ADVAITA KALA

Author, Screenwriter and Columnist

Award winning author and screenwriter, Advaita Kala’s debut novel ‘Almost Single’ has sold over 150,000 copies in India and has been translated into French, Marathi & Hindi. It was also selected for the Bantam Discovery Program, a prestigious publishing program run by Random House USA, introducing new voices in fiction to the American reader. Advaita writes across genres for TV, film, fiction and has written numerous columns in leading publications on a range of issues from politics to social concerns and women’s rights. Her award-winning script for the Bollywood movie Kahaani focussed on the theme of female empowerment and the feminine experience, like much of her work. She has also written the screenplay of romantic drama Bollywood movie Anjaana Anjaani.​