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Aastha Tiku calls out industry's perception that women and comedy don't go together

Updated On: 03 November, 2026 07:44 AM IST | Mumbai | Mohar Basu

Director Aastha Tiku questions the film industry's perception that women and comedy don't go together. Speaking about her surreal comedy Dreamboat, she says humour involving women is often written with sexual connotations, with the joke usually being on them

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A still from the film. Pics/By Special Arrangement, Youtube

A still from the film. Pics/By Special Arrangement, Youtube

After writing Vidya Balan-starrer Sherni (2021), Aastha Tiku has taken a different route with her directorial debut, Dreamboat. The short film is an unusual story featuring a talking crow, a pillow, and a girl with a boyfriend — elements that came to Tiku in a dream. “I had a dream about certain symbols. I woke up and recorded it in my journal. The next few months were spent working on it. So, Dreamboat is right out of my subconscious,” she said.

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