Writing

Chitra Palekar

Known for

Writing

Credits

10 titles

Known for

Thodasa Roomani Ho Jaayen poster
6.0

Binni lacks self-confidence and is annoyed by the constant unsolicited advice from her family. However, her life takes a turn when she meets a magician.

Thodasa Roomani Ho Jaayen

1990

No artwork available
NR

A tale within a tale, Maati Maay is a multi-dimensional, multi-layered film exploring a wide range of human relationships in a traditional society.

A Grave-keeper's Tale

2006

The Raw Mango poster
3.3

Kairee narrates the sweet and sour experiences of a ten year old girl brought to her maternal aunt Taani's house due to the loss of her parents. The girl, uprooted from a secure and loving home, struggles to cope with hostilities in her new environment. Taanimausi, living a barren existence with a brute of a husband, tries single-handedly to preserve the child's innocence and sensitivity as together they face the unpleasantness of an adult world. Taanimausi helps the girl create a world of their own... a world full of love, beauty and hope... a world full of sunshine, woods, streams, peacocks... and a world of raw mangoes.

The Raw Mango

2000

No artwork available
10.0

A remote, backward village sacrifices five women to appease the evil spirit in a tree.

Unimaginable

1981

The Square Circle poster
4.8

An abducted and sexually abused girl has her traditional views towards sexuality changed after finding refuge and kindness with a trans woman.

The Square Circle

1996

Happy Journey poster
6.2

Niranjan, after years of shouldering family responsibilities, becomes distant from his family. However, he happens to meet his sister's spirit and the two set out on a trip to rekindle their bond.

Happy Journey

2014

Film credits

Behind the camera

Thodasa Roomani Ho Jaayen poster
6.0

Binni lacks self-confidence and is annoyed by the constant unsolicited advice from her family. However, her life takes a turn when she meets a magician.

Thodasa Roomani Ho Jaayen

1990

No artwork available
NR

A tale within a tale, Maati Maay is a multi-dimensional, multi-layered film exploring a wide range of human relationships in a traditional society.

A Grave-keeper's Tale

2006

No artwork available
NR

A tale within a tale, Maati Maay is a multi-dimensional, multi-layered film exploring a wide range of human relationships in a traditional society.

A Grave-keeper's Tale

2006

No artwork available
NR

A tale within a tale, Maati Maay is a multi-dimensional, multi-layered film exploring a wide range of human relationships in a traditional society.

A Grave-keeper's Tale

2006

The Raw Mango poster
3.3

Kairee narrates the sweet and sour experiences of a ten year old girl brought to her maternal aunt Taani's house due to the loss of her parents. The girl, uprooted from a secure and loving home, struggles to cope with hostilities in her new environment. Taanimausi, living a barren existence with a brute of a husband, tries single-handedly to preserve the child's innocence and sensitivity as together they face the unpleasantness of an adult world. Taanimausi helps the girl create a world of their own... a world full of love, beauty and hope... a world full of sunshine, woods, streams, peacocks... and a world of raw mangoes.

The Raw Mango

2000

No artwork available
10.0

A remote, backward village sacrifices five women to appease the evil spirit in a tree.

Unimaginable

1981

The Square Circle poster
4.8

An abducted and sexually abused girl has her traditional views towards sexuality changed after finding refuge and kindness with a trans woman.

The Square Circle

1996