Her thoughts on those who believe that being progressive does not mean being risque:

same guy or falling in love with the same man. It was also liberating to be a part of a women-centric film that is not about a social issue. Every film that is headlined by women in Hindi films doesn’t have to be a story of someone who has been raped. I am not saying anything is wrong with those films. Those are important stories to tell. But let us also have normal stories about women.”

“We never claimed to be progressive, feminist or whatever, please don’t put any such labels to our film. For me, Veere Di Wedding was an empowering film. We are not social activists. The burden of morality shouldn’t be on stories or actors. The burden of originality and being real should be on us. For me, Veere was an empowering film because we now have the courage to be flawed. If we can grant all our male characters that freedom, why can’t you grant the same freedom to your female characters?

“Secondly, did they have a problem with Gangs of Wasseypur? Was this question posed to Anurag Kashyap when all his male characters were swearing like fishermen? So their problem is not with swearing, it is with the women swearing. And that means you are a part of the problem of having a patriarchal mind-set. Feminism is not about swearing or drinking alone, it is also about choice and freedom. And if there are certain women who drink, smoke, swear and are sexually active as they are, we as women artists and filmmakers, producers and storytellers, must have the freedom to tell their stories.”

Her issue with labelling her film as a chick flick: “The problem with labels is that you are damned if you do, and damned if you don’t. It is a Catch-22.”

On working with Sonam Kapoor, her best friend in real life: “Sonam and I have worked together in three films. As long as everyone is aware and fairly realistic in their expectations of each other, then all’s good.”