Paromita Vohra
Paromita Vohra | |
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Nationality | Indian |
Occupation(s) | Filmmaker and writer |
Known for | Making documentaries |
Paromita Vohra is an Indian filmmaker and writer. She is known for her documentaries on subjects such as urban life, pop culture and gender.[1] She has also written the screenplay of the award-winning feature film Khamosh Pani.[2] Her film production company Parodevi Pictures[3] is based in Mumbai. She also writes the column Paro-normal Activity for the Sunday Mid-day.
Biography
Vohra lives in Mumbai. She studied mass communication in Miranda House at the University of Delhi (1986 – 1989).[4]
Films
- 2011: Partners in Crime[5]
- 2007 : Morality TV and the Loving Jehad[6]
- 2006: Q2P
- 2006: Where's Sandra?
- 2004: Cosmopolis: Two Tales of a City
- 2002: Unlimited Girls[7]
- 2004: Work in Progress
- 1998: A Woman's Place
- 1995: Annapurna: Goddess of Food
- 2000: A Short Film about Time
Other works
Vohra created sound installations for Project Cinema City, a 2012 exhibition on cinema, the city, and archiving contemporary culture, So Near Yet So Far,[8] which travelled to the National Gallery of Modern Art, Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. She has acted as ‘Aunty 303’ in the Channel V promos of the same name. She had a cameo in the film English, August.
She has developed Agents of Ishq,[9] a multi-media project about sex, love and desire.
References
- ^ Aitken, Ian (31 October 2011). The Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film. Routledge. p. 405. ISBN 978-0-415-59642-8. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ^ Kamath, Sudhish (11 February 2005). "Khamosh Pani". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ^ "Parodevi Pictures | About". www.parodevipictures.com. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ^ Nathan, Archana (2 April 2015). "And I make documentaries". The Hindu. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ^ Vasudev, Shefalee (23 March 2012). "I am the Item Girl of Documentary Films". The Indian Express. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ^ Ghosh, Labonita (3 July 2008). "What ails breaking news?". Daily News & Analysis. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ^ Nair, Preetha (17 February 2010). "Making sense of the F-word". India Today. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ^ Nagree, Zeenat (11 May 2012). "Escape routes". TimeOut Mumbai. Archived from the original on 1 November 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
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