Arpita Mukherjee is an award winning writer and director based in NYC. Arpita directed Running, a short film written by and starring Danny Pudi, which won Best Short Film at the Chicago South Asian Film Festival and has been featured in New Filmmakers LA, The Indian Film Festival of LA, the New York Indian Film Festival, CAAMFest and many others. Arpita is the co-writer of the National Award winning film Gulmohar which was released on Hulu and Disney+ Hotstar in March 2023, along with director/co-writer Rahul V. Chittella. She also won the Filmfare Best Screenplay Award for the film in 2023. She has developed projects for WIIP, AMC, Sony, and Netflix. She just completed her second short film The Cycle.

Arpita recently made her Broadway debut as the resident director of The Kite Runner. Arpita previously directed Bollywood Kitchen by Sri Rao (Geffen Playhouse), House of Joy by Madhuri Shekar (San Diego Rep), and Eh Dah: Questions for my Father by Aya Aziz (Next Door @ New York Theatre Workshop). Arpita is the Co-Book Writer of Monsoon Wedding, The Musical, which had its NYC premiere at St. Ann’s Warehouse in May 2023. Arpita is the Co-founder and Artistic Director of Hypokrit.