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.
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Chapters
0:00 – Intro — Storytelling across borders
3:31 – Christmas Karma and global Indian storytelling
9:30 – Do artists have a moral responsibility?
11:24 – Building global teams across the US, India, and UK
17:31 – Gender, leadership, and subtle bias
21:55 – What “civic imagination” really means
26:54 – Supporting women and people of color in global cinema
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