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So Gurinder Chadha, Deepa Mehta, and Mira Nair are all well known and famous internationally. Now where are the Bollywood female filmmakers? I know there's aparna sen and others in indie cinema, but...when does Bollywood get with the ladies behind the scenes?
Originally posted at 10:00pm, Feb 7, 2007 PST ( permalink )
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Is this the same Farah Khan who is the famous dancer/ choreographer? I heard Tanuja is amazing but haven't seen that film in particular. Definitely Shonali Bose's film will be one to keep an eye on. How many of these filmmakers had an in? I wonder how they started?
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Yup. Director Farah Khan = Choreographer Farah Khan. Main Hoon Na was quite bad. I'm hoping Om Shanti Om will be somewhat better.
Tanuja Chandra is a fabulous creative mind. How can we forget what incredible work she did in Sur (on Jaman), which is one of my personal favorite films..and has a soundtrack by M.M. Kreem that is a masterpiece in my books.
And another film that should be releasing soon of hers is Hope and A Little Sugar. Look out for it!
She's directed many other films, but her creativity is probably most recognized in her brilliant work in Zakhm, in which she wrote hte screenplay (also wrote the screenplay for Dil To Pagal Hai).
And I think Filhaal was Meghna Gulzar's only directorial film.. It was a sensitive one which became highly popular...this lady is a fighter! I'm looking forward to Just Married looks like a nice romantic comedy...
And Kalpana Lajmi's films are just too much for me. I can't relate tot hem at all. Maybe it's because of their strong female-oriented themes, but I feel she's trying way too hard in her scripts. It comes off as over-done and surprsiingly half-baked. Although she did drag out a very intense performance from Sush in Chingaari. Daman just didin't click with me at all!
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I'll add Reema Kagti, writer-director of Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. to be released later this month. The movie looks promising! She was an assistant director on a couple of earlier Farhan Akhtar films.
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Farhan Aktar, really? That's very promising. Tell me more - I have not heard of the company or herself. I just find it interesting that even very strongly feminist films, Bhawandar for example, is directed by a man. Not that there's anything wrong with that...
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Speaking of female filmmakers, there is one Vijaya Nirmala in south Indian Cinema who directed a whopping 42 films. I think she holds the world record for most films directed by a female.
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42 films? Wow! That is in deed a major accomplishment. However, I wont how these films have fared, commercially as well as critically, given the fact I haven't heard of her.
Although they are very competent in the filmmaking field, I just don't see them making any great strides in India - it's a totally male-dominated field, and there are certainly no indications of the tide turning. Yes we have our handful of female filmmakers who release a film very 3-4 years, but nothing more.
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I can update my previous post now that *Honeymoon Travels* has been out for a couple of weeks and appears to be having reasonable success - I think we'll be seeing more of Reema Kagti in the future. She worked as an assistant director for a couple of Farhan Akhtar's earlier projects, and *Honeymoon Travels* was her directorial debut. I thought the movie was just delightful, sweet and salty and very memorable. I'm looking forward to more from her.
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Antara Mali (who starred in Chandan Arora's awesome Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chhaati Hoon) tried directing in 2005's Mr. Ya Miss. Haven't seen it, but I want to even though it said to be trash. Since then Antara Mali seems to have disappeared...:-(
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