Ekta Kapoor, Tahira Kashyap and Guneet Monga launch the 'Indian Women Rising' collective

Ekta Kapoor, Guneet Monga and Tahira Kashyap Khurrana have joined hands as y launched a collective called "Indian Women Rising" on January 22, 2021. This will pave a way for women directors to flourish and come forward, and refore bring out stories, ‘of, by & for women!’ as ir Instagram feed suggests. Re along to kw more about this initiative by three women and ir motive behind it.

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Ekta Kapoor and Tahira Kashyap Khurrana launch "Indian Women Rising"

Yesterday on January 21, 2021, filmmaker Ekta Kapoor took to her Instagram to hint at launch of "something exciting" and she has w revealed that it is a collective called "Indian Women Rising". initiative has been founded by Ekta Kapoor, Tahira Kashyap Khurrana and Guneet Monga and will help female directors take a le in film industry. In description of collective, it said, “Indian Women Rising - A Cinema Collective, Of - By - For Women. Our mission with @indianwomenrising is to discover and empower ground-breaking narratives that disrupt status quo. We truly believe that when one woman shines, she opens doors for many more. We live by motto, 'You Shine, We Shine!'  collective has come toger with a sole purpose to shift spotlight on female creators because content is Queen! Let's rise, toger”.

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In a recent interview with Mid-day, Monga revealed that industry has less than 5 per cent director that are female and that it is time to change se statistics. collective aims at amplifying work of independent women creators. Guneet Monga is one of most rewned filmmakers of industry and is also founder of Sikhya Entertainment, as well as a BAFTA minee.

Ekta Kapoor is a name that doesn’t need an introduction, Balaji Telefilms chief says when Guneet and Tahira shared thought and idea of this project with her, she could t deny being a part of it and agreed at once. Ekta ds that women can create amazing content when y have right opportunity and support by ir side. Tahira said in interview, that more women need to work behind camera than just in front of it so as to portray or sides of a woman than stereos where one is eir a damsel or a revolutionary.

Promo Courtesy: Ekta Kapoor, Tahira Kashyap and Guneet Monga's Instagram 

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