Divide between documentary and fiction films is false: Paromita

Says cinema means curiosity, experience, and dialogue — not preaching

Bhopal: At a special film screening organized by Azim Premji University, Bhopal, celebrated filmmaker and writer Paromita Vohra presented her powerful documentary ‘Working Girls’. The event highlighted Vohra’s belief that cinema is not about moral instruction but about curiosity and conversation. Her film — sensitive, humorous, and thought-provoking — delves into the invisible labour of women in Indian society, exploring their complex realities across different forms of work.

Working Girls: Seeing the Unseen

Lasting two and a half hours, Working Girls takes audiences into the worlds of women engaged in diverse and often stigmatized professions — from sex work, surrogacy, and egg donation to domestic labour, care-givi