MALAYALAM FILMMAKER SHILPA KRISHNAN SHUKLA’S ANTHOLOGY CALLED KATHHAH @8 IN EIGHT LANGUAGES BAGS THE BEST FILM AWARD AT 12TH THIRD EYE ASIAN FESTIVAL IN MUMBAI

Watch out for yet another Ashwini Iyer Tiwari in Singapore-based filmmaker, Shilpa Krishnan Shukla, the Writer, Director and Co-Producer of Kathaah@8 - the world's first film in 8 Indian languages (Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu). Like Ashwan I Iyer Tiwari, Shilpa is also a South Indian married tro a Bihari. The film has bagge the Best Film award at the recently concluded 12th Third Eye Asian Film Festival held at Ravindra Natya Mandir in Prabhadevi in Mumbai. The film was an Official Selection at the Third Eye Asian Film Festival, held in Mumbai from 1-6 March 2020. The film was screened at 6.00pm on 5 March 2020 at Ravindra Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi. Kathaah@8 is the world's first and only anthology in 8 languages, written, produced and directed by a single film maker.

A self-produced independent film, Kathaah@8 was shot in Singapore over nine nights and marks the feature film debut of 18 Singapore-based actors of Indian origin - many of whom are working professionals in other fields of work. To date, the film has been an Official Selection at nine festivals in Singapore, Bangladesh, India and the United Kingdom, and has won three awards:- The coveted Jury Award at the recent Singapore South Asian International Film Festival (Sg.Saiff) 2019.- The Best International Feature Film award at the Rajasthan International Film Festival 2020. The Best Story award at the Golden Triangle International Film Festival 2020 and now trhe Best Film award at the 12^th Third Eye Asian Film Festival in Mumbai.

Shilpa Krishnan Shukla’s Hindi-English bilingual feature Tashi (2018) which went to 18 film festivals around the world, won 16 awards and was nominated for the NETPAC Award at the Bengaluru International Film Festival Malayalam-English bilingual feature Pularum Iniyum Naalekal / There’s Always Tomorrow (2016) that went to 37 film festivals around the world and picked-up 18 awards across 8 different categories Award-winning zero-budget, English feature Mausams (2011) which went to film festivals in India, Bangladesh and USA Short films Aravindum Aarumughamum (2014) and Inganeyum Oru Katha (2012) Online sitcom Athazham (2015) Shilpa Krishnan Shukla is an award-winning filmmaker who focuses on independent, microbudget films that she writes, directs and produces, while pursuing her full time career as a marketing director with a global healthcare company.

Shilpa’s passion in filmmaking took-off when her first two films, both a minute long, were shortlisted in the Top 25 films of an online film festival in 2008. She has since been pursuing film-making as a passionate hobby. Kathaah@8 is her fourth feature film. Shilpa is also an avid reader, a trained Indian classical dancer, a talented sketching artist and a yoga enthusiast. She is originally from Thrissur in Kerala and moved to Singapore in 1999 when she received the prestigious Singapore Airlines academic scholarship. Shilpa currently lives in Singapore with her husband and daughter.