India, April 8 -- In a career that has spanned over two decades, filmmaker Vikram Malhotra has produced several films led by women, ranging from Kahaani and Queen to Shakuntala Devi and Chhorii. Yet, he vehemently disagrees with what the industry has termed such films - women-oriented films. In a chat with HT ahead of the release of his new film, Chhorii 2, the producer talks about the terminology and why it needs to go. (Also read: Chhorii 2 director Vishal Furia says Bollywood has not done 'good horror' yet: 'Nobody wants to talk about its craft')

Vikram Malhotra is producing Chhorii 2 under his banner Abundantia Entertainment, which has earlier produced films such as Sherni, Jalsa, Shakutala Devi, and more. Incidentally, all these fil...