While love and sex are used as fluff storylines in mainstream cinema, MAMI films used the themes to glorify women’s everyday assertion of agency.

Is there a place for regret, remorse or guilt in this linear narrative of the avenging woman?

Prerna Sharma works long hours at one of Mumbai’s most popular hair salons. As she begins another work day of cutting, colouring and styling her clients’ hair, she tells me about her experience of being diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome.