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Episode 06 - The Hustle

Episode 06 Award-winning producer Guneet Monga is a hustler—in every sense of the word. In this episode of Women in Labour, the founder of Sikhya films talks to Aditi and Christina about her relationship with the hustle, the side jobs she’s worked (including selling Laughing Cow cheese and DJ-ing), first moving to Bombay, and how she made and distributed her first film at the age of 22 (spoiler alert: it's genius). With special guest Guneet Monga: Guneet Monga has been redefining Indian films and their journeys with diverse new-age projects, including the Oscar-winning Period. End of Sentence (2019), The Lunchbox (2013), Masaan (2015), and Gangs of Wasseypur (2011). One of the first Indian producers to be inducted into the Producer's Branch of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts And Sciences and featured in Variety's International Women's Impact Report 2018, Guneet Monga is a force to reckon with and a game-changing producer in Indian cinema. She is the youngest person to be conferred with the ‘Most Powerful Women in Indian Business Award’ by Business Today in 2014 and was voted as one of the top 12 women achievers in the Global Entertainment Industry by The Hollywood Reporter. In 2019, Guneet won Producer of the year at the GQ awards. MORE TO READ. This 2019 LiveMint piece about Guneet: https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/guneet-monga-world-citizen-1553841314069.html This 2018 Bloomberg piece about Guneet (excerpt from ‘Changemakers’): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-10-20/excerpt-how-guneet-amarpreet-kaur-monga-transformed-bollywood MORE TO WATCH. Check out Sikhya’s projects: http://sikhyaentertainment.com/projects/feature-films/ Guneet’s 2019 TEDx talk, titled ‘Show Up’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JUhARVz8MU Guneet’s 2015 TEDx talk, titled ‘Passions- Evolving with Life’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9-M0IjNvh4 Guneet on Son of Abish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KSlJe_oADE This Quint feature on the stars of Period. End of Sentence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akbIwXA-6es A BIG THANKS Women In Labour is generously supported by a grant from the American Center, New Delhi. All opinions, findings, and conclusions are those of Women In Labour and its hosts only — and do not necessarily reflect those of the United States Department of State.
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