Gauri
Shinde's
last
directorial
project
was
Shah
Rukh
Khan-Alia
Bhatt
starrer
Dear
Zindagi
in
2016.
Since
then,
the
filmmaker
hasn't
helmed
any
venture.
Recently
in
a
chat
with
a
leading
tabloid,
Shinde
spoke
about
her
break
from
direction.
She
said
that
while
the
COVID-19
pandemic
dampened
her
plans
to
direct
a
movie
after
English
Vinglish
and
Dear
Zindagi,
she
is
no
hurry
to
rush
into
anything.
A
report
in
Hindustan
Times
quoted
Gauri
as
saying,
"Yes,
my
last
film
was
in
2016
and
as
the
norm
would
have
it,
in
three
years
I
would
have
been
ready
(with
another
film).
But
unfortunately,
the
pandemic
has
hit.
I
had
no
choice,
but
there
is
no
rush.
I
really
want
to
wait
a
little
longer
to
see
where
all
this
goes."
Gauri
who
made
her
directorial
debut
with
Sridevi-starrer
English
Vinglish,
said
that
she
believes
sometimes
throws
these
things
at
you
for
you
to
take
that
break
and
see
what
you
want
to
do
is
really
worth
it.
"I
feel
there
is
no
point
in
doing
something
like
films,
because
it
takes
so
much
efforts,
strength
and
stamina
out
of
your
life
that
it
better
be
worth
it
when
you
make
one.
I
guess
somewhere
life
is
telling
me
to
hang
on
slightly
longer,"
Shinde
told
the
tabloid.
The
filmmaker
also
spoke
at
length
about
how
the
pandemic
has
shaped
up
the
entertainment
industry
and
revealed
that
she
is
missing
the
big
screen
viewing
of
films.
"Like
I
have
shot
some
ad
films
and
it
has
become
a
second
nature
where
we
have
sort
of
accepted
this
kind
of
living
like
this
for
a
while.
I
hope
it
does
not
go
on
for
too
long.
In
this
current
scenario,
we
still
have
to
work
and
a
lot
of
people
still
need
to
earn.
We
also
have
the
need
and
urge
to
channelise
our
thoughts
and
ideas.
I
am
hoping
it
shapes
up,
and
that
we
are
not
stuck
to
our
televisions.
I
enjoy
watching
a
lot
of
stuff
on
television
but
I
am
really
missing
the
theatres
and
the
outing,
because
cinema
in
all
of
our
lives
for
generations
has
meant
that
like
when
the
screen
goes
dark
and
there
are
people
around
you,
it
is
a
kind
of
community
experience
to
watch
and
enjoy
something
together,"
the
daily
quoted
Gauri
as
saying.
While
the
filmmaker
is
yet
to
announce
her
next
project,
she
is
busy
with
the
upcoming
virtual
edition
of
the
KASHISH
Mumbai
International
Queer
Film
Festival
in
which
she
is
one
of
the
judges.