Alankrita Shrivastava's filmography boasts of strong female characters, and the director says she always wanted to keep women at the centre of her stories.
Her directorial debut "Turning 30" was a heartwarming tale of a single woman's journey of finding herself, which she followed it up with "Liptstick Under My Burkha" that revolved around the lives of four women and their search for freedom.
Now in her forthcoming film "Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare", she attempts to explore the moral ambiguity a woman faces.
"I am a proud feminist. All my work is extremely feminist whether it was 'Turning 30' or 'Lipstick..' or 'Made in Heaven' or 'Dolly Kitty..'. Women should own feminism because it means men and women should have equal rights and equal opportunities.
"Women should have the right to live their own life and fulfil their dreams and desires regardless of any moral judgement and even 'Dolly Kitty..' is about that," Alankrita told PTI in an interview.
"Women should not be second class They are equally human and why should their life and vanity be less valuable than a man?" she asks.
The director says she does not try too hard to put a women-angle in her films and feminism comes inherently to her work.
"...That comes if you are honest as a creator be it as a writer or director, I don't think I have to do something feminist, it just comes. I feel feminism is inherent in my work because I believe women are equal.
"I want to give them certain dignity, space, well roundness and I want to shoot them in a certain way and see how they look at the world. It is not about making a feminist film. If you believe in equality then it comes in your work."
"They are putting women on some kind of pedestal so they are not giving them enough space to breathe as real characters. So if more women filmmakers are there it will bring diversity and the kind of characters that they will play."
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