Jyoti Kapur Das is an Indian director and scriptwriter, known for her work in

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. Two of the short films that Das has written and directed have won Filmfare awards.

Career

Das graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India (Editing, 1995). From 14 November 2011, she took on the position of Creative Head at

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and was associated with several films including

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, Queen (2014 film),

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and

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. From 2015- 2018, she was the Creative Head at Big Synergy Productions where she was the Creative Producer & Creative Director of the web series Bose: Dead/Alive, starring

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. ''Chutney'', a short film written and directed by Das, was released on the Large Short Films channel on

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in 2016. It won the first ever Filmfare award for Best Short Film award for Das as Best Director and Best Actor (Female) for the lead actor at the Filmfare awards in 2017.Sources which say Chutney is written and directed by Das and won the awards: * * * * in 2018, Das wrote and directed the short film ''Plus Minus'' with which

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and feature film actress

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made their short film acting debuts. * * In 2019, Plus Minus won the People's Choice Award for Best Short Film at the Filmfare awards, winning Das her second Filmfare award in three years.

References

Filmfare Awards winners Indian film directors Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Indian women film directors

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