Indian filmmaker Alankrita Shrivastava’s latest, “Dolly Kitty and Those Twinkling Stars” has its world premiere at the Busan International Film Festival. The film is about two cousins, who, through…
’s latest, “Dolly Kitty and Those Twinkling Stars” has its world premiere at the Busan International Film Festival. The film is about two cousins, who, through their love-hate relationship, enable each other to find freedom.
“The other theme I have tried to explore is the subversion of romance,” says Shrivastava. “On the one hand romance is often a tool for re-enforcing patriarchal systems. On the other hand romance can be a mode of commerce. And sometimes, it can be a tool of rebellion. Romance is then, a kind of dissent too.”
“I don’t think ‘Made In Heaven’ could ever have been an Indian film,” says Shrivastava. “First, because I don’t think the censor board would have let it pass, and second because a feature film does not give you the kind of time required to dig into so many different themes, lives and stories and characters. And the slow-burn that once can do with a series – keep peeling off layers bit by bit.
Rounding off the year for Shrivastava will be another series, this time for Netflix, “Bombay Begums” which is in the final stages of scripting, with principal photography due to commence in the winter. “It’s a tale of female ambition, told through the lives of five different women of different ages,” says Shrivastava. “It’s set in today’s times, in Mumbai. It explores the triumphs and disappointment, the joy and the dilemmas of urban, working women in depth.
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