Sarah Jane Dias joins the cast of Lakadbaggha 2 – The Monkey Business as Anshuman Jha welcomes her into the expanding animal-lover vigilante universe

Actor-filmmaker Anshuman Jha has officially announced that actor and former Miss India Sarah Jane Dias has officially joined the cast of the highly anticipated sequel, Lakadbaggha 2 – The Monkey Business. The news was confirmed on Jha’s social media, where he wrote that the Lakadbaggha pack is getting “fiercer and stronger” with Sarah's entry into what he has proudly created as India’s first-ever Animal Lover Vigilante Universe. Known for her striking screen presence and versatility, Sarah has delivered powerful performances in acclaimed projects like the recent Kankhajura, the hard-hitting sports drama Inside Edge, and the internationally celebrated Angry Indian Goddesses — India’s first female buddy film that resonated with audiences worldwide. Following the success of cult action in Lakadbaggha, which introduced audiences to a unique action world where justice is served with compassion towards animals, the sequel brings even more intensity, layered characters, and high-stakes ...

Who was Muriel Box, Britain’s most prolific female film director?

She was also the first woman to win an Oscar for best original screenplay. Now a new radio documentary aims to give her pioneering work a fresh appraisal

In 1991, as a film student, I was offered £50 by a German women’s collective to shoot Muriel Box. But when the documentary director and I arrived at her home we were told that she was too ill to see us. She died a few months later aged 85. While I regret never meeting her, I’m also relieved. How terrible to have shown even a glimpse of my full ignorance of her achievements, a pioneering film-maker who had fought her way through an industry hostile to women to make a major contribution to cinema.

Box directed 13 feature films in the 1950s and early 60s and remains Britain’s most prolific female director. Her titles, made for a mainstream audience, include The Passionate Stranger, an imaginative retort to the romance novel, which boldly experiments with form; the controversial juvenile courtroom drama Too Young to Love; and Box’s favourite, The Truth About Women, an eclectic tapestry of the complex lives of women.

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