Subhadra

Subhadra was born & raised in the small mountain state of Himachal Pradesh in northern India & currently resides in Mumbai. She has had a long collaboration with filmmaker Pan Nalin, most notably (...) in co-writing ANGRY INDIAN GODDESSES (2015) which premiered at TIFF, was Runner Up for the Audience Choice Award & released theatrically in over 60 countries. It won accolades for being ground- breaking in its truthful, non-apologetic depiction of womanhood in contemporary India. Subhadra’s debut feature film as a writer-director; SECOND CHANCE (2024) premiered at the 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Proxima Competition in July 2024. The film garnered rave reviews across the board with The Hollywood Reporter praising the film for ‘effortlessly blending gentle humour with poignant drama’; and Variety declaring her as one of the ‘new female Indian filmmakers at the vanguard of a movement, whose movies share a certain, wise-beyond-their-years poetry.’ The film has travelled to some of the leading festivals in different corners of the world such as Busan International Film Festival, AFI Fest, Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Adelaide Film Festival, International Film Festival of Kerala and continues this journey in 2025. In its making, the project had been part of 2020 Arthouse Produire au Sud Workshop, NFDC Film Bazaar's 2021 Co Production Market, Marche Du Film of Cannes 2021 and Film Independent's 'Global Media Makers' programme 2022. A Berlinale Talent of 2025, she is currently working on her sophomore fiction feature titled ‘MOH’ which was selected at the Oxbelly Writing Retreat in June 2024. When she is not developing films in the mad city of Mumbai, Subhadra regularly takes time out to travel, often escaping deep into the Himalayas, determined to stay in touch with her roots & keep her soul intact.