Dar Gai ( uk, Дар Гай) is an India-based Ukrainian director, screenwriter and producer. She is best known for her work on the films ''
Teen Aur Aadha
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'' and ''
Namdev Bhau: In Search of Silence''. Gai has also directed popular videos by Indian artists like Prateek kuhad (Cold mess) and Ritviz (Liggi). She was credited as
intimacy director for the movie
Gehraiyaan
''Gehraiyaan'' () is a 2022 Indian romantic drama film directed by Shakun Batra and produced by Dharma Productions in association with Viacom18 Studios and Jouska Films. The film stars Deepika Padukone, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Ananya Panday and ...
starring Bollywood actors Deepika Padukone, Ananya Pandey and Siddhant Chaturvedi.
Early life
Dar was born in
Kyiv
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,
Ukraine
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. She holds a
BFA and
MFA degrees in Philosophy with a minor in film and theatre from the
NaUKMA. Later, she was invited to India to direct theatre plays at the
Scindia School
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, in
Gwalior
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. She also taught screenwriting and film appreciation in
Whistling Woods International Institute
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Whistling Woods International is a film, communication and creative arts institute located in Mumbai, India. The institute is promoted by the Indian Filmmaker Subhash Ghai, Mukta Arts and Film City Mumbai. In July 2014, ''The Holly ...
, in
Mumbai
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.
Filmography
Awards
References
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Living people
Ukrainian women film directors
Ukrainian film directors
Film people from Kyiv
National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
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