Arvind Pratap is an well-known Indian director, writer and editor. He was born on 1st January 1970 in Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. Dharmendra Ahir will be a director and writer of the new upcoming Indian movie The Reluctant Crime (2023). After completing an MBA in marketing, he decided to pursue a career in film making. Pratap’s first feature, won Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actor at Antakya International Film Festival. Arvind Pratap’s second experimental feature Life is Suffering Death is Salvation got its world premiere at International Film Festival of Kerala. Mariam is his third feature film which is recipient of Asian Cinema Fund and it also got official selection for world premiere at the Busan International Film festival.