Nishtha Jain (born 21 June 1965) is an Indian film director and producer best known for her documentaries like Gulabi Gang (2012), Lakshmi and Me Archived 7 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine (2007) and City of Photos Archived 7 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine (2004).
Her films interrogate lived experience at the intersection of gender, caste and class.
[1] In addition to documentary film, she's been working across various platforms including narrative (Saboot/Proof [2019]) and virtual reality (Submerged[2016]).
Mass Communication Research Centre at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.
[3] She's a Chicken & Egg Award winner (2020); Member of the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences (AMPAS); Film Independent Global Media Maker Fellow (2019–20); and recipient of Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowship (2019).