Nisha Kalra

Nisha Kalra is a Mumbai-based screenwriter, actor, improviser, co-founder, serial workshop-attender and opinion-haver. Nisha has written on Netflix's Bhaag Beanie Bhaag, created by Ravi Patel and Neel Shah, featuring Swara Bhaskar as the lead. She has co-written a dramedy feature film for India's most reputed comedy collective, AIB, and worked in collaboration with Dharmatic Ent., Zee5, Endemol, etc on various unreleased works. She has also led branded content for Google, Amazon Prime Video, CRED, Bumble, Nykaa, among others. She was one of ten students selected to train at AIB First Draft, India's first screenwriting residency training program led by award-winning filmmaker Satyanshu Singh. As an actor, she has trained with Avneesh Mishra, performed in iconic plays with Rangshila Theatre, and featured in a minor role on a Disney+ Hotstar show. As an improv comic, she has trained with the LA-based UCB Improv Theatre (founded by Amy Poehler), performed religiously for over 3 years, and recently featured in a first-of-its-kind, Hindi improv comedy series set to hit OTTs soon. During the covid second wave, she also founded Art for Oxygen, a series of fundraising workshops in collaboration with experts like Vikramaditya Motwane, Varun Grover and more. She successfully raised over 10 lakhs to help partner NGOs. She's currently developing a web series for a reputed platform, while simultaneously building her company, Almost Spiritual - a consultancy working in the emotional sustainability space - of which she is co-founder and partner.