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{{Infobox film
| name = That Girl in Yellow Boots
| image = That Girl in Yellow Boots.jpg
| director = [[Anurag Kashyap]]
| producer = Anurag Kashyap [[Guneet Monga]] [[Shibani Keshkamat Tait]]
| writer = Anurag Kashyap [[Kalki Koechlin]]
| starring = Kalki Koechlin [[Naseeruddin Shah]]
| music = Naren Chandavarkar [[Benedict Taylor (musician)|Benedict Taylor]]
| cinematography = [[Rajeev Ravi]]
| editing = Shweta Venkat Mathew
| studio = [[Sikhya Entertainment]] [[National Film Development Corporation of India|NFDC]]<ref>{{cite web|title=That Girl in the Yellow Boots (2011) - Financial Information|work=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|access-date=26 March 2021|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/That-Girl-in-the-Yellow-Boots#tab=summary}}</ref>
| distributor = [[IndiePix Films]]
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2010|9||[[Toronto International Film Festival|Toronto]]|2011|9|2|India}}
| runtime = 99 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi English Kannada
}}

'''''That Girl in Yellow Boots''''' is a 2010 Indian [[thriller film]] by director [[Anurag Kashyap]], starring [[Kalki Koechlin]] and [[Naseeruddin Shah]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmicafe.com/movie_page.php?movie_id=1408&value=synopsis|title=That Girl in Yellow Boots: Complete cast and crew details|publisher=Filmicafe Media Inc|accessdate=6 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100921071729/http://www.filmicafe.com/movie_page.php?movie_id=1408&value=synopsis|archive-date=21 September 2010|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The film was first screened at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/marissa-bronfman/that-girl-in-yellow-boots_b_732222.html |title=That Girl In Yellow Boots Breaks Ground For Indian Cinema at TIFF |publisher=[[Huffington Post]]}}</ref> in September 2010, followed by the [[Venice Film Festival]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/kalki-starrer-that-girl-in-yellow-boots-to-be-screened-at-venice-film-festival/ |title=Kalki starrer That Girl In Yellow Boots to be screened at Venice Film Festival |publisher=[[Bollywood Hungama]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2010/film/markets-festivals/that-girl-in-yellow-boots-1117943541/ |title=That Girl in Yellow Boots - Jay Weissberg |publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> after it played in several festivals worldwide including the South Asian International Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/that-girl-to-open-south-asian-film-fest/story-6odf8LFsCws6mdFxd4UHUN.html |title=That Girl in Yellow Boots to open South Asian film fest |publisher=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref> The commercial release however took place a year later in September 2011, both in India as well as in the U.S.<ref name=variety/>

==Plot==
Ruth ([[Kalki Koechlin]]) is a British woman who lost her sister to suicide a couple of years ago. She comes to India, to search for her father, who is of Indian descent, a man she hardly knew but cannot forget, due to a letter he had written to her, asking her to seek him out.
Without a [[work permit]], desperation drives her to work at a massage parlour, where she offers both standard massages and "happy endings". Torn between schisms, Mumbai becomes the alien yet strangely familiar backdrop for Ruth's quest. She struggles to find her independence and space as she is sucked deeper into the labyrinth of the city's underbelly. She also dates a drug addict Prashant (Prashant Prakash), who is simultaneously her saviour and tormentor. A city that feeds on her misery, a love that eludes her. In what is possibly also seen as a commentary on the cult of godmen in India, her father is shown to be a follower of one such religious cult. The film ends with Ruth hanging up her yellow boots, and quitting her job at the massage parlour and also presumably leaving the country to go back to Britain; her quest having come to a shocking end.

==Cast==
* [[Kalki Koechlin]] as Ruth
* [[Naseeruddin Shah]] as Diwakar
* [[Gulshan Devaiya]] as Chittiappa
* [[Shiv Kumar Subramaniam]] as Peter
* [[Mushtaq Khan]]
* [[Ronit Roy]] (Cameo)
* [[Makrand Deshpande]] (Cameo)
* [[Piyush Mishra]] (Cameo)
* [[Rajat Kapoor]] (Cameo)
* Divya Jagdal as Divya
* [[Kumud Mishra]] as Lynn
* Prashant Prakash as Prashant
* Pooja Swaroop as Maya
* Kartik Krishnan

==Production==

===Development===
Lead actress [[Kalki Koechlin]] who also co-wrote the film with Anurag Kashyap mentioned, "A lot of these characters were based loosely on figures that I had seen growing up in India ...Growing up as a white-skinned woman in India, I was always the odd one out – there was a certain alienation that came with that, and you end up alienating yourself because everyone comes to you like the white girl, the easy, "Baywatch," loose-moraled white girl."<ref name=huff/>

