Devika Bhagat (born 25 October 1979) is an Indian screenwriter works in

Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

-language films, who has written films like ''

Manorama Six Feet Under ''Manorama Six Feet Under'' is a 2007 Indian crime thriller film directed and co-written by Navdeep Singh. The film features Abhay Deol, Raima Sen, and Gul Panag in the lead roles. The film was released on 21 September 2007. It follows an ...

'' (2007, ''

Bachna Ae Haseeno ''Bachna Ae Haseeno'' (transl. ''Watch Out, Beauties'') is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Siddharth Anand and produced by Aditya Chopra under the Yash Raj Films banner. The film stars Ranbir Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, D ...

'' (2008) and ''

Ladies vs Ricky Bahl ''Ladies vs Ricky Bahl'' is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language romantic crime comedy film directed by Maneesh Sharma and produced by Aditya Chopra under the banner of Yash Raj Films. The film stars Ranveer Singh, Anushka Sharma, Parineeti Chopra, D ...

'' (2011).

Early life and education

She was born in

New Delhi, India New Delhi (; ) is the Capital city, capital of India and a part of the Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the Government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Parliament ...

. She is an alumna of

Convent of Jesus and Mary The Convent of Jesus and Mary ("CJM") is a network of Roman Catholic schools founded by the Congregation of the Religious of Jesus and Mary. The school network originating in east-central France in the 19th century has since its inception expan ...

school in

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its Bank (geography ...

and United World College of the Atlantic in

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UK. She has a BFA degree in Film and Television Production from

Tisch School of the Arts The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic, and media arts school of New York University. Founded on August 17, 1965, as the School of the Arts at New York University, Tisch ...

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational ...

class of 2002.

Career

In the film industry, her first job was that of a post-production intern for ''

Monsoon Wedding ''Monsoon Wedding'' is a 2001 comedy-drama film directed by Mira Nair, written by Sabrina Dhawan, and starring Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shah and Vasundhara Das. The story is set during a traditional Punjabi Hindu wedding in De ...

'' (2001)

Filmography

Television

References

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* 1979 births Living people Indian women screenwriters Women writers from Delhi Tisch School of the Arts alumni People educated at Atlantic College Hindi-language screenwriters Screenwriters from Delhi 21st-century Indian dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Indian women writers 21st-century Indian writers {{india-film-bio-stub