How did the transition from the world of words to the world of visuals come about?
It is very simple. Literature is one form of creativity and cinema is another. I feel filmmaking is a very powerful creative medium today. As I was basically into serious literature stuff, I started writing short stories and then scripts for films. My foray into films started as a script writer in Hindi. I have written scripts for Raj Kumar Santoshi [ Images ]. Lajja is the script based on my short story. Then, I worked on two scripts for him. In fact, even now, I am working on a script for him. Raj Kumar Santoshi is the one who took me to Hindi films, though I don’t know Hindi at all. So, from the world of words as a writer, I became a script writer for Govind Nihalani first and then Raj Kumar Santoshi. From Govind Nihalani, I learnt a lot about scripting and also filmmaking. So, these two people helped me a lot in me becoming a filmmaker now. How did you meet Raj Kumar Santoshi? I was doing my MA at the Madras Christian College when I went to meet Thankar Bachan who is also a writer
