We need more producers who can think: Guneet Monga

Guneet Monga, who is counted among the most prolific filmmakers in Bollywood today, believes film industry needs more producers who can think with the directors.
Monga, who has taken her films 'Gangs of Wasseypur', 'Peddlers' and 'The Lunchbox' to festivals around the world, was recently called the "most prolific producers of a new wave of cinema" by The Hollywood Reporter and was also placed amongst "12 international players to watch" list.
"I think this country needs more producers. There are lot of directors but we need producers who can really think with the director on where the film can go.

"Usually, people think what to do when the movie is ready, but that's too late. It is a full time job and it is so powerful because at that position you can be a part of many stories. I love the chaos around me as a producer," she told PTI in an interview on the sidelines of Dharamshala International Film Festival
Monga, 29, is the co-founder of Sikhya Entertainment, a film production company, and also CEO at Anurag Kashyap Films. She credits Kashyap for showing her the way in the industry and calls her Bollywood journey a "happy" one.
Monga, who studied in Delhi but later moved to Mumbai to be in films and worked with Balaji, lost both her parents in 2008 but believes she has found a father figure in Kashyap.

She met Kashyap while line producing 'Once Upon A Time in Mumbai'.
"We just discussed few things and immediately started working together and since then there has been no looking back. He has sort of taken that position of a father figure or mentor. I feel secure in doing mistakes because there is someone.
"So that sense of home is not there but security is. It wouldn't have been possible without Anurag. He showed me the way," Monga said.