Zoya Akhtar opines, "to make something original, you have to take your clothes off"

Zoya Akhtar is currently one of most acclaimed directors in Bollywood film Industry. Her most recent film, Gully Boy, mand to become a blockbuster hit and has also been minated for Best International Film Award in upcoming Oscars. Zoya is kwn for her fantastic filmmaking and her passion for delivering a meaningful mess through her films. One of her or recent works, Lust Stories, which made its premiere on Netflix last year, has also been recently minated for an Emmy Award. Zoya was recently interviewed about her involvement in Lust Stories, and here is what director had to say about film and topic of sex in India. 

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Zoya's take on originality for an Indian audience

Lust Stories tells tale of a housemaid who has a sexual relationship with her employer, who later casts her away when he is visited by a potential bride parents. anthology film delves into topic of sex and culture that surrounds it in India. In interview, Zoya said that while she is interested in bringing in feminine gaze into films, as she finds it important for India, she is also interested in bringing in feminine perspective into her movies. She also adds that women are t only one who are underrepresented. According to her, men are also badly represented and that it is difficult to be explicit about sex.

She connects her previous points to her film, Lust Stories. She states that re re is a lot of sex happening in India between people who would never be seen toger in public. She talks about how employer has an intimate relationship maid but never talks to her in public. She adds that in her opinion, sex is honest part of this equation, as it is merely human nature, and it is society that is dishonest one, that is unnatural and bizarre.

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Zoya said that she is conscious of fact that she is a part of a new generation and that Indian cinema is w changing. On this te, she says that each generation has different experiences. She mentions how Indian cinema has changed several times over decades. She talks about how '70s were a huge departure from '60s and that '80s was ar time of change, though she does add that to her most of '80s and '90s was godawful. She says that current era of Indian cinema is once again in a period of change.

Finally, in end, Zoya was asked how she would make a perfect film and what that term meant to her. Zoya said that a perfect film was one where she had to change thing. As for how to make a perfect film, she says that you need to expose yourself or you will end up being derivative. She ends by saying that to make something original, you have to take your clos off. 

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