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| occupation = Filmmaker<br />
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'''Ruchi Narain''' (born 1976) is an Indian [[film director]], screenwriter, and producer widely known as the writer for the critically acclaimed film ''[[Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi]]'' (2003). She has also directed films like ''[[Kal: Yesterday and Tomorrow]]'' (2005), ''[[Hanuman: Da' Damdaar]]'' (2017) and Netflix original film ''[[Guilty (2020 film)|Guilty]]'' (2020).<br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Her family is originally from [[New Delhi]], however, she has never lived there. She spent her early years in Calcutta, Dubai, Sri Lanka, [[Muscat, Oman|Muscat]], Oman where she attended the [[Sultan's School]], [[The Woodstock School]] in Mussoorie, and Qatar. She moved to Mumbai for College and has lived there ever since.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}<br />
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==Career==<br />
She started her career as an assistant director to [[Sudhir Mishra]] in ''[[Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin]]'' (1996). Subsequently, she was Associate director, Second Unit Director and [[screenwriter|Screenplay writer]] and edited the film ''[[Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi]]'' for which she won the Best Story [[Filmfare Award]], [[Zee Cine Awards|Zee Cine Award]] and [[Star Screen Awards|Star Screen Award]]. It was a love story set against the political backdrop of India in the 1970s.<br />
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She was the writer-director of the contemporary urban thriller ''[[Kal: Yesterday and Tomorrow]]'' (2005), which also won her the Osian's Cinefan Film Festival Critics Award.<ref>{{cite news |title= Tomorrow full of promise|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2005/09/30/stories/2005093000170400.htm |publisher=[[Business Line]] |date=30 September 2005 }}</ref> She raised the financing for this film by making a business plan and bringing together a consortium of 14 investors'.<br />
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Subsequently, she started the production company R.A.T Films with two partners Ashutosh Shah and [[Taher Shabbir]] which has done over a hundred commercials for a variety of products as well as produced the animation film ''[[Hanuman: Da' Damdaar]]'' (2017) which she wrote and directed. It was the biggest animation film release in India ever, voiced by the superstar [[Salman Khan]] and featuring a litany of Bollywood stars; [[Raveena Tandon]], [[Javed Akhtar]], [[Kunal Khemu]], [[Vinay Pathak]], [[Chunky Pandey]], [[Saurabh Shukla]] and [[Makrand Deshpande]].<br />
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Her film ''[[Guilty (2020 film)|Guilty]]''(2020) on [[Netflix]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|author=Diksha Madhok|title=Netflix and Amazon gave daring Indian filmmakers hope. Now that's turning to fear|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/27/media/netflix-amazon-india-censors-intl-hnk/index.html|access-date=2021-04-06|website=CNN}}</ref> starring [[Kiara Advani]] has met with a lot of success and acclaim. It is set in an elite Delhi College and centers around an allegation of rape during the [[#MeToo Movement]] in India.<br />
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She has also was the [[showrunner]] and the lead director for the 2020 8-part comedy series 'Hundred' on the platform [[Disney+Hotstar]]<ref name=":0" /> which she and her partners created, wrote and produced. The show is a light and irreverent take on two very different women who struggle to do what they want to do in the city of Mumbai. One of them is played by [[Lara Dutta]] as a police woman who feels she can't break the glass ceiling. The other is a young girl, played by [[Rinku Rajguru]] who discovers she has only a hundred days to live. Together, they try and make their lives count.<br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Narain is the single mother of her daughter Vira who she adopted in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-25|title=Filmmaker and single mum Ruchi Narain discusses how adopting her four-year-old daughter made her the woman she is today|url=https://www.vogue.in/magazine-story/filmmaker-and-single-mum-ruchi-narain-discusses-how-adopting-her-four-year-old-daughter-made-her-the-woman-she-is-today/|access-date=2021-04-06|website=Vogue India|language=en-IN}}</ref><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
{|class="wikitable sortable" <br />
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! Year !! Film !! Director !! Writer !!Producer !!Note<br />
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|2000 ||''Snip!'' ||{{no}} ||{{partial|story}} ||{{no}} ||<br />
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|2003 ||''[[Calcutta Mail]]'' ||{{no}} ||{{yes}} ||{{no}} ||Credit as Ruchi Narayan<br />
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|2003 ||''[[Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi]]'' ||{{no}} ||{{yes}} ||{{no}} || <br />
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|2005 ||''[[Kal: Yesterday and Tomorrow]]'' ||{{yes}} ||{{yes}} ||{{no}} || <br />
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|2006 ||''In The Pink'' ||{{no}} ||{{no}} ||{{yes}} ||Wildlife documentary<br />
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|2007 ||''The Last Dance''||{{no}} ||{{no}} ||{{yes}} ||Wildlife documentary<br />
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|2017 ||''[[Hanuman Da' Damdaar]]'' ||{{yes}} ||{{yes}} ||{{yes}} ||Animation film <br />
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|2020 ||''[[Guilty (2020 film)|Guilty]]'' ||{{yes}} ||{{yes}} ||{{no}} || [[Netflix]] film <br />
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|2020 ||''[[Hundred (web series)|Hundred]]'' ||{{yes}} ||{{yes}} ||{{yes}} || Web series <br />
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|}<br />
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;As Assistant Director <br />
* [[Khoya Khoya Chand]] (2007) - also editor <br />
* [[Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi]] (2003) (associate director)<br />
* [[Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin]] (1996)<br />
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==Awards==<br />
* [[Filmfare Award]]<br />
** [[Filmfare Award for Best Story|Best Story]]: ''[[Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi]]'' <ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411469/awards Awards] [[IMDb]].</ref><br />
* Osian's Cinefan Film Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema Critics' Award<br />
* In the Pink Finalist at Wildscreen Awards 2008<br />
* The Last Dance Finalist at Wildscreen Awards 2008<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name|1398739}}<br />
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