Madhureeta Anand

Madhureeta Anand is a prolific filmmaker; she has directed two narrative feature films, written eight narrative features, directed many documentary films and series, spanning an array of genres. Many of her films have won national and international awards. She also writes for various websites and magazines and has been featured in various books and other publications. She studied filmmaking at the Mass Communications Research Centre at Jamia and has been making films ever since. She is also an activist for the rights of women and children. Last year she launched her entrepreneurial venture "Phree For Safety" a mobile application for women's safety, which is available worldwide. Madhureeta Anand is currently writing and directing a full-length 90-minute documentary as yet untitled, for Adlabs Films. Her third feature film tentatively titled "O Mere Piya" is an unconventional love story and is slated to go on the floors early next year. Madhureeta has developed a series based on the seminal book "Autobiography Of A Yogi" along with several international partners. Her fourth feature film titled "Decorate The Earth" is an English language co-production between India and the United States is slated to go into production next year. Madhureeta Anand's second feature film is titled "Kajarya", had a successful theatrical release in India on the 4th of December 2015. The film premiered at The Dubai International Film Festival. The Film's Swiss Premier took place in Geneva at The International Human Rights Film Festival where Kajarya is one of the 8 films in competition. The film was also selected to The Montreal World Film Festival and Eless Tournet Brussels where it is the opening film of the festival. Kajarya was also chosen as one of the top five films to see in 2014 by Forbes India Magazine. Kajarya won the best foreign film award at The Silk Route Film Festival and China. The film has an all new star cast of trained actors and explores the issue of female foeticide and related women's issues. The film is currently available on Amazon Prime. She has written, directed and executive produced with PVR Pictures, her first full length commercial feature film 'Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye', starring Randeep Hooda, Arbaaz Khan and Raima Sen, which was released on February 6, 2009. The film is currently on Amazon Prime. In 2007, she directed, produced and wrote 'Laying Janaki to Rest', a documentary film on Sita the Goddess; 'The Magic Tent', which she co-wrote and produced. In 2006, she was awarded the Silver Conch at the Mumbai International Film Festival, for her film 'Walking on a Moonbeam'. Her documentary 'Education - A reality or a myth' was nominated at the Zanzibar International Film Festival in 2002 and screened specially for Winnie and Nelson Mandela. The film was screened at the UN and at The World Bank and was instrumental in instituting a law to make education a right under the law in India. Furthermore, she was the only woman camera director on a crew of directors on Channel 4(UK)'s award-winning series 'The Greatest Show on Earth, The Kumbh Mela' (2001). She has also won the Royal Television Society Craft Award for it. In 2001, Madhureeta produced and directed a thirty-minute documentary feature on the Kumbh Mela, 'In Search of Salvation' for the German Telecast Footprint (Austria/Switzerland/Germany). The film won an award for Excellence in Film Making. It was also nominated at the Commonwealth Film Festival (Manchester, U.K. June 30, 2002).