Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal launch Undercurrent Lab

Richa Chadha is one of the few actresses who walks the talk when it comes to gender representation in the industry. Now, Richa and Ali Fazal along with director Shuchi Talati have set up an incubation programme for women who hope to work as gaffers in the film industry.

The programme called Undercurrent Lab was launched on June 13 and is a joint partnership between Women in Film and Television Association, India (WIFT) and one of the largest lighting and grip equipment providers in Bollywood Light N Light. This incubation lab has been set up with the objective of introducing more female gaffers in Hindi films.

Richa says, “When we set out to have an all-women team, we found that there were no women in the lighting departments in Hindi films, so our associate, Tanya Negi came up with the idea for this workshop. We are starting this training programme for women which aims to increase the participation of women behind the camera. I hope that the initiative seeds in a much larger change in the way things work in this industry.”