It s easy to call anything problematic : Richa Chadha on outrage against Madam Chief Minister, Section 375 You have to leave enough room for all kinds of films to be made. We ll never have a contrarian point of view if such films aren t made, says Richa Chadha. Tatsam Mukherjee January 22, 2021 08:09:44 IST
It s a Sunday noon, and I m first in line for a long day of interviews around Richa Chadha s latest film,
Madam Chief Minister, but she already sounds exhausted. Playing a Dalit woman in the film (reportedly inspired by the life of Mayawati), Chadha was criticised for the film s poster showing her holding a broom. When I eventually broach the topic during the phone interview, Chadha sounds amused and ready, as if she has been mentally preparing herself to address it a dozen times during the day. At a later point, she also heaves and says the words problematic and automa