‘A kadak script makes a good film’
Badhaai Do team discusses the art of filmmaking
By Surabhi Kaul
Script writing is an essential part of a film and directors spend a lot of time with the writers, according to theDirector of the film ‘Badhaai Do’, Harshvardhan Kulkarni.
Kulkarni, who was part of the Times School of Media’s Box Office talk show series organised online, added, “So, if there is any credit due in the film it goes to the writers. The script was, in Hindi film industry lingo, so ‘kadak’.”
The other panelists were Badhaai Do’s screenplay and dialogue writer Akshat Ghildial, actor Chum Darang, subtitles-in-charge Jahan Singh Bakshi and supervising director ofJunglee pictures Anup Pandey.
4 years in the making
“It all started long back for me in 2018 when I met Anup. He was developing the script with Akshat. When I heard the concept I was quite intrigued. I didn’t know much about the concept so I had to research more. So that’s when everything started falling in place. We met again and wrote the draft of the script,” said Kulkarni. He also said that making a film is an immense pressure and having more people distributes the stress across the board.
Speaking about the film’s location, Kulkarni said, “When we were starting out, the shooting was supposed to be in Delhi but then COVID-19 happened and there were logistical issues too. So, we shot in Dehradun because the city was not that badly hit by COVID-19.” But smaller cities come with their own problems, like interference from neighbours in the colony where the shoot was taking place. “We realized that living in big cities like Delhi, there is not much intrusion by neighbours, perhaps because of the high rise buildings,” Kulkarni said.
'Don't be judgemental'
Writer Ghildial said it is important not to be judgemental about the characters while writing. He said the idea of the film was to create empathy, not sympathy. The film’s script received a positive feedback from the people. “After we finished writing the script, we narrated it in front of the community and took feedback. And thankfully, we got good feedback,” he said.
The other panelists, Anup Pandey, Jahan Singh Bakshi and Chum Darang shared their views and gave their insights on the film.
The Box Office Talk Show, which is organised by the Times School of Media, invites film personalities to speak to students about careers in filmmaking. This was the third episode of the series and was moderated by Professor Gauri Chakraborty.
(The writer is a third-year student of BA (Journalism and Mass Communication).
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Script writing is an essential part of a film and directors spend a lot of time with the writers, according to the
Kulkarni, who was part of the Times School of Media’s Box Office talk show series organised online, added, “So, if there is any credit due in the film it goes to the writers. The script was, in Hindi film industry lingo, so ‘kadak’.”
The other panelists were Badhaai Do’s screenplay and dialogue writer Akshat Ghildial, actor Chum Darang, subtitles-in-charge Jahan Singh Bakshi and supervising director of
4 years in the making
“It all started long back for me in 2018 when I met Anup. He was developing the script with Akshat. When I heard the concept I was quite intrigued. I didn’t know much about the concept so I had to research more. So that’s when everything started falling in place. We met again and wrote the draft of the script,” said Kulkarni. He also said that making a film is an immense pressure and having more people distributes the stress across the board.
Speaking about the film’s location, Kulkarni said, “When we were starting out, the shooting was supposed to be in Delhi but then COVID-19 happened and there were logistical issues too. So, we shot in Dehradun because the city was not that badly hit by COVID-19.” But smaller cities come with their own problems, like interference from neighbours in the colony where the shoot was taking place. “We realized that living in big cities like Delhi, there is not much intrusion by neighbours, perhaps because of the high rise buildings,” Kulkarni said.
'Don't be judgemental'
Writer Ghildial said it is important not to be judgemental about the characters while writing. He said the idea of the film was to create empathy, not sympathy. The film’s script received a positive feedback from the people. “After we finished writing the script, we narrated it in front of the community and took feedback. And thankfully, we got good feedback,” he said.
The other panelists, Anup Pandey, Jahan Singh Bakshi and Chum Darang shared their views and gave their insights on the film.
The Box Office Talk Show, which is organised by the Times School of Media, invites film personalities to speak to students about careers in filmmaking. This was the third episode of the series and was moderated by Professor Gauri Chakraborty.
(The writer is a third-year student of BA (Journalism and Mass Communication).
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