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Social Media Star of The Week: Mauraya Sharma

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Aug 29, 2021

Mauraya Sharma is not your usual teen, with his focus solely on school and related activities. He’s already made a mark for himself as a filmmaker with three short-films to his credit — the first one is on Vimeo, and two have won awards and recognitions.. If this hasn’t overwhelmed you, he’s also an artist (check his Instagram for proof), who has exhibited in India and abroad. Ask him whether he’s been judged for being a young boy making dreams into reality, he nods, saying, “Age has always been a factor of judgment. Simply because sometimes our society doesn’t understand that the relevance of the age has got little to do with experiences and personal knowledge. When my second short-film, Unbinding, won 20 awards, I think people started taking me more seriously.”



“I dislike structure and routine, that’s probably why I shifted my focus from documentaries to fiction-led short films,” is a mixture of the innocence of a teenager, and also something that you don’t expect to hear from a 17-year-old.