Bonita Rajpurohit
Acting
Biography
Writer/ Director/Actor/Editor. Born & brought up in Rajasthan, Bonita started with modeling for brands & acting in TV/Digital ads. She was crowned the Miss Trans Queen India in 2019. Driven to write her own roles, In 2020, she became part of 1719 Film Factory. She started her career as an Actor and Editor with the 2023 film 'It's All In Your Head". Her directorial debut was a fashion film for URBANIC. She won the QDrishti Film Grant by Kashish Film Festival and developed her script for her next short ‘IYKYK’, under the mentorship of Alankrita Srivastava & further received funds from Lotus Visual Productions. The shoot begins in February 2024. Simultaneously she is also co-writing and co-directing a miniseries ‘Blah Blah Blah” with Dhruv Solanki on a few of the episodes, along with editing it and acting in it.
Known For
In a high-tech world, three intertwined stories discuss identity, online intimacy and the allure of social networks.
LSD 2: Love, Sex aur Dhokha 2
You can be whoever you want to be in this world.
You're the New Standard
A newlywed arranged marriage couple arrive at Goa for their honeymoon. They roam around the city as tourists, slowly getting to know each other in the process. Their honeymoon fantasy comes crashing as an unprecedented revelation sets off a domino of emotional outbursts.
Petals in the Wind
A feature film that focuses on one day in the life of six siblings, rural but americanised, living in Vadodara, all in their 20's. Together they run an online thrift store called DURTY FITS, while each hustles away individually to give some shape and meaning to their life.
It’s All in Your Head
Everyone seems to have a different approach to the elephant in the room; her Gender Identity. Address it or ignore it. No one seems to have a clue how to go about it. We follow a series of dates, Kusum goes on.
IYKYK (If You Know You Know)
Noori, a transgender woman, finds a home with her chosen queer friends. On her quaint 18th birthday, the queer household pulses with dreams and laughter, until there is an unkind stranger at the door. Six friends, three scenes, a police case and one gun.