Jasmine Kaur Roy


Jasmine Kaur Roy is a two time National Award-winning independent filmmaker from India, making short films and documentaries with, under their banner Wanderlust Films. Her film Amoli is a documentary about the commercial sexual exploitation of children in India. The film won the for the year 2018.

Education

Jasmine graduated in Political Science from , New Delhi and later specialized in Film Direction from the , Pune. She was also selected to be a part of as a participant director.

Career

Jasmine has made short films and documentaries. Some of her films like Saanjh, Meena and Scavenging Dreams have won awards and have been screened at several international film festivals. She is the recipient of the 52nd National Film Award for her short film 'Saanjh' and the 66th National Film Award for her documentary film Amoli.

Amoli

Her 30-minute documentary film was produced by The Culture Machine and released online in May 2018. Amoli is a documentary about the commercial sexual exploitation of children in India. The film is narrated by Rajkummar Rao, Vidya Balan, Kamal Haasan, Puneeth Rajkumar, Jisshu Sengupta and Nani and the music is by Tajdar Junaid.
Amoli won the 66th National Film Award for Best Investigative Film for the year 2018.