Tahira Kashyap Khurrana: ‘Didn’t succumb to casting A-lister, adding love story’

Updated On: 25 June, 2024 06:56 AM IST | Mumbai | Mohar Basu

Recalling how prospective producers suggested changes to make Sharmajee Ki Beti saleable, Tahira on sticking to her guns and helming all-women film

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For her debut feature film, Sharmajee Ki Beti, writer-director Tahira Kashyap Khurrana penned a story about five women in Mumbai. That’s not an easy project to make in an industry obsessed with its heroes. It was a long road to get it off the ground as she battled breast cancer, braved the pandemic, and searched for a like-minded producer. But the relentless work of the past five years is all worth it as the Sakshi Tanwar, Divya Dutta and Saiyami Kher-starrer is set to stream on Prime Video. “People are saying that I could be deemed a product of nepotism because I’m a star wife. I wish it had helped me; the film would’ve been made seven years ago,” laughs Kashyap. “But here, men played allies. My producers were so invested in telling this story.”

The film stars Divya Dutta, Sakshi Tanwar and Saiyami Kher