Empowerment comes from empathy

Updated On: 23 November, 2022 07:31 AM IST | Mumbai | Priyanka Sharma

Wonder Women director Menon says film was born from her desire to form kinship with ladies on a similar personal journey, during her pregnancy

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Nithya Menen and Padmapriya Janakiraman in the film

Unfulfilled wishes can sometimes lead to powerful cinema. Director Anjali Menon’s Wonder Women too is rooted in one such unrealised desire. The film — starring Parvathy Thiruvothu, Nithya Menen, Amruta Subhash and Nadiya Moidu, among others — was born out of the isolation Menon experienced during her pregnancy, more than 10 years ago. “You don’t feel understood. There is so much everybody says, but there is also so much that you want to know. I would have felt much more empowered had I known more. I would have loved some empathy,” recounts the director.

Anjali Menon