The writer-actress, who penned "That Girl In Yellow
Boots" with her husband, Anurag Kashyap, feels few
filmmakers hit the bull's eye in commercial entertainers.
"I think someone who does that well is Imtiaz Ali.
He makes commercial films, but still there's some realism
to his stories. His characters feel like people from day-to-day
life," she said.
Kalki, whose husband Kashyap is popular for distinct and
out-of-the-way films like "Black Friday", "Udaan"
and "Dev D", has been breaking stereotypes ever
since she made her Bollywood debut in 2009.
A theatre enthusiast, the 28-year-old stepped into filmdom
with "Dev D", in which she played a young girl
who becomes a victim of an MMS scandal and ends up becoming
a prostitute.
Following that, she went on to feature in movies like "Shaitan",
"Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara", "That Girl In
Yellow Boots" and "My Friend Pinto".
She feels Bollywood needs to offer stronger roles to women.
"We need a lot of bold roles in Bollywood. Until we
have a lot of those films, our mainstream actresses are
not going to take them up, because they won't be popular
or common. We need to push that.
"India is changing, women are on top in every other
realm and yet our heroines are the hero's sidekick. I hope
that more writers see that potential in women-oriented scripts,
or even if not women-oriented scripts, where the woman is
treated in a strong, powerful, real way," said Kalki,
who gives kudos to Vidya Balan's daring act in "The
Dirty Picture".