If films come with their own destiny, Bad Girl was always destined to reach the Tamil and Hindi-speaking audience. Varsha Bharath’s maiden directorial venture was released in Tamil on September 5. Now, the Hindi version of the movie, which sees Anjali Sivaraman as a teenage girl navigating lust and love in Chennai, is set to hit theatres on September 26.  

Bharath remembers that right after scripting, many suggested she make the coming-of-age film in Hindi. “Many people asked me, ‘Why don’t you make this in Hindi? They have female leads who can mount a project without any hero.’ I was told this would make a great Hindi film. Also, the audience is much bigger for a Hindi movie. In Tamil cinema, you’re likely to have a big audience if you make something that is connected with the rural audience,” she explains.