Visual and Performing Arts
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Alankrita Shrivastava is a filmmaker in Bollywood whose sensibilities as a feminist auteur have been prominent in her work since her very first film. Her oeuvre consists of three feature films (Turning 30, 2011; Lipstick Under My Burkha, 2017; Dolly, Kitty Aur Who Chamakte Sitaare, 2020), a short anthology film (My Beautiful Wrinkles, 2020), the Amazon Prime series Made in Heaven (2019), and the Netflix Series, Bombay Begums (2021). She wrote and directed all her films and collaborated with other female writers and directors for the Amazon Prime and Netflix series.
Publication Title
Journal of Feminist Scholarship
Publication Date
Fall 2022
Volume
21
First Page
74
Last Page
79
ISSN
2158-6179
DOI
10.23860/jfs.2022.21.1
Keywords
Bollywood, female filmmakers, Alankrita Shrivastava, auteurism, film studies
Repository Citation
Siddiqui, Gohar, "Jugaad Auteurism: Alankrita Shrivastava and Feminist Bollywood" (2022). Visual and Performing Arts. 23.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_visual_performing_arts/23
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Recommended Citation: Siddiqui, Gohar. 2022. "Jugaad Auteurism: Alankrita Shrivastava and Feminist Bollywood." Journal of Feminist Scholarship 21 (Fall): 74-79. 10.23860/jfs.2022.21.1.
