Meri Kahani ft. Gajra Kottary, Author | Writer | Creative Producer
Gajra Kottary debuted as an author in early 1996 with her first collection of women-centric short stories titled Fragile Victories, followed by another compendium, The Last Laugh. Her debut novel Broken Melodies was published by HarperCollins India Publishers, India in 2011, simultaneously with its Hindi translation Bikhre Sur. Gajra subsequently co-authored her first original Hindi novel, Kora Kaagaz, followed by two more English novels “Once Upon a Star” and “Girls don’t Cry”, and 3 audio and one e book to date. Gajra’s next is her first non-fiction book called “Healing at the Movies ” co-authored with Ridhi Sarda released in mid-2021. Gajra had stepped into the audio-visual world in the year 1999, by being script associate with Mahesh Bhatt on a film called Ye Zindagi Ka Safar and then entered the world of television when she wrote the story and screenplay of the serial Hamare Tumhare for Vishesh Films, followed by her first long running daily of 668 episodes- the award-winning Astitva – Ek Prem Kahani. Her next major writing assignment was, to develop the story of the nation’s popular and acclaimed daily television serial Balika Vadhu, on Colors,from 2008. Gajra has also written the story for the 55 episodes mega historical television serial Buddha, currently available on Netflix and many other acclaimed shows including Jyoti, Godh Bharai, Ghar Ek Sapna and Ek Veer ki Ardaas – Veera, Satrangi Sasuraal etc. She currently has on air, a show called “Molkki” on Colors at 10 pm Gajra has won all the major writing awards for television, multiple times, including the Indian Television Academy Award, RAPA award, Indian Telly Award, Apsara Award and the Global Indian Television’s Best Writer Award. Listen to her interesting journey on Meri Kahani with Bhawana Somaaya You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For partnerships/queries send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.