Award. Nitin also sits on the board of The East West Film Alliance.
