Actors Nandita Das, Shahana Goswami, director Jeo Baby, in conversation with The Hindu’s Film Correspondent Shilajit Mitra
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At The Hindu Huddle 2025, filmmakers Nandita Das, Jeo Baby, and actor Shahana Goswami come together for a compelling panel discussion moderated by The Hindu’s Shilajit Mitra, exploring how cinema is transformed when told through a more inclusive, empathetic, and honest lens. In ‘The Female Gaze: Redefining Cinema on the Global Stage,’ the panelists challenged cinematic norms, reflected on representation, and argued that the female gaze is about humanising the narrative, not just reversing the male gaze, making this a rich, thoughtful exchange under the theme India in Dialogue.