Raj Amit Kumar

Later the film was removed from Netflix as well.

• Name — Raj Amit Kumar • Occupation — Filmmaker • Organization — Play Studios & Dark Frames • Notable Works — Bindiya Ke Bahubali, Unfreedom, Brown

Directed features • Year — Title — Director — Writer — Editor • 2015 — Unfreedom — Yes — Yes • 2025 — Bindiya Ke Bahubali (TV series) Season 1 — Yes — Yes • 2026 — Bindiya Ke Bahubali (TV series) Season 2 — Yes — Yes — Yes • 2026 — Brown — Yes — Yes

Kumar graduated with a Masters of Arts in Cinema and Media Studies from College of Staten Island (CUNY) in 2006, where he received the George Custen Memorial Award for Academic Excellence. He has also been awarded by the National Scholarship of India for Academic Excellence, and a First Prize in Faculty Screenwriting Award at University Film and Video Association (UFVA) 2009. Having finished his PhD coursework and taking PHD ABD in Cinema and Media studies at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC) he began work on his first feature-length film Unfreedom. He is also a media academic, teacher, and writer. He has taught cinema theory and history at both his alma maters between the years 2005 to 2009, and his writings and research papers have been published and presented at various conferences as well.

In India, Unfreedom was refused certification by the Examining Committee; a revising committee of the Censor Board proposed cuts which Kumar refused. He appealed to the Indian Government's Information and Broadcasting Appellate Tribunal FCAT, and in response, the Tribunal completely banned the film. Recently, the news of banning has gained widespread coverage in the media, bringing other filmmakers into the fight against censorship.