Biography
Director and screenwriter Anusha Rizvi was born in 1978. She studied history at St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, and Human Rights at the Jamia University, Delhi. As she says, “I am an accidental filmmaker. I neither trained, nor ever wished to make films before the story of Peepli [Live] came to me in a flash.” She worked as a television producer for four years at New Delhi Television (NDTV). Peepli [Live] is her first feature outing as writer and director. Over the last five years, she has helped revive Dastangoi, the dead art form of story-telling in Urdu.
Filmography
Features
2010 Peepli [Live]