Gazal Dhaliwal wrote a script of a Punjabi girl who falls in love with another girl at a wedding. It developed into a film Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga featuring Sonam Kapoor. Today’s women screenwriters write script about real women. Juhi Chaturvedi wrote Piku. Kanika Dhillon wrote Manmarziyaan. Nidhi Mehra and Mehul Suri wrote Veere di Wedding. Zeenat Lakhani scripted Hindi Medium, Pooja Dhala Surti wrote Andhadhun. These are the scripts which validate a woman’s story. Just 10 per cent are the women writers in Hindi films, where as the global average is 20 per cent. This skewed ratio is responsible for the distorted image of a woman on the screen.

The OTT platforms provide opportunities to women writers. Many web series are made by the women writers.

There is inequality in the remuneration being offered to the male writers and female writers to the extent of 10-15 per cent. Some producer-directors feel women writers would not be able to write a male protagonist effectively. Iyer wrote Raazi and is now engaged in writing a web series on crime. So such norms are no longer valid.