Sometimes, the lessons learnt on one film tend to influence a director’s next. At first glance, that seemingly doesn’t apply to Mrs director Arati Kadav, who has begun work on her next project. “I’m making a science fiction story,” she reveals. That’s a genre far removed from the Sanya Malhotra-led drama, which revolves around a new bride who challenges the patriarchal norms threatening to suffocate her marriage and identity. But the director insists that regardless of the two different genres, Mrs will deeply influence her yet-untitled story.

Arati Kadav