Career
With a background in photography, Montreal filmmaker Marjara has written and directed several award winning films, including the feature documentary Desperately Seeking Helen, The Incredible Shrinking Woman and the 2006 German-Canadian short The Tourist. She is currently developing several feature films including Venus and Calorie. The movie shows the filmmaker on a journey to India, exploring her own Indian roots by following the career of acclaimed Bollywood movie star and vamp Helen Richardson Khan.
Marjara"s Canadian-German co-production The Tourist had its first showing at the 24th Rendez-vous du Cinéma Québécois in 2006.