I Want to Be a Movie Director

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I am Ankita Singal. I am from India. I decided to be a director when I was fourteen years old. I was in my tenth grade and studied about world wars in history. I was inspired by the stories of the wars and started writing stories based on the same subject. I had little clue what to do with those stories until I watched ‘Saving Private Ryan’ .This movie based on second world war inspired me to be a filmmaker. I come from a middle class family in India. Medicine, engineering and finance dominate the discussion of studies. Films are never even considered as an option. I never even contemplated telling my parents about my dream for the fear of getting rejected. So, treading on a conventional path seemed to be a far better option. I finished my Bachelors in Physics and Masters in Finance from University of Delhi. Immediately after, I started working at PEC Ltd which is a trading firm. It is a regular nine to six finance job. Though it looks like a clichéd job, it has taught me a lot in the past two and a half years. Patience, perseverance and cooperation are few of the things which I ha...

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