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O ne rainy afternoon in Guwahati, Anvita Dutt read her first book—The Clay Pot and Other Stories.

O ne rainy afternoon in Guwahati, Anvita Dutt read her first book—The Clay Pot and Other Stories. A whole new world opened up to her—of imagination and storytelling. There were more stories, she was sure of it, and Dutt embarked on a quest to find them. Dutt was five years old when she read her first book.

Forty years later, the journey has not ended. Home for her is still “a many-storied place with pages to hide under and pools of inky words to swim in.” In her library of words, Dutt reads, lives, breathes and tells stories. To herself and to others.

Little wonder that she’s become one of the foremost women writers in the Hindi film industry. As one of the leading writers who has worked with Aditya Chopra’s Yash Raj Films and Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions, Dutt switches between prose and verse, writing dialogues, screenplays and songs for leading directors and film projects.

She arrived in Bollywood from advertising, where she worked for 14 years. Over the last 10 years, Dutt has written the dialogues and lyrics for Queen, Dostana, Bachna Ae Haseeno, Kahaani and Patiala House. Her works are a blend of the contemporary and colloquial. They range from sensitive to entertaining and appeal to the young and old alike. Among the songs she’s written are Khuda Jaane, Mann Bawra, Khabar Nahin, and London Thumakda. 

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