WOMEN ON TOP
Two women put together the pre-dominantly male dominated flick Teen Patti with panache
Life is a gamble! But when you have Lady Luck (or two ladies) on your set, you've nothing to lose. No wonder, Bollywood's biggest legend Amitabh Bachchan and Hollywood's tour de force Sir Ben Kingsley feel that they are on a winning streak with Serendipity Films' razor-sharp thriller
Teen Patti.
This film, releasing on February 26, is produced by the attractive, petite Ambika Hinduja and is directed by the affable, nononsense Leena Yadav, who earlier made Shabd with Sanjay Dutt and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. The film also has Madhavan, Raima Sen and is introducing stardaughter Shraddha Kapoor (daughter of screen baddie Shakti Kapoor). Leena and Ambika are forces to reckon with in their own way. Of course, neither gives too much importance to their gender; they're just competent people for whom this project perfectly fell in place. Says Leena, "I hate being asked 'How does it feel like to be a woman filmmaker?' How different can it be from being a male director? The film industry is an evolved place. In the last two decades the line between male/female filmmakers has blurred. Aparna Sen, Simi Garewal, Hema Malini, Kalpana Lajmi, Reema Kagti, Farah Khan, Nandita Das — the list of women who've ventured into filmmaking is growing. And the work of each of these women has its own identity.'' She feels that when an actor comes on board a project, he looks at the banner, the script and how competent the director is. "The sex of the director doesn't matter,'' says Leena. Ambika too is not in favour of the words 'Lady Boss'. "The environment on the sets of Teen Patti was thoroughly professional with the entire cast and crew completely surrendering to director Leena and the script. They also whole heartedly responded to whatever requests I put forward to them in my capacity as producer,'' she says. They are unanimous in their opinion that women, inherently, have the ability to view life and situations with more attention to detail. "Women have an edge in filmmaking,'' says Ambika. And that's perhaps one of the biggest advantages this human drama has. Teen Patti has not one but two sharp, sensitive minds working for it.
Amitabh Bachchan in Teen Patti, direcctor Leena Yadav and (left) producer Ambika Hinduja
Two women put together the pre-dominantly male dominated flick Teen Patti with panache
Life is a gamble! But when you have Lady Luck (or two ladies) on your set, you've nothing to lose. No wonder, Bollywood's biggest legend Amitabh Bachchan and Hollywood's tour de force Sir Ben Kingsley feel that they are on a winning streak with Serendipity Films' razor-sharp thriller
Teen Patti.This film, releasing on February 26, is produced by the attractive, petite Ambika Hinduja and is directed by the affable, nononsense Leena Yadav, who earlier made Shabd with Sanjay Dutt and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. The film also has Madhavan, Raima Sen and is introducing stardaughter Shraddha Kapoor (daughter of screen baddie Shakti Kapoor). Leena and Ambika are forces to reckon with in their own way. Of course, neither gives too much importance to their gender; they're just competent people for whom this project perfectly fell in place. Says Leena, "I hate being asked 'How does it feel like to be a woman filmmaker?' How different can it be from being a male director? The film industry is an evolved place. In the last two decades the line between male/female filmmakers has blurred. Aparna Sen, Simi Garewal, Hema Malini, Kalpana Lajmi, Reema Kagti, Farah Khan, Nandita Das — the list of women who've ventured into filmmaking is growing. And the work of each of these women has its own identity.'' She feels that when an actor comes on board a project, he looks at the banner, the script and how competent the director is. "The sex of the director doesn't matter,'' says Leena. Ambika too is not in favour of the words 'Lady Boss'. "The environment on the sets of Teen Patti was thoroughly professional with the entire cast and crew completely surrendering to director Leena and the script. They also whole heartedly responded to whatever requests I put forward to them in my capacity as producer,'' she says. They are unanimous in their opinion that women, inherently, have the ability to view life and situations with more attention to detail. "Women have an edge in filmmaking,'' says Ambika. And that's perhaps one of the biggest advantages this human drama has. Teen Patti has not one but two sharp, sensitive minds working for it.
Amitabh Bachchan in Teen Patti, direcctor Leena Yadav and (left) producer Ambika Hinduja
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