EXCLUSIVE: Chhapaak Director Meghna Gulzar Reveals A Male Centric Issue She Would Like To Make A Film On

Meghna Wants To Make A Film On This Male-Centric Issue

Updated : January 06, 2020 12:22 PM IST

EXCLUSIVE: Chhapaak Director Meghna Gulzar Reveals A Male Centric Issue She Would Like To Make A Film On

Director Meghna Gulzar is one of the most prolific filmmakers of the country. She has always been ahead of her times right from her first film Filhaal. The film surely didn’t do well at the box office but it surely would have garnered a bigger audience today in case it would have released now. The filmmaker then went on to make wonderful films like Talvar with Konkona Sen Sharma and Raazi with Alia Bhatt and Vicky Kaushal in the lead roles. And now Gulzar is ready with her next film Chhapaak that has Deepika Padukone playing the character of an acid attack victim.

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आज आपके बारे में बहुत मन किया लिखने का खुद को रोक नही पाई, जब भी मैं आपसे मिलती हूँ एक अलग एहसास होता है, बहुत पॉजिटिव हो जाती हूँ, जब भी हम साथ होते है टाइम कैसे बीत जाता है पता ही नही चलता है, आज महसूस हुआ आपके साथ एक अलग रिश्ता है, जो ज़ाहिर भी नहीं किया जा सकता है, मैं उस ऐनर्जी को थैंक्स करती हूँ, जो हमारे साथ रहती है और हमें मिलवाती है ???????????? #happyxmas #happynewyear2019 @meghnagulzar

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The filmmaker makes brilliant films and that is not the question for sure. After Raazi and now Chhapaak Meghan's films have brought to light some strong female characters. However, despite Deepika playing the lead in Chhapaak, the filmmaker stresses on the fact that in some places there are men who have faced an acid attack and the woman is the attacker.

Therefore the issue is universal. But in case the filmmaker wants to make a film that deals with a very male-centric issue or issues faced by men on a daily basis she says, being a parent herself, she would want to focus on the issue of single-parenting. Quipped she, “I haven’t thought about it actually but being a parent myself and being a child of separated parents, I think the stigma attached to a single parent is something very unfortunate. And particularly for men.