Shimit Amin

There's something that draws me to Shimit Amin. The data lists Kampala, Uganda as his birthplace, but he made his name in Indian cinema, best known for directing Chak De! India with Shah Rukh Khan. That film about a coach rebuilding the women's national hockey team rejected cheap sentiment for gritty, earned grit, and it won him CNN-IBN Indian of the Year in 2007. Maybe it's his background as an editor, but his sense of rhythm and timing is exceptional. He's a tough-minded realist working at a different angle from Bollywood's mainstream, and I'm in no hurry, I'll happily wait for whatever he does next.

Name (English)

Shimit Amin

Name (Japanese)

シミット・アミン

Reading

しみっと・あみん

Born

January 1, 2000 (age 26)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Dragon

Origin

Kampala, Kampala District, Uganda

Occupation

film director / film editor

Awards & achievements

• 2007 CNN-News18 Indian of the Year

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimit%20Amin
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9F%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3482121

Tags

• Kampala District
• film director
• film editor

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.