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{{BLP sources|date=August 2017}}{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Eisha Marjara<br />
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| birth_place = [[Trois-Rivières]], [[Quebec]], Canada<br />
| nationality = [[Canadians|Canadian]]<br />
| education = [[Concordia University]]<br />
| occupation = [[Film director]], [[writer]]<br />
| years_active = 1994–present<br />
| notable_works = ''[[Desperately Seeking Helen]]''<br />
| website = http://www.eishamarjara.com<br />
}}'''Eisha Marjara''' is a Canadian film director and writer. With a background in photography, Marjara has written and directed several award-winning films, including the feature documentary ''[[Desperately Seeking Helen]]'' (1998) and ''The Incredible Shrinking Woman'' (1994).<ref name=":0" /> Marjara's forthcoming feature film is titled ''Venus''; it has yet to be released.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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In addition to her film work, her photo series and essay on the [[Air India Flight 182|bombing of Air India Flight 182]], in which her mother and sister were killed, entitled "Remember me Nought" was featured in the fall 2013 issue of [[Descant (magazine)|''Descant'' magazine]]. Her [[debut novel]], titled ''Faerie'' ([[Arsenal Pulp Press]]), received a star review in [[Publishers Weekly|''Publisher’s Weekly'']].{{Citation needed|date=August 2017}}<br />
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==Career==<br />
{{Expand section|date=August 2017}}Marjara's 1998 [[National Film Board of Canada]] [[docudrama]] ''[[Desperately Seeking Helen]]'' received critical acclaim and brought her international recognition. The movie depicts Marjara on a journey to [[India]], exploring her own Indian roots by following the career of acclaimed [[Bollywood]] movie star and [[Vamp (woman)|vamp]] [[Helen Jairag Richardson|Helen Richardson Khan]]. The movie received the jury award of the Munich Documentary Film Festival in 2000 as well as the Prix de La Semaine Critique at the [[Locarno International Film Festival]] the same year.<br />
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Marjara's Canadian-German co-production ''The Tourist'', a short film, had its first showing at the 24th Rendez-vous du Cinéma Québécois in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.meet-the-tourist.com/tourist_film_news.htm|title=the tourist - a film by eisha marjara|last=Germany|first=Alienus Mediaconsulting, Bonn /|website=www.meet-the-tourist.com|access-date=2018-03-08}}</ref><br />
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Marjara is completing feature film ''Venus'', a dramedy about a 30-something professional who transitions into a woman then discovers that she is the father of a fourteen-year-old boy. The film is produced by Joe Balass of Compass Productions Inc. and executive producer [[Kevin Tierney]] (''[[Bon Cop, Bad Cop]]'').<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=TIFF - Eisha Marjara|url=http://www.tiff.net/the-review/tiff-studio-speaks/}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Marjara is the daughter of father Dr. Harinder Singh Marjara, and mother Devinder.<ref>Badami, Anita Rau. ''Can You Hear the Nightbird Call?'' [[Penguin Books India]], January 1, 2006. {{ISBN|0670999415}}, 9780670999415. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=2Iu2wuQVzIQC&pg=PA404 404].</ref> She had two sisters, Seema and Amita.<ref name=AI182filmpresskit>"[http://www.airindia182.com/downloads/AirIndia182PressKit.pdf Air India 182 Press Kit]" ([https://www.webcitation.org/6TW0yXSDS Archive]). ''Air India 182'' (film) official website. p. 11/12. Retrieved on October 22, 2014.</ref> She grew up in [[Trois-Rivières]], [[Quebec]], and she lived in Trois-Rivières, [[Sainte-Foy, Quebec|Sainte-Foy]], and [[Montreal]].<ref>"[http://www.rvcq.com/archive/popup.e/bio/12/12937.html Eisha Marjara] {{Webarchive|url=https://www.webcitation.org/6UGzUvxBK?url=http://www.rvcq.com/archive/popup.e/bio/12/12937.html |date=2014-11-22 }}" ([https://www.webcitation.org/6UGzUvxBK Archive]). [[Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois]] (RVCQ). Retrieved on November 22, 2014.</ref> She attended [[Concordia University]], enrolled in Communications Studies.<ref name="BlackConcordia">Black, Barbara. "[http://ctr.concordia.ca/2004-05/apr_07/20/ Air India disaster hit Concordia hard]" ([https://www.webcitation.org/6UGqTZ3b8 Archive]). ''[[Concordia's Thursday Report]]''. April 21, 2005. Volume 29, No. 14. Retrieved on November 22, 2014.</ref><br />
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Her mother and her sister, Seema, were killed in the bombing of [[Air India Flight 182]];<ref>Reinhart, Anthony. "[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/three-relatives-of-air-india-victims-revisit-lost-innocence/article4390180/?page=all Three relatives of Air India victims revisit lost innocence]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20141022133629/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/three-relatives-of-air-india-victims-revisit-lost-innocence/article4390180/?page=all Archive]). ''[[The Globe and Mail]]''. Wednesday June 16, 2010. Updated Thursday August 23, 2012. Retrieved on October 22, 2014.</ref> they had been flying to visit relatives.<ref name="Innocence">Reinhart, Anthony. "[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/three-relatives-of-air-india-victims-revisit-lost-innocence/article4390180/?page=all Three relatives of Air India victims revisit lost innocence]." ''[[The Globe and Mail]]''. Wednesday June 16, 2010. Updated Thursday August 23, 2012. Retrieved on November 22, 2014.</ref> Seema had just graduated from [[Centennial Regional High School]].<ref>Semenak, Susan. "[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19850626&id=_jwyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=26UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4994,1887584 Happy honors grad left prom early to rest up for ill-fated flight to India]." ''[[The Montreal Gazette]]''. Wednesday June 26, 1985. p. A1. Retrieved on [[Google News]] (p. 1/111) on October 22, 2014.</ref> Eisha was not on board because she was being treated for [[anorexia nervosa]], and her father was teaching a summer course at the time.<ref name=Innocence/> Both Eisha and Amita Marjara along with father Harinder were interview subjects of the 2008 documentary ''[[Air India 182 (film)|Air India 182]]''.<ref name=AI182filmpresskit/><br />
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Marjara, along with her family, is [[Sikh]].<ref name="Innocence" /><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
* ''The Incredible Shrinking Woman'' (1994)<br />
* ''[[Desperately Seeking Helen]]'' (1999)<br />
* ''The Tourist'' (2006)<br />
* ''Lolita Diaries'' (2008)<br />
* ''House for Sale'' (2012)<br />
* ''Un Mot tel Idéal'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[Venus (2017 film)|Venus]]'' (2017)<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of female film and television directors]]<br />
* [[List of LGBT-related films directed by women]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* [http://airindia182.com/interviews/18.flv Eisha Marjara's interview footage] ([https://www.webcitation.org/6UIVVbtBt Archive]) from the documentary ''[[Air India 182 (film)|Air India 182]]''<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb name|id=0548205|name=Eisha Marjara}}<br />
*[http://www.nfb.ca/trouverunfilm/fichefilm.php?id=33640&v=h&lg=en&exp=$%7BEisha%7D Official Site of the National Film Board of Canada on "Desperately seeking Helen"]<br />
*[https://montrealgazette.com/tag/eisha-marjara Index of articles] from the ''[[Montreal Gazette]]''<br />
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