Writer and director Vivek Anchalia feels that is the correct time to discover all points of filmmaking as creativity is finally getting its due.
“I have been in the industry for over a decade, busy with short format including advertisements and short films before I decided to plunge into the long format of filmmaking. I have seen things closely and in the last few years I have noticed how writers, directors as well as other technicians are coming to the forefront. Also, we have another bigger medium that is full of opportunities to fall back on. Kitna kaam ho raha hai… no creative person’s work will go in vain; eventually everyone out there will get their due,” says the co-writer of the movie Rajma Chawal throughout his go to to HT workplace.
Talking about his work, Anchalia provides, “I co-wrote my first film with director Leena Yadav that was my firsthand experience of working on a long format project. Then, after I had ready-to-make scripts I knew that it was time to pursue full-time direction. It was then, my friend and director Nimesh Verma had a script in hand that we desperately wanted to reach the audience. So, that’s how I decided to take up direction. I well understand now that helming a film is completely another ball game and it changes you inside out.”
Anchalia shot his first directorial within the picturesque metropolis of Nainital. “The story had this raw mountain background and we needed 8-10 kids from that area to be part of the premise. That’s how Tikdum happened and got completed with actor Amit Sial playing the lead. A beautiful story of a small family, it has been doing rounds at international film festivals and getting rave reviews. Soon it will stream online and I am very excited to show off my directorial prowess (laughs). I am already working on my next film which will be shot in March next year.”
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