Jaspreet Kaur [1] [2] [3] is an Indian film producer. She produced Bengali film C/O Sir in 2013. [4] She is the founder and CEO of KR Movies and Entertainment. [5] She had produced other Bengali Films, including Bawal [6] in 2015 and Cholai in 2016. She is producing a documentary on Irom Chanu Sharmila [7] titled The Turning Point. [8] Her next venture will be a book adaption of Vanara: The Legend of Baali, Sugreeva and Tara, Author Anand Neelakantan. [9]
Jaspreet founded the film production company, KR Movies. Their first theatrical release (C/O Sir) [10] in 2013 [11] made Jaspreet was the youngest female producer in Eastern India. [12]
KR Movies' film, Cholai, premiered at Cannes Film Festival 2016 [13] [14] and was nominated in six categories (winning Best Supporting Actress) in Madrid Film Festival 2016 [15] including Best Film, Best Supporting Actress and Best Director.
She is co-creator of one-of-a-kind interactive TV series based on Motion Capture and 3D animation.
| Year | Film | Producer |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | C/O Sir | Yes |
| 2015 | Bawal | Yes |
| 2016 | Cholai | Yes |
| 2017 | The Turning Point (Documentary)[ citation needed ] | Yes |
| 2019 | Chegu [16] | Yes |
| 2019 | Yaman | Yes |
| 2023 | Sahela [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] | Yes |
Cholai was awarded two Filmfare awards in Jio Filmfare Awards (East) 2017. It won for Best Dialogue (Subhomay Chatterjee) and Critics' Best Film (Arun Roy). [31]
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