Filmmaker Varsha Bharath who is getting more recognition following the OTT premiere of her debut movie, Bad Girl, which did not get a proper reception during its theatrical release.

In a recent conversation with Baradwaj Rangan in Galatta Plus, the debutant said that she considers Bad Girl as a proper commercial film. "Both the rhythm, in the way how the story was written and introducing new things in regular intervals, Bad Girl is a commercial film, according to me. Why I believe many people don't agree with it is because Bad Girl is not a man's story but a woman's story."  

Having said that, she said she can also understand why the story may not resonate with the struggles of the majority of women. She said, "I do understand why people call Bad Girl a multiplex movie. The character shown in Bad Girl and her problems do not resonate with 90 per cent of women. They have several other problems in life."

Headlined by Anjali Sivaraman, the film also stars Shanthipriya, Saranya Ravichandran, Hridhu Haroon, Teejay Arunasalam, and Sashank Bommireddipalli. The film opened to mixed reviews upon release.

Bad Girl, produced by filmmakers Vetrimaaran and Anurag Kashyap, was mired in controversy since the teaser dropped. The film's technical team comprises cinematographers Preetha Jayaraman, Jagadeesh Ravi, and Prince Anderson, editor Radha Sridhar, and composer Amit Trivedi.