Kavitha Lankesh is an Indian film director, screenwriter and a lyricist known for her work in Kannada cinema industry.

She began as a documentary film-maker before directing her first feature film, Deveeri (1999), which went on to win international, national and state awards.

[3] Kavitha holds a master's in English Literature from Bangalore University and a diploma in advertising.

Deveeri, a movie based on a short story by P. Lankesh, Akka, represented Kavitha's debut as a feature film director.

The film has Raksha, Prakash Raj, Daisy Bopanna and Sampath Kumar in the lead roles.

Bimba was selected to compete in the Bangkok film festival and received raving reviews from critics.

Malgudi Days was a Hindi television series originally directed by Shankar Nag, but was revived in 2006 with Kavitha as director.

Although the film had average to negative responses from critics, it won at Filmfare Awards South for Best Actress and Best Lyricist.

Crazy loka was commercially successful but a film that Kavitha is not proud of because of many ' uncontrolled factors'.

The film stars Pradyumna a child artist who won the state award and also had Duniya Vijay, Yogesh, Srinagar Kitty, and Anu Prabhakar.