Munmun Dhalaria

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Munmun Dhalaria
Born (1991-07-24) 24 July 1991 (age 32)
Dhinjon, Assam
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndian
EducationDelhi University, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Kendriya Vidyalaya (Bangalore)
Alma materTata Institute of Social Sciences
Known forDocumentary Filmmaker
ParentFather:Gp. Capt. Jagdish Chand Dhalaria Mother:Manjula Dhalaria
Website https://www.munmundhalaria.com/

Munmun Dhalaria is a documentary filmmaker [1] from Dharamshala, currently based in Bangalore India. [2] She is known for making documentaries on wildlife conservation, [3] gender and human rights. [4] [5] Her films have been broadcast on networks like National Geographic, [6] Hotstar and Vice World News. Since 2017, Dhalaria has been associated with the National Geographic Society [7] as a National Geographic Explorer. [8] Her photographs have been published internationally in various scientific journals [9] and magazines like National Geographic Magazine. [10]

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She is also a Hatha Yoga teacher.

Early life and education

Munmun is the daughter of (retd.) Gp. Capt. Jagdish Chand Dhalaria, [11] officer with the Indian Air Force. She belongs to a small hamlet called Gahra in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh in Western Himalaya. Her mother Manjula Dhalaria belongs to Hamirpur district and primarily grew up in Shimla, the capital of Himachal Pradesh. She grew up with one sibling- her elder brother Rishabh Dhalaria, who is a manager at Bank of Baroda.[ citation needed ]

She studied in several Air Force schools and Kendriya Vidyalayas at different places in India owing to her fathers’ job. During her high school at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Yelahanka, Bangalore she was selected for AFS foreign exchange program in Massachusetts, US, which involved in radio telemetry research on coy apart from her other high school activities. Dhalaria has done her bachelor's degree in mass media and mass communication from Delhi University and MA in media and cultural studies from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, [12] She has also done her Basic Mountaineering Course with the Indian Army.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleTypeNotesRef
2017Tayiya KanasuDirector, CameraDocumentaryBest Documentary at the 6th Aarogya Film Festival

Health Systems research global symposium 2018, Liverpool, UK

Honorable mention, Public Health Film Festival, Oxford

India Heritage walks Film festival

 [13]
An Uncertain WinterDirectorDocumentary for

SPS Community Media [14] / PSBT

Winner of ICIMOD Mountain film Award at KIMFF, Kathmandu, Nepal [15]

IMF mountain film festival, New Delhi

Pakistan International Mountain Film Festival

CMS Vatavaran Film festival, New Delhi [16]

Kathmandu International Film Festival [17]

2020Jujurana's Kingdom [18] DirectorDocumentary for National Geographic [19] IMF Mountain Film Festival [20] BANFF Mountain Film and Book Festival, 2020. [21] [22]
On the Brink, season 2Assistant director, CameraTV series for Hotstar [23]
Covid Response ~ A Himalayan Story [24] Director [25] Documentary for National Geographic [26] Liberation Docfest Bangladesh 2021

Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Michigan, 2021

 [27] [28] [29]
2021Tenzin TsundueDirectorNews Documentary [5]
Ladakh PashminaDirectorDocumentary for Nature Conservation Foundation [30]
No Water No VillageDirectorDocumentary [31]
2022Inside The Opioid Crisis Gripping This Himalayan State | Trouble in ParadiseDirector, editorDocumentary [32]
Written out of History- Forgotten Indian Scientists [33] Director, DOPDocumentary Series

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