Urmi Juvekar is one of the most coveted and contemporary writers of India. She began her career in the entertainment industry as a documentary film writer and director. She made her screenwriting debut with the feature film Darmiyaan: In Between (1997), directed by Kalpana Lajmi. She also made a short film, The Shillong Choir, based on an Indian chamber choir formed in 2001. Since then she has written several acclaimed feature films including Shararat (2002), Rules: Pyaar ka Superhit Formula (2003), Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! (2008), I Am (2010), Shanghai (2012) and Detective Byomkesh Bakshi (2015) which received wide critical and commercial success.