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Asim Abbasi on Churails: Knew I was making something special
Updated On: 05 February, 2021 07:10 AM IST | Mumbai | Mohar Basu
With Churalis being nominated at the mid-day and Radio City Hitlist OTT Awards, director Asim Abbasi on telling tales of women with deft.
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When Asim Abbasi’s Churails released in India, under Zee5’s Zindagi wing, it opened to the great love and critical acclaim. The story about intersectional feminism touched a chord due to its universal appeal. The Pakistani show also marked the reopening of cultural exchanges four years after Zindagi shut operations in India. Nominated in the Best Series category at the Mid-day and Radio City Hitlist OTT awards, Abbasi discusses the challenges of making the series. “You can know you are making something special but you will never know for sure how the audience will react," he starts off.
The show does take on a few rather risque subjects. "I was worried about backlash and I wasn’t sure how the critics would respond to our funky storytelling. Structurally, the show doesn’t stick to a genre and moves from procedural chick flick to a psychological thriller. Shailja (Kejriwal, producer) gave me a free hand. I wanted to make a story about female rage in different socio-economic brackets and gender preferences. Women are often pushed to corners and limits and them pushing back is powerful. These were women who were flawed and I gave them grey shades of every tint. The long format storytelling allows you scope for experimentation. Moreover, the show marks the win of humanity fostering cultural exchange between our countries. There are social similarities and same struggles for women in South Asia. Churails could be set in Mumbai and the story remains universal.”
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