Koechlin expanded her career into screenwriting with Anurag Kashyap 's 2011 thriller '' That Girl in Yellow Boots '' . She said that Kashyap asked her to write the script for the film as he was looking for a woman 's perspective for the story . Co-starring with Naseeruddin Shah , the film had her play a British woman name Ruth , who travels to Mumbai in search of her biological father . The role was partially based on her own experience as a ' white-girl ' in India . Shot in a short duration of thirteen days , the film was screened at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival and the 67th Venice International Film Festival , among other venues . It opened to critical acclaim , with Koechlin being widely praised for her performance . Giving the film three-and-a-half stars out of four , Roger Ebert wrote that Koechlin " creates a memorable woman who is sad and old beyond her years " . Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com described Koechlin as " unrestrained and uncorrupted " . NDTV film critic Saibal Chatterjee also lauded the film and deemed her performance as " absolute perfection " . Koechlin 's final release of the year was the Sanjay Leela Bhansali-produced comedy '' My Friend Pinto '' . She played the role of an aspiring dancer in the film
67th Venice International Film Festival
67th Venice International Film Festival
Kalki Koechlin