Hindi remakes of South Indian films do not always guarantee success, but filmmaker Aarti Kadav’s Mrs., JO Baby’s Malayalam film, The Great Indian Kitchen is an official conversion. The film holds a mirror for patriarchy and talks about women’s invisible labor. Some women have also called it “social horror” on social media.

In a special conversation with India Today Digital, Aarti shared what inspired him to remake Panth film for North Indian audience.

He also opened about deep gender roles in Indian homes and his personal experiences shaped his perspective. He insisted that many of us live in “urban bubbles”, who are unaware of the struggles faced by working women.

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“Working women, many times, are shifting double. They come back, and do household work on them … Even if they have cook, the responsibility of handling the cook is on them. And it is very trigger . For me, “Aarti said, explaining why she feels forced to customize the film.

“We are in a kind of urban bubbles. I think things had changed. But when I met a lot of women – a few years younger from me, the same college or schools – I realized that they still asked Stayed at home. “You think things are getting better, but it is uneven. This is better in some homes, but in many, it is still the same. The changing mindset and approach will take time. “

He said, “I also realized whether it is Kerala in deep South or North India, Aurton ka problem is the same hi (Women’s struggles are the same). The central conversation is still the same. ,

However Aarti admits that The great Indian kitchen “more impressive and your facial film production-wise,” was, ” He deliberately made Mrs. more subtle to ensure relativity for the broader audience.

The filmmaker admitted that she was initially “nervous” how Mrs. would get the strong emotional connection with the audience already with the Great Indian Kitchen. “Sometimes, it is difficult for people to see the past and appreciate a film what it is. So I was essentially nervous,” she shared. However, she is now feeling relieved and grateful The audience has embraced the film And recognized its honesty.

At the reality of marriage

Aarti also reflected how Indian society often confuses grand weddings with the realities of marriage. “We are in the era of Indian weddings where marriages are large -scale events for families. But it is not marriage. Push People around weddings confuse both. But marriage, at their core, are very basic, “he said.

Aarti said, “In Mrs., Richa wanted to marry. She was really very impressed by this boy because she could not believe that she had found a good looking man and a doctor.”

Personal experiences shaped MRS

Aarti, making Sanya Malhotra -led film, attracted a lot from her personal experiences. “I saw my own mother, closer, passing by it. She was very ambitious, but she had to sacrifice her job. She would seek opportunities to get out and work, like Richa in the film, like Richa, in the film, No matter how young he is, “shared.

His own struggles as a filmmaker also played a role. “You are not a successful filmmaker, especially until you make a film. Even if you have made five short films, people will still ask, ‘Who are you?” I was treated more or less like a hobby because I was not bringing money.

Even in her marriage, Aarti saw transferring social expectations. “I am getting married in a classic up family. My in -laws are very good, but in the early days after marriage, I thought -my husband and I went to the same college, we were equal, and suddenly, post – Marge, I found myself surprised, ‘Why is this power structure being slanting? “

How to reach a remake

While adopting the Great Indian kitchen, Aarti deliberately made some changes to resonate the story with the North Indian audience. “In the original, the aunt (aunt) comes in, pushes her too much, locks her in a room and that all. Still will feel pressure to fulfill domestic responsibilities.

He explained his view and said, “I behaved with the original like a book and then tried to make it my own. It is not a copy of a scene-to-world, which I could easily do. But I Taking my risk-I created-some characters were slightly different, I came with my own view, and my own interpretations of the scenes. “

Some thematic changes were also made. “I did not see menstruation – related restrictions around me, and I need to be convinced to direct something. Instead, I introduced an all -main birthday party and Carva Chauth to highlight the problems of women. .The we bring out the irony of the festival – where neither husband nor wife loves for another, yet they just continue rituals for it. “

With Mrs. audience and sparking conversations resonant, Aarti hopes that the film will work as a mirror, forcing people to reflect on invisible work that women continue for both inside and outside the house. Are.