Geetanjali Rao: “Bollywood Often Takes Away The Politics Of A Person To Tell Their Story.”

Filmmaker, writer and actor Geetanjali Rao is going places with her recent animated feature film Bombay Rose. The film got its India premiere at the ongoing MAMI Film Festival and has been getting amazing reviews. Talking about the portrayals of characters in mainstream Bollywood, Geejantaji pointed out how filmmakers conveniently separate politics from the character and make a ‘safe’ film.

When asked about is it difficult to talk about social issues with people getting offended with every alternate film, Geetanjali told Hindustan Times, “All over the world, films are used to tell the audience what people want to say. No matter how great a country, every government has detractors and will always face criticism. I think it is the responsibility of all artists to speak about issues that are not being talked about. I am not talking about issues, my characters come with their issues and I have just made sure not to isolate them. Bollywood often conveniently takes away the politics of person and tells the story. If I tell the story of a privileged person, his politics will be different from one who is not so privileged.”