Advait Chandan started working right out of junior college as a set runner for Indian ad filmmaker Prahlad Kakkar. He has since worked in the AD department on several television commercials and feature films such as Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd., the critically acclaimed Taare Zameen Par, India?s official entry to the 2008 Academy Awards and the Dutch feature The Bollywood Hero. His first short film, written and directed by him, Kala Khatta won a Special Jury Mention at the 2009 MAMI Film Fest, Mumbai. Dhobi Ghat is his first film as a first assistant director.