India–UK Cinema: The Women Changing the Game | Anushka Shah | Ep 266 | The Mohua Show

This episode of The Mohua Show is a powerful conversation about storytelling as civic action—and why entertainment, when done right, can move people to remember, feel, and act.

Filmmaker and producer, Anushka Shah, Founder of Civic Studios speaks about building stories that travel across borders while staying rooted in purpose. From India–UK collaborations and global co-productions to climate storytelling and gender equity, this episode explores how cinema can hold both commercial ambition and moral responsibility at the same time.

A conversation about imagination as action, stories as bridges, and why hope may be the most radical narrative of our time.

What this episode is REALLY about
Not messaging alone.
Not “issue-based” cinema.
Not art without an audience.

It’s about:

• India–UK creative collaboration: What cross-border storytelling makes possible
• Christmas Karma: Reimagining Dickens through a South Asian, global lens
• Global Indian stories: Taking diaspora narratives to international audiences
• Entertainment first: Why stories must engage before they can impact
• Climate storytelling: Moving beyond doomsday narratives to hope and action
• Civic imagination: Awareness, emotion, and action as a storytelling framework
• Women and representation: Who gets to tell stories—and who gets centered
• Feminism in leadership: Empathy, trust, and confidence without aggression
• Social impact media: Measuring change without diluting creativity
• Choosing stories wisely: Audience, format, reach, and real-world relevance

If you’ve ever wondered whether stories can truly change the world—or how creators decide which stories are worth telling—this episode offers rare clarity from inside the process.