Megha Ramaswamy
Writing
Biography
Megha Ramaswamy is a Mumbai-based screenwriter, director and producer. Having made her debut as a screenwriter in 2011, she transitioned into filmmaking with her directorial feature debut What Are The Odds, a Netflix film starring Abhay Deol, Karanvir Malhotra, Monica Dogra and Yashaswini Dayama. Ramaswamy's body of work includes two other acclaimed short-films as well. The hybrid short documentary, Newborns, giving an inside look into the lives of acid-attack survivors, and Bunny - Ramaswamy's first fiction short film. Both films premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and have traveled to several other film festivals, having being met with critical response and accolades. They've both also seen releases on the cinephile OTT service, MUBI. Outside film, Ramaswamy co-hosts Cause Effect, a platform that produces cause related content and outreach programs. Her banner, Missfit Films, is dedicated to producing innovative films, which subscribe to being neither independent nor commercial. From Wikipedia (en), the free encyclopedia
Known For
Five substance-abusing friends decide to fake a kidnapping in order to bribe a police constable for covering-up a hit-and-run accident.
Shaitan
On the day of a major exam that could help determine her future, eccentric Vivek decides to take a slightly strange stand against the system.
What are the Odds?
Two young women meet a possibly supernatural maiden, Lalanna, whose song can lead to death.
Lalanna's Song
Bunny is a love letter to the fantastical childhood we leave behind. The story explores a delicate relationship between a little girl and her pet toy - Bunny. Things take a sad turn when Bunny is found 'dead' under mysterious circumstances on a rainy afternoon. An adventure explodes when the eager-to-please boy next door buries Bunny in the neighboring woods, only to discover later that Bunny has disappeared from his soggy grave...
Bunny
Documents the closure of Rhythm House, Mumbai's oldest music and video store, that went out of business last year due to piracy.
The Last Music Store
Laxmi Agarwal, a human rights activist and a survivor of acid violence, gazes back at us, as we contemplate together, the meaning of memory and loss. What does it mean to survivors of acid violence? What does it mean to people in their environment? How do the two world-views interact? What do concepts of 'fear', 'power', 'innocence' and 'beauty' mean to us? The Newborns attempts to provide a lens to the survivors of acid violence, to look forward and gaze back. They take us through the ennui of their domestic and public spaces in a nameless dystopian city, its factories, houses and motels, and its promises, never honored.