TEDxYouth@Chennai - Mansoor Khan - The Third Curve

FIlm Director turned organic farmer

Mansoor Khan is known to the country as the director of Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak and Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikaner. Qayamat... won seven FilmFare awards including Best Director and Best Film while Jo Jeeta...was India's first feature film based purely on the background of sports. His telefilm 'Umberto' was also the first to be shot and post-produced completely in video format. Despite being a success in the glamourous world of Bollywood, he moved with his family to Coonoor where lives on a 22 acre organic cheesemaking farm. An alumni of IIT-Madras, he went on to study at Cornell University and then, MIT, USA. Full of passion for his field of work, he brings with him a totally different take on the world.

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[sudhindrak]

Either I should go back to studies or Mansoor goes back to making movies. Honestly, he did not make much sense.

[prateekrajashah]

Very interesting lecture :) Never thought of it all like that! Think this earth really needs to stop going just after exponential growth and accept the laws of nature. Wonder how long before we stop fooling ourselves.

[sinkingsalt]

worth the entire lecture@@ awesome stuff mansoor..

[guerdon6]

Wow!

A farmer in the fields always understands the world better than a 'managers' of a corporation sitting in an a.c. room been ass licked by his sub-ordinates.

[abhigyangopal100]

Must Watch! The Mansoor Khan we never knew!

Every person on this planet must understand this!!!

[manavachal]

impressive delivery and content...way to go buddy :)

[francophile59]

Changing the mindset surely is the key not only for sustainability but also for contentment. Wonderful that there are people as influential as you to start the ball rolling!

[Gardabha]

Brilliant. One small correction in the Bio, it was IIT-Bombay.

[cool921122]

This is something really old thoughts in new approach, innovation and in term of passion to change something for good.