Working As Street Vendor Selling Cheese To Winning An Oscar, Know Guneet Monga's Success Story
Guneet Monga has shown how dreams turn into realities.
Guneet Monga created history by winning the first Oscar for any Indian production at the 95th Academy Awards held in Los Angeles recently.
The Elephant Whisperers, a documentary short film backed by Guneet Monga and directed by Kartiki Gonsalves made waves across the world after its Oscar win.
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It's a huge achievement for India and the two women - Guneet and Kartiki, who gave their sweat and blood to make this short film.
It's the success that glitters in front of people's eyes. But, Guneet Monga's journey to the Oscars wasn't a piece of cake.
In a recent interview, with the Humans Of Bombay Guneet narrated how she went through the struggles in her childhood.
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From working as a street vendor to dreaming about buying a house for her mom, Guneet started working at a very young age.
Speaking of her childhood days and family, the producer said, "No one knew what happened behind closed doors. My entire family was allotted a small room in a big house. Because of the fight between brothers over property - my mother was suppressed. They abused her mentally and physically.. Once, the argument got to a point where they tried to burn her alive - my father immediately called the police, grabbed us and ran out of there."
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"We then built our life anew. After years... my mom started dreaming again - She wanted a 3 bedroom house on a ground floor with 3 steps by the entrance- So specific! And I became determined to buy one for her. At 16 I started working odd jobs while balancing schoolwork¨CI sold cheese on streets, worked as an announcer at PVR, a DJ, an anchor...you name it!" Guneet said.
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The Oscar-winning producer also revealed that she started visiting Mumbai to work in films when she was in college.
"I started as a co-ordinator, then became a production manager. Whatever money came my way, I¡¯d it to give my parents...we had a dream to fulfil!" she said.
Later with their savings they managed to book a house. However, by the time it was ready, Guneet lost both her parents. "My mom had throat cancer and my dad had kidney failure. Our dream house was finally done and they couldn¡¯t live there - I was heartbroken."
She also revealed that she packed her bags, sold the house and moved to Bombay for work.
"I channeled all my energy into films. My dreams then became my director¡¯s dreams. I was always on my feet and would barely sleep 4 hours a day," Guneet was quoted as saying by the Humans Of Bombay.
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