I am Mrugesh Thakor, a Brooklyn based Indian American filmmaker and story teller. I am currently pursuing a BFA in film at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn. Growing up between two continents and having had the fortune of seeing different parts of the world has had a huge influence on me as an artist. The world has taken arbritrary divisions too seriously, and I hope that my films can make people take a step back and notice the oneness of our world.

I am especially interested in promoting South Asian Representation in film, especially through magical realism in order to reflect the complex beauty of the immigrant experience. My films have been recognized at the New York Lift-Off Film Festival, The New York Odyssey Film Festival, and the Indian Independent Film Festival.

When I was in 2nd grade and found myself alone, I played intense Bollywood sound tracks and developed quite the temper. Due to which, my parents sent me to a boarding school in rural southern India surrounded by people from everywhere. There, I became obsessed with the idea of being a pro-runner at age fourteen while playing the Rocky movie soundtrack. This led me to spend time in a Kenyan village to learn from the best where I contemplated my true passion and witnessed a way of life dramatically different from mine. Soon, my family moved across the world to America and I dealt with a huge blow in my face. Here, I discovered and fought for my finally realized love for film, all while coping with intense generational and cultural differences. During all of this, a fantastical world of film provided me with joy and entertainment even in life’s worst moments,

Currently, I am starting the festival circuit for my film Color of God, that I wrote, directed, co-produced, and edited in 2024. This film was shot across locations in India and USA, and brought together two units of wonderful artists in both countries. Before Color of God, I directed some less elaborate narrative and documentary shorts, commercials, and a music video.

For summer 2024, I was selected as a scholar of the Gotham Film and Media Career Development Program. I am a film production and distribution intern at First Run Features and a video editor at Vinyl Foote Productions as well as other clients in a freelance capacity.

At Pratt, I was a video producer for Pratt Sidelights+ and a film studio monitor as well as a student mentor for Pratt film/video. I was a film production intern for Midnight Media & Misha Calvert.