Farha Khatun

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Farha Khatun
Occupation(s)Documentary Filmmaker, Editor
Years active2014 – present
Notable work Holy Rights
AwardsNational Film award for Social Issues

Farha Khatun is an Indian editor and documentary filmmaker known for directing the documentary Holy Rights which won Best Film on Social Issues at the 67th National Film Awards. [1]

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She also Co-directed the Documentary I am Bonnie which also won Best Film on Social Issues at 65th National Film Awards. [2]

She has also acted in 'Abar Jodi Ichchha Karo... (If you dare Desire...)',- a 2017 film directed by Debalina Majumdar and written by Susmita Sinha. [3] [4]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2014Uncle: A School In HimselfEditor [5]
2016I am BonnieDirector, EditorWon National Film awards for Best Film on Social Issue [6]
2018The Jungle Man... LoiyaDirector, Editor [7]
2020 Holy Rights DirectorWon National Film awards for Best Film on Social Issue [8]
2022Ripples Under the SkinDirector, Editor [9]

Awards

I am Bonnie

Holy Rights

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  2. 1 2 Priyanka Dasgupta (5 May 2018). "National Award: I couldn't do anything to embarrass the institution I serve: Farha Khatun | Kolkata News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuXSFmOObC4
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20190529183331/https://queerfilmfestival.ca/film/if-you-dare-desire/
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