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Sonam Nair

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  • Writer
  • Actress
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Sonam grew up in Bengal and studied film and literature in Ithaca, New York, before moving to Mumbai. She wrote and directed her feature film debut Gippi at the age of 27. Since then, she has written and directed several web series, short films and commercials. She is most known for the series Masaba Masaba on Netflix and her award-winning short film Khujli.

Her latest directorial venture is Dupahiya on Amazon Prime Video.
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    • Awards
      • 2 nominations total

    Known for

    Rajat Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Ratna Pathak Shah, Alia Bhatt, Fawad Khan, and Sidharth Malhotra in Kapoor & Sons (2016)
    Kapoor & Sons
    7.7
    • Drunk girl in Kar Gayi Chul
    • 2016
    Ranbir Kapoor in Wake Up Sid (2009)
    Wake Up Sid
    7.6
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2009
    Gippi (2013)
    Gippi
    5.6
    • Director
    • 2013
    Kaafir (2019)
    Kaafir
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Director

    Credits

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    Director

    • Dupahiya
      • Director
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2025
    • Kaafir (2025)
      Kaafir
      6.2
      • Director
      • 2025
    • Dupahiya (2025)
      Dupahiya
      7.4
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • Director
      • 2025
    • Neena Gupta and Masaba Gupta in Masaba Masaba (2020)
      Masaba Masaba
      6.6
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • 2020–2022
    • Boom Boom (2020)
      Boom Boom
      1.8
      Short
      • directed by
      • 2020
    • Kaafir (2019)
      Kaafir
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Shweta Tripathi in The Trip (2016)
      The Trip
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Naamkaran
      7.6
      Short
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Khujli (2017)
      Khujli
      6.6
      Short
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Gippi (2013)
      Gippi
      5.6
      • Director
      • 2013

    Writer

    • Neena Gupta and Masaba Gupta in Masaba Masaba (2020)
      Masaba Masaba
      6.6
      TV Series
      • head writer
      • Writer
      • written by ...
      • 2020–2022
    • Boom Boom (2020)
      Boom Boom
      1.8
      Short
      • writer
      • 2020
    • Shweta Tripathi in The Trip (2016)
      The Trip
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2018
    • Khujli (2017)
      Khujli
      6.6
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2017
    • Gippi (2013)
      Gippi
      5.6
      • screenplay
      • 2013

    Actress

    • The Directors' Roundtable with Rajeev Masand
      TV Series
      • 2022
    • Rajat Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Ratna Pathak Shah, Alia Bhatt, Fawad Khan, and Sidharth Malhotra in Kapoor & Sons (2016)
      Kapoor & Sons
      7.7
      • Drunk girl in Kar Gayi Chul
      • 2016
    • Gippi (2013)
      Gippi
      5.6
      • Moral Science Teacher
      • 2013

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    Personal details

    • Born
      • Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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