Sona Jain is the Writer, Director and Producer of the feature film, FOR REAL. A critical and commercial success in India, FOR REAL has won six International Awards, including Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenplay and Best Producer at Asian Festival of First Films, Singapore; Special Jury Award at International Film Festival Ahmedabad and Jury Award at Pyongnang International Film Festival. The film is official selection in the Indian Panorama.

At age 20 Sona made her first film titled ‘THE OUTSIDERS’ about the disenfranchised Hijra community in Delhi. This documentary short won her admission to the Graduate Film Program at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. While at Tisch, her student film, ‘VASARMA’S LOVERS,’ played at a host of international festivals and received commercial distribution domestically in the U.S. and internationally through Hypnotic Inc and British Shorts. Sona has written and directed the documentary, ‘Krishen Khanna: MY LIFE,’ on the life of the acclaimed Indian contemporary artist, Krishen Khanna. ‘FOR REAL’ is her first feature film venture.

Sona was the recipient of the Graduate Fellowship at New York University. She holds the unlikely distinction of being the youngest published author of an Economics text-book for High School students in India. She is currently completing an anthology of short stories, titled, GOD 101.

Sona holds a Masters in Fine Arts from the Graduate Film Program, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University and Bachelors in Economics (Hons), St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University.