Women screenwriters transforming narrative of Bollywood heroines
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New Delhi, July 25 : The Hindi film heroine is no more an embodiment of perfection.
She is flawed, chaotic, messy, broken, wounded; open about her sexual choices, and is all out revealing the layers of her hidden real self.
Thanks to the emergence of the finest women screenwriters ruling the roost in storytelling in Hindi cinema in recent times. The tribe of women screenplay writers conquering the throne are - Kanika Dhillon, Alankrita Shrivastava, Anvita Dutt Guptan, Zeenat Lakhani, Reema Kagti, Meghna Gulzar, Zoya Akhtar, Juhi Chaturvedi, and Gauri Shinde, among others.
Indian Women Screenwriters Transforming Narrative of Bollywood Heroines
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Creativity off the shelf: Who needs writers!
Sun, Jul 18 2021 9:21 IST |
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Creativity off the shelf: Who needs writers! (Column: B-Town).. Image Source: IANS News
When a new film is announced, it is mostly about who is remaking what South Indian film in Hindi! Have you seen any story/scriptwriter s name being mentioned prominently in the media or even in the film promotion material lately? Not really.
There is not a single writer in the Hindi film industry by whose name people would want to see a film, let alone sell a project, as it happened earlier when the names of Gulshan Nanda, Sachin Bhowmick, KA Narayan, Salim-Javed, being top names, helped a film sell. There were also others like Prayag Raj, KK Shukla, Kadar Khan, Pandit Mukhram Sharma, KA Abbas and Hrishikesh Mukherjee who instilled confidence in the investors as well as film distributors. In fact, producer BR Chopra employed a team of writers for each of his films and, in credits, the films did not si
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It is too early to discuss the aftermath of the pandemic at a time when the second wave continues to rage across the nation. But the unprecedented situation has forced businesses to plan for the inevitable imposition of Covid protocols as part of operational procedures, once things open up. Though the film industry now sits locked up at home, twiddling thumbs and waiting for better days, it is a given that even after shoots resume, things won’t be the same anymore. Besides the mandatory Covid tests and sanitisation measures, it seems likely that scenes, too, will be altered to ensure social distancing between actors. But where does that leave intimate sequences?
Success gives you confidence to try new things, says Varun Dhawan
Success gives you confidence to try new things, says Varun Dhawan
Varun Dhawan Says The Critical And Commercial Success Of His Films Gave Him The Confidence To Take Risks. The Actor, Who Has Now Teamed Up With Director Shoojit Sircar For His Upcoming Film October, Says He Does Not Discriminate Between Genres. PTI | Updated on: 14 Nov 2017, 10:05:48 AM
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Varun Dhawan says the critical and commercial success of his films gave him the confidence to take risks. The actor, who has now teamed up with director Shoojit Sircar for his upcoming film October , says he does not discriminate between genres.
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