Shobhita Thakur is an alumna of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, where she completed a three-year course in Film Editing. Her journey in the film industry began with working alongside National Award–winning director Rajan Khosa as a Director’s Assistant, an experience that shaped her understanding of storytelling. She later assisted Anurag Basu on advertising films, where she developed a nuanced sense of visual narrative. Most recently, Shobhita worked as a freelance Editorial Creative with Netflix, contributing to projects that pushed creative boundaries. She has also collaborated with several renowned advertising film production houses as an Assistant Director. With her debut short film Khilawadi, she continues to nurture her interest in creating meaningful, socially relevant, and cinematically engaging narratives.