Richa Chadha aims to increase the participation of women behind the camera

‘Undercurrent lab' was launched by Richa Chadha, Ali Fazal and the director of their maiden production, 'Girls will be girls', Shuchi Talati in Mumbai recently.

Richa said, “When we set out to have an all-women team, we found that there's virtually no women who work in the lighting departments in Hindi films, So our associate, Tanya Negi came up with the idea for this workshop. We are starting this training programme for women which aims to increase the participation of women behind the camera.”

Speaking about the initiative, director Shuchi Talati adds, " We applied for a grant at Berlinale Talent Footprints in February this year to set up this Lab, and won! The 'Undercurrent lab' will give the opportunity of making a solid career in the lighting department in the film industry, to our ten candidates who have been chosen after a careful series of interviews. We are thankful to folks at Arri, Berlinale, Light and Light and Gratitude House for coming on board to help us pro-bono."