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| birth_place = [[Mumbai]]<br />
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| occupation = Film director, animator, actor<br />
| known_for = ''[[Printed Rainbow]]''<br />''[[True Love Story (film)|True Love Story]]''<br />
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'''Gitanjali Rao''' (born 1972) is an Indian theatre actress, animator and film maker.<br />
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==Biography and career==<br />
Gitanjali graduated as an applied artist from [[Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art|Sir. J. J. Institute of Applied Art]], [[Mumbai]], in 1994. Two animated short films independently produced and directed by her, ''Orange'' and 'Printed Rainbow'. Her debut animation short ''[[Printed Rainbow]]'' (2006) had won the Kodak Short Film Award, Small Golden Rail and the Young Critics Award at Critics Week section at Cannes in 2006. The film has also won the Golden Conch for Best Animation Film in the 2006 Mumbai International Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web | title = Cannes Winners -Cannes Animations on FILMS short | url = http://www.filmsshort.com/festival-winners/Cannes-Winners-Animations-1.html#.U3MLCIGSyAo |publisher=filmsshort.com| access-date = 2014-08-21 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = People : Matchbox journeys | url = http://www.hindu.com/mag/2006/09/10/stories/2006091000210500.htm| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071013090831/http://hindu.com/mag/2006/09/10/stories/2006091000210500.htm| url-status = dead| archive-date = 13 October 2007|date=10 September 2006| newspaper = [[The Hindu]] | access-date = 2014-08-21}}</ref><br />
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She has served in the judge's panel at various festivals including the 2011 Cannes Critic's Week short films jury.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cannes: Animator Gitanjali Rao's Latest Film Is a Reaction to Bollywood|date=18 May 2014|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-animator-gitanjali-raos-latest-704338|publisher=www.hollywoodreporter.com|access-date=22 August 2014}}</ref> In 2013, she directed a segment in ''[[Shorts (2013 film)|Shorts]]'', a compilation of five short films, along with [[Neeraj Ghaywan]], Vasan Bala, Anubhuti Kashyap and Shlok Sharma, and produced by [[Anurag Kashyap]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Shorts hasn't been made for box office: Huma Qureshi |work=India Today| url = http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/shorts-has-not-been-made-for-box-office-says-huma-qureshi/1/285217.html|date=25 June 2013| access-date = 2014-08-23 }}</ref><br />
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At the [[2014 Cannes Film Festival]], her animated short, ''[[True Love Story (film)|True Love Story]]'' was one of 10 selected short films at [[2014 Cannes Film Festival#Semaine de la Critique .28International Critics.27 Week.29|Critics' Week]].<ref name=mint>{{cite web| title = After 'Titli', 'True Love Story' at Cannes film fest |publisher=Livemint| url = http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/PS4hLdTiq4cMnOwZBvRB3O/After-Titli-True-Love-Story-at-Cannes-film-fest.html |date=22 April 2014| access-date = 2014-05-14 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Cannes falls in love |newspaper= The Indian Express | url = http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/screen/cannes-falls-in-love-2/ |date=2 May 2014 | access-date = 2014-05-14 }}</ref><br />
Her latest animated feature Bombay Rose (2019) was one of the International Critics Choice screenings at Poff film festival in Tallinn<ref>https://poff.ee/en/film/bombay-rose-521101-en/</ref> and was also screened at the Venice International Film Critics Week 2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=Venice Critics Week|date=4 September 2019|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/spotlight/helmer-gitanjali-rao-bows-animated-feature-bombay-rose-at-venice-1203316812/amp/}}</ref><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
*''[[Printed Rainbow]]'' (2006) - Director, producer and animator.<br />
* ''[[Shorts (2013 film)|Shorts]]'' (2013)<br />
*''Chai'' (2013)<br />
*''[[True Love Story (film)|True Love Story]]'' (2014)<br />
*''[[October (2018 film)|October]]'' (2018) - Debut as a film actor.<br />
*''[[Bombay Rose]]'' (2019)<br />
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==Awards==<br />
===Cannes Film Festival===<br />
*Kodak Short Film Award<br />
*Small Golden Rail<br />
*Young Critics Award<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb name|nm1335451|Gitanjali Rao}}<br />
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[[Category:Women animators]]<br />
[[Category:Women artists from Maharashtra]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian women artists]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian film directors]]<br />
[[Category:Hindi-language film directors]]<br />
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