About
Anamika Haksar is a distinguished Indian theatre director known for experimental, visually and dramaturgically layered productions. Trained in the Russian tradition, she has directed acclaimed work over decades and, in 2018, made a celebrated transition to cinema with her debut feature set in Old Delhi.
Trained at the National School of Drama and in Russia, Anamika Haksar built a career as an experimental theatre director in Delhi, creating layered, visually ambitious productions. In 2018 she directed the acclaimed feature Ghode Ko Jalebi Khilane Le Ja Riya Hoon, set in Old Delhi, extending her theatrical vision into cinema.
The artistry
Haksar's theatre is marked by dense visual layering, dream logic and complex dramaturgy, drawing on her Russian training and a devised, image-rich approach. Her exploration of memory, the city and inner life extends into her filmmaking, where she found the visual scope for stories that theatre alone could not fully hold.
[Atlas Perspective] Anamika Haksar is a distinguished experimental theatre director with a singular visual sensibility. For festivals and cultural programmes, she is a strong choice.
Anamika Haksar has enriched contemporary Indian theatre with a distinctive, densely visual and dramaturgically layered directorial language, and has carried that vision into acclaimed independent cinema.