Munmun Dhalaria

Munmun Dhalaria
Born (1991-07-24) 24 July 1991 (age 33)
Dhinjon, Assam
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndian
EducationDelhi University, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Kendriya Vidyalaya (Bangalore)
Alma materTata Institute of Social Sciences
Known forDocumentary Filmmaker
ParentFather:Gp. Capt. Jagdish Chand Dhalaria Mother:Manjula Dhalaria
Websitehttps://www.munmundhalaria.com/

Munmun Dhalaria is a documentary filmmaker[1] from Dharamshala, currently based in Bangalore India.[2] She is known for making documentaries on wildlife conservation,[3] gender and human rights.[4][5] Her films have been broadcast on networks like National Geographic,[6] Hotstar and Vice World News. Since 2017, Dhalaria has been associated with the National Geographic Society[7] as a National Geographic Explorer.[8] Her photographs have been published internationally in various scientific journals[9] and magazines like National Geographic Magazine.[10]

She is also a Hatha Yoga teacher.

Early life and education

Munmun is the daughter of (retd.) Gp. Capt. Jagdish Chand Dhalaria,[11] officer with the Indian Air Force. She belongs to a small hamlet called Gahra in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh in Western Himalaya. Her mother Manjula Dhalaria belongs to Hamirpur district and primarily grew up in Shimla, the capital of Himachal Pradesh. She grew up with one sibling- her elder brother Rishabh Dhalaria, who is a manager at Bank of Baroda.[citation needed]

She studied in several Air Force schools and Kendriya Vidyalayas at different places in India owing to her fathers’ job. During her high school at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Yelahanka, Bangalore she was selected for AFS foreign exchange program in Massachusetts, US, which involved in radio telemetry research on coy apart from her other high school activities. Dhalaria has done her bachelor's degree in mass media and mass communication from Delhi University and MA in media and cultural studies from Tata Institute of Social Sciences,[12] She has also done her Basic Mountaineering Course with the Indian Army.[citation needed]

Filmography

Year Title Role Type Notes Ref
2017 Tayiya Kanasu Director, Camera Documentary Best Documentary at the 6th Aarogya Film Festival

Health Systems research global symposium 2018, Liverpool, UK

Honorable mention, Public Health Film Festival, Oxford

India Heritage walks Film festival

[13]
An Uncertain Winter Director Documentary for

SPS Community Media[14] / PSBT

Winner of ICIMOD Mountain film Award at KIMFF, Kathmandu, Nepal[15]

IMF mountain film festival, New Delhi

Pakistan International Mountain Film Festival

CMS Vatavaran Film festival, New Delhi[16]

Kathmandu International Film Festival[17]

2020 Jujurana's Kingdom[18] Director Documentary for National Geographic[19] IMF Mountain Film Festival[20] BANFF Mountain Film and Book Festival, 2020. [21][22]
On the Brink, season 2 Assistant director, Camera TV series for Hotstar [23]
Covid Response ~ A Himalayan Story[24] Director[25] Documentary for National Geographic[26] Liberation Docfest Bangladesh 2021

Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Michigan, 2021

[27][28][29]
2021 Tenzin Tsundue Director News Documentary [5]
Ladakh Pashmina Director Documentary for Nature Conservation Foundation [30]
No Water No Village Director Documentary [31]
2022 Inside The Opioid Crisis Gripping This Himalayan State | Trouble in Paradise Director, editor Documentary [32]
Written out of History- Forgotten Indian Scientists[33] Director, DOP Documentary Series

References

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  2. ^ "Here is a unique list of ecofeminist films you should watch". The Week. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Dhalaria, Munmun". Environmental Film Festival. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Wildlife special: Munmun Dhalaria & Kartick Satyanarayan chat about COVID-19, Earth Day and a new Nat Geo show". www.indulgexpress.com. 21 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Filmmaker Munmun Dhalaria's documentaries are a peek into the Himalayan communities' response to COVID-19". Edex Live. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  6. ^ "The western tragopan dresses the part when pursuing a mate". Animals. 15 August 2019. Archived from the original on 13 March 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Western Tragopan: Quest for the Colourful Pheasant". RoundGlass | Sustain. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Munmun Dhalaria - National Geographic Society". www.nationalgeographic.org. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  9. ^ https://cza.nic.in/uploads/documents/publications/english/exsitu_update_vol1_issue_2.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ^ "National Geographic Magazine". September 2019. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  11. ^ "Service Record for Group Captain Jagdish Chand Dhalaria 17501 ADM at Bharat Rakshak.com". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  12. ^ Munmun, Dhalaria; Ruchi, Sawardekar; Silja, Würgler; Sriram, Mohan (2015). Padmini my love. Mumbai: School of Media and Cultural Studies, TISS.
  13. ^ https://tiss.edu/uploads/files/AnnualReport2016-2017-online.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  17. ^ admin. "Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival 2018". Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
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  21. ^ Scroll Staff (17 April 2021). "The final edition of the Rising Gardens festival has films about solidarity between women". Scroll.in. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  22. ^ Kahlon, Sukhpreet. "The Jujurana's Kingdom review: Following the trail of the King of Birds". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  23. ^ "7 FEMALE FILMMAKERS FROM INDIA WHO ARE DOCUMENTING THE WILD ON LENS".
  24. ^ "Filmmaker Munmun Dhalaria's documentaries are a peek into the Himalayan communities' response to COVID-19". Edex Live. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  25. ^ Priyadarshini, Anna (30 October 2020). "Watch: A famed Himalayan town comes to grips with the pandemic". Newslaundry. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  26. ^ Roshni Chakrabarty (23 April 2020). "How the human-animal conflict gave rise to Covid-19: Explorers speak on animals affected in lockdown". India Today. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  27. ^ Priyadarshini, Anna (30 October 2020). "Watch: A famed Himalayan town comes to grips with the pandemic". Newslaundry. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  28. ^ Dhalaria, Munmun (21 November 2020). "COVID Warriors' Fight Against the Pandemic in Himachal Pradesh". TheQuint. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
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