Munmun Dhalaria
{{Short description|Indian documentary filmmaker}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Munmun Dhalaria
| image =
| caption = Munmun Dhalaria presenting her work at National Geographic Headquarters at Washington DC, USA in 2019
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|07|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Dhinjon, Assam
| nationality = Indian
| citizenship = Indian
| education = Delhi University, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Kendriya Vidyalaya (Bangalore)
| alma_mater = Tata Institute of Social Sciences
| known_for = Documentary Filmmaker
| parents = Father:Gp. Capt. Jagdish Chand Dhalaria
Mother:Manjula Dhalaria
| website = https://www.munmundhalaria.com/
}}
Munmun Dhalaria is a documentary filmmaker{{Cite web |title=Dia Mirza lends her voice to climate change documentary 'No Water No Village' - Beauty Pageants - Indiatimes |url=https://beautypageants.indiatimes.com/miss-india/dia-mirza-lends-her-voice-to-climate-change-documentary-no-water-no-village/articleshow/88668806.cms |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=Femina Miss India}} from Dharamshala, currently based in Bangalore India.{{Cite web |title=Here is a unique list of ecofeminist films you should watch |url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/leisure/2022/04/02/here-is-a-unique-list-of-ecofeminist-films-you-should-watch.html |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=The Week |language=en}} She is known for making documentaries on wildlife conservation,{{Cite web |title=Dhalaria, Munmun |url=https://dceff.org/filmmaker/dhalaria-munmun/ |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=Environmental Film Festival |language=en-US}} gender and human rights.{{Cite web |title=Wildlife special: Munmun Dhalaria & Kartick Satyanarayan chat about COVID-19, Earth Day and a new Nat Geo show |url=https://www.indulgexpress.com/entertainment/tv/2020/apr/21/wildlife-special-munmun-dhalaria--kartick-satyanarayan-chat-about-covid-19-earth-day-and-a-new-na-24250.html |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=www.indulgexpress.com |date=21 April 2020 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Filmmaker Munmun Dhalaria's documentaries are a peek into the Himalayan communities' response to COVID-19 |url=https://www.edexlive.com/beinspired/2020/sep/12/filmmakernbspmunmunnbspdhalarias-documentariesnbspare-a-peek-into-the-himalayan-communities-re-14585.html |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=Edex Live |date=12 September 2020 |language=en}} Her films have been broadcast on networks like National Geographic,{{Cite web |date=2019-08-15 |title=The western tragopan dresses the part when pursuing a mate |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/western-tragopan-bird-shows-colorful-feathers-while-pursuing-a-mate |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210313033548/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/western-tragopan-bird-shows-colorful-feathers-while-pursuing-a-mate |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 March 2021 |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=Animals |language=en}} Hotstar and Vice World News. Since 2017, Dhalaria has been associated with the National Geographic Society{{Cite web |title=Western Tragopan: Quest for the Colourful Pheasant |url=https://sustain.round.glass/photo-story/western-tragopan/ |access-date=2022-04-08 |website=RoundGlass {{!}} Sustain |language=en-US}} as a National Geographic Explorer.{{Cite web |title=Munmun Dhalaria - National Geographic Society |url=https://explorer-directory.nationalgeographic.org/munmun-dhalaria |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=www.nationalgeographic.org |language=en}} Her photographs have been published internationally in various scientific journals{{Cite web |title= |url=https://cza.nic.in/uploads/documents/publications/english/exsitu_update_vol1_issue_2.pdf}} and magazines like National Geographic Magazine.{{Cite journal |title=National Geographic Magazine |journal= |volume=September 2019}}
She is also a Hatha Yoga teacher.
Early life and education
Munmun is the daughter of (retd.) Gp. Capt. Jagdish Chand Dhalaria,{{Cite web |title=Service Record for Group Captain Jagdish Chand Dhalaria 17501 ADM at Bharat Rakshak.com |url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/17501 |access-date=2022-04-08 |website=Bharat Rakshak |language=en-gb}} officer with the Indian Air Force. She belongs to a small hamlet called Gahra in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh in Western Himalaya. Her mother Manjula Dhalaria belongs to Hamirpur district and primarily grew up in Shimla, the capital of Himachal Pradesh. She grew up with one sibling- her elder brother Rishabh Dhalaria, who is a manager at Bank of Baroda.{{fact|date=July 2022}}
She studied in several Air Force schools and Kendriya Vidyalayas at different places in India owing to her fathers’ job. During her high school at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Yelahanka, Bangalore she was selected for AFS foreign exchange program in Massachusetts, US, which involved in radio telemetry research on coy apart from her other high school activities. Dhalaria has done her bachelor's degree in mass media and mass communication from Delhi University and MA in media and cultural studies from Tata Institute of Social Sciences,{{Cite book |last1=Munmun |first1=Dhalaria |url=http://opac.tiss.edu/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=350084&query_desc=su:%22Livelihoods%20%22 |title=Padmini my love |last2=Ruchi |first2=Sawardekar |last3=Silja |first3=Würgler |last4=Sriram |first4=Mohan |date=2015 |publisher=School of Media and Cultural Studies, TISS |location=Mumbai}} She has also done her Basic Mountaineering Course with the Indian Army.{{fact|date=July 2022}}