Urmi Juvekar
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{{short description|Indian screenwriter and filmmaker}}
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| occupation = Writer, Director, Producer, Actress
| years active = 1997–present
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Urmi Juvekar is an Indian screenwriter and documentary filmmaker best known for writing the screenplays of Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! (2008), I Am (2010) and Shanghai (2012).
Early life
She pursued a bachelor's degree in Social Work from Mumbai University. Post her graduation, she landed her first job with the Xavier's Institute of Communication at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai.
Career
Urmi began her career in the entertainment industry as a documentary-film writer and director. With the film Darmiyaan: In Between (1997), directed by Kalpana Lajmi, Urmi made her feature film screenwriting debut. She also made a short film, The Shillong Chamber Choir, based on an Indian chamber choir formed in 2001, popularly known by the name Shillong Chamber Choir.{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/18/stories/2008071850390200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081009113545/http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/18/stories/2008071850390200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 October 2008|work=The Hindu|title=A special world of music from North-East|date=18 July 2008}} Since then, she has written several acclaimed Indian feature films including Shararat (2002), Rules: Pyaar Ka Superhit Formula (2003), Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! (2008) and I Am (2010),{{Cite web |title=Urmi Juvekar won't direct mainstream film |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-urmi-juvekar-won-t-direct-mainstream-film-1182109 |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=DNA India |language=en}} most popularly credited with writing the screenplay for the film Shanghai, which released in 2012 to wide critical and commercial success.{{Cite web |date=2012-06-10 |title=Shanghai: The story of India {{!}} India Masala |url=http://blogs.reuters.com/indiamasala/2012/06/07/shanghai-the-story-of-india/ |access-date=2023-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610055724/http://blogs.reuters.com/indiamasala/2012/06/07/shanghai-the-story-of-india/ |archive-date=10 June 2012 }} Urmi has most recently written the screenplay for the upcoming release Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!, an Indian crime thriller film directed by Dibakar Banerjee and co-produced by Yash Raj Films and Dibakar Banerjee Productions.{{cite web|title=Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! |url=http://www.yashrajfilms.com/Movies/MovieIndividual.aspx?MovieID=7e693a7d-afea-4176-b7cc-b10b72f09d43|publisher=Yash Raj Films|access-date=12 October 2014}}
Filmography
References
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External links
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Category:Indian women screenwriters
Category:University of Mumbai alumni
Category:Indian documentary filmmakers
Category:Women writers from Maharashtra
Category:Screenwriters from Mumbai
Category:21st-century Indian dramatists and playwrights
Category:21st-century Indian women writers
Category:Indian women documentary filmmakers