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Jyoti Kapur Das
Biography
Jyoti Kapur Das is an FTII, Pune editing alumna (1995). She has assisted filmmakers like Abbas Mustan, J P Dutta and Pankuj Parasher.
She has been Creative Head of Production and Development at one of India's leading Studios, Viacom18 Motion Pictures.
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Jyoti won the First Filmfare award for Best Director (Short Film) for her short film _Chutney _in 2017.
Chutney also won the HBO Shorts competition at New York in December 2016 and the first Planman Power Brands award for Best Director (Short Film) and Best Short Film in 2017. It was also selected to screen at the International Film Festival of India, Goa in November 2017, and been screened at international film festivals in Mauritius, Berlin and various Indian festivals.
It stands at above 125 Million views on the Large Short Films channel and is growing everyday.
Chutney can be viewed on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0krwKbsQscw
Her last short film, _Plus Minus _won Jyoti her second Filmfare award in March 2019.
Plus Minus can be viewed on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKyXUJceZ6k
Jyoti also was the Creative Director on ALT Balaji's show Bose Dead/Alive http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6883044/
Jyoti's 2002 short film, Lucky Day, that she made as an exercise when her first baby was a year old, has been screened at various festivals in India and abroad, including Brisbane International, Houston Film Festival , Cinequest, Female Eye Film Festival (Canada), Mumbai International Film Festival, Kala Ghoda Festival, Max Mueller Bhavan, Hull International (U.K.), Dawson City International, Women In The Director's Chair (Canada), Buzz 18 (Winner, PNC Film Contract), etc. It can be viewed on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atLVQ1NS1uI&t=499s
Jyoti made Public Service 5 min short films in 101 hours each, one on the Mumbai Police and one on Apne Aap Women's Collective. They can be viewed on her YouTube channel along with a set of 30 sec ads for the Neem Foundation. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw_0J-g-IRUSKMcaDlD0V1w
She is currently signed to direct two feature films with major Bollywood studios.