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'''Radha Bharadwaj''' is an Indian-born American [[Film director|filmmaker]], [[film producer]] and [[screenwriter]] based in [[Los Angeles]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dundoo |first=Sangeetha Devi |date=2018-12-01 |title=Radha Bharadwaj discusses her film 'Space MOMs', and why she's at loggerheads with Akshay Kumar's production 'Mission Mangal' |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/radha-bharadwaj-discusses-her-film-space-moms-and-why-shes-at-loggerheads-with-akshay-kumars-production-mission-mangal/article25642148.ece |access-date=2024-06-20 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=1999-07-26 |title=After Shekhar Kapur, LA-based filmmaker Radha Bharadwaj makes a mark in Hollywood |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/eyecatchers/story/19990726-after-shekhar-kapur-la-based-filmmaker-radha-bharadwaj-makes-a-mark-in-hollywood-824502-1999-07-25 |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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== Early life ==<br />
She moved to the [[United States]] in her late teens to study film. <br />
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== Career ==<br />
Bharadwaj's screenwriting and directing feature debut is ''[[Closet Land]]''. The surreal psychological drama was released by [[Universal Pictures]] in 1991, making Radha Bharadwaj the first director of Indian descent to have a film released by a major [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] studio. ''Closet Land'' stars [[Alan Rickman]] and [[Madeleine Stowe]]. [[Ron Howard]] and [[Brian Grazer]] produced the feature. The screenplay for ''Closet Land'' won the [[Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship]] sponsored by the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]], among others.<ref name=bio>{{cite web |url = http://www.closetland.com/bio/bio.html |title = Radha Bharadwaj |access-date = 2010-07-02 |publisher = Closet Land |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120210190802/http://www.closetland.com/bio/bio.html |archivedate = 2012-02-10 }}</ref><br />
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Bharadwaj's second feature was the 1998 [[Victorian era|Victorian]] gothic mystery, ''[[Basil (film)|Basil]]''. The period thriller, set in the [[United Kingdom]], stars [[Derek Jacobi]], [[Christian Slater]], [[Jared Leto]] and [[Claire Forlani]]. The director's cut for ''Basil'' was twice selected to be the closing night film for the Special Presentation series at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]], and chosen for a prime slot at the [[Los Angeles Film Festival]].<ref name=bio/> The film was also acclaimed at the [[American Film Market]].<ref>{{cite web |url =http://www.tcm.com:80/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=451003&category=Misc%20Notes |title = Basil (1998) – Misc Notes |access-date = 2010-07-02 |publisher = [[Turner Classic Movies|TCM]]}}{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Bharadwaj is currently working on new projects.<ref name=bio/><br />
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== Filmography ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Year<br />
! Title<br />
! Director<br />
! Writer<br />
! Producer<br />
! Editor<br />
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| 1991<br />
| ''[[Closet Land]]''<br />
| {{yes}}<br />
| {{yes}}<br />
| {{no}}<br />
| {{no}}<br />
|-<br />
| 1998<br />
| ''[[Basil (film)|Basil]]''<br />
| {{yes}}<br />
| {{yes}}<br />
| {{yes}}<br />
| {{no}}<br />
|-<br />
| 2019<br />
| ''Space MOMs''<br />
| {{yes}}<br />
| {{yes}}<br />
| {{yes}}<br />
| {{yes}}<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{Official website|http://www.closetland.com/}}<br />
* {{IMDb name|0080233|Radha Bharadwaj}}<br />
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[[Category:American women film producers]]<br />
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