Geeli Pucchi revolves around Sensharma’s Bharti Mandal, a Dalit factory woman who vies for the position of a data manager, which is conveniently given to Aditi Rao Hydari’s Brahmin character, despite her lacking the skill set. “Sometimes, there is preferential treatment [meted out] if you belong to a certain section of the society. Konkona’s character is smarter and more experienced, but she is denied the opportunity. We see this bias in our workplaces, and it is essential to speak about it.” Interestingly, the idea of a woman factory worker had been with Ghaywan since the past six years. “I had seen a Malayalam woman factory worker when I was developing Masaan. I thought of this story then, but felt it was too radical for the universe of that film. So, I let it brew in my head for several years, and [finally] wrote the story about two women from completely different backgrounds.”

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Most would believe that the universes of Karan Johar and Ghaywan’s films have little in common. But having closely worked with the producer on the Netflix anthology, Ghaywan begs to differ. “Contrary to popular opinion, Karan has a fine [creative] sensibility. There were certain things that he suggested in the script, and I thought, ‘What an opinion! He has a good take on the film.’”