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The driving force
Updated On: 31 May, 2020 08:20 AM IST | Mumbai | Prutha Bhosle
If you aren't lucky enough to ride a BEST bus with Mumbai's first female driver, catch her in a just-released YouTube film

Pratiksha Das agreed to be a part of the film in August 2019
Mass media graduates, Uday Kotecha and Krunal Acharya, took nine months to complete the shoot of their latest project, BEST ONE. This 15 minute-long documentary celebrates the journey of a 25-year-old woman, who is Mumbai's first female bus driver. "Pratiksha Das was a junior in college. We weren't really friends, but had added each other on Facebook. Around last year, I was looking for a real story to tell through my documentary project. I came across a news article on Pratiksha, and how she was making waves in a male-dominated job. I had found my protagonist," remembers Acharya, 27.
Released on YouTube two weeks ago, BEST ONE lauds the mechanical engineer and motorcycle enthusiast, for breaking stereotypes. "In this film, she beautifully and casually leaves us with an important lesson. If you want to do something in life, just go and do it. She wanted to drive a bus and she did it! It's as simple or as complicated as that. She faced rejections for two years from the department, but kept trying. As they say, the universe falls in love with a stubborn heart," Acharya, the film's director, adds.
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