Education
Film and Television Institute of India. Jamia Millia Islamia.
Film and Television Institute of India. Jamia Millia Islamia.
She is a graduate from AJK, Mass Communication Research Centre
She worked as an editor and correspondent for video news magazines Newstrack and Eyewitness before she decided to study at Film and Television Institute of India, specializing in film direction.
Gulabi Gang, 2012 Best Film, Muhr Asia/Africa Documentary, Dubai International Film Festival, 2012 Best Documentary, Kortfilmfestivalen, Grimstad, Norway, 2012 First Amnesty International Human Rights Award, Tri-Continental Film Festival, South Africa 2013 Best Documentary, International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT) 2013 Best Director, International feature documentary, MIFF, Mumbai 2014 Best Film (Social Issues) National Film, India 2014 Best Editing Non Feature, National Film, India 2014 Best Documentary, New York India Film Festival 2014 Best Protagonist, ImagineIndia Film Festival, Madrid, 2014 Lakshmi and Maine, 2008 Nominee, Silver Wolf Award, International Documentary Film Festival, Amsterdam (IDFA), 2007 Best Documentary, Indian Documentary Producers’ Association (IDPA), 2007 Best Long documentary, Flahertiana International Film Festival, Russia 2008 Best documentary, Bucharest International Film Festival, 2008 Special Prize, Golden Apricot International Film Festival, Yerevan, 2008 Special Jury Prize, Cinema Verité International Film Festival, Tehran, 2008 Best Documentary, Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival, New York, 2008 Jury Special Mention, Doc-Planete Review, Warsaw 2008 Silver Award, Jeevika South Asian Documentary Film Festival, New Delhi, 2008 Special Jury Award, Beldocs, Belgarde, 2009 At My Doorstep, 2009 Best Documentary, Indian International Film Festival, Los Angeles, IFFLA, 2010 6 Yards to Democracy, 2006 Best Documentary, Birdseye View International Women"s Film festival, London, 2006 City of Photos, 2005 Special Jury Award, Film South Asia, Kathmandu, 2005.
