A graduate of the Film and Television Institute of India, Mahadeb Shi started his professional career as film and video editor in 1985. Associated with various National and International award winning film projects including Voices from Baliapal and Eleven Miles produced for Channel 4, London, he started his own film production unit Crandasi Productions in 1995. His directorial work includes Om Mani Padme Hum, A Tale of the Margin - winner at Ceylon and Geneva international human rights festivals, Swapnabhumi and In search of Gandhi - joint winner of 2nd Best Film Award at the South Asian Film Festival, Kathmandu. The Other Song, winner of Mecenat Award at Pusan International Film Festival and The Sun behind the Clouds, winner of Silver Conch at Mumbai International Film Festival are a few of the internationally acclaimed films edited by him recently.