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Time of India
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Women in Their 40s: Breaking the Shadows and Embracing Change
A change in perspective is medicinal and life altering. A person, a book, an institution, a conversation, a walk, a disease, a film; can do that for you. In my case, professionally speaking, Shadowbox became the gift that kept giving. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Because Tanushree Das and Saumyananda Sahi (the directors) were generous and open at a time when my life was very tumultuous. Being at the Berlinale was not just extraordinary creative stimulation, but also a celebration of the six-year long journey with this film. As a society, women are thrust into the shadows as they enter their forties. Our worth is directly proportional to our ability to reproduce. As women fight back against these archaic ways of thinking, it will take more than platitudes of equality to calm us down. We are asking for information, access, and education to be shared. That is power. Women in films is an aggregator that is talking to this urgent need. WIF chapters around the world have seen clear success in increasing the number of women at work and better advocacy. So it's not a shot in the dark and hope and a prayer, IT is real change. Give women access to rooms where knowledge is shared and decisions are made. We are not asking for favours. The maiden outing of the WIF India chapter, was to send three of us to attend the producers network at Cannes. Seven days of rapid information shared about the various aspects of producing, case studies of models that worked and those that failed. The collective is not a warm, fuzzy, emotional relationship (nothing wrong with any of this) that can easily devolve into yet another clique, but a professional network that gains momentum with its strength of number and its desire to share information and access. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The core focus is to skill women up and close the gap between men and women in our industry. Men who become allies will only benefit from this inclusion and those who resist it, will be resisting the very idea of change, which is inevitable. To go from the Baksho Bondi collective to the WIF collective, from Berlin to Cannes, I see a pattern emerge. I am my best, when I am learning without the fear of ridicule and when I amsharing without the fear of competition. From Feb to May of 2025 I have learnt from many lives, and I hope to continue actively nurturing this collective, while I enjoy the solitude of my own creative process. One feeds the other.
Time of India
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Guneet Monga Kapoor's Women In Film India makes Cannes debut, backs female producers with global fellowship
Academy Award winner Guneet Monga's initiative, Women in Film India , is making its global debut at the Cannes Film Festival with the launch of a fellowship for producers, including . Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The first initiative kicks off at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival - a special program spotlighting three women producers from India. "With WIF India, we're putting real structure behind the idea of equality - mentorship, access, and leadership pathways," said , Founder of WIF India. She added: "This launch is just the beginning of a long term commitment in investing in women not just for today, but for the future of the Indian entertainment industry." Backed by Women In Film Los Angeles (WIF LA), WIF India joins a global coalition of over 50 chapters across six continents working to advance gender equity in the entertainment industry. To commemorate its debut, WIF India is introducing The Women in Film India Fellowship: Cannes Producers Edition, a flagship program designed to elevate mid-career women producers by providing them with access to the Producers Network at the Marche du Film at Cannes. This year's inaugural scholarship recipients include award winning actor Tillotama Shome, who has recently become a producer with a Bengali feature film, Baksho Bondi (Shadowbox). Veteran studio executive and creative producer Rucha Pathak, who has worked on films like Paan Singh Tomar, Neerja, Barfi, and most recently Madgaon Express, and Dimpy Agarwal, an independent producer known for socially conscious storytelling-also a co-producer on Baksho Bondi and involved in award-winning films like Chashma, Umeed, and Monica O My Darling-are part of the initiative. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now WIF India has also awarded an Accreditation Grant to an outstanding woman producer from the Marathi film industry, Shefali Bhushan, whose films Sthal is being showcased at the Cannes Film Market. Kirsten Schaffer, Chief Executive Officer, Women in Film said, "Our partnership with Women in Film, India marks an important step toward building a strong, interconnected community that supports women across all aspects of the screen industries." "This fellowship is a key part of the solution to ensuring that women have equal opportunity to create high quality film and television". WIF India is governed by a distinguished Board of Directors representing all facets of India's film and media ecosystem, including: Siddharth Roy Kapur, , Faye D'Souza, Anupama Chopra, , Gauri Shinde, Nikhil Advani, Jyoti Deshpande, Gayatri Yadav, Aparna Purohit, , Kanika Dhillon, Vani Tripathi, Miriam Joseph, , , and Guneet Monga Kapoor. Cannes 2025: Film Festival Bans Red Carpet Nudity Just Ahead Of Opening Night
Hindustan Times
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Sonu Nigam and Tillotama Shome alert fans as fraudsters misuse their identities to ask for favours
Singer Sonu Nigam and actor Tillotama Shome have become victims of fraudsters misusing their identities to seek favours. Taking to their respective Instagram accounts, Sonu and Tillotama Shome shared posts and alerted their fans. (Also Read | Khushbu Sundar receives message from hacker who took over her Twitter account; requests authorities to take action) Tillotama said she recently became a target of an online impersonation scam. She alerted her followers after learning that a fraudster was allegedly using her identity to seek favours from others. She shared a screenshot from a WhatsApp chat, which revealed that an unknown person was using a still from her Bengali-language film Shadowbox (Baksho Bondi) as their display picture on the messaging platform. While clarifying that the phone number being used does not belong to her, Tillotama asked the fraudster to stop impersonating her to extract favours from the people she knows. "This is not my number. The photo being used as the DP, is of our film @bakshobondifilm. It was since removed. To whoever you maybe, please don't use my name to ask the people I know for things. STOP," wrote Tillotama. A post shared by Tillotama Shome (@tillotamashome) A post shared by Sonu Nigam (@sonunigamofficial) On Instagram, Sonu clarified that no one from his team has ever reached out to anyone for any reason. He also cautioned his fans and followers if they are approached by someone on his behalf. Sonu wrote, "Important. It has come to my attention that someone has been misusing my identity online. Please note that no one from my team has ever reached out to anyone on my behalf for any reason. If someone claims to be from my management and contacts you out of the blue, please treat it with caution!" Sonu clarified that he isn't active on X (formerly Twitter). "Also, I have not been on Twitter/X for the last 8 years. A few accounts that people may believe to be mine, are actually being run by someone else, often posting controversial things under my name. If you come across such fake accounts or messages, please REPORT AND BLOCK," he added. The singer thanked his fans for their support. He concluded his note, 'Thank you to those who've flagged the issue to me. And thank you so much, my extended family, for your continued support and understanding." Sharing the post, Sonu wrote, "I just wanted to take a moment to clarify something important. If you come across any suspicious/fake messages under my name, it would be great if you could report or block the account. Thank you everyone for your support and understanding (folded hands emoji)." This incident follows closely on the heels of singer Shreya Ghoshal and actor-politician Khushbu Sundar's accounts getting hacked on X.
