I do it better than a man: Farah on potboilers
28 Oct 2014 9:17 PM GMT
Farah Khan is one of the few female directors who has broken the myth that a woman can’t helm masala movies. The director, who has churned out blockbusters like Main Hoon Naa and Om Shanti Om, says in a ‘sexist country’ she has proved that a woman can do it better.
Her latest film Happy New Year, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Jackie Shroff, Boman Irani, Sonu Sood and Vivaan Shah, has earned a record Rs.44.97 crore on the opening day of its release.
‘We knew it would do well because it has Shah Rukh, Deepika and me. It’s a big movie. The songs were doing well, there was great energy and positive buzz about it. We knew it would get a big opening, but this big! Nobody knew even the trade experts are in shock I think,’ Farah, also a choreographer, told IANS on phone from Mumbai. She is thrilled about the fact that being a woman, her film has done so well at the box office.
‘We live in a sexist country where women are put down, treated badly and told that they can’t do things that men do. Being a woman, numbers have come like this. Not only a woman director, but no male director has also got this kind of an opening. So, we should definitely celebrate it,’ said the director, who is married to filmmaker Shirish Kunder.
Her latest film Happy New Year, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Jackie Shroff, Boman Irani, Sonu Sood and Vivaan Shah, has earned a record Rs.44.97 crore on the opening day of its release.
‘We knew it would do well because it has Shah Rukh, Deepika and me. It’s a big movie. The songs were doing well, there was great energy and positive buzz about it. We knew it would get a big opening, but this big! Nobody knew even the trade experts are in shock I think,’ Farah, also a choreographer, told IANS on phone from Mumbai. She is thrilled about the fact that being a woman, her film has done so well at the box office.
‘We live in a sexist country where women are put down, treated badly and told that they can’t do things that men do. Being a woman, numbers have come like this. Not only a woman director, but no male director has also got this kind of an opening. So, we should definitely celebrate it,’ said the director, who is married to filmmaker Shirish Kunder.
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