A Creator-Producer and Founder of Blue Magic Films, Amir has over
18 years of experience in conceptualizing, setting up, executing
and delivering top quality film, television and web products for
international clients as well as Indian broadcast networks.
He began his career making international documentaries while
assisting acclaimed filmmaker Kabir Khan. The first film he edited
‘Taliban Years and Beyond’ went on to grab eyeballs and acclaim
world over (Cork Film festival, 2002, Ireland; Mumbai
International Film Festival, 2004) and was telecast on the
Discovery Channel. Quickly followed by another award winner –
‘Titanic Sinks in Kabul’ (International Sasa Award 2003, Italy; V
FICA Film festival, Brazil – 2003, FIKE 2003 – Evora International
Short Film Festival, Portugal). Simultaneously, he also gained
recognition as a DOP with ‘Lunch on the Run’ (Palm Beach
International Film Festival in Florida) among other international
films. He was in the core creation, direction and content team for
‘Jihad-The Sword of Islam’ (an international film shot in six
countries) and Cyber Diaspora (telecast on Discovery).
In 2005, he went to Kabul to work in the direction team of the
award winning and critically acclaimed Yash Raj film ‘Kabul
Express’.
By 2007, Amir was heading the Mumbai facility of the premiere
production house ‘Moving Picture Company’. Here, he helped
conceptualize and set up more than 12 original television shows,
scripted as well as unscripted, for various leading Indian
networks including Sony, Zee, Star and Viacom 18.
In 2009, he founded Blue Magic Films, a dynamic boutique
end-to-end production house that specializes in creating Original
Shows and Properties across categories. With a strong belief in
empowering young teams to handcraft novel, intelligent and new age
programming, he led the company to organically win over a wide
clientele ranging from premium broadcasters like Discovery, TLC,
Viacom 18, Sony Pictures and brands like AirBnB, Cadburys, Red
Bull, Playboy, Vodafone among many others.
With his trademark quirky humor, sharp sensibilities and an eye
out for future trends, Amir is always trying something new and
showing us how it’s done.