Madhureeta Anand

Madhureeeta Anand's third feature film, tentatively titled "A Taj Mahal Love Story" was announced during President Trudeau's visit to India as the first official Indo-Canadian co-production and is slated to go on the floors in September 2018.

Madhureeta has launched her Digital Channel, ma films (Madhureeta Anand Films), along with Culture Machine to create a space for the confluence of films and social issues. The channel is a destination for films that either have a social message or can be tools for social activism. Each of these films will be surrounded by a campaign to help to bring to light the issues being addressed by the films. The Channel launched on 27 July 2016.

She is also launching an app called "Phree" for the safety of women. The app is due to be launched in August 2016.

Madhureeta Anand's second feature film is titled Kajarya, had a successful theatrical release in India on 4 December 2015. The film opened to rave reviews across the nation. Kajarya premiered at The Dubai International Film Festival. The film's Swiss Premier took place in Geneva at The International Human Rights Film Festival where Kajarya was one of the 8 films in competition. The film was also selected to The Montreal World Film Festival and Eless Tournet Brussels where it was the opening film of the festival. Kajarya was also chosen as one of the top five films to see in 2014 by Forbes India Magazine. Kajarya won the best foreign film award at The Silk Route Film Festival in China. The film has an all‐new star cast of trained actors and explores the issue of female feoticide and related women's issues.

The film released in India on 4 December 2015 to rave reviews and a good audience reception.

Kajarya was chosen as one of the top five films to see in 2014 by Forbes India Magazine and was described as:

Her next feature film is titled Kotha No 22 (Brothel No 22), and is a thriller set in a brothel. Madhureeta will begin shooting the film in November 2014.

Madhureeta Anand launched her own YouTube channel – Ma Films (an acronym for Madhureeta Anand Films) to launch content that talks about social causes. The films will accompanied by a wide campaign. The first campaign to be launched by Ma Films is "Know Your Porn", an animated web series that is aimed at providing information and provoking discussion around porn watching in India. The series will be launched in May 2018.

Her documentary Education – A reality or a myth was nominated at the Zanzibar International Film Festival in 2002. Her film titled Sin was nominated in the Short Film section at The Damah Film Festival at Seattle (USA) in October 2002.

Furthermore, she was the only woman camera director on a crew of directors on Channel 4 (UK)'s award-winning series The Greatest Show on Earth – The Kumbh Mela (2001). She has also won the Royal Television Society Craft Award for it.

She is also the founder and festival director of the first Digital Film Festival in India – The 0110 International Digital Film Festival. The festival, started as collaboration with the British Council, Fame Cinemas and PVR Pictures, has well known filmmakers and actors on its jury.

Madhureeta Anand has written 9 screenplays both in English and Hindi languages – Kajarya, Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye (Hindi), O Mere Piya (Hindi), Decorate The Earth, Krishna Circus, Maharani, Kotha No 22 (Hindi), Sultana Daku and No Authority. She has been featured in “Poetry Of Purpose” a book that featured women achievers who made a social impact with their work.

She has launched with ActionAid India - "Two Way Street" an initiative to catalyse media for social change. Two Way Street's key goals are to facilitate accurate representation of communities, social causes and issues through the media. And act as an advisory body to provide non-binding recommendations to stakeholders engaged with media. She has set up a project in East Delhi's Mandaveli area with SMS - an NGO working in the area of gender. The project is aimed at working with the men of the area to make it a safer place. The activities range from using drama and music to help men express themselves and holding workshops with the men of Mandaveli to discuss issues of masculinity and how this has influenced their worldview. The project has participation from MenEngage, Azad Foundation and CJHS – all of whom have a track record in working with men on issues of gender.

She has written, directed and executive produced with PVR Pictures, her first full‐length commercial feature film Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye, starring Randeep Hooda, Arbaaz Khan and Raima Sen, which released on 6 February 2009.

In 2007 she embarked on her first commercial feature film "Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye" (The one she dreamt of). The film written, directed and executive produced by Madhureeta Anand in collaboration with PVR Pictures, and starred Raima Sen, Arbaaz Khan and Randeep Hooda. The film released on 6 February 2009.

In 2007, she directed, produced and wrote Laying Janaki to Rest, a documentary film on Sita the Goddess; The Magic Tent, which she co‐wrote and produced. In 2006, she was awarded the Silver Conch at the Mumbai International Film Festival, for her film Walking on a Moonbeam.

In 2001, Madhureeta produced and directed a thirty‐minute documentary feature on the Kumbh Mela‐ 'In Search of Salvation' for the German Telecast Footprint. (Austria/Switzerland/Germany). The Damah Film Festival at Seattle (USA) invited this film on 11 October 2001, where it fetched her an award for Excellence in Film Making. It was also nominated at the Commonwealth Film Festival (Manchester, U.K. 30 June 2002).

Her fourth feature film titled "Sultana Daku", which is the story of a dacoit who lived in India in the 1920s is expected to start principal photography in December 2018.