Filmmaker Varsha Bharath says she never felt represented on screen while growing up and that inspired her directorial debut ‘Bad Girl’, a Tamil coming-of-age film exploring themes of identity, desire, and societal pressure on women.

Bharath said the idea of the story was actually born out of her need to tell the story.

“I’ve never really felt represented on screen. Growing up watching a lot of Tamil movies, I never really felt like my stories were told, nor was I given the impression that my stories were important. So it was born out of a need to really watch a chick flick in my language with people who look like me,” she told PTI in an interview.

Bharath said she wanted to ensure women feel their emotions and feelings represented on screen. “Rhetoric is pretty pointless. I feel like wh

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