Kolkata, Nov 10 (PTI) Director Sudeshna Roy, whose Jodi Love Dile Naa Prane went up being included in this year’s IFFI India panorama, believes from women assistant directors to women costumer designers it is no more the men’s domain in Bengali films.
Sudeshna, having assisted Rituparno Ghosh in many of his films having rare sensitivity to women’s issues, told PTI, she is amazed to see the evolution of girls in past one decade or so.
In a beauty pageant there are as many numbers having made the final cut and an equal number of those facing elimination. They are all supremely qualified only because they happened to be today’s girls,” Sudeshna, having got acclaims for Parambrata Chatterjee-Paoli Dam starrer, ‘Hercules’ said.
Judging finalists in the final round of ‘Shyamsundar Sharad Sudari 2014’ pageant, instituted by a leading jewellery chain, Sudeshna said, “The way they all walked, all 20 of them,strutted so confidently on ramp, it delivered the most important message. About all of them moving far.”
“My assistant director is a girl from suburb who never gets jittery to get back home by 2 am next day For her work comes first and she is not overawed by the fear of any danger on road. This shows the grit and dedication of present day girls. I know many girls are waiting to step into the traditional men’s domain in films, as make up artiste as well,” she commented.
‘Chotuskone’ actor Payyel Sarkar, one of the juries in the premier pageant with over 200 contestants eliminated in different rounds, said she felt contented on seeing “Girls so confidently sashaying on the stage even without any previous exposure and confidence.”
The three young women – adjudged ‘Sharad Sundari’ named Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit and Rekha as their ideal women of substances, interestingly all representing show bizness.