- Kalpana Lazmi
Kalpana Lazmi (born 1954) is an
India nfilm director , producer andwriter . Lazmi is an independent,art film director, working more on realistic, low budget films, which are known in India asparallel cinema . Her films are often woman-oriented films.Biography
Lazmi debuted as a director with the
documentary film "D.G. Movie Pioneer" in 1978 and went on to direct more documentaries like "A Work Study in Tea Plucking" (1979) and "Along the Brahmaputra" (1981). She debuted as a film director in 1986 with "Ek Pal" (one minute), starringShabana Azmi andNaseeruddin Shah . She produced the film, took part in the film writing and had written the screenplay for the film along withGulzar . Lazmi was appreciated for her Hindi directorial debut.She then took a break from directing movies and went to direct her first television serial "Lohit Kinare" (1988) starring
Tanvi Azmi . She made her comeback to cinema in 1993 with the critically acclaimed "Rudaali " starringDimple Kapadia . Kapadia won theNational Film Award for Best Actress for her performance and Lazmi also won accolades for directing the film.Her next film was "Darmiyan" (1997) which was directed and produced by her. The movie starred
Kirron Kher and Tabu in pivotal roles.Her next film in 2001, "". The film was distributed by the Indian Government and was highly acclaimed by critics. It was the second time that an actress won the
National Film Award for Best Actress under Lazmi's directorial hand. This time it wasRaveena Tandon , who was not as appreciated before, and Lazmi was credited as being the one to exploit the hidden talent in her.Her next film, "Kyon?" (2003) was unnoticed, while her last release "
Chingaari " (2006) starringSushmita Sen was generally well received.Filmography
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