Strike a Pose

SOONI TARAPOREVALA'S SERIES DEBUT WAACK GIRLS ON PRIME VIDEO SHINES A LIGHT ON THE STREET DANCE STYLE OF WAACKING

- Suhani Singh

Filmmaker Sooni Taraporevala never intended to be the "patron saint" of dance but it's how she may come across with Amazon Prime Video's Waack Girls, a series which follows the formation of an all-women waacking dance crew in Kolkata. It's her second dance project after Yeh Ballet (2020), a Netflix film inspired by the true story of two Mumbai boys who aspire to perform with renowned companies abroad. "It's entirely coincidental," says Taraporevala, best known as the screenwriter of Mira Nair's Mississippi Masala (1991) and The Namesake (2006) and for her beloved directorial debut Little Zizou (2008). "I discovered Mekhola and through her discovered waacking."