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Here is a new trend of directors emerging in the 21st century. Lack of a lavish budget has thus created a new breed of directors called Indie or Independent directors.

One of them is Shailja Gupta.

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This Kolkata-born director is originally from a Marwari family. Armed with a B.Com from the Calcutta University, she went on to do her Diploma Masters in Computer Programming. She has also been trained in the basics of a short film-making course from New York Film Academy.
Regarding her higher education, she says, “I never felt the pinch of grasping higher educational training, as my passion for filmmaking has given me a chance to work as an assistant script supervisor for Raincoat, launched in 2004.

I have also spent 2 years on sets observing the filmmaking process while working on an unrelated project, a technology project for a film production house.”
Before becoming a film-maker, she has run a technology company for 10 years, marketi