Bonita Rajpurohit is an actor & a director. Known for playing the lead in Dibakar Banerjee’s ‘Love Sex aur Dhoka 2’, Bonita’s keen interest lies in youth culture, digital media and filmography of Larry Clarke, Lars Von Trier & Lena Dunham.
Born & Raised in a small town ‘Dornari’ in Rajasthan, Bonita finished her graduation from Udaipur and started writing articles for ‘Youth Ki Awaaz’ while also modelling for brands and magazines. After appearing in a number of TV & Digital commercials, she joined 1719 Film Factory Production House in Vadodara, where she worked as an AS, Editor, & Actor for a feature film; ‘It’s All In Your Head’ (2023), followed by a sequel ‘Bla Blah Blah’ (2025) as a co-writer and co-director. She also wrote, directed, edited and acted in a number of fashion films for ‘URBANIC’, two of which are ‘Pink Is The Mother of All Colours’ & ‘You’re the New Standard’.
She had her official debut as the writer and director with her short ‘iykyk’ on digital dating that earned her the ‘Best Emerging Indian Filmmaker’ Award at the KASHISH Film Festival and a ‘Special Mention’ at Alpavirama Youth IFF (NID, Ahmedabad). The film has been officially selected at DIFF, PÖFF Shorts (Estonia), Tasveer (Seattle), Iris Prize (UK) & many other film festivals.