Born in New Delhi, India, she graduated from Jamia Mass Communication Centre, Delhi and did her specialization in film direction from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune in 1998. Her films include the critically acclaimed City of Photos (2005) and the award winning Lakshmi and Me (2008) which explores the symbiotic roles of mistress and maid, filmmaker and subject, speaker and listener to raise key global issues as diverse as the politics of domesticity, gender and class relations, ethics and documentary. Her films have been extensively exhibited in international film festivals and schools.
2005 City of Photos
2006 Call it Slut
Six yards to Democracy
2008《我和我的家事服務員》Lakshmi and Me
2009 At My Doorstep
2010 Family Album
2012《粉紅鬥士：桑帕特帕爾》Gulabi Gang
Director/ Nishtha JAIN Screenplay/ Nishtha JAIN, Torstein GRUDE Producer/ Torstein GRUDE
Cinematography/ Rakesh HARIDAS Editing/ Arjun GOURISARIA, Nishtha JAIN, Erik ANDERSSON
Location Sound/ Niraj GERA, Mateen AHMED Composing/ Peter SCARTABELLO Sound Editing
& Sound Mixing/ Peter SCHULTZ Color Grading/ Mats ANDERSEN, Tom Chr. LILLETVEDT Cast/
Sampat Pal DEVI, Jayprakash SHIVHARE, Hemlata PATEL
Norwegian Film Institute
documentaries@nfi.no
2005 City of Photos
2006 Call it Slut
Six yards to Democracy
2008《我和我的家事服務員》Lakshmi and Me
2009 At My Doorstep
2010 Family Album
2012《粉紅鬥士：桑帕特帕爾》Gulabi Gang
Director/ Nishtha JAIN Screenplay/ Nishtha JAIN, Torstein GRUDE Producer/ Torstein GRUDE
Cinematography/ Rakesh HARIDAS Editing/ Arjun GOURISARIA, Nishtha JAIN, Erik ANDERSSON
Location Sound/ Niraj GERA, Mateen AHMED Composing/ Peter SCARTABELLO Sound Editing
& Sound Mixing/ Peter SCHULTZ Color Grading/ Mats ANDERSEN, Tom Chr. LILLETVEDT Cast/
Sampat Pal DEVI, Jayprakash SHIVHARE, Hemlata PATEL
Norwegian Film Institute
documentaries@nfi.no
