'Films can't change the world but start a conversation': Guneet Monga reflects on importance of making impactful films

Guneet Monga is a filmmaker to be reckoned with. The Academy Award winner recently opened up about how happy she was on how diverse the Oscars were with South Korean film Parasite winning the Best Film. On the work front, Guneet is all set to launch one of the first genre diverse anthology of seven films, Zindagi inShort as the debut content creator for Flipkart.

The seven short films made under Guneet’s production house, Sikhya Entertainment and Flipkart, have been directed and performed by some of the notable names such as Neena Gupta, Divya Dutta, Sanjay Kapoor and many more. Speaking about the same Guneet said, "Short films are a medium where you work with new filmmakers and it’s amazing to see Neena Gupta, Divya Dutta, and Sanjay Kapoor to work with us. All of them have done a very good job and are very different from each other. All are of just 10-15 minutes which take you to a whole spectrum of emotions."

Further speaking about how cinema can impact a major change in society and start a conversation around certain subjects, Guneet added, "I don’t think films can change the world but they can at least start a conversation. From Period End of Sentence, The Lunchbox to Masaan, they start a conversation. Everyone has a mobile these days – it’s like an extension of our body. It’s very interesting to see how people consume everything on mobile across cities and towns. Why we should not step up and make content for the mobile!"