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Mehak Jamal is a filmmaker and writer. She was born and raised in Srinagar, Kashmir, and has always wanted to tell stories from her homeland. Mehak likes to subvert stereotypes and explore shades of grey through the stories she tells, be it in film or books.
Mehak is a 2022 South Asia Speaks Fellow, awarded to outstanding emerging writers from the region. Her film Bad Egg premiered at the 19th Indian Film Festival Stuttgart and won the Audience Award. It went on to screen and win awards at multiple film festivals all over the world including Melbourne, Madrid, Chicago, Atlanta, Washington DC, Kerala and Dharamshala, etc.
'Lōal Kashmir - Love and Longing in a Torn Land' is her first book. It was published by 4th Estate, an imprint of HarperCollins India in January, 2025. Lōal Kashmir is a rare collection of sixteen real-life stories of love, longing and loss from Kashmir, a region that has witnessed decades of conflict.
Mehak is a film alumna of Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bengaluru.
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