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- Rohena Gera, born in 1973, is an Indian director, screenwriter and producer.
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Rohena Gera, born in 1973, is an Indian director, screenwriter and producer. Biography. Rohena Gera studied at Stanford University and Sarah Lawrence College. She works as a scriptwriter for Indian cinema. She also engages in non-profit campaigns to defend peace and equality. [1]
Jan 15, 2021 · Rohena Gera’s Sir deconstructs the idea of love; is a story for the ages. With Is Love Enough? Sir, Rohena Gera desists viewing togetherness as love’s end goal, gently uncovering the gifts of being in it instead. Written by Ishita Sengupta. Mumbai | Updated: January 15, 2021 20:14 IST. 6 min read.
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- The Universal Appeal of The Film: Love Story?
- Economic Status and Romantic Relationships
- On Making Ratna The More Matured One
- On Tillotama Shome Playing Ratna
- On Ashwin and Vivek Gomber
- Men and Patriarchy: Men Get A Lot of Pressure as Well
Gera accepts that the subject of the film is very Indian so what is it that made it appeal so universally? She says “the spirit of the film is a call to believe in your dreams to break out of society, to be who you want to be, and it’s a love story.”
On why she decided to marry the class disparity so rampant in India into a romance, she said, “The class division is something I have struggled with from a very young age. Having people who would take care of you, I remember I sat and ate from her thalibut she would never come and sit with us on the table. It felt unjust and I knew I am a part of t...
Women in Hindi films are often portrayed as the weaker sex, who let the men in their life make all the major decisions for them. However, Gera decided to reverse the trope and gave her film a female protagonist who is more mature than the man in her life. “Cinema makes us think that somehow men decide better. Ratna is clearer and her life is harder...
“Tillotamadid justice to maintaining her dignity of being a cool woman even when she has been in all kinds of difficult situations, that was the soul of the character that she hung too. And another thing is she being an optimist, in a hands of a lesser actor she may come across as silly or naïve.” She adds, “To me, that is important because that is...
Gera shares that it was not so easy to write Ashwin’s character, there was a fine line, "you can’t be disparaging, or patronising. It would be so easy for him (Ashwin) to help her (Ratna) because he has the money. But how do you do that without being disrespectful?" Speaking about actor Vivek Gomber who essayed the role of Ashwin, she says "it was ...
Gera also points out that through Ashwin she wanted to highlight how men in positions of power have a mask, and we do not know who they are. For Ashwin, she says “He uses a certain restrain and we don’t know who is he really, he has put on this mask of a dutiful son. And that is the truth for so many men in our society.” Here is our conversation wi...
Nov 18, 2020 · Around 1996, when screenwriter and director Rohena Gera was a student in New York, her mother had come to visit. The duo went to watch Robin Williams-starrer The Birdcage, a comedy focused on a gay couple.
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Feb 19, 2021 · Writer-director Rohena Gera’s heart-piercing film “Sir” examines this question by exploring the possibility of love across class in contemporary Indian society.
Gera handles the topic with sensitivity and genuineness. In an interview, Gera said that her film was not a fairytale wherein the female lead was waiting to be rescued by a ‘Prince Charming’. She added that she drew inspiration for Ratna’s character from her own observations of Indian women.
Rohena Gera is known for Sir (2018), What's Love Got to Do with It? (2013) and Kuch Naa Kaho (2003).
