{"id":9284,"date":"2019-12-26T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T16:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/?p=9284"},"modified":"2019-12-03T12:23:02","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T19:23:02","slug":"mitesh-patel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/leaders\/mitesh-patel","title":{"rendered":"Trendsetter to Know: Mitesh Patel"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9286 pk-lqip pk-lazyload\"  src=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/24094858\/Mitesh-Patel-45x80.jpg\"  alt=\"\"  width=\"563\"  height=\"1000\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-ls-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/24094858\/Mitesh-Patel-563x1000.jpg\"  data-pk-srcset=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/24094858\/Mitesh-Patel-563x1000.jpg 563w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/24094858\/Mitesh-Patel-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/24094858\/Mitesh-Patel-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/24094858\/Mitesh-Patel-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/24094858\/Mitesh-Patel-380x675.jpg 380w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/24094858\/Mitesh-Patel-800x1422.jpg 800w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/24094858\/Mitesh-Patel-80x142.jpg 80w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/24094858\/Mitesh-Patel-45x80.jpg 45w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/24094858\/Mitesh-Patel-60x106.jpg 60w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/24094858\/Mitesh-Patel-620x1102.jpg 620w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/24094858\/Mitesh-Patel.jpg 844w\" ><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Name: <\/strong>Mitesh Patel<strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chandlerfilmfes\"><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MiteshKumarPatel\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/miitwaa\/\"><strong>Instagram<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Age: <\/strong>42<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Title: <\/strong>Film Producer, Film Festival Director, Graphic Designer, Entrepreneur &amp; Investor<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Married\/Single: <\/strong>married<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Kids: <\/strong>two boys: Aum, an entrepreneur and YouTuber and Arth, an actor and graphic designer.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>City you live in: <\/strong>Chandler<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>A typical day in my life includes\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>it starts with tea at 5 a.m., prayer for two hours, the gym for one hour, and then I head to the office. 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Just like the traditional Hindu saying \u201c\u0935\u0930\u094d\u0924\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091c\u093f\u092f\u0947\u0902, \u0906\u091c \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091c\u093f\u092f\u0947\u0902, \u0907\u0938\u0940 \u092a\u0932 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091c\u093f\u092f\u0947\u0902,\u201d meaning Live in the Present, Live for Today, Live in this Movement.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>My first job was\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>as a graphic designer in a printing company.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>My favorite escape\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>would be to travel the world. 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