Bhumi Pednekar recently featured in a short film helmed by film-maker Zoya Akhtar, and said it was empowering to work with her.
In an interview with IANS, the Dum Laga Ke Haisha actress said, “I think I am very privileged to get a chance to work with her (Akhtar). She is so brilliant to work with. It is empowering to work with a woman this strong and clear”.
The 27-year-old stated how it was her first time working with a woman director and was a refreshing change to do so. “Her thinking is so different… I think Zoya is a genius and it’s an honour and privilege for me to work with her,” she further added.
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The film’s theme is Love and Lust, and is Bhumi’s first short film appearance too. She says, “Because I think when you do a film like this, you can experiment a lot with yourself. You can break boundaries and sort of break a lot of stereotypes, technical and creative clichés that happen to be in our films. It is complete freedom of creativity in a format like this. It was a great experience. I have had such blast shooting for this film.”
“She has always been on my wish list. I did it because she was making it, and then I read the script and then I thought ‘There is no way I am letting go of this’,” she signed off.
The actress will be seen along with Akshay Kumar in Toilet: Ek Prem Katha and Ayushmann Khuranna in Shubh Mangal Savdhan.
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