Reema Kagti (Film Director) Age, Height, Weight, Affairs, Husband, Biography & More

Bio/Wiki
Real Name	Reema Kagti
Profession(s)	Director, Screenwriter, Assistant Director
Famous For	Directing movies like "Talaash" and "Gold"
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 165 cm in meters- 1.65 m in feet inches- 5’ 5”
Weight (approx.)	in kilograms- 60 kg in pounds- 130 lbs
Figure Measurements (approx.)	32-30-34
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Salt & Pepper
Personal Life
Date of Birth	1972
Age (as in 2018)	46 Years
Birthplace	Guwahati, Assam, India
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Borhapjan, Tinsukia, Assam
School	Delhi Public School
College/University	Sophia College, Mumbai Sophia Polytechnic, Cumballa Hill, Mumbai
Educational Qualification(s)	Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Sophia College Post Graduate Diploma in Social Communications Media from Sophia Polytechnic
Debut	Film (Director): Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. (2007) Film (Actress): Rock On!! (2008) Film (Assistant Director): Lagaan (2001) Film (Screenplay Writer): Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Religion	Not Known
Hobbies	Writing, Cooking
Awards, Honours, Achievements	2013: European Fantastic Film Festival Federation Asian Award: for Talaash 2012: Award for Technical Excellence: Best Story for Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara 2012: Award for Technical Excellence: Best Screenplay for Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Boys, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Not Known
Affairs/Boyfriends	Not Known
Family
Husband/Spouse	Not Known
Parents	Father- Jitamrit Kagti (Chemical Engineer, Farmer) Mother- Purobi Kagti (Teacher)
Siblings	Brother-None Sister(s)- Julie Kagti (Elder), Textile Designer Shivani Kagti (Younger), Assistant Editor at People magazine in Mumbai
Favourite Things
Favourite Director(s)	Raj Kapoor, Guru Dutt, Rishikesh Mukherjee, Martin Scorsese, Fatih Akin, Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee
Favourite Actor(s)	Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Salman Khan
Favourite Actress	Rani Mukerji
Favourite Film	Mr. Natwarlal
Favourite Singer(s)	Shreya Ghoshal, Papon
Favourite TV Shows	The Tara Sharma Show
Favourite Producer	Farhan Akhtar
Money Factor
Net Worth (approx.)	Not Known

Some Lesser Known Facts About Reema Kagti

• Does Reema Kagti smoke?: Not Known

• Does Reema Kagti drink alcohol?: Yes  

• As a kid, she used to write short stories. Her first earning was ₹25 when she sold one of her stories to Tinkle Magazine.

• Kagti was 9 when she bunked her school to watch Salaam Bombay in theatre. It was then she decided to become a filmmaker.

• Her grandfather was a businessman but had acted and produced some Assamese movies. When she first told her family about her dream of becoming a director, they were horrified by the idea. But went on supporting her later.

• She tried getting herself admitted in Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), but faced rejections thrice.

• When she was pursuing her diploma in Social Communications Media, she had to do an internship as a part of her course. So she decided to do it under a filmmaker rather than working with the TV production house.

• She was just 24 when she got a chance to do her internship under Rajat Kapoor as an assistant director in his film “Private Detective”. Though the film did not release, she got to learn a lot while working with Kapoor and that’s how she joined the film industry.

• Initially, she had worked with many renowned directors as an assistant director in movies like Farhan Akhtar‘s  “Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Dil Chahta Hai”, Ashutosh Gowariker‘s “Lagaan”,  Honey Irani’s “Armaan” and Mira Nair‘s “Vanity Fair.”

• She has a close association with Excel Entertainment (an Indian film studio created by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani in 1999) as she shares good professional and personal terms with Zoya Akhtar and Farhan Akhtar.

• During the shoot of her film Talaash (Starring Kareena Kapoor, Rani Mukerji, and Aamir Khan), she lost her father. She personally feels that shooting Talaash had been a difficult task for her because of many reasons, one being her father’s loss.

• In 2012, she was touted as one of the hottest women film directors of India.

• She is very concerned about the place she has come from. In an interview, she said, “I do feel that this part of the country is forsaken by everyone, the situation is bad politically and economically. There are 40 different terrorist groups in that region. We have to acknowledge the enormity of the problem. As someone who is from there, I feel I owe it to them to focus on it.’’ Hence in 2013, she organized a film festival in Guwahati along with filmmakers like Zoya Akhtar. She held a short film contest as a part of the festival to help in bringing the region into focus. “With the new technology available anyone can shoot their story on their phones and laptops and show it to the world. They should be heard. I feel like I should help them do that. For a region that is politically so involved, it’s important for personal stories to come out. Not objective, but subjective accounts.’’ she said.

• She believes that one of the best teachers for her has been her DVD Player as she has watched many movies while growing up.

• Her directorial movie “Gold” (2018) starring Akshay Kumar, Farhan Akhtar, and Kunal Kapoor is based on India’s first Olympic gold medal in hockey after India’s Independence. Former Indian Hockey team captain Sandeep Singh himself trained the actors for the movie.