Time to show angry young women on screen: 'Mardaani 2' director Gopu Puthran

Gopi Puthran, who made his directorial debut with "Mardaani 2", says the film's aim is to show a mirror to the society about its treatment of women through an "angry young woman" narrator.

The universe of "Mardaani" is bold in terms of its narrative as it deals with topics such as human trafficking, child prositution to rape.

"We are talking about stories of women, the issues that women face and deep inside about their life in the thriller format. These are the core values of 'Mardaani'," Puthran told PTI in an interview here.

"In the 70s, we had Amitabh Bachchan doing the angry young man, it is time for an angry young woman, who speaks about her issues. There is an audience, which is ready to take the stories of today's angry young women. The time is right for this universe to evolve. We need to incorporate more relevant topics, subjects and themes," he added.

Puthran said there are plans to make the third part in the "Mardaani" franchise but the team has not started work on it yet.

"Let's see what could be another subject that will resonate with women."
"When I started work on it ('Mardaani 2'), we had a story ready at a brief level. I was ready to direct and Adi (Aditya Chopra) thought right project needs to come for me to direct it, it was his suggestion that I should take up 'Mardaani 2' as I knew the universe of 'Mardaani'. Also, I love thrillers as a person."
"We had to be perfect with our research. I met a lot of senior IPS officers, observed them so that Rani Mukherji's character becomes better. I had the opportunity to interact with a senior officer, who had worked on rape cases. Getting those insights on rape cases from close quarters was very helpful."
"Thus started my journey in exploring such people, their journey, their psyche that took me to IPS officers. When I read the case files, I realised their justification is watertight, they think they are doing no wrong. That is how Sunny was formed, in his head he is doing nothing wrong."