हम यह भी अच्छी तरह जानते थे कि हम इस कहानी में कुछ खास बातें ज़रूर शामिल करना चाहते थे: अलग-अलग उम्र की महिलाओं का मातृत्व से जुड़ाव, अपने बच्चों और जीवनसाथियों के साथ उनके रिश्ते, बच्चे पैदा करने की उनकी अंदरूनी 'ज़रूरत', बच्चों को लेकर उनके डर और भविष्य की चिंताएँ वगैरह। इन सबको हमने एक तरह से एक कड़ाही में डाला और तब तक पकाया जब तक कि वह हमारे मनमुताबिक तैयार न हो गया।
We also knew we definitely wanted to infuse into the narrative the relation of women at different ages with motherhood, their relationship with their babies versus their partners', their overall "need" to have children, their fears and projections on their children, etc. All of this we put into a pot, if you will, and simmered for a while until we had what made sense to us.
We also knew we definitely wanted to infuse into the narrative the relation of women at different ages with motherhood, their relationship with their babies versus their partners', their overall "need" to have children, their fears and projections on their children, etc. All of this we put into a pot, if you will, and simmered for a while until we had what made sense to us.
आखिरकार, हम दर्शकों को एक अनूठा और बिल्कुल नया अनुभव देना चाहते हैं। हम चाहते हैं कि जब लोग सिनेमाघर से बाहर निकलें, तो उनके मन में सवाल हों, उत्सुकता हो, वे और अधिक जानना चाहें और हमारे बनाए गए किरदारों तथा इस दुनिया के बारे में खुद अपनी राय बना सकें। हम चाहते हैं कि फिल्म और उसके दृश्य लोगों के जेहन में बस जाएँ, शायद रोज़मर्रा की ज़िंदगी में जब भी 'H' अक्षर सामने आए, तो उन्हें यह फिल्म याद आ जाए।
Ultimately, we want to provide people with a unique experience, and an unexpected one as well. We'd like people to leave the theater having questions, being intrigued, wanting to know more, and forming their own opinions about the characters and the world we created. We'd like the film and its images to stick around in people's heads, possibly be recalled every time the letter "H" comes up in everyday life.
Ultimately, we want to provide people with a unique experience, and an unexpected one as well. We'd like people to leave the theater having questions, being intrigued, wanting to know more, and forming their own opinions about the characters and the world we created. We'd like the film and its images to stick around in people's heads, possibly be recalled every time the letter "H" comes up in everyday life.
महिला लेखक-निर्देशकों के लिए मेरी सबसे बड़ी सलाह यही है कि उन्हें हमेशा ऐसे काम करने की कोशिश करनी चाहिए जो फिल्म उद्योग द्वारा "महिला निर्देशकों" के लिए गढ़ी गई रूढ़िवादी धारणाओं के आगे घुटने न टेकें।
My biggest advice for women writer/directors is to always be attempting to make work that avoids pandering to the conceptions that the industry has put in place for "women directors."
My biggest advice for women writer/directors is to always be attempting to make work that avoids pandering to the conceptions that the industry has put in place for "women directors."
ऐसी फिल्में बनाने की कोशिश करें जो अनूठी और गहरी हों, लीक से हटकर हों और अलग विधाओं का मेल हों, न कि ऐसी फिल्में जो उन संकीर्ण ढाँचों में फिट बैठती हों जिन्हें लोग महिलाओं से बनते देखना "चाहते" (उम्मीद करते) हैं। किसी भी रूप में, मुझे लगता है कि किसी भी फिल्मकार को अपनी जेंडर, नस्ल, यौन रुझान आदि से ऊपर उठकर पहले एक अच्छा निर्देशक बनने की कोशिश करनी चाहिए।
To seek out making films that are unique and insightful, boundary-pushing and genre-bending, and not films that fit into the neat, little boxes that people "want" (expect) women to be making. In some ways, I guess for me, any filmmaker should strive to be a good director first, regardless of their gender, race, sexual orientation etc.
To seek out making films that are unique and insightful, boundary-pushing and genre-bending, and not films that fit into the neat, little boxes that people "want" (expect) women to be making. In some ways, I guess for me, any filmmaker should strive to be a good director first, regardless of their gender, race, sexual orientation etc.