Speaking of CT-Jalebi show...Jzee forwarded this gem to me...an interview of the writers of this show:
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What inspires you when you write a Khushi 'Arnav scene ?
Ved: Nothing inspires me . I'm a very cynical person. I don't believe in love .It's like"Halwai hai , mithai kitni bhi badiya banata ho , khud meetha nahi khayega who zaroori nahi".
Does Arnav exist in real life or is he made only for TV viewing?
Ved: If you ask me characters like Arnav do not exists in real life .If Arnav would exist , people would run away from him. Such people tend to start getting irritating to handle beyond a point. These characters are hence best fitted only in Mills & Boons. Gul ( the producer )is still a 16 year old when it comes to romance and believes passsionately in such characters ( he says fondly ).The characters we write on screen are often larger than life which is why people take to them so fondly. We are only filling colours into Gul's dream of wanting to show a fairy tale romance where the boy is harsh and the girl is a jhalli.
Rangmunch: What kind of love Story were you visualizing as a writer when you first conceived Khushi and Arnav?
Ved: The story was supposed to be passionate rightly as the title suggested it was to convey the line" Nafrat door jaane na de, Mohabbat paas aane na de." What I had in mind is not what is shown today, and what is shown was not in my mind.
Rangmunch: What do you do when you face a writers block in story or with the characters?
Ved: (laughs) We don't face one since there is no time to. But if it happens, we just bitch about stuff and get back to work.
Rangmunch: Being creative you have to switch off and on. How do you deal with varied emotions since you are working on multiple shows?
Ved: Yes, I'm creative but a machine as well at the same time. I am doing 4 shows, so everything is all over the place. I am a manager, a printing guy'and so much more ..(laughs it out). It's like I do my work as it's a job and switch off after that. I can't iron clothes or fold my shirts. My wife does that for me. Similarly when I work with all these emotions on the shows, I do that because may be I am good with that. It comes naturally to me. I'm bad at many things but good at this.[/quote]
Edited by AreYaar - 13 years ago