Avinash Kumar Singh is one half of a filmmaker couple that helm their production company Turtle on a Hammock Films. Between his editor/director wife Geeta and him, they have directed upwards of thirty documentaries, a number of which are multiple award winning. “A Green Agony”, on climate change affecting the Sunderban tiger reserve in West Bengal, was a finalist at the Panda Awards, also known as the Green Oscars in the United Kingdom. He also has had the privilege of being one of the last people to film with HRH the late Rajmata Gayatri Devi of Jaipur, for a film that was telecast on the Discovery Channel. Having directed another Discovery Channel series and anchoring/directing programming across the BBC, Star TV and numerous Television commercials in India, he thrives on content driven storytelling, which rely on craft and performances. Listen Amaya is his debut feature film as a director and one where along with his wife Geeta, he has donned multiple hats during the production. Primarily being a director/writer, Avinash believes basic emotions such as anger, love, pain, loneliness and happiness are very powerful to watch or observe. These emotions fascinate both Geeta and him as filmmakers, because instinctively, most of us base a lot of our decisions and reactions on how we feel about something or someone, and very rarely has that instinct let both of them down. One of Avinash’s strengths as a director is that he articulates stories that are universally appealing in content. Visualization of characters is organic enough to make them feel like you know the characters for years; almost like old friends and family. And he likes to tell stories with a candor and truth, which is sometimes missing in modern day filmmaking. The couple is currently gearing up for a theatrical release of Listen Amaya, while also simultaneously working on their second feature story, diametrically different in feel, flavour and style from their debut film.