Ambika Hinduja and Leena Yadav prove that women can do anything that a man does, perhaps even better

One is a scion of the illustrious Hinduja family. Another is a successful director of many television serials. They are as different as they can be. But when the two got together (for a film), they gelled perfectly well. “Sometimes we don’t even have to tell things to each other, we just look at each other and know,” says Leena.

The two decided on taking none other than Amitabh Bachchan in their film, interestingly called Teen Patti. 

“We developed the script together for a year-and-half. I was very excited about it from the beginning,” says Ambika Hinduja, who is  29 but looks all of 18!

Even though she could easily rely on her billionaire family to fund her projects, this gritty girl actually went around looking for financiers for her first film ‘Being Cyrus’, of  which she was a co-producer.

“I wanted to do things on my own. It was difficult for me because people would think why was I talking to them about money when I could easily get funds from home. They wouldn’t understand my need to be independent,” said Ambika.

But this time her father (Ashok Hinduja) volunteered to finance her film on his own.  Leena had her own bit of struggle till she met Ambika. Her directorial debut, Shabd was ripped to shreds by critics.

“I worked under different circumstances at that point of time. There was a lot of pressure. I am glad that won’t happen again,” she says diplomatically.