मुंबई, महाराष्ट्र: इंडियन फिल्म प्रोड्यूसर गुनीत मोंगा ने IANS से खास बातचीत में भारतीय फिल्मों में महिलाओं के काम, उनकी अहमियत और रीजनल फिल्मों की परफॉर्मेंस पर अपनी राय शेयर की। उन्होंने बताया कि भारतीय फिल्मों में एक्ट्रेसेस के लिए उम्र अभी भी मायने रखती है। गुनीत ने कहा कि प्रोड्यूसर के तौर पर उन्हें अपने काम में उम्र को लेकर कई बार परेशानियों का सामना करना पड़ा। साथ ही उन्होंने बताया कि उन्होंने कभी लोगों को सिर्फ जेंडर के आधार पर नहीं देखा, लेकिन उन्हें पता है कि फिल्म इंडस्ट्री में काम के लिए लोगों को जेंडर के आधार पर जज किया जाता है। गुनीत के बताया कि भारत में हर साल लगभग 2,500 फिल्में बनती हैं, जिनमें से बहुत कम ही महिलाओं द्वारा डायरेक्ट की जाती हैं, इसी के सॉल्यूशन के लिए वुमन इन फिल्म्स (WIF) को शुरू किया है।
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.
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