Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
12
Gender
Female
Birthday
1954-05-31
Day of Death
2018-09-23 (64 years old)
Place of Birth
Mumbai - India
Also Known As
Kalpana Lajmi
Biography
Kalpana Lajmi is an important figure in Indian womens' liberationist filmmaking. After working on documentaries, she began to write some of her own scripts, which centered on independent heroines who were able to make their own life choices. All her films have women protagonists who defy stereotypes associated with marital life and sexuality, which, in theme, treatment and emotional charge, were far ahead of their times—with womens' liberationist and queer characters seen as outcasts in Indian society.
