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LEADING light

SKA: First of all, I want to say I love your work. It’s so inspiring to see the longevity you’ve had in your career. It gives me hope that I’ll be working for many years to come.

SS: Well, we’re here to tell the stories of life. So as long as we’re living, we can tell stories about it.

SKA: Yeah, it’s amazing. As actors we’re working during an incredible era of cinema. It’s powerful, and women are using their voices. We’re speaking about representation, equal pay, sexual harassment, in Hollywood and in India as well. How does this shift make you feel?

: We’re finally able to have a voice in many more ways. And I think it’s very important that we think about the things that we want

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