Jyoti Kapur Das

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Jyoti Kapur Das
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Film director
Screenwriter

Jyoti Kapur Das is an Indian director and scriptwriter, known for her work in Bollywood. [1] [2] [3] Two of the short films that Das has written and directed have won Filmfare awards.

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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 Viacom18 Motion Pictures [4] and was associated with several films including Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, Queen (2014 film), Gangs of Wasseypur and Kahaani. 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, [5] [6] starring Rajkumar Rao. [7] [8]

Chutney, a short film written and directed by Das, was released on the Large Short Films channel on YouTube 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. [9]

in 2018, Das wrote and directed the short film Plus Minus with which YouTuber Bhuvan Bam and feature film actress Divya Dutta made their short film acting debuts. [10] 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. [11]

Das has been directing short films (which go on to be screened and win at various Film Festivals) [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] , commercials, music videos and Public Service Ads.

In 2023, she wrote and directed a feature-length Hindi Language film Tum Aaye Ho Toh (Meet. Love. Repeat.) [17] , starring popular singer Jubin Nautiyal and actor Shreya Chaudhary, supported by Nilu Kohli, Nasirr Khan, Ekavali Khanna and Santosh Singh. It was completed in 2024 and has been selected at and is also winning awards at various international film festivals, before its commercial release. [18] [19]

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  1. ↑ "Jyoti Kapur Das Film 'Plus Minus' to Screen at Ojai Short Film Festival in December". India West. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "Rinzing Denzongpa's debut film, action-thriller Squad, will be directed by Jyoti Kapur Das". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  3. ↑ Arote, Vinay (31 March 2019). "Winning the Filmfare Award was a magical moment". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "Viacom18 Motion Pictures In Conversation With Team Box Office India | Box Office India". boxofficeindia.co.in. Archived from the original on 21 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "Bose: Dead/Alive' is worth visiting". The Statesman. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  6. ↑ Bose: Dead/Alive
  7. ↑ Goyal, Divya (29 November 2016). "Tisca Chopra's Short Film Chutney Has a Chilling End". NDTV. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  8. ↑ "Youtuber Bhuvan Bam makes short film debut with Divya Dutta". mid-day. 7 September 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  9. ↑ Sources which say Chutney is written and directed by Das and won the awards:
  10. ↑ "Plus Minus: Bhuvan Bam and Divya Dutta's short crosses over 13 M views". DNA India. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  11. ↑ Arote, Vinay; 31 March 2019. "Winning the Filmfare Award was a magical moment". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 8 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ↑ "Good Morning wins at F3: Queen City Film Festival, Film Curation, & Film Awards, 2024".
  13. ↑ "Good Morning screens at Courtyard Independent Film Festival, Italy, 2023".
  14. ↑ "INDIA - Hopes '24 in Competition at Mumbai International Film Festival, 2024" (PDF).
  15. ↑ "INDIA - Hopes '24 in Competition at Goa Short Film Festival, 2024".
  16. ↑ "Tum Aaye Ho Toh (Meet. Love. Repeat.) selected at the New Jersey Indian International Film Festival, 2024".
  17. ↑ "Tum Aaye Ho Toh (IMDB)".
  18. ↑ "Tum Aaye Ho Toh wins Best Female Director of an International Feature Film at the Indie Filmmaker Awards 2024".
  19. ↑ "Tum Aaye Ho Toh wins Best Romace Feature Film at the Amsterdam World Canvas Film Festival 2024".
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