A
new
book
profiles
the
stories
of
20
trailblazing
women
who
have
been
working
in
Bollywood
away
from
the
public
gaze
-
as
studio
heads,
producers,
directors,
makeup
artists,
stylists,
script
writers,
lyricists,
editors,
choreographers,
stunt
artists
and
set
designers.
"Changemakers:
Twenty
Women
Transforming
Bollywood
Behind
The
Scenes" by
Gayatri
Rangachari
Shah
and
Mallika
Kapur
is
about
these
women
who
support
the
making
of
a
movie
and
transformBollywood.
The
authors
say
they
have
profiled
those
women
who
have
cut
through
the
ranks
of
a
traditionally
male-dominated
field
to
establish
themselves
as
undisputed
leaders
in
their
craft.
The
book
pulls
the
curtain
back
on
a
group
of
women
working
in
an
industry
that
India
is
obsessed
with,
they
say.
"This
book
is
about
women
in
Bollywood.
But
it
is
not
about
those
in
the
public
gaze.
The
lives
and
loves,
films
and
careers
of
actors
are
well
chronicled.
What
about
those
women
who
work
away
from
the
limelight,
behind
the
scenes
of
the
Hindi
film
industry?
They
belong
to
a
Bollywood
we
know
little
about,"
they
write.
In
the
book,
which
was
published
by
Penguin
Random
House
India
just
before
the
#MeToo
movement
gained
ground
in
India,
the
authors
say
about
the
campaign,
"While
India
has
not
yet
had
its
#MeToo
movement,
it
is
encouraging
to
see
more
women
speak
out
about
harassment,
whether
it's
in
the
judiciary,
in
sports
or
in
cinema.
"There
is
a
national
outpouring
of
rage
at
heinous
sexual
crimes
against
girls
and
women
that
will
hopefully
usher
in
the
beginning
of
a
zero-tolerance
movement
against
such
criminality.
We
hope
it
continues
to
fuel
a
growing
confidence
among
the
women
in
India,
who
are
increasingly
bolder,
stronger
and
less
afraid.
The
journeys
of
the
women
mentioned
in
the
book
are,
according
to
the
authors,
nothing
short
of
extraordinary.
"Charu
Khurana
took
her
fight
for
women
to
work
as
make-up
artists
in
Bollywood
to
theSupreme
Court.
Priya
Shah
is
a
director
of
photography
on
commercial
blockbusters.
Anaita
Shroff
Adajania,
who
styles
Bollywood
stars,
changed
the
way
a
generation
of
Indians
dress.
Geeta
Tandon
overcame
years
of
sexual
abuse
to
become
one
of
the
few
women
stunt
artistes
in
the
industry,
the
book
says.
Anupama
Chopra
redefined
film
journalism,
Kiran
Rao
resurrected
a
languishing
film
festival,
and
turned
the
spotlight
into
indie
cinema.
By
placing
female
characters
centre
stage,
Gauri
Shinde's
films
make
audiences
rethink
conventional
wisdom
and
social
norms.
"Juhi
Chaturvedi's
screenplays
make
sensitive
subjects
like
sperm
donation
a
topic
of
national
conversation.
Anita
Dutt
conjures
up
haunting
lyrics.
Geeta
Kapur
puts
the
oomph
in
our
dance
moves,
Shubha
Ramachandra
ensures
our
movies
are
seamless.
Amrita
Mahal
Nakai
designs
beautiful
sets
that
transport
us,
for
a
brief
while,
to
another
world.
Amrita
Pandey
helps
run
a
global
studio
that
takes
Hindi
films
to
key
overseas
markets
like
China,"
it
says.
The
book
also
talks
about
Shikha
Kapur's
marketing
of
films,
Shanoo
Sharma's
casting,
Guneet
Monga's
productions,
reputation
manager
Rohini
Iyer,
Hetal
Dedhia's
lighting
and
Sneha
Khanwalkar's
unique
music.