Antara Kak is an Indian

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

and producer, predominantly based in

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

. She is daughter of

Siddharth Kak Siddharth Kak is an Indian documentary maker, television producer, and presenter, best known as the producer and presenter of Surabhi (1990–2001). Subsequently, Kak established the 'Surabhi Foundation' with the assistance of Ford Foundation ...

(of

Surabhi Kamadhenu ( sa, कामधेनु, , ), also known as Surabhi (, or , ), is a divine bovine-goddess described in Hinduism as the mother of all cows. She is a miraculous cow of plenty who provides her owner whatever he desires and is often ...

fame) and his wife,

Gita Siddharth Gita Siddharth (died 14 December 2019) was an Indian actress and social worker. She acted in mainstream Bollywood as well as art house cinema, like '' Parichay'' (1972), ''Garm Hava'' (1973), and ''Gaman'' (1978). She was best known for her ro ...

. Antara won acclaim and an award for her debut venture: ''A Life in Dance - Daksha Sheth''.

Early life and background

Antara studied English literature at

Mithibai College The Mithibai College of Arts, Chauhan Institute of Science & Amruthben Jivanlal College of Commerce and Economics is a college affiliated to the University of Mumbai. The college was established in 1961 in Vile Parle, Mumbai by Shri Vile Parle ...

Career

Antara Kak began her career as an assistant director, assisting her father

. She worked as an assistant director working primarily on non-fiction shows and documentaries. She spent eight years working on the program ''

'', which was produced by her father,

. She went on to direct the documentary ''A Life in Dance'' which earned her the debut director award from the Indian Documentary Producers Association. Kak was also the creative director for Mano Ya Na Mano '' on the former channel

Star One Star One was an Indian pay television network based in Mumbai. It was launched on 1 November 2004 and was it owned by Star TV and distributed worldwide by Fox International Channels. In November 2006, Star One was launched in the UK on Sky. S ...

as well as the supernatural thriller ''Sambhav Kya'' on 9X.

Filmography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kak, Antara Indian women film directors Living people Indian women film producers Place of birth missing (living people) Hindi film producers Hindi-language film directors Year of birth missing (living people)