''Bachelor Girls'' is a 2016 English-language Indian documentary, exposing the stigma faced by the single woman in the modern

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. It is directed by filmmaker Shikha Makan. She is a psychology graduate from Delhi University, former radio jockey and theatre artist.

Selections

* Official Selection 35th CAAM Fest 2017, (San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival) * Official Selection 40th Asian American International Film Festival, New York, 2017 * Official Selection 14th Indian Film Festival, Stuttgart, Germany, 2017 * Vancouver International South Asian Film Festival, 2016 * International Madurai Film Festival, 2016 * Chennai International Documentary & Short Film Festival, curated screening by WMF, 2017 * Nazariya, International Women Film Festival, Hyderabad

References

7. 8. Interview with director Shikha Makan

External links

* * https://aaiff.org/2017/films/bachelor-girls/ * http://www.indisches-filmfestival.de/files/5314/9794/2902/PM_IFFS17_engl.pdf Indian documentary films Women's rights in India 2016 films 2016 documentary films {{India-film-stub