Who is Nisha Pahuja: 'To Kill a Tiger,' set in a small village in India, received a nomination for the best documentary feature at the 96th Academy Awards 2024. The Oscars 2024 nominations were announced yesterday, January 23, in the US.

Directed and written by Nisha Pahuja, To Kill A Tiger will now compete with the other four nominees for the best Oscar for the documentary feature, which include Bobi Wine: The People's President, The Eternal Memory, Four Daughters, and 20 Days in Mariupol.

Soon after the announcement was made, people eagerly wanted to know more about the film's director, Nisha Pahuja. Let's find out more about her.

Who is Nisha Pahuj?

Born in Delhi, Nisha Pahuja is an Indian-origin Canadian filmmaker who resides in Toronto, Canada. She shifted to the US with her family in the 1970s. Nisha completed her education in English literature at the University of Toronto.

She worked as a researcher on the CBC documentary Some Kind of Arrangement before joining Canadian filmmakers John Walker and Ali Kazimi. Pahuja gained popularity with her 2012 documentary film, The World Before Her.

Nisha Pahuja's work

Other projects credited to Nisha's name include the feature documentary Bollywood Bound (2003), the three-part series Diamond Road (2007), The World Before Her (2012), and To Kill a Tiger.

She has received recognitions like Best Documentary Feature and Jury Award Winner from the Tribeca Film Festival, Best Canadian Documentary from Hot Docs and TIFF's Canada's Top Ten, and an Emmy-nominated film.

About Nisha Pahuja's latest work - To Kill A Tiger

To Kill a Tiger is a feature documentary film based in a small village in Jharkhand, India, that follows the story of Ranjit and his battle to bring justice to his daughter, who was sexually assaulted by three men.

The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2022, where it won the Amplify Voices Award for Best Canadian Feature Film.

The official synopsis of the film reads, "In To Kill a Tiger, Ranjit, a farmer in Jharkhand, India, takes on the fight of his life when he demands justice for his 13-year-old daughter, the survivor of sexual assault. In India, where a rape is reported every 20 minutes and conviction rates are less than 30 percent, Ranjit's decision to support his daughter is virtually unheard of, and his journey unprecedented."

Talking about the 96th annual Academy Awards, the ceremony will be held on March 10 at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles. TV presenter and comedian Jimmy Kimmel will host the ceremony for the second consecutive year.