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Alankrita Shrivastava is an Indian screenwriter, director and producer. Having made her debut as a director in 2011, she has since won accolades such as the Grand Prix at the Créteil International Women's Film Festival and a nomination for a Filmfare Award for the critically acclaimed film Lipstick Under My Burkha .
Alankrita is the writer, director, and showrunner for Netflix's drama series Bombay Begums, a series that revolves around the lives of five women in an urban Indian city.
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Writer, Producer, Director
Mar 29, 2021 · INTERVIEW | Important to tell our story as it is: Alankrita Shrivastava. I wanted to explore how it is different for women who come from various economic backgrounds, harder to break off a lot...
“We need more women. We need women in every writers’ room,” says Alankrita Shrivastava, 42.
Oct 19, 2020 · Alankrita Shrivastava (Turning 30, Lipstick Under My Burkha) on shaking up the patriarchal film industry and the Indian censorship board. Shrivastava’s latest feature, Dolly Kitty, is now on Netflix.
- Kanika Katyal
Jul 19, 2017 · Alankrita Shrivastava Interview: The Director Whose Movie Was Labelled ‘Fantasy’ When It Wasn’t. By Aswathy Gopalakrishnan. Jul 19,2017. The second trailer of Alankrita Shrivastava’s Lipstick Under My Burkha is underlined with a mischievous sense of humour.
Alankrita Srivastava is most well known for her critically acclaimed film Lipstick Under My Burkha (2016) that challenges mainstream narratives on women and gender.
