Women Writers in Bollywood

As they all say,Bollywood is a big bad world out there. Especially for Writers. With the FWA fighting it out with the producers for their share of rights and labour fees, its a pain in the arse to get things straight for the poor writing clan, in Hindi film industry. And for women? Uh, fuh-get it. How many women do we see making it big…how many ordinary women?

Of course its not easy for those born in the industry to climb to the top, but the point is they are halfway on the ladder already. Anyways, I read up this interview on femina.in about Shibani Bathija who wrote My Name is Khan…not that I am too fond of the film,but nevertheless she is successful! Of course its a different thing she has family relations with the Johar Khan-daan, but what they hey…here’s a dekko at what she has to say about scriptwriting in Bollywood: http://spotlight.femina.in/full-story/a-storytellers-story/