Leena Yadav

CBFC panel members jumped in shock when I uttered the word ‘breast’: Leena Yadav

At a conversation moderated by director Shashank Khaitan, called ‘Calling the shots’, at the 49th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) on 26 November, Leena Yadav spoke about the troubles she went through during the theatrical release of her film Parched (2016), which had received great response when it travelled to several film festivals abroad. “When …

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My next film is on Sam Manekshaw’s life, says Meghna ‘Raazi’ Gulzar

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In a conversation moderated by Badrinath Ki Dulhania director Shashank Khaitan, filmmakers Leena Yadav, Meghna Gulzar and Gauri Shinde spoke about their experiences working as woman directors in Indian cinema. Yadav, who has made films like Parched (2016) and Rajma Chawal (2018), said she wasn’t taken very seriously when she started out as an editor. “I had …

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