OffScreen With Nandakumar

Larger Issues Than Being Bored: Rasika Dugal on the COVID Lockdown

Wed, 06 May 2020 06:58:18 -0000

On the latest episode of ‘OffScreen’ we spoke to Rasika Dugal on how she’s spending her time during the lockdown, flaunting privilege on social media and the shows she’s catching up on.

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Did Workshops With Imtiaz Ali: Vijay Varma and Aaditi Pohankar on Netflix’s ‘She’

Wed, 08 Apr 2020 13:11:26 -0000

On the latest episode of ‘OffScreen’, actors Vijay Varma and Aaditi Pohankar who are currently in Netflix’s She, talk about playing a drug dealer and cop respectively, filming difficult scenes and why this is a different setup for Imtiaz.

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OTT Platforms Are Liberating: Kiara Advani & Ruchi Narain

Wed, 25 Mar 2020 11:42:53 -0000

On the latest episode of ‘OffScreen’ we spoke to the team of Netflix’s Guilty, Kiara Advani and Ruchi Narain on making the film, doing workshops and why working with OTT platforms is liberating.

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Wanted to Raise Awareness That Violence Is Wrong: ‘Thappad’ Writer

Wed, 11 Mar 2020 15:18:03 -0000

On the latest episode of ‘OffScreen’, we spoke to Mrunmayee Lagoo, who made her screenwriting debut with ‘Thappad’, how she became a writer and more.

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Couldn’t have made Yeh Ballet without Netflix: Sooni Taraporevala

Wed, 26 Feb 2020 06:04:04 -0000

On our latest episode of ‘OffScreen’ we spoke to the director of Netflix's 'Yeh Ballet' Sooni Taraporevala on making the film, the challenge of creating smaller films and why Netflix is a boon.

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What Happened With Kunal Kamra Was Unjustified: Ashish Shakya

Mon, 10 Feb 2020 10:23:22 -0000

Comedian Ashish Shakya gets candid about his new stand up special 'Life is Good' on Amazon Prime, life after the AIB controversy and what happened with Kunal Kamra.

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OTT Platforms Have Changed the Game: Gulshan Devaiah

Wed, 29 Jan 2020 11:31:48 -0000

On the latest episode of OffScreen, we speak to the team of Amazon Prime's 'Afsos' Gulshan Devaiah and Anirban Dasgupta. They talk about making the show, the rise of OTT platforms and how Bollywood has changed.

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Have Always Been a Filmmaker on the Margins: Dibakar Banerjee

Wed, 15 Jan 2020 08:09:15 -0000

On our latest episode of ‘OffScreen’, Dibakar Banerjee spoke about how he feels like a marginal filmmaker, how actors have evolved over the years to make better choices and why the advent of OTT platforms is freeing for him.

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A Good Remix Is Welcome: ‘Gully Boy’ Music Supervisor Ankur Tewari

Wed, 18 Dec 2019 07:02:26 -0000

Singer/music composer Ankur Tewari spoke to The Quint about his struggles over the years, the trend of remixes in Bollywood and the indie music scene in India.

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There Are More Opportunities for Actors Like Me Now: Rasika Dugal

Tue, 03 Dec 2019 20:39:43 -0000

On the latest episode of our podcast series ‘OffScreen’, we spoke to Rasika Dugal ahead of the release of her new show on Hotstar ‘Out Of Love’ about the increase in the volume of her work, the boom of OTT platforms, her choices as an actor.

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Kareena Shattered Notions About Pregnant Actors: Kalki Koechlin

Wed, 20 Nov 2019 09:14:39 -0000

Ahead of her podcast with BBC, we spoke to Kalki on our latest episode of ‘Offscreen’ about the life she leads aside of her movies and web shows, her social media usage and more.

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Dhruv Sehgal on balancing being an actor and writer on Netflix's 'Little Things'

Wed, 06 Nov 2019 08:25:52 -0000

This time on OffScreen, we speak to Dhruv Sehgal the actor and writer of 'Little Things' about his writing process, acting ambitions and more.

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Netflix's 'Upstarts' cast on making it big in Bollywood!

Wed, 23 Oct 2019 09:31:24 -0000

On this episode of 'OffScreen', we are in conversation with the cast of Netflix's new original film Upstarts Priyanshu Painyuli who we saw in Bhavesh Johi, and Chandrachoor Rai who's done a bunch of films inlcuding Dum Laga Ke Haisha. This time it’s slightly different as we’re talking to two actors, but not about what they do on screen but their life off screen. What are the challenges on a day to day basis? What do they do when an audition gets botched up?

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Shashaa Tirupati of ‘Humma Song’ Fame on Working with AR Rahman

Wed, 09 Oct 2019 11:12:30 -0000

On this week’s episode of ‘OffScreen’ we speak to singer Shashaa Tirupati who’s sung songs like ‘The Humma Song’, ‘Baarish’, ‘Phir Bhi Tumko Chahunga’ in Hindi and also a bunch of Tamil songs in films like Ok Kanmani and Katru Veliyadai.

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'Bard of Blood' writers Mayank Tewari & Bilal Siddiqi on their writing process.

Tue, 24 Sep 2019 14:34:13 -0000

This week on ‘OffScreen’ we are going to be talking to the writers of Bard of Blood- Mayank Tewari who has written the screenplay, and Bilal Siddiqi who wrote the book.

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Here's what the editor of 'Kahaani' Namrata Rao's Bollywood journey has been like!

Wed, 11 Sep 2019 16:04:50 -0000

In the fifth episode of ‘OffScreen’ we are in conversation with Namrata Rao who has worked on films like Kahaani, Love Sex Aur Dhokha, Band Baaja Baaraat, and more recently Badla and Made in Heaven, as she takes us through her Bollywood journey.

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Hear from the dialect coaches who trained Hrithik Roshan and Kangana Ranaut!

Wed, 28 Aug 2019 15:05:11 -0000

On this week’s episode of OffScreen Ganesh Kumar who trained Hrithik Roshan for Super 30 and Sunita Sharma who trained Kangana Ranaut for Tanu Weds Manu Returns and the entire cast of Dangal talk about what it’s like to train big stars, how do you maintain the authenticity when trying to make a ‘Hindi film’ and dealing with criticism.

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Naseeruddin Shah & Ratna Pathak Shah on 40 Years of ‘Motley’

Wed, 14 Aug 2019 10:37:30 -0000

On the third episode of our podcast series ‘OffScreen’, Naseeruddin Shah and Ratna Pathak Shah spoke about their love for theatre, why Hindi movies aren’t demanding and why the coming years are a scary time for art and artists.

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Filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh on the art of creating thrillers

Wed, 07 Aug 2019 08:48:24 -0000

Over the last decade Sujoy Ghosh has given us some of the most memorable thrillers including Badla and Kahaani. Another addition to his thrillers is the Netflix series Typewriter. He spoke to The Quint about the challenges of crafting a thriller and living under the shadow of Kahaani.

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Article 15 Writer Gaurav Solanki: The Art of Screenwriting and Navigating Bollywood

Wed, 31 Jul 2019 11:41:44 -0000

On the very first episode of ‘OffScreen’, Article 15 writer Gaurav Solanki spoke to us about the response to the film, some of the criticism, his writing process and the strangest things Bollywood producers have told him.

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