Ulka Mayur
Writing
Biography
๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ | ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ซ | ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ซ | ๐๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ซ Ulka Mayur is an Indian film and theatre director-producer working across films, documentaries, and live performance.She directed, wrote, and co-produced the documentary Where the Heart Is, officially selected at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), International Film Festival of South Asia (IFFSA), and Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF). She was the producer and story writer of the award-winning short film Are You Listening (2020), which received Best Story at the Ahmedabad International Children's Film Festival. Her screen credits include directing the music video Doicha Padar and serving as Executive Producer on the feature film Lost & Found in Kumbh. She has written two Hindi television series broadcast on Star Bharat and Sony Entertainment Television, serving as showrunner on one of them. In theatre, she develops original performance works that span contemporary narratives alongside reimagined mythological and folkloric material. Her solo production, Cast Off All Shame, received the South Asia Laadli Award for Media and Advertising for gender sensitivity in media. She is the co-founder and Artistic Director of Story Circus, focused on original storytelling across mediums. TMDB mini biography by: Ashvin Borad
Known For
After finding she was adopted as child, a young woman sets out to look for her biological parents.
Tell Me O Kkhuda
Firdaws doesn't question the existence of the promised paradise, but turns the idea on it's head by asking what if it was real and yet, one wouldn't get the 'pure bliss of forgetfulness'? Firdaws has a strong humanitarian & anti-terrorism message.
Firdaws
A poetic journey of homecoming - Where the Heart Is follows fitness trainer Umesh Garate and his family as they return to their ancestral village for Ganapati, exploring belonging, memory, rural sustainability and migration.