Meet Nisha Pahuja whose film To Kill a Tiger has earned a nomination at the Oscars 2024
Nisha Pahuja and the poster of To Kill a Tiger
Delhi-born filmmaker Nisha Pahuja is in the spotlight as her film To Kill a Tiger has been nominated in the Best Documentary Feature category at Oscars 2024. The film is based in India but is a Canadian production.
Pahuja was born in Delhi but shifted to Canada with her family where she was raised.
Here are more details on the filmmaker who is this year's only Indian to be nominated at the Oscars.
Who is Nisha Pahuja?
Nisha Pahuja shifted to Canada with her family in the 1970s and completed her studies in English Literature at the University of Toronto. She worked as a researcher on the CBC documentary Some Kind of Arrangement and later worked with Canadian filmmakers John Walker and Ali Kazimi. Pahuja rose to fame after her 2012 documentary film, The World Before Her won critical acclaim.
Accolades for The World Before Her
Pahuja's film, The World Before Her earned several accolades before getting nominated at the Oscars. The film won the Jury Award at the Tribeca Film Festival, Best Canadian Documentary from Hot Docs and was included in Canada's Top Ten films.
Oscars 2024 nominations: India-based To Kill a Tiger gets a nod in Best Documentary Feature category
The Emmy-nominated film with the help of director Anurag Kashyap, saw a theatrical release in India in 2014. Nisha's other works include the feature documentary Bollywood Bound and a three-part series Diamond Road.
