Kalpana Lajmi [SEP] mother
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Biography.
Kalpana Lajmi was the daughter of painter Lalita Lajmi and niece of filmmaker Guru Dutt, debuted as an assistant director under the veteran film director Shyam Benegal who was also her relative of the Padukone family. She later went on to work as an assistant costume designer in Shyam Benegal's "". She made her directorial début with the documentary film "D.G. Movie Pioneer" in 1978 and went on to direct more documentaries like "A Work Study in Tea Plucking" (1979) and "Along the
- National Seminar on Gay Rights organized by students of National Law School in Bangalore (Sep)
- Meeting for Women who love Women is part of VIth National Conference of Women's Movements, Ranchi (Dec)
- Books:
- "Sex, Longing and Not Belonging – A Gay Muslim’s Quest for Love and Meaning" by Badruddin Khan
- Films:
- "Tamanna" by Paresh Rawal about the life of a hijra
- "" by Kalpana Lajmi
- "Sixth Happiness" by