Rhea Kapoor: People think female-led rom-coms are frivolous

Updated On: 27 September, 2023 07:18 AM IST | Mumbai | Mohar Basu

As she backs Thank You for Coming, Rhea on the difficulties of making a chick flick in Bollywood and changing perception of women-led cinema

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(From left) Shehnaaz Gill, Kusha Kapila, Bhumi Pednekar, Shibani Bedi and Dolly Singh star in the film

What’s the point of making movies as a female producer in this industry if you can’t pull off the impossible,” asks Rhea Kapoor. She is referring to going against the flow and making chick flicks in an industry that is quick to label them frivolous. But her next, Thank You for Coming, addresses a pertinent subject—the Bhumi Pednekar-starrer tells the story of a woman who has never experienced an orgasm. She elaborates, “People think that female-led rom-coms are frivolous and meaningless. Rom-coms are hard to crack because the genre is constantly reinventing itself. I’ve grown up with this genre, but all my references were American. Why can’t we give young girls Indian references?”

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