Pradnya Dugal is an Australian producer and the founder of Jhumka Films production company in Sydney. Born in Australia, of South Asian heritage, Pradnya is an ardent advocate of the cinematic arts, and is passionate about films that tell authentic stories and explore cross-cultural themes. Pradnya executive produced feature films that premiered in competition at Sundance Film Festival - "Farewell Amor" (2020), and "The Sound of Silence" (2019). Her first Indian production was a Bollywood-style film "Shoor Amhi Sardaar" (2017). Her latest award-winning Marathi-language short film "Maasa" (2022) premiered at the Mumbai International Film Festival, with distribution by SBS Australia and Pocket Films India. She is currently executive producing an Australian feature documentary "Framed", which has been shortlisted as one of the hottest upcoming projects at AIDC (Australian International Documentary Conference).