Tahira Kashyap Khurrana to make directorial debut with slice of life comedy on modern Indian female experience


By Rajesh Ahuja

After impressing with her short story Quarantine crush in the Netflix anthology Feels like ishq,  writer Tahira Kashyap Khurrana is set to make her debut as a director of a feature with Sharmaji Ki Beti, a slice of life comedy about the modern Indian female experience.

Applause Entertainment and Ellipses entertainment are collaborating for Tahira Kashyap Khurrana's debut directorial  feature Sharmaji Ki Beti, a warm and real peek into lives of modern urban Indian women, all with the common surname of Sharma.

Sharmaji Ki Beti is a story of mothers,daughters,partners,friends and ultimately,  womenhood - the perfect antidote to the default male gaze that dominates popular cinema.


Tahira Kashyap Khurrana to make her directorial debut with slice of life comedy Sharmaji Ki Beti 


This relatable  multi generational  ensemble comedy drama about the modern  female  middle class experience will be headlined by a cast comprising Sakshi Tanwar,  Divya Dutta and Sayami Kher.

The film, while true to india, also promises to resonate with Gen Z, millennial and boomers across the world,  represented by the various sharmas in the film.

Speaking about the film,  Applause Entertainment said, 'A slice of life roller-coaster of aspirations, fantasies,  families,  inadequacies,  coming of age and heartbreak, Sharmaji Ki Beti may be a story of Sharmas but it promises to strike a chord with people from all walks of life, being a story of mothers,  daughters,  partners,  friends and ultimately,  womenhood - the perfect antidote to the default male gaze that dominates popular cinema. '

Sharmaji Ki Beti marks Tahira Kashyap Khurrana's debut as a director of a  feature film.

She has previously established a niche for herself as a writer and director of several shorts,

She recently won applause from audiences and critics for her short story Quarantine crush in the anthology Feels like ishq, streamed on Netflix.

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