‘It’s a man’s world’, now, how far does that hold true. Chauvinism, as a word went out of fashion a long time ago, one might even call it obsolete, what more, even feminism has become outdated. Yes, things have more or less evened out, at least in the more affluent parts of the world. Well, there are places that still linger in darkness and we hope things will change soon. So, the matter is that, if the world has since many years stopped being a man’s playground – want proof: well, India has just had its first woman president, America will have its first very soon and Benazir will topple Musharaf sooner rather than later. Why then in such a world is cinema still a male dominion? Well, that’s the widespread feeling. Wait a minute, is that just a feeling, are we yet to wake up to facts that women have started contributing big time to cinema, behind the camera if not in front of it. Less than a week after Deepavali we hear many lady directors (or should we say directress) walking away with the rave reviews, the pats on the back and the audience support, all that in a crowd of big ones directed by their male counterparts. Let’s profile the prolific lady directors of our times. Their records, one must say are really enviable.