Debut director Shailja Gupta, who moved to the US six years ago, taps into the life stories of her friends to create a desi male version of Sex & The City. She promises her film deals with sexual liberation as irreverently as the American TV series doesu00a0

She's been an assistant script supervisor on the Ajay Devgn-Aishwarya Rai starrer Raincoat and the global marketing manager on Choker Bali. Shailja Gupta must have put these skills to good use when she directed her debut Walkaway, which has already created a buzz because of its comparison to the American hit series Sex & The City. It tackles everything from dowry to matching horoscopes. Excepts from an interview with the director.

Your debut Walkaway is being touted as the desi male version of Sex and The City.
Honestly, it wasn't really a conscious effort to make a Sex and the City for Indian men, but somehow after watching the film, people started telling me this. I am quite flattered, and as an afterthought, I guess they are right in a way because I have tried to showcase the different stages each character is at in his/her life and how different each one's mindset and life is. Yet, they are the best of friends; very similar to the four girls of Sex and the city.u00a0