Patriarchy, class, gender, sexuality are good to explore: Neeraj Ghaywan

National Award-winning director Neeraj Ghaywan, who shot to fame helming "Masaan", is wielding the megaphone back in the upcoming anthology "Ajeeb Daastaans". He has directed the segment titled "GeeliPucchi" starring AditiRaoHydari and KonkonaSen Sharma. The story traces a lesbian romance between its two female protagonists, but goes beyond its relationship plot to look at the complexity of patriarchy, class, gender and sexuality, which he feels is good to explore.

This is not the first time that Ghaywan has brought forward these elements in his work. His globally-feted 2015 release "Masaan" showcased all these, too.

So much is said lately about inclusivity and yet sections of society continue to suffer, and remain marginalised. The issue, of course, is more complicated than it seems, feels Ghaywan.

"If you are talking about the marginalised communities and the subaltern, there is never a single identity. They are fused identities. There's intersection specifically with women. For instance, both of them (Aditi and Konkana) are subject to patriarchy, even though they come from different sections of society (and) different communities," Ghayan said. He said just like the characters suffer in the film, it happens in real life, too.

"They are both victims but at the same time pursuing a job, a career. They experience different treatment and this is true in all of India. I am more interested not just about a particular community or, of course, nobody talks about it as much as we should and that has been my penchant to bring out these stories," he added.

Ghaywan's intent with "GeeliPucchi" was to get into the "complexity of intersection, which we don't talk much about in the industry"."See, patriarchy or class or gender or sexuality — or all of these things — are good to explore, and that is what my intent was," he said.

Talking about the interesting title he reserved for "GeeliPucchi", Ghaywan said: "It was a part of a dialogue, and I felt it was a key point of inflection between the two characters. I think it is a click-bait title, too." (IANS)

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