Vinod Kapri

Vinod Kapri is an Indian filmmaker. His films include the documentary Can't Take This Shit Anymore (2014);^[1] feature films Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho (2015) and Pihu (2018); the documentary film 1232 KMS (2021); and Pyre (2024).

Vinod Kapri
Born	Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation(s)	Journalist, producer, film director, screenwriter
Spouse	Sakshi Joshi

Journalistic career

In 2002, he was made an output editor of Zee News. In 2004, he moved to Star News as an Executive Producer and rose to the post of Deputy Managing Editor. In 2007, he joined India TV as a Managing editor.^[1][2]

Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho

His debut film Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho was released on 26 June 2015.^[3] Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho is a social-political satire inspired by true incident in Rajasthan.^[4][5]

The film starred Annu Kapoor, Om Puri and Sanjay Mishra. It also featured Ravi Kishen, Rahul Bagga and Hrishitaa Bhatt. The story of the movie is based in Tanakpur, a village in Haryana, ruled by a power wielding 'pradhan' whose wife falls in love with a youth in the village. Discovering the reality, and spotting both his wife and the youth together, the village headman plots a conspiracy and falsely implicates the youth on charges of raping his buffalo. The 'pradhan' exploits all the resources in the system to extract his personal revenge – helped by corrupt cops while legal system seemed helpless. However, truth prevails in the end and the youth is acquitted of absurd charges. Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho uncovers the duplicity of society that allows powerful men to misuse the establishments to settle their own score.^[6][7][8]

Pihu

Pihu has a single protagonist Pihu, who is a two-year-old girl. This film is based on a true incident reported in a national daily in 2014, where a 4-year-old girl was left alone at home by the parents. The film is a social thriller by genre.^[9]

Pyre

Pyre is a heartbreaking journey of migrant workers during the first COVID lockdown.^{[10][11][12][13][14]} It had its world premiere at the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in the Official Competition section where it won the best film PÖFF Audience Award and won the Jury Special Mention Award in the Asian Cinema Competition section.^[15][16][17] Pyre was the opening film at the 16th Bengaluru International Film Festival.^[18][19] Pyre was also an official selection at the 12th MOOOV Film Festival (Belgium), where it had its Belgian Premiere. It had its North American premiere at the 25th New York Indian Film Festival, where the two lead non-actors were nominated for Best Actor. Pyre had its Spanish premiere in the 22nd Asian Summer Film Festival in Vic, where it won Best Film Audience Award and Best Film Jury Special Mention Award. Its UK premiere at the 16th London Indian Film Festival saw screenings at BFI Southbank (London) and MAC (Birmingham). It is also competing in the Indian Competition section at the 22nd Indian Film Festival Stuttgart (Germany).

Filmography

• Can't Take This Shit Anymore (2014)
• Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho (2015)
• Pihu (2018)
• 1232 KMS (2021)
• Pyre (2024)