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Arundhati Roy
Indian novelist, essayist, and activist

Hema Malini
Hema Malini Dharmendra Deol is an Indian actress, director, producer, and politician who is currently serving as a member of the Lok Sabha from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), representing Mathura constituency since 2014. She was a member of the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka from 2011 to 2012, subsequent to her nomination to that chamber from 2003 to 2009 as a member of the BJP. Primarily known for her work in Hindi films, she has starred in both comic and dramatic roles, and is one of the most popular and successful leading actresses of mainstream Hindi cinema.
Anita Desai
Indian novelist, University professor (born 1937)

Nandita Das
Indian actress and film director

Konkona Sen Sharma
Indian actress

Deepa Mehta
Indo Canadian film director and screenwriter

Zoya Akhtar
Indian film director
Aparna Sen
Indian filmmaker, script writer and actress
Mallika Sarabhai
activist and Indian classical dancer from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Suhasini Maniratnam
Indian actress and director
Kiran Rao
Indian film director, screenwriter and film producer
Ismat Chughtai
Indian writer
Honey Irani
Indian actress and screenwriter
Kalpana Lajmi
Indian film director
Deepa Sahi
Indian actress and producer
Vijaya Mehta
Indian actress
Meghna Gulzar
Indian film director
Sai Paranjpye
Indian film director
Gauri Shinde
Indian film director
Tanuja Chandra
Indian film director
Fatma Begum
Indian actress and director
K. R. Meera
Indian writer

Sheela
Sheela Celine (born 24 March 1945), known mononymously as Sheela, is an Indian actress and director who appears predominantly in Malayalam cinema. Paired with Prem Nazir, they hold the Guinness World Record for acting in the largest number of films (around 105) together as heroine and hero. She had also appeared in another 20 films with Prem Nazir, even as his mother in a film. Sheela is a four-time winner of Kerala State Film Award. She came back to acting in 2003 through Manassinakkare after 22 years. In 2005, she won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the Ma
Sooni Taraporevala
Indian film director (born 1957)
Reema Kagti
Indian film director

Geetu Mohandas
Gayatri Das known professionally as Geetu Mohandas is an Indian former actress and director known for her works in Malayalam cinema. In 2013, she directed the socio political film Liar's Dice which has received two National Film Awards, was premiered at Sundance Film Festival, and was India's official entry at the 87th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.
Leena Yadav
filmmaker
Deepshika
Indian actress
Shonali Bose
Indian film director
Vibhavari Deshpande
Indian actress
Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari
Indian filmmaker and writer
Pamela Chopra
Indian playback singer and film producer
Mannu Bhandari
Indian writer (1931–2021)
Navnindra Behl
Indian actor and director
Sonali Gulati
Indian film director
Joba Murmu
Award winning Santhali writer
Shama Zaidi
Indian screenplay writer, costume designer, art director, theatre person, art critic, and documentary film maker
Alankrita Shrivastava
Indian filmmaker
Anjali Menon
Indian film director

Sudha Kongara Prasad
Indian film director and screenwriter
Arundhati Devi
Indian actress, director and writer
Kaajal Oza Vaidya
author, screen writer, radio personality and journalist from Ahmedabad, India
Rohena Gera
Indian screenwriter and film director
Manjari Makijany
Indian film director, writer and producer
Leena Manimekalai
Film Maker, poet
Lalitha Lenin
Indian poet and academic
Priya Kumar
Indian motivational speaker and writer
Sushmaa Roshan Ahuja
Indian director, actor, playwright, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker and lyricist
Kranti Redkar
Indian actress
Kavitha Lankesh
Indian film director
Juhi Chaturvedi
Indian writer
Swapna Patker
Indian writer, film producer, and entrepreneur
Smriti Mundhra
film producer
Umarji Anuradha
writer
Shoba Chandrasekhar
Indian film director
Aswathy Thirunal Gowri Lakshmi Bayi
Indo-Anglian writer

Bijaya Jena
Indian actress
Nandita Roy
Indian filmmaker and screenwriter
Rajshree Ojha
Indian film director
Anu Menon
director from India