Advaita Kala

Author and Screenwriter, Bollywood

Advaita Kala is a best selling and internationally published novelist. Her debut novel Almost Single has sold over a 150,000 copies in India alone & has been translated into multiple languages, including French, Marathi & Hindi. It was also selected for the Bantam Discovery Program, a prestigious publishing program run by Random House USA, that introduces new voices in fiction to the American reader. Advaita is an award winning screenwriter, most notably of the film Kahaani. Unique to Advaita’s writing is her ability to cross genres, she has written a TV show for prime time television, film, fiction, numerous columns in leading publications on a range of issues from politics to social concerns and womens rights. Her film and literary work has focused on themes of female empowerment. She is also a popular food & hospitality columnist. A regular on television news debates, she is a commentator on wide ranging social issues. She is now switching writing genres (yet again) to non fiction. Possibly the only working writer in India who is writing and has written in multiple areas.

She has won multiple awards for her work.

Awards:
Zee Cine Award
Screen Award
Times of India Film Award
Femina Power List (2015) Award
Inspira Award
100 Women Achievers (2016) by Ministry of Women and Child Welfare
Luxury League Council - Writing (2017)

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