India, June 20 -- Renuka Shahane directed animated short film Loop Line (Dhhaavpatti in Marathi) is getting screened at the New York Indian Film Festival, and having ventured into this new field, the actor-director is excited. Ask her if working as a director helps her be more explorative than as an actor and she says, "I do think that's it, because as an actor you are only as big as the role provided to you and the people that you work with."

She adds, "You are not creating anything beyond the script, so in that sense, you are not choosing the stories to tell. As a director, it's your vision, so you can try and add in whatever little elements that you feel."

Her film shows the plight and discrimination women go through in society and e...