Alankrita Shrivastava
Zoya Akhtar To Gauri Shinde: 5 Contemporary Women Directors Who Are Here To Make A Difference
While women have actively joined the gender conversation in every walk of life, there continues to be a dismaying paucity of women directors all over the world. In India after Aparna Sen , there was no significant female filmmaker until Nandita Das arrived with Firaaq in 2008. Happily there are women in the millennium making a name as filmmakers in what is clearly a man’s world. Here are my favourites. 1. Zoya Akhtar: Perhaps the single-most influential female director since Aparna Sen and certainly the most prolific. Her oeuvre so far | Click Here...
Review Of Netflix’s Bombay Begums: Glorious Gallery Of Gorgeousness
Bombay Begums (Netflix, 8 Episodes) Starring Pooja Bhatt, Amruta Subhash, Shahana Goswami, Plabita Borthakur, Aadhya Anand Directed by Alankrita Shrivastava, Bornila Chatterjee Rating: **** Like them or loathe them, hug them or hate them, spurn them or ‘sperm’ them….The 5 women in Bombay Begums(one of them, just entering puberty) leave a lasting impression. This is a series like no other, replete with plot twists that will keep you watching until the very end.And when the ‘end’ comes, you want to know what these ladies will do with th | Click Here...
Review of Netflix’s Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakti Sitare: Vigorous And Vital Film
Starring Konkona Sen Sharma, Bhumi Pednekar, Aamir Bashir, Vikrant Massey, Karan Kundra Directed by Alankrita Shrivastava Rating:*** ½ Post-feminist cinema in India suffers from post-coital fatigue. It goes around and around wearing the same heart on the sleeve, same save-woman-save-the-planet logo on the teeshirt, same obsession with caddish husbands and rebellious wives, sex-seeking selfish boyfriends, etc etc. Alankrita Shrivastava’s third feature film has one of both, a caddish husband and a selfish boyfri | Click Here...
Karan Kundra, Amol Parashar and Kubbra Sait bag Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare
Ekta Kapoor's Balaji Motion Pictures unveiled the first look of their upcoming film Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare, which will be Directed by Alankrita Shrivastava. The movie will star Konkona Sen Sharma and Bhumi Pednekar in key roles. Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare seems to be a strong women-centric movie. In the poster, both Konkana and Bhumi are seen in bird cages, and breaking stereotypes. Now, we have learnt that talented atcors Karan Kundra (Dil Hi Toh Hai), Amol Parashar (TVF Tripling) and Kubbra Sait (Sacred Games) will also be part of the film. | Click Here...