“For the audience, actors carry out specific roles of men and women through the character that they play out on screen. The director on the other hand is not doing a gender-specific job. So, it is irrelevant if the person who makes a particular film is a man or a woman.”

Indian film director and choreographer

Farah Khan Kunder is an Indian filmmaker, choreographer, dancer, writer, producer and actress working mainly in Hindi cinema. She is known for directing popular commercial films and for her wide body of work as a choreographer. Khan made her directing debut with Main Hoon Na in 2004, which was followed by Om Shanti Om in 2007. Both films brought her nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Director. She later directed Tees Maar Khan in 2010 and Happy New Year in 2014. Across her career, she has choreographed more than a hundred songs in over 80 films, and has won the National Film Award for Best Choreography and seven Filmfare Awards.