Paromita vohra

Paromita Vohra is a documentary filmmaker and screenwriter based in Mumbai. Her films explore issues of gender and feminism. Some of her celebrated films are 'Q2P', 'Un-limited Girls', 'Annapurna', 'A Woman's Place' and 'A Short Film About Time'. She is scriptwriter of 'Khamosh Pani' (directed by Sabiha Sumar) which won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival in 2003; 'A Few Things I Know About Her' (directed by Anjali Panjabi) which won the Silver Conch at the MIFF 2002; and 'Skin Deep' (directed by Reena Mohan). She teaches scriptwriting as visiting faculty at Sophia Polytechnic and is a PUKAR Associate.

Films with Under Construction

a woman’s place

Women in India, South Africa and the USA ask – can new laws change old ways?

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annapurna

A women’s co-operative feeds migrant workers in the heart of Bombay’s mill district.

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cosmopolis

Two short tales wonder about the idea of Bombay as a great cosmopolis, while examining its divisions of class, language and food.

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Partners in Crime

Partners in Crime takes you on a rollicking trip through the grey worlds of copyright, art and the market in a story about love, money and crime.

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Q2P

A film about toilets and the city, but much more.

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unlimited girls

A Fearless tale of Feminism; an exploration of engagements with feminism in contemporary urban India.

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where’s sandra?

Is she naughty? Is she nice? Looking for Sandra from Bandra.

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work in progress

A journey from being a document of an event to becoming an impression of a worldwide movement for economic, political and cultural justice and a travelogue of ideas for change.

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