Anushka Sharma is over the moon with the success of her recently released web show Paatal Lok, which she has co-produced under her banner Clean Slate Filmz. The superstar-turned-producer is basking on massive adulation that her production is receiving from audiences and critics alike. However, she says her decision to turn producer at the young age of 25 came from a position of power and stardom that she could leverage to produce innovative and disruptive content for women in Bollywood. Anushka noticed that given clutter-breaking roles were hardly being written for women in the industry, she took it upon herself to change the game.

“My decision to turn producer was because I wanted to leverage the position which I had, to produce good films. I did not start producing films to make movies for me to star in. I just wanted to tell good stories. I would be sitting and talking to writers, discussing things with them and I would wonder why a certain type of films where not being written,” she said.

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Anushka added, “I realised that it was not very common for great roles to be constantly written for women in our industry. So, I wanted to take this step and create roles for actors who would fit right for the project. The vision was always to say stories which we believed were unconventional and unique.” 

Anushka also revealed that her parents have also loved Paatal Lok and are hugely proud of what she and her brother, Karnesh. “My parents have seen Paatal Lok, they have liked it and then they are very happy and proud like how any parents would be of their children’s accomplishment and appreciation they are getting for it," added the actress, before signing off.