Mitu Bhowmick Lange

Mitu Bhowmick Lange is an Indian-Australian filmmaker, film producer[1] and founder-director of Mind Blowing Films, a film distribution company that focusses on distribution of local content to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji.[2][3] She is the founder and director of Indian Film Festival of Melbourne,[4] a Victorian government funded annual film festival that started in 2010 and the Victorian Government came on board in 2012.[5] She has also provided line production services for the Hindi films Salaam Namaste (2005), Koi Aap Sa (2005), Chak De India (2007), Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008), Main Aurr Mrs Khanna (2009) and Love Aaj Kal (2009).[6][7] Lange was awarded Jill Robb Screen Leadership Award for 2017 from Film Victoria.[8] Mitu Bhowmik was appointed as a board of member at WIFT Australia in Feb 2022.[9] Mitu is also a board member at Film Vic Australia[10] and the part of the committee for Natalie Miller Fellowship (NMF).[11]

Mitu Bhowmick Lange
Mitu Bhowmick Lange with actor Shahid Kapoor at a press conference for the First Indian Film Festival of Melbourne in 2012.
Born
Delhi, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationFilm producer, Film maker, Director at Mind Blowing Films
OrganizationMind Blowing Films
Indian Film Festival of Melbourne
Spouse(s)Roy Lange
Children1 daughter
FamilyDavid Lange (father-in-law)
AwardsJill Robb Screen Leadership Award (2017)

Career

Lange spent six years in Mumbai directing TV shows for the news, fashion and entertainment industries. She produced a daily breakfast show that ran across the networks BBC World, Sony TV, Star Plus and Zee TV.[12]

She has produced several Hindi films, including Salaam Namaste (2005), Koi Aap Sa (2005), Chak De India (2007), Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008), Main Aurr Mrs Khanna (2009) and Love Aaj Kal (2009).[6]

She founded Mind Blowing Films in 2009, which releases and distributes Indian films in Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji.[12]

In 2010, she launched the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne, a film festival showcasing Indian cinema to Australian audiences.[6]

Lange produced Spice Girls of India (2013), which was screened at the London Feminist Film Festival.[13] In 2016, she co-produced Raising the Bar, an Indo-Australian documentary film about six youths with Down syndrome with Australian non-profit e.motion21.[14][15]

She also curates Australian and NZ films for various festivals in India. In November 2019, Lange designed and curated the Australia Focus at the 24th edition of the Kolkata International Film Festival.[16][17]

Filmography
YearTitlePosition
2005Salaam NamasteLine Producer
2005Koi Aap SaLine Producer
2007Chak De! IndiaLine Producer
2008Thoda Pyaar Thoda MagicLine Producer
2008Bachna Ae HaseenoLine Producer
2009Love Aaj KalLine Producer
2009Main Aurr Mrs KhannaLine Producer
2013The Spice Girls of IndiaProducer
2016Raising The BarProducer
2013The Spice Girls of IndiaDirector
Watch without PrejudiceDirector
2018The SecondExecutive producer
2019 AmarExecutive producer
UndertowExecutive producer
2020 Kahaani Ghar Ghar ki Line Producer[18]
My Melbourne Producer[19]
Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released

Personal life

She was born and brought up in Delhi, India. She moved to Melbourne in 2002[20] after her marriage[12] to Roy Lange, son of former Prime Minister of New Zealand, David Lange,[21] and has a daughter.[22]

Awards

In December 2017, she received the Jill Robb Screen Leadership Award from Film Victoria for outstanding leadership, mentorship and service to the Screen Industry in Australia.[23] She was also awarded Indywood Carnival's Most Popular Indian Film Festival Abroad in 2017.[24] Mitu was listed as one of the 10 Indian Origin Women Making a Difference in Australia by The Australia Today in 2022.[25]

References
  1. Ganguly, Aakriti (July 20, 2018). "5 Powerful Women Filmmakers Who Are Raising The Bar of Indian Cinema Internationally". India.com.
  2. "VicScreen — Board & Management". VicScreen. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  3. "Mitu Bhowmick Lange". Media Diversity Australia. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  4. "Film festival a bridge between India and Australia". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on March 12, 2010.
  5. "Meet the woman behind Indian Film Festival of Melbourne, Mitu Bhowmick". SBS Your Language. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  6. Acharya, Mosiqi (August 9, 2017). "Meet the woman behind Indian Film Festival of Melbourne, Mitu Bhowmick". sbs.com.au.
  7. "Mitu Bhowmick Lange". film.vic.gov.au. 2019.
  8. Grinellj (December 11, 2017). "Mitu Bhowmick Lange Becomes The First Indian To Receive The Jill Robb Screen Leadership Award By The Victorian Government In Australia". UrbanAsian.
  9. Writer, Staff (2022-02-16). "WIFT Australia appoints five new board members, including chair Liz Tomkins". IF Magazine. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  10. "VicScreen — Board & Management". VicScreen. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  11. "Who Are We? | Natalie Miller Fellowship | Patrons, Ambassadors, Committee Members". nataliemillerfellowship.com. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  12. Pohon, Karen (February 23, 2011). "Indian Film Festival 2011: Bollywood and its discontents, special feature". Meld Magazine.
  13. "The Spice Girls of India + Shorts". Londonfeministfilmfestival.com. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  14. Ganapathy Raman, Sruthi (February 27, 2018). "Stories of love and dance in 'Raising the Bar', Onir's documentary about children with Down syndrome". Scroll.in.
  15. "Watch: Trailer of Onir's documentary 'Raising The Bar' will melt your heart". DNA India. February 17, 2018.
  16. "Australia Fest brings biggest ever showcase of Australian films to Kolkata". India.embassy.gov.au. November 8, 2018.
  17. "Australian films are not well represented in India: Film curator Mitu Bhowmick Lange at KIFF". Cinestaan. November 19, 2018.
  18. "Mitu Bhowmick Lange". MPavilion. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  19. Hungama, Bollywood (2020-07-06). "Kabir Khan, Imtiaz Ali, Rima Das, Onir to showcase diversity at the Indian Film festival of Melbourne : Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama". Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  20. O'Brien, Mary (September 26, 2014). "Indian Film Festival director Mitu Bhowmick Lange on her favourite Melbourne places". Smh.com.au.
  21. "It is time to shut out child shoppers". Indiannewslink.co.nz. January 31, 2011.
  22. "Flipping the script". Herald Sun. May 11, 2019. p. 2.
  23. "Australia: IFFM festival director wins award in Melbourne". Singapore: International Business Times. December 8, 2017.
  24. Gupta, Shilpi (December 6, 2017). "Aamir Khan's 'Dangal' awarded as the 'Best Asian Film'". Newsfolo.com.
  25. "10 Indian Origin Women Making a Difference in Australia - Australia Today". Retrieved 2022-04-02.
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