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*Credit: jenny1000 for the Video*
The video link is here: https://india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2902763
Will be updating this as I watch it. Please be patient.
Many wanted the written update, so here it is:
Interviewer: Welcome to Telly Tadka
HK:Thankyou
Interviewer: We wanna know about your journey as a writer in this industry.
HK: Umm, started in 2008. Actually, started in 2007, used to write for promos for shows, but I was interested in packaging, so got in touch with Seema and Sudhir, who used to work on interesting packaging for shows. Shot with them a couple of times. And suddenly, the got an offer to write for a show called Miley Jab Hum Tum on Star One, since I was always interested in writing, they offered me if I was willing to write that. And I agreed, and that's how it all started.
Interviewer: So, as a writer you always said you wanted to write for shows, what did you before you got interested in writing for shows and promos?
HK: I started at the age of 18, in Delhi. And I started with the FM Channel. Government FM Channel. I used to write the show "Dus sey Gyaarah" as a host writer. That was my first job. This was a weekly show which used to have loads of humour, loads of salt and slice of life kind of things. Started with that. Went on to do loads of small jobs as a writer. Before, I came to Mumbai, I started assisting one of the shows on ETV Hindi called "Phir Bhi." Worked there for 5-6 months and then after suddenly, I realized that I got through National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. So, went there studied Film and Video, made loads of short films. Stayed there for around 3-4 1/2 years. Then I came back to Mumbai.
Interviewer: So, what's your take on NID?
HK: I think, it's a wonderful place. And I think I made the right decision by going there because it gave me a platform to look at the industry from a very vantage point of view, if I may say that. And then choose where I belong or where I should set up and how should I go about my career. That way, I think I got a lot of confidence in my abilities there after making short films and going through all the festivals. I think my style of storytelling got a lot of confidence in that way. And NID is not just about film, there are loads of other design professionals with me who made designing, graphic, animation. So, there was this not just a linear way of looking at things from one point of view. So, I got to do a lot of things not just writing or direction wise but got to do camera, sound, and each and everything possible. You get trained quite well there.
Interviewer: So, talking about writing. What made you decide leaving video/film production to this?
HK: See, my DNA was always of the writer's. So, I was always a writer and then went on to do if I might want to become a director. So, writing was always the basis of everything. Even, if I want to do a short film or something, I'll think of writing the idea down first. And anyways, directions one of the pillars is writing. So, I was always interested in writing. When I came to Mumbair first, I joined advertising as in a production house, assisted there for about a year or so but I got quite bored with the whole repetition of good shots and soap and all those things that you have to sell. After, I got bored, I left the job. I didn't have any job for nearly 6 months and I was looking around for work. And again, like always, writing came to my rescue. I could write, I could write humour so promos became my forte. That's how I met Seema and Sudhir and that's how television happened.
Interviewer: Now jumping on to the current projects you are doing, "Hum sey hai Life" and "Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon?" Tell us about those stories, we'll touch on other projects as well but first tell us about the stories of those shows. And ofcourse, the famous dialouge that you write in that show, the "Hello Hi Bye Bye."
HK: [Laughs] IPKKND literally fell in my lap. I was meeting Gorki, Nissar and Gul for "Hum sey Hai Life" regularly since last January. And while I was sitting with Gorki and Nissar there was constant commotion in the house about IPKKND. So, I kept on hearing about the story but I never knew that one day the story will be written by me and I will be writing the dialogues. The story was such and the characters were so waded and vivid that I gave in to the whole thing that "Yes, I want to write for such characters." And when I started, I remember that every day was a... I remember the first 5-6 episodes, I used to get a call from the Creatives saying "Key aaj iss ki entry hai, aaj iss ki entry hai." So, for the first 5-6 episodes I was just writing the entries and each character had a different flavour, different way of speaking. That always excites me. If I can differentiate between my characters just through lines and dialogues which is the basic. It always good if you can differentiate between different characters and hosts of a show or any creative piece, that interested me a lot in the show IPKKND apart from the story which I thought was...the take on the characters was quite different. And it was something which was not regularly seen in the GC space currently. So, that is what got me hooked on to IPKKND. And as far as, "Hello Hi Bye Bye" is concerned Gul literally got it out of me because I think I wasn't getting Mami's character initially at first. Maybe