She wanted to work so her mom could achieve her dreams. Now her hard work has won the first Oscar for an Indian film. 🌟
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00:00This is India's first ever film to win and it's two women from a country of 1.4 billion
00:26and this is India's first production to win.
00:56I think I was 23 years old, moved to Bombay with money from my neighbour and decided
01:25to meet so many people.
01:28I remember how it started was that my neighbour told me that they wanted to make a studio
01:33and make films of cute babies for their parents, like commissioned work.
01:39And I was like, okay, what is your budget for the studio?
01:42And I remember him saying 50 lakhs.
01:43I was like, why don't you give me 50 lakhs?
01:45I will go to Bombay and make a feature film.
01:48And I literally moved to Bombay.
02:10I just could not handle the situation where cinemas were just like, take your movie back
02:16because nobody talks about cricket right now.
02:18India lost the World Cup.
02:19They were like, give me an old picture, we won't use this now.
03:04India won the World Cup, India won the World Cup, India won the World Cup, India won the
03:31We are so busy working and hustling and, you know, getting to the next day, we forget
03:55to celebrate ourselves, we forget to enjoy our little things.
04:02The kind of love we are getting from around the world through the film, it's magic.