‘Delhi Crime’ creator, writer & director Richie Mehta to discuss craft of digital storytelling at Vidnet Masterclasses

‘Delhi Crime’ creator, writer & director Richie Mehta to discuss craft of digital storytelling at Vidnet Masterclasses

Mehta is a recipient of several international awards

Richie Mehta

MUMBAI: Creator, writer and director Richie Mehta, famous for writing and directing Netflix Original Delhi Crime is going to be sharing his expertise in the field of creating content for the web at Indiantelevision.com’s Vidnet Masterclasses, by directors & editors, happening at The Westin, Mumbai on October 4.

Vidnet Masterclasses are an Indiantelevision.com initiative to facilitate the creative process of young and aspiring creators willing to work in the digital domain. The Masterclasses will host directors & editors, and writers who will be talking to the audience directly about the craft of video creation.

He will be discussing with the attendees the craft of creating a compelling narrative and direction techniques to ace in the competitive digital video ecosystem, drawing instances from his personal experiences that he has gathered while working across mediums like films and digital.

Mehta has been a successful and revered creator since the initial days of his career. His first film
Amal (2007) became a recipient of over 30 international awards, was nominated for 6 Genie Awards, including Best Picture, Director, and Adapted Screenplay, and was named one of the top ten Canadian films of the decade by Playback Magazine.

He then wrote and directed several films and programs including I’ll Follow You Down, Siddharth, India in a Day, and Delhi Crime that revolved around the Delhi Police’s investigation of the infamous gang-rape of a young medical student on a bus in 2012.

Other speakers at the Masterclasses include Patrick Graham, Amit Kulkarni, Bhavani Iyer, Puneet Krishna, and Danish Aslam.