Geeta Sahai

Geeta Sahai (Geeta Lal Sahai) is an award-winning filmmaker and writer. She is a Bronze Karamveer Chakra awardee (2014-15. Award instituted by iCONGO). Her latest film - I REMEMBER...(2018) has won many national and international awards. As an independent writer-director, she has made many documentaries, written serial scripts and worked on a campaign for intellectual disability for a TV news channel. She has written many short stories. Her non-fiction book - Beyond Music, Maestros in Conversation (exhaustive interviews with the Hindustani Classical Music maestros- late Pt Ravi Shankar, Dr Gangubai Hangal and many others. The book contains 60 interviews) was published by Niyogi books (2015). She worked as a Consultant Programming Head - TV news channel and Programme Director, Radio Gandharv, Worldspace Satellite Network. When not writing or filming, she is busy listening to the unheard, subdued, fearful and shocking narratives by 'nameless' women. She is a co-founder of Heart & Soul Media and Founder-President Swayam Foundation (Non-Profit Organisation), India.