Farah KHAN... this bindas choreographer turned director is making Bollywood dance to her tunes
Bollywood has often been accused of hands-down chauvinism when it came to women at the helm – the coveted Director’s chair. So when top choreographer, Farah Khan, took up the challenge of a commercial flick with superstar Shahrukh Khan, skeptics
ran from pillar to post dooming Khan’s collaboration with a woman director. But the lady in question is least bothered. “I don’t think it’s (male bias) true and it depends entirely on the kind of work you do. However there may be a lot of discrimination in the industry otherwise,” says Khan who is getting ready with her next venture ‘Om Shanti Om’.
From tinsel town’s top choreographer to a top-of-the-line director and the only woman to be nominated as best director at the Filmfare awards in 2004, Farah Khan has proudly announced her capabilities to the world, in a ‘male-dominated’ field. As choreographer, her living room flaunts numerous national and international awards and she’s perhaps the only dance director from India to have been nominated for Broadway’s 2004 Tony Award as Best Choreographer for “Bombay Dreams.” So be it Shakira’s voluptuous onslaughts or SRK’s defined dance moves, Farah has truly blazed her trail all the way.
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Source: IIPM Editorial, 2008
An IIPM and Management Guru Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri's Initiative
Bollywood has often been accused of hands-down chauvinism when it came to women at the helm – the coveted Director’s chair. So when top choreographer, Farah Khan, took up the challenge of a commercial flick with superstar Shahrukh Khan, skeptics
ran from pillar to post dooming Khan’s collaboration with a woman director. But the lady in question is least bothered. “I don’t think it’s (male bias) true and it depends entirely on the kind of work you do. However there may be a lot of discrimination in the industry otherwise,” says Khan who is getting ready with her next venture ‘Om Shanti Om’.From tinsel town’s top choreographer to a top-of-the-line director and the only woman to be nominated as best director at the Filmfare awards in 2004, Farah Khan has proudly announced her capabilities to the world, in a ‘male-dominated’ field. As choreographer, her living room flaunts numerous national and international awards and she’s perhaps the only dance director from India to have been nominated for Broadway’s 2004 Tony Award as Best Choreographer for “Bombay Dreams.” So be it Shakira’s voluptuous onslaughts or SRK’s defined dance moves, Farah has truly blazed her trail all the way.
For Complete IIPM Article, Click here
Source: IIPM Editorial, 2008
An IIPM and Management Guru Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri's Initiative
