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Anuparna Roy lauds Bad Girl trailer and debutant director Varsha Bharath: 'Makes you feel you are not alone'

Updated on: 23 September,2025 08:28 AM IST  |  Mumbai
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Soon after the makers dropped the trailer of Bad Girls, Anuparna Roy, who scripted history at the Venice Film Festival, was all praise for the upcoming movie and debutant director Varsha Bharath

Anuparna Roy lauds Bad Girl trailer and debutant director Varsha Bharath: 'Makes you feel you are not alone'

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Just hours after the makers of Bad Girl released the Hindi trailer of the upcoming feature, celebrated filmmaker Anuparna Roy, who scripted history at the Venice Film Festival by winning the Orizzonti Award for Best Director, lauded debutant director Varsha Bharath's coming-of-age drama. She called it a "shining" moment for Indian cinema. 

About Bad Girl


Bad Girl is headlined by actor Anjali Sivaraman and is presented by filmmakers Anurag Kashyap and Vetrimaaran, who has also produced it under his banner, Grass Root Film Company.



The film, directed by Vasha Bharath, will be distributed by Flip Films as it gears up to release theatrically in Hindi on September 26, 2025. It also stars Shanthipriya and with music composed by Amit Trivedi. Notably, Bad Girl debuted with unprecedented acclaim at the 54th International Film Festival Rotterdam, where it even won the prestigious NETPAC award. The film was released in the Tamil language earlier this month.

Anuparna Roy praises Bad Girl trailer

Impressed by the film's unique storytelling and visual grammar, Roy said she has come forward to support Bad Girl as it explores the painfully underrated theme of female agency and desire."Bad Girl has an unmistakable lived-in feel to it, which makes it universal. It is a film directed by a Tamil filmmaker that explores women's experiences across the world, but especially in our country. The social stigmas of being a girl in traditional Indian families cut deep and are immensely relatable, brought to life by Varsha and the team," she said.

The filmmaker added, "The film also makes you feel that you are not alone in your struggles, as many people are also fighting the same battle. There is a sense of sisterhood because it is a powerful female story of choices, of love, and not hate. It also reassures you that everything will be ok; you will find your space."

Roy, who earlier this month took home the coveted award for her directorial, Songs of Forgotten Trees, which revolves around the lives of two women in Mumbai, says, Bad Girl is an urgent but entertaining viewing, which chronicles a powerful story of female desire with quintessential quirk.

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