Anurag Kashyap asked Koechlin to write the first scene, to get a female perspective on the treatment of white women at Indian government offices as she personally experienced the objectification.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kalki steps into Anurag's 'boots' |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-26/news-interviews/29927420_1_yellow-boots-kalki-devd |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923132555/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-26/news-interviews/29927420_1_yellow-boots-kalki-devd |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 September 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=26 August 2011 }}</ref> He also wanted to explore the theme of child abuse; he had previously played the role of child abuser in ''[[I Am (2010 Indian film)|I Am]]'' (2010) by [[Onir]], and he himself had been a victim of child abuse for 11 years.<ref name=huff/><ref>{{cite news |title=Anurag feels child abuse pain|author=Subhash K Jha|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-11/news-interviews/28091345_1_child-abuser-anurag-kashyap-kalki-koechlin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923132543/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-11/news-interviews/28091345_1_child-abuser-anurag-kashyap-kalki-koechlin |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 September 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]]|date= 11 November 2009 }}</ref> At the writing stage Koechlin and Kashyap disagreed on the ending initially, as Koechlin wanted an optimistic ending, unlike Kashyap who wanted to portray that "...you don't always get solutions to your problems".<ref>{{cite news|title=When Kalki disagreed with Anurag|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?section=Movies&Id=ENTEN20110182891&keyword=bollywood&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA&nid=129472|publisher=[[NDTV]] Movies|date=27 August 2011|access-date=28 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924153123/http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?section=Movies&Id=ENTEN20110182891&keyword=bollywood&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA&nid=129472|archive-date=24 September 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The film had difficulty finding funding because it dealt with controversial themes like child abuse and drug addiction and "differed so vastly from his previous work". As Kashyap put it, "I wanted to break the formula that many directors and actors find themselves in."<ref name=huff/>

===Filming===
The film was shot in just 13 days. It was primarily framed in tight spaces, like apartments, massage parlours, and rickshaws leading to a "claustrophobic sense of unease that permeates the entire film".<ref name=huff/> Many of the cast members had previously worked together in theatre productions; this familiarity allowed the director to shoot the film in a shorter period of time. He admitted that he never "directed" any of the actors during the filming, "I've never told any actor what to do, only what not to do. You have to trust your actors, and I know mine inside and out."<ref name=huff/> He found the entire filming emotionally draining and tough, especially because it was made mostly on borrowed money.<ref name=toinewy/>

==Release==
After travelling to [[2010 Toronto International Film Festival]], [[67th Venice International Film Festival]] in September 2010 and International Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA),<ref>{{cite news |title='That Girl in Yellow Boots' first look revealed| url=http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2011/aug/120811-That-Girl-In-Yellow-Boots-first-look-revealed.htm |publisher=[[MiD DAY]] |date=12 August 2011}}</ref> at its New York premiere on 24 August 2011, at the [[Asia Society]], director Anurag Kashyap said, "I hope you feel the film, because you will not enjoy it."<ref name=huff>{{cite web |title=Anurag Kashyap's 'That Girl in Yellow Boots': A Must-See Film You'll Wish You Could Forget|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/26/anurag-kashyap-that-girl-in-yellow-boots_n_937445.html |date= 26 August 2011 |work=[[The Huffington Post]] }}</ref><ref name=toinewy>{{cite news |title='That Girl in Yellow Boots' to premiere in New York|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-23/news-interviews/29918165_1_girl-in-yellow-boots-kalki-koechlin-premiere |work=[[The Times of India]]|date=23 August 2011 }}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The film's commercial release, however, took over a year as it was delayed to coincide with its US release to avoid internet piracy.<ref>{{cite news |title=That Girl in Yellow Boots to release, finally|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/That-Girl-In-Yellow-Boots-to-release-finally/Article1-729722.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806030119/http://www.hindustantimes.com/That-Girl-In-Yellow-Boots-to-release-finally/Article1-729722.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 August 2011 |work=Hindustan Times |date=5 August 2011}}</ref> Indian distributors were not keen on the film, as without big Bollywood stars they did not find it viable for an international release; they mainly cater to an NRI ([[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|Non-resident Indian]]) audience. Finally US based-distributor [[IndiePix Films]] came on board for paving the way for a US release with 30 prints, all in non-NRI theatres, a rare feat for a Bollywood film. Meanwhile, the film was also sold in Scandinavian countries, Turkey, Southern Europe, and New Zealand. Its satellite rights were sold in many countries.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Girl in Yellow Boots goes to US |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-08/news-interviews/29863895_1_satellite-rights-distributors-film |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106055926/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-08/news-interviews/29863895_1_satellite-rights-distributors-film |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 November 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=8 August 2011 }}</ref> The film thus became Kashyap's first worldwide release, as it was released in 40 US theatres on 2 September by [[IndiePix Films]], on the same day of its India release. Previously, after its showing at the [[London Indian Film Festival]], Britain-based Mara Pictures picked up the film there for UK release in last quarter of 2011.<ref name=variety>{{cite web |title= U.K.'s Mara buys 'Yellow Boots': Indian pic toplines Kalki Koechlin|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118041861?refCatId=19 |date=26 August 2011 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Kashyap's '...Yellow Boots' to release in Britain|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=113644 |publisher=[[Daiji World]]|date=27 August 2011 }}</ref> Kashyap later told [[BBC News]] that he received a negative backlash from financial backers because of the film's sexual content: "A lot of people involved with the film were embarrassed about the film. A lot of people we thanked in the film who actually lent us money, they said, 'Please take our names from the film,' because they don't want somebody to see and say 'You gave the money to make this film!'"<ref>{{cite news|last=Brook|first=Tom|title=Indian film's love affair with fantasy|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-radio-and-tv-15820462|accessdate=10 February 2012|publisher=BBC News|date=2 December 2011}}</ref> ''That Girl in Yellow Boots'' is one of the few Indian films released without an [[Intermission|interval]].<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Intermission-without-permission/articleshow/9896882.cms</ref>

