‘Parents should teach male children to respect their counterparts’, opines Surya, director of ‘Women Diaries’
In India a lot of rape cases take place but fraction of the those gets lodged with the authorities. There are NGOs who try to help victims but the scars of rape are beyond physical torture. The mental scars embeds for very long times, sometimes for a lifetime, and the victims suffer from psychological issues too. Our male dominating society too blames the females for instigating rape. But it has to stop somewhere and the societal mindset needs to be altered drastically.
Surya, who hails from Hyderabad, thinks strongly about this subject and being connected with the film industry in different roles such as line producer, executive producer etc. has taken over directing a film, Women Diaries. He wants to delve into the aftermaths of the situations after a girl or a woman is raped. He strongly believes that the society should imbibe on male child to respect the opposite gender and treat them with equality. The film will reflect on all raped victims about how to get strength. Though it is not based on any particular rape case but Nirbhaya case, Hathras case etc have inspired the screenplay. Surya has decided to make Women Diaries in three languages at the moment, i.e. Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. But he wants it to be made or dubbed in all Indian languages.
He is inspired to make a film on such topic as, there is a lot of fury in the society today against rape and atrocities on women. Hathras in Uttar Pradesh is angry with a very horrifying rape incident in recent days, also not to forget Nirbhaya case. Surya did appraoach Mugdha Godse and after the narration she was moved and immediately agreed to do the film. Under the banner of She Films, Women Diaries is produced by Sashi Vantipalli and directed by Surya. Fashion fame actress Mugdha Godse is the protagonist as a rape victim. The Women Diaries is a story that shows the real condition of an exploited woman in our society today, but together this film talks about a woman who is exploited and what she wants to do when she is in adversity.
Another big name associated with this film is Sudha Chandran who’ll reprise the role of a lawyer who helps protagonist. Sudha Chandran fights against the biggest issue of the country that is rape, molestation, sexual abuse against women.The film is about the tragic life of a rape victim and how she deals with the situation. But she is opposed and cussed by the society for doing so. In the film, Bharti is a woman who was once very happy with her parents but elopes with her lover to Mumbai. He happens to be a boozer and neglects her. One day she realises that she is going to be a mother. Bharti feels that her lover will improve by knowing about the child, but the same night her boyfriend deals her with an unknown person. Bharti gets raped. The second part of the struggle of Bharti’s life starts from here.
On this occasion, director Surya said that “There are many women in the society who are exploited and tortured, there are only a few who oppose it, so this film is not just those women who have exploited, told, and faced domestic violence but about every woman.” This is a diary of all the women with whom something has gone wrong in life. I am the father of two girls and the brother of two sisters, so I am doing this film very responsibly. My producer Sashi Vantipalli wants to give this message with this film that parents should teach their boys to respect women and till what extent should we restrict the girls?”
Producer Sashi Vantipalli released teaser poster of the movie on social media. The first schedule of the film will be done in Hyderabad and Mumbai in March 2021. The film will be made in three languages, i.e, Hindi, Telugu and Tamil and Surya expects to release Women Diaries in August, ‘21.