Tahira Kashyap reveals her obsession with women stories; says this thing
Tahira Kashyap reveals her obsession with women stories; says this thing
Ayushmann Khurrana’s wife Tahira Kashyap is gradually creating a space for herself in the entertainment industry with her writing and filmmaking. During an interview with TOI, Writer-Director talks about her obsession with women’s stories and expresses her desire to write more about women to make them part of the mainstream narrative.
Tahira in her extensive interview said that she is quite obsessed with women and stories revolving around them. She always feels as if not enough has been said and written about them. She further added that people have drawn very stereotypical images and role for women. Stories of women revolve around their tragedies, aggressive nature or she is out there to protest.
However, Tahira feels they have a whole new side which is not shown which is funny, quirky, and humorous and at the same time meaningful. According to her lot of stories are missing and this is the only reason why she loves to write about women.
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When asked which actors she would like to work with to which she added that there are many names on her list, however before that, she wants to work with fresh talents that are coming in the industry. She wants to work with the big shots of Bollywood however she doesn’t want to limit herself to them. Talking about the list of actors she wants to work with includes Kajol, Alia Bhatt, Deepika Padukone and Anushka Sharma.
Well, she has not limited herself to the ladies of B-town rather has a two male celeb in his mind with whom she wants to work they are Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan. She continued that if they all agree to work with her then she will be the most fortunate one.
When asked on her opinion towards filmmaking ruled by men and challenges faced by female directors to mark their place in the industry, to this she said, “industry does not operate in seclusion or isolation. A woman who is coming to the set is not just coming to the sets; she has a whole lot of life which is outside of the equally challenging film industry. The women that I have seen in the industry – the DoPs, the directors, the HoDs when they go back home, they also have to take care of their kids and the menu at the house.”
Talking about the challenge she added that women managing house front wholly should be changed. Even in a well-educated such set-up is their so Tahira thinks that there should be an equal amount of contribution from both men and women.
Talking about herself she said that she is directing in age or time where people are actually looking at scripts and talent and they are not thinking about their gender as such. Well, the lady is looking forward to the day when people stop saying “female director’ and “male director”. It should just be a director or a scriptwriter. But for that day to come, one needs enough women taking these positions.