Nitya Mehra

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Nitya Mehra
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Nitya Mehra at Made in Heaven Screening, Mumbai in 2019
Born (1980-01-31) January 31, 1980 (age 42)
Amritsar
NationalityIndian
Alma materWelham Girls' School
OccupationFilm Director / Executive Producer / Writer
Known forLife of Pi, The Namesake, Baar Baar Dekho, Made in Heaven
Spouse(s)Karan Kapadiya (m. 2015)

Nitya Mehra is an Indian film director and screenwriter based in Mumbai. She is best known for Life of Pi, the Oscar winning film and Mira Nair's The Namesake and Baar Baar Dekho.[1][2][3][4]

Early life[]

Mehra was born in Amritsar into a Punjabi family. Her mother was a fashion designer. She studied at Welham Girls' School, which is a girls boarding school in Dehradun. After completing her schooling she went on to do Literature from Delhi University, post which she did a continuing studies program in Film Production and Direction at New York University.[5]

Career[]

Nitya started out her career with being a PA on a film in New York called 3 am. Eager to return to India she began assisting film makers in India and learning the ropes. As an assistant director she worked for the movies like Lakshya, The Namesake, Don, Little Zizou, The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Life of Pi. She worked as an Assistant Director for many years on various Indian and international films.[6]

Nitya's first big directorial project was on the Indian franchise of the hit TV show 24 (Indian TV series) season1, which aired on Colors TV at the time.[7]

In 2016, Nitya directed her first feature film Baar Baar Dekho starring Sidharth Malhotra and Katrina Kaif, co-produced by Excel Entertainment and Dharma Productions.[8]

In 2019, she showran, executive produced and directed a web series Made in Heaven aired on Amazon Prime Video, starring Arjun Mathur, Sobhita Dhulipala and Kalki Koechlin.[9]

She is one of the directors and writers of a film, Chand Mubarak which is part of an Indian Hindi-language anthology Unpaused, released on Amazon Prime Video in 2020. She got critical acclaim for this film.[10]

Nitya's upcoming projects that include "Made in Heaven Season2" is set to release in 2021.[11]

Filmography[]

Films[]

Year Movie Note(s)
2006 The Namesake Assistant Director
Don
2008 The Other End of the Line
Little Zizou
2012 Life of Pi
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2016 Baar Baar Dekho Director
2020 Unpaused Director (Chaand Mubarak)

Television[]

Films that have not yet been released Denote shows that have not yet been released
Year Television Show Notes
2013 24
2019 Made in Heaven 3 episodes
2022 dagger Made in Heaven Season 2

Awards and nominations[]

  • MIH nominated for Critics Choice Awards 2019[12][13]

Personal life[]

Nitya Mehra is married with Karan D. Kapadia and they have a son.[14]

References[]

  1. ^ Ghosh, Sankhayan (5 September 2016). "Why Nitya Mehra doesn't like reality". www.livemint.com/. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  2. ^ Reuters Editorial. "Interview: Nitya Mehra on 'Baar Baar Dekho'". IN. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Baar Baar Dekho: The film is a person's life story from 18-60, says Ritesh Sidhwani".
  4. ^ "Made In Heaven writers Zoya, Reema, Nitya, Alankrita on their debut series that 'unmasks' big, fat Indian weddings-Entertainment News , Firstpost". Firstpost. 11 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Amritsar-born Nitya Mehra hopes her debut directorial film Baar Baar Dekho becomes a 'game-changer'". The Indian Express. 6 September 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Farhan Akhtar's proud of his protege, Baar Baar Dekho's Nitya Mehra". Hindustan Times. 16 July 2016.
  7. ^ "'Baar Baar Dekho' to release on September 9". Business Standard India. 6 January 2016.
  8. ^ "Filmmaker Nitya Mehra opens up about striking gold in the OTT space, second season of 'Made In Heaven'". DNA India. 17 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Unpaused: Shardul Bharadwaj talks about working with Ratna Pathak Shah, Nitya Mehra gives an update on Made In Heaven 2". Hindustan Times. 17 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Nitya Mehra: Chaand Mubarak is about learning to trust again". The Indian Express. 20 December 2020.
  11. ^ "'Baar Baar Dekho' Director Nitya Mehra on Second Season of 'Made In Heaven', Theatres Vs OTT". www.news18.com. 17 February 2021.
  12. ^ "Made in Heaven, The Family Man Win Big at Critics Choice Awards". TheQuint. 11 December 2019.
  13. ^ "Zoya Akhtar, Rasika Dugal, Neha Dhupia and Jackie Shroff attend Critics' Choice Shorts And Series Awards". The Indian Express. 12 December 2019.
  14. ^ "'Baar Baar Dekho' Director Nitya Mehra BLESSED With Baby Boy, Ranveer Singh & Deepika Padukone Visit New Mommy". news.abplive.com. 30 October 2019.

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