Nitya Mehra: I was told, just add boys to your story

Updated On: 18 March, 2024 05:08 AM IST | Mumbai | Priyanka Sharma

Big Girls Don’t Cry creator recalls how most OTT platforms didn’t want to pick up all-girls show despite their glaring under-representation on screen

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A still from Big Girls Don’t Cry

Years before she entered the film industry, Nitya Mehra knew one thing for certain—that one day, she would tell the story of her childhood spent in a boarding school. Big Girls Don’t Cry is the realisation of that long-cherished desire. Mehra’s idea took a concrete form during the pandemic, when she gave birth to a baby boy. “I didn’t know when the time would be right to tell this story. When I got pregnant four years ago and was convinced that I was having a girl, I thought, ‘Oh my God! I’m going to leave something for that little girl.’ I had a boy, which is even better because he will learn everything about girls through this show,” smiles the creator-co-director.

Nitya Mehra. Pic/Yogen Shah