00:00Hello, thank you.
00:15See, actually, as a producer, I think ageism is a lot of a problem.
00:21I felt like I was always seen as somebody who's young, but I don't think I was seen as a other, as a gender.
00:28But I understand that there's a lot of judgment on the gender, because there are stats.
00:33In our country, there are 2,500 films in this year, and less than 3% of women are directors.
00:39So, something needs to be solved, and that is why we built Women in Film.
00:43Hopefully, to build a community and to be able to support each other.
00:48When did I say that I didn't get returns?
01:02You know, initially, when we did like a yellow booth, we got a wrong sales agent.
01:09And then, we cut our contract with them and got a new sales agent.
01:15But anytime you start something, it was my way of telling everybody,
01:19to go out and work, good and bad deals are part of the process.
01:24You know?
01:25I don't know what the theatrical dynamics are.
01:40See, I don't know what the theatrical dynamics are.
01:45Because I know that Homebound has to be released immediately, because there is a cut-off.
01:51There is a lot of calculation on the release dates.
01:54Because there was a cut-off on the submission of September.
01:57And they have to be released very last minute.
01:59But I am not here to comment on the box office, because I think the film will do really, really well,
02:05as in when people watch it.
02:07It's a very beautiful picture, Homebound.
02:09And Cannes, Toronto, and Martin Scorsese is presenting it.
02:13One of the best studios in India is behind it.
02:16Neeraj has directed it.
02:17So, it's a beautiful film, and it deserves all the love.
02:20So, I do think that a film like Kantara, you know, a film like Manjuman Boys,
02:36these are all very good films.
02:38And they can play.
02:39Actually, they are super rooted and can play.
02:41And they can play.
02:42I mean, they can play.
02:43They can play, but they can play even internationally, is what I meant.
02:46I think they will do exceptionally well outside India and break barriers.
02:51But I do feel like, you know, in Hindi, we need to do more rooted stuff.
02:56So, yeah.
02:57There are multiple things, there are multiple things in this situation.
03:16I mean, OTT, definitely, audiences are groomed because of the pandemic.
03:23OTT is easy to see pictures on the home.
03:26And you can see all the things internationally.
03:29With languages, you know, with Hindi.
03:34You can watch Korean films, Iranian films.
03:37So, definitely, the audience is very groomed and there has been a habit change.
03:42And I do think that theatrical is so expensive to go to also for Hindi films.
03:47That there are a lot of bigger films that are, you know, doing well.
03:52Having said that, you know, when Viduno Chopra's film comes out, it gives us a lot of hope.
03:58That maybe in a small film, human interest stories, human interest stories, human interest stories, but we all are here and trying to roll the dice.
04:10But I do think that theatrical is getting better.
04:13I mean, audiences are starting to come out.
04:15But yeah, there is no right answer to this.
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04:46So I think people should apply to labs.
04:49There are a lot of labs around the world.
04:51If you go somewhere, then you'll know what you're doing there.
04:54So being part of labs, like Women in Film has done a lab.
04:58So that was very effective.
05:00So I think around the world, one should first be in labs rather than just going there.
05:03One has to learn the language of pitching.
05:10Please keep creating.
05:13Keep doing it. Thank you.
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