Madhusree Dutta

She has studied Economics at Jadavpur University, Kolkata and Dramatics at National School of Drama, New Delhi.

Her works generally contemplates on gender construction, urban development, public arts and documentary practices.

[7] Madhusree Dutta is a co-founder of Majlis (1990), an institution that works on cultural activism and women's rights in Mumbai.

[10][11] Dutta began her career with a Bengali theatre group Anarjya (non-Aryans) in Kolkata.

A Bengali adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children, and an anti-dowry musical by Malini Bhattacharya – Meye Dile Sajiye (Giving Away the Girl) are considered as two most memorable directorial works of her during that period.

The film turned out to be a serious discursive material for conflict study and the script of it was published in an anthology - Politics of Violence: From Ayodhya to Behrampada, eds.

Subsequently, she has made several films – documentary, shorts, video spots and non-fiction features.

[12] Most of her films are made with the same unit comprising cameraman Avijit Mukul Kishore[13] and editor Shyamal Karmakar.

Her role as a pedagogue, mentor, and producer has helped to consolidate a peer group around documentary practices in Mumbai.