Film has always been a passion for Karan dating back to growing up in his late Grandfather’s video shop. His Grandfather's love for film became his passion. Initially working with MADE from 2016; a charitable organization with an overall vision to contribute to reducing discrimination against BAME & LGBTQ+ Londoners. Their first specific aim is to reduce prejudices about those communities and the second to increase career readiness for talent from those communities entering into the creative industries. In the last 4 years, MADE has run over 500 filmmaking workshops, 4 screening events with over 150 attendees, held an exhibition at BFI Southbank attracting over 1500 people, delivered 10 projects, and produced over 30 short films with 100,000+ online views. Winning Screenplay Competitions in 2018; MONKEY TREE BREAD FINALIST for BEST GENRE SCREENPLAY and Awarded BEST FIRST SCREENWRITER in the LONDON FILM AWARDS, fuelled this drive further for him; to find ways of getting his ideas from the page to the screen. Studying Economics and Finance at Durham University provided him with the skill set to learn how the film market ticks. Eventually, this was reflected with his dissertation: ‘What are the key determinants of success for the box office within the UK motion picture industry?’.
This brought him to production companies such as ORIGIN PICTURES and 42, assisting within the development departments, where he assessed potential projects and aided in the development of ongoing projects. Currently, he is on the route to developing his own work, which has led him to be a be recent a 2021 FINALIST at WESCREENSPLAY DIVERSE VOICES.
