Bollywood Sex Comedy ‘Thank You for Coming’ Sets Toronto Gala: ‘All Girls Deserve to Have a Good Time’ (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com:

Naman Ramachandran Toronto Film Festival gala presentation “Thank You for Coming” is that rarity – a Bollywood sex comedy that also serves as a patriarch-bashing women empowerment tale.

Bhumi Pednekar stars as Kanika Kapoor, a Delhi food blogger and serial monogamist, who has spent her adult life seeking a satisfying love match, both emotionally and physically, but has never had an orgasm.

The morning after her engagement to a dull suitor, she wakes up satisfied, but can’t remember who’s responsible. The film is written by two women, Radhika Anand (“Broken But Beautiful”) and stand up comic Prashasti Singh and directed by a man, Karan Boolani, making his feature directing debut.

Boolani previously directed series “24: India” for Viacom18’s Colors channel and Netflix’s “Selection Day.” “It’s a really fine line between sleaze and tease in this film, and to keep it in that tease and fun space is something that I think that we worked really hard on,” Boolani told Variety. “Bridget Jones” was an obvious reference point for the film Boolani said, as was “Moonlight.” “When we were developing the script, obviously, I pushed myself away from it as [far as] possible, because inherently, I knew that it is an experience that I will never understand – at least, the female pleasure part of it,” Boolani said.