Aruna Raje (born 1946) is an Indian film director and editor known for her works in Hindi cinema.
[1] Aruna enrolled initially at Grant Medical College in Pune to study medicine but later quit to join the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII).
[2] At the beginning of her career Aruna Raje worked jointly with her ex-husband Vikas Desai in the name of Aruna-Vikas.
After separating from her husband she began independent film-direction, making hard hitting feminist movies.
[3] She has also made national award-winning documentaries on the well-known classical dancer Mallika Sarabhai and special children, The New Paradigm.