Biography

Dikssha Jyote Routray is an Indian writer, director, and creative producer. She debuted as a writer-director with her short film, The Ideal Bride (2015). Her second short, Red Velvet was nominated in the Best Short Film category at the Filmfare awards in 2019. It was also nominated at the Women's Film Festival, San Diego and Indian Film Festival of Melbourne. She was an assistant director on Badlapur (2015), directed by Sriram Raghavan, and a Creative Producer on Andhadhun (2018) also directed by Sriram Raghavan. As the Creative Producer of Matchbox Pictures, Dikssha's discerning eye identifies the stories that transform into meaningful and entertaining films on screen.
- IMDb mini biography by: Dikssha Routray