Director

Kalpana Lajmi

Directing

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Directed movies: 8Directed series: 0All crew credits: 9

TMDB ID: 1198076

IMDb ID: nm0493923

Known for: Directing

Born: May 31, 1954

Died: September 23, 2018

Age: 64

Place of birth: Mumbai - India

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1976 - 2006

Years active: 31

Wikidata: Q3631768

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Director (6)Assistant Director (2)Costume Assistant (1)

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Biography

Kalpana Lajmi is an important figure in Indian womens' liberationist filmmaking. After working on documentaries, she began to write some of her own scripts, which centered on independent heroines who were able to make their own life choices. All her films have women protagonists who defy stereotypes associated with marital life and sexuality, which, in theme, treatment and emotional charge, were far ahead of their times—with womens' liberationist and queer characters seen as outcasts in Indian society.