Filmmaker Akriti Singh wants the industry to be more open-minded to stories helmed by women

Akriti Singh’s directorial debut Toofaan Mail was named best movie (kids choice) at the United Kingdom Asian Film Festival. It will now be screened at IFFI this year. As a girl filmmaker, Akriti Singh concurs that it’s miles still an uphill task to discover backers for girl-led initiatives and this is why many are opting to take complete charge of their own films.

And for the same reason, Singh had turned herself into a one-man army for her directorial debut Toofaan Mail. “I would say that I have invested my entire life to make this film. The way I was able to breakthrough was that I learnt a lot of things on my own. I have written the film, acted in it, directed, edited. I have even learnt colour correction for the film and I am doing it on my own,” says Singh.

Talking about the advantages of being hands-on, the actor-filmmaker says an educational on line really helps. “It is also a lot of hard work. But when you are passionate about filmmaking it does not matter. I think it will help in my next projects. Even if I get other people work. I know what I have to instruct them to do,” she says. The 35-year-old’s directorial, Toofaan Mail was named best movie (kids choice) at the UK Asian Film Festival. It will now be screened at IFFI this year.

The movie is primarily based totally on a real incident from 1970s, in which a girl arrived on the New Delhi railway station, claiming to be the Queen of Awadh, seeking to meet Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

Talking about how open the market is for female helmed female stories, Singh says, “I think we are so used to listening stories from a male perspective and very few stories written by women. When we listen and hear stories by women, we feel different.

We feel that this is not the kind of story that we are used to. The girl perspective is very fresh and new.” Before wrapping up, Singh adds, “We need to have a more open mind and we need to have a shift in our perspective to be able to comprehend and understand women stories.”

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