An Animation and Vfx graduate from Vancouver Film School, Canada, Mukti has worked with Disney and institutions alike prior to her career in live-action. She moved on to make documentaries and advertising commercials traveling the length and breadth of India. Her last documentary ‘Raqs – e – Inquilab (Art in a time of Conflict)’ set in Kashmir, India, is featured on MUBI. A Mumbai-Mantra Sundance finalist in 2014, she was awarded a fellowship grant for her screenplay by Asia Society under the theme, ‘Making heroine the new hero’ in 2016. She has been awarded a fellowship from DCSAFF (DC South Asian Film Festival) for Emerging Writer and Director in SouthEast Asia, 2015-16. Mukti believes filmmaking is an opportunity to comment on the world we live in.