===Marketing===
Prior to its India release, the first look of the film was unveiled to the press on 11 August 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title= First Look: 'That Girl in Yellow Boots'|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/first-look-that-girl-in-yellow-boots/174978-8-66.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812101615/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/first-look-that-girl-in-yellow-boots/174978-8-66.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 August 2011 |publisher=[[IBN Live]] |date=12 August 2011 }}</ref>
[[MTV India]] started a "That Girl with Yellow Boots contest" asking for audition tapes from aspiring actors, the winner of which would act in future Anurag Kashyap's films.<ref>{{cite news |title=That Girl with Yellow Boots contest |url=http://mtvindia.com/yellowboots/contest.php |publisher=[[MTV]] India |access-date=28 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126142825/http://mtvindia.com/yellowboots/contest.php |archive-date=26 November 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In the run up to the film, its lead Kalki Koechlin appeared at an event, colour-coordinated, complete with yellow boots.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kalki Koechlin goes yellow|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-23/news-interviews/29914887_1_boots-bangles-film |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924124429/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-23/news-interviews/29914887_1_boots-bangles-film |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 September 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]]|date=23 August 2011 }}</ref>

===Critical reception===
The film opened to mostly positive reviews. [[Roger Ebert]] of the [[Chicago Sun-times]] gave it 3.5 out of the 4 stars, and he also noted that ' ''The film's value is in its portrait of Ruth, and her independence as a solo outsider in a vast, uncaring city.'' '<ref>{{cite web | url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20111214/REVIEWS/111219990/0/COMMENTARY | title=That Girl in Yellow Boots | work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] | date=14 December 2011 | accessdate=3 March 2012}}</ref>
In his ''[[Huffington Post]]'' review, Kia Makarechi wrote, "an unnervingly realistic portrait of unimaginable pain – is one with an ending you'll wish you could forget."<ref name=huff/> Nupur Barua of fullhyd.com rated it 7 out of 10, and said that besides the Kashyap-esque tone of despair and melancholy, That Girl in Yellow Boots is Anurag Kashyap's best until date, adding that you can watch it "only if you can handle the unspeakable".<ref>{{cite web|title=That Girl in Yellow Boots Review |url=http://www.fullhyderabad.com/profile/movies/4464/2/that-girl-in-yellow-boots-movie-review |publisher=fullhyd.com |author=Nupur Barua |date=3 September 2011}}</ref> Parmita Borah, on [[Eastern Fare Music Foundation|EF News International]], wrote, "Kalki Koechlin carries That Girl in Yellow Boots on her shoulders and does so with great panache and élan."<ref>{{cite web|title=That Girl in Yellow Boots – a Review |url=http://www.efi-news.com/2011/09/that-girl-in-yellow-boots-review.html |publisher=EF News International |author=Parmita Borah |date=13 September 2011}}</ref> Shivesh Kumar of [[IndiaWeekly]] awarded the movie 3.5 out of 5 stars.<ref name=iw>{{cite web|url=http://www.IndiaWeekly.com/MovieRatings|title=IndiaWeekly's Movie Ratings|publisher=[[IndiaWeekly]]|accessdate=14 September 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830082836/http://www.indiaweekly.com/MovieRatings/|archivedate=30 August 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.thatgirlinyellowboots.com/}}
* {{IMDb title|1580704}}

{{Anurag Kashyap}}

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