Jyoti Kapur Das
{{short description|Indian director and scriptwriter}}
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Jyoti Kapur Das is an Indian director and scriptwriter, known for her work in Bollywood.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiawest.com/entertainment/global/jyoti-kapur-das-film-plus-minus-to-screen-at-ojai/article_f8f0c8bc-0fb3-11ea-bd67-fb6a8ea26b23.html|title=Jyoti Kapur Das Film 'Plus Minus' to Screen at Ojai Short Film Festival in December|website=India West|language=en|access-date=2020-03-08|archive-date=28 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128200832/https://www.indiawest.com/entertainment/global/jyoti-kapur-das-film-plus-minus-to-screen-at-ojai/article_f8f0c8bc-0fb3-11ea-bd67-fb6a8ea26b23.html|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/rinzing-denzongpas-debut-film-action-thriller-squad-will-be-directed-by-jyoti-kapur-das/articleshow/67388503.cms|title=Rinzing Denzongpa's debut film, action-thriller Squad, will be directed by Jyoti Kapur Das|website=Mumbai Mirror|language=en|access-date=2020-03-08}}{{Cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/winning-the-filmfare-award-was-a-magical-moment-bhuvan-bam/articleshow/68657237.cms|title=Winning the Filmfare Award was a magical moment|last=Arote|first=Vinay |date=31 March 2019|website=Mumbai Mirror|language=en|access-date=2020-03-08}} Two of the short films that Das has written and directed have won Filmfare awards.
Career
Das graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India (Editing, 1995). From 14 November 2011, she took on the position of Creative Head at Viacom18 Motion Pictures{{cite web |url=https://boxofficeindia.co.in/viacom18-motion-pictures-conversation-team-box-office-india |title=Viacom18 Motion Pictures In Conversation With Team Box Office India {{!}} Box Office India |website=boxofficeindia.co.in |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321114129/https://boxofficeindia.co.in/viacom18-motion-pictures-conversation-team-box-office-india |archive-date=2020-03-21}} and was associated with several films including Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, Queen (2014 film), Gangs of Wasseypur and Kahaani. From 2015- 2018, she was the Creative Head at Big Synergy Productions where she was the Creative Producer & Creative Director of the web series Bose: Dead/Alive,{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=22 December 2017|title=Bose: Dead/Alive' is worth visiting|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/entertainment/reviews/bose-deadalive-worth-visiting-1502549511.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=26 January 2021|website=The Statesman}}Bose: Dead/Alive starring Rajkumar Rao.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/tisca-chopras-short-film-chutney-has-a-chilling-end-1631546|title=Tisca Chopra's Short Film Chutney Has a Chilling End|publisher=NDTV|language=en|access-date=2022-06-13|first=Divya|last=Goyal|date=29 November 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/youtuber-bhuvan-bam-makes-short-film-debut-with-divya-dutta/19781163|title=Youtuber Bhuvan Bam makes short film debut with Divya Dutta|date=2018-09-07|website=mid-day|language=en|access-date=2020-03-08}}
Chutney, a short film written and directed by Das, was released on the Large Short Films channel on YouTube in 2016. It won the first ever Filmfare award for Best Short Film award for Das as Best Director and Best Actor (Female) for the lead actor at the Filmfare awards in 2017.Sources which say Chutney is written and directed by Das and won the awards:
- {{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/leisure/story/20190617-the-shorter-way-forward-1544309-2019-06-07|title=The shorter way forward|date=7 June 2019|first=Chinki |last=Sinha|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2020-03-08}}
- {{Cite web|url=https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards-2017/winners|title=Filmfare Award 2017 Winners - List of Filmfare Award Winners|website=filmfare.com|language=en|access-date=2020-03-08}}
- {{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/tisca-chopra-wins-best-actress-award-for-chutney-4469459/|title=Tisca Chopra wins Best Actress Award for Chutney|date=2017-01-11|website=The Indian Express|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-08}}
- {{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/cover/all-the-drama-in-short/article22701491.ece|title=All the drama, in short|last=Upreti|first=Payel Majumdar|website=@businessline|language=en|access-date=2020-03-08}}
in 2018, Das wrote and directed the short film Plus Minus with which YouTuber Bhuvan Bam and feature film actress Divya Dutta made their short film acting debuts.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-plus-minus-bhuvan-bam-and-divya-dutta-s-short-crosses-over-13-m-views-2667509|title=Plus Minus: Bhuvan Bam and Divya Dutta's short crosses over 13 M views|date=2018-09-25|website=DNA India|language=en|access-date=2020-03-08}}
- {{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood-guneet-monga-short-film-plus-minus-starring-divya-dutta-bhuvan-bam-crosses-10-million-views-in-3-days-463670|title=Guneet Monga's short film, Plus Minus starring Divya Dutta and Bhuvan Bam crosses 10 million views in just 3 days!|last=Taneja|first=Parina|date=2018-09-17|website=www.indiatvnews.com|language=en|access-date=2020-03-08}}
- {{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/plus-minus-youtuber-bhuvan-bam-and-divya-dutta-to-star-in-short-film-1871477.html|title=Plus Minus: YouTuber Bhuvan Bam and Divya Dutta To Star in Short Film|date=2018-09-08|website=News18|access-date=2020-03-08}} In 2019, Plus Minus won the People's Choice Award for Best Short Film at the Filmfare awards, winning Das her second Filmfare award in three years.{{Cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/winning-the-filmfare-award-was-a-magical-moment-bhuvan-bam/articleshow/68657237.cms|title=Winning the Filmfare Award was a magical moment|last1=Arote|first1=Vinay|last2=31 March 2019|website=Mumbai Mirror|language=en|access-date=2020-03-08}}
Das has been directing short films (which go on to be screened and win at various Film Festivals),{{Cite web|url=https://www.franklyfilmfest.com/monthly-winners/post/2295171/february-2024-winners|title=Good Morning wins at F3: Queen City Film Festival, Film Curation, & Film Awards, 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://courtyardfestival.altervista.org/first-edition/|title=Good Morning screens at Courtyard Independent Film Festival, Italy, 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://miff.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/National-Competition-MIFF-2024.pdf|title=INDIA - Hopes '24 in Competition at Mumbai International Film Festival, 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://marathichitrapatparivar.in/GSFF/default.htm#|title=INDIA - Hopes '24 in Competition at Goa Short Film Festival, 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://njiiff.org/home|title=Tum Aaye Ho Toh (Meet. Love. Repeat.) selected at the New Jersey Indian International Film Festival, 2024}} commercials, music videos and Public Service Ads.
In 2023, she wrote and directed a feature-length Hindi Language film Tum Aaye Ho Toh (Meet. Love. Repeat.),{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30177265/?ref_=nm_flmg_knf_t_1|title=Tum Aaye Ho Toh (IMDB)}} starring popular singer Jubin Nautiyal and actor Shreya Chaudhary, supported by Nilu Kohli, Nasirr Khan, Ekavali Khanna and Santosh Singh. It was completed in 2024 and has been selected at and is also winning awards at various international film festivals, before its commercial release.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0041450/2024/1/|title=Tum Aaye Ho Toh wins Best Female Director of an International Feature Film at the Indie Filmmaker Awards 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://amsterdamworldcanv.wixsite.com/home/%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%8F-rules|title=Tum Aaye Ho Toh wins Best Romace Feature Film at the Amsterdam World Canvas Film Festival 2024}}
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