Munmun Dhalaria

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Munmun Dhalaria is a documentary filmmaker[1] from Dharamshala, currently based in Bangalore India.[2] She is known for making documentaries on wildlife conservation,[3] gender and human rights.[4][5] Her films have been broadcast on networks like National Geographic,[6] Hotstar and Vice World News. Since 2017,

Born (1991-07-24) 24 July 1991 (age 34)
Dhinjon, Assam
CitizenshipIndian
EducationDelhi University, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Kendriya Vidyalaya (Bangalore)
AlmamaterTata Institute of Social Sciences
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Munmun Dhalaria
Munmun Dhalaria presenting her work at National Geographic Headquarters at Washington DC, USA in 2019
Born (1991-07-24) 24 July 1991 (age 34)
Dhinjon, Assam
CitizenshipIndian
EducationDelhi University, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Kendriya Vidyalaya (Bangalore)
Alma materTata Institute of Social Sciences
Known forDocumentary Filmmaker
ParentFather:Gp. Capt. Jagdish Chand Dhalaria Mother:Manjula Dhalaria
Websitehttps://www.munmundhalaria.com/
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Dhalaria has been associated with the National Geographic Society[7] as a National Geographic Explorer.[8] Her photographs have been published internationally in various scientific journals[9] and magazines like National Geographic Magazine.[10] She has also worked as an assistant producer in Bristol, UK with Wildstar films, working for Emmy awarded shows like ‘Queens’, ‘Animals up close with Bertie Gregory’, and Disney’s ‘Tigers on the Rise’. She is also a Hatha Yoga teacher.

Early life and education

Munmun is the daughter of (retd.) Gp. Capt. Jagdish Chand Dhalaria,[11] officer with the Indian Air Force. She belongs to a small hamlet called Gahra in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh in Western Himalaya. Her mother Manjula Dhalaria belongs to Hamirpur district and primarily grew up in Shimla, the capital of Himachal Pradesh. She grew up with one sibling- her elder brother Rishabh Dhalaria, who is a manager at Bank of Baroda.[citation needed]

She studied in several Air Force schools and Kendriya Vidyalayas at different places in India owing to her fathers’ job. During her high school at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Yelahanka, Bangalore she was selected for AFS foreign exchange program in Massachusetts, US, which involved in radio telemetry research on coy apart from her other high school activities. Dhalaria has done her bachelor's degree in mass media and mass communication from Delhi University and MA in media and cultural studies from Tata Institute of Social Sciences,[12] She has also done her Basic Mountaineering Course with the Indian Army.[citation needed]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Genre Notes Ref
2026 In The Heart Of The Tide Director Documentary for Aga Khan Development Network
2025 Guardians: Snow Leopard Of The Himalayas Director Documentary
2024 Hungry For Love ~ Simranpreet’s Story Director Documentary
Seeing Red ~ Saving Red Pandas Director Documentary for Aga Khan Development Network

Broadcast on Al Jazeera

2022 Heroin In The Himalayas Director Documentary for Vice Media
Written Out Of History Director Documentary
2021 No Water No Village (Chhu Med Na Yul)[13] Director Documentary International Film Festival of India, 2022[14]

Alt Eff Film Festival[15]

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Tenzin Tsundue Director News Documentary for Vice [5]
Inside The Opioid Crisis Gripping This Himalayan State | Trouble in Paradise Director, editor Documentary [17]
Written out of History- Forgotten Indian Scientists[18] Director, DOP Documentary Series
Ladakh Pashmina Director Documentary for Nature Conservation Foundation [19]
2020 Jujurana's Kingdom[20] Director Documentary for National Geographic[20] IMF Mountain Film Festival[21] BANFF Mountain Film and Book Festival, 2020. [22][23]
On the Brink, season 2 Assistant director, Camera TV series for Hotstar [24]
Covid Response ~ A Himalayan Story[25] Director[26] Documentary for National Geographic[27] Liberation Docfest Bangladesh 2021

Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Michigan, 2021

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2017 Tayiya Kanasu Director, Camera Documentary Best Documentary at the 6th Aarogya Film Festival

Health Systems research global symposium 2018, Liverpool, UK

Honorable mention, Public Health Film Festival, Oxford

India Heritage walks Film festival

[31]
An Uncertain Winter Director Documentary for

SPS Community Media[32] / PSBT

Winner of ICIMOD Mountain film Award at KIMFF, Kathmandu, Nepal[33]

IMF mountain film festival, New Delhi

Pakistan International Mountain Film Festival

CMS Vatavaran Film festival, New Delhi[34]

Kathmandu International Film Festival[35]

2016 Raag Aur Bhraag (Music And Leopards)
2014 Padmini My love (Padmini meri jaan)
2013 Mahatma Phule Vyayam Shala
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