Shabnam Virmani is a documentary film maker.

She has also been an artist-in-residence at the Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology in Bangalore since 2002.

A co-founder of the Drishti Media Arts and Human Rights Collective, Virmani has directed several documentaries, some of which have won awards.

[1] Kabira Khada Bazaar Mein, a documentary film by Virmani on the poet-saint part, won the Special Jury Prize at the 58th National Awards in June 2011.

[2] The award was granted in acknowledgement of the film's power to expose the nuances of, and remedial suggestions to, the Kabir community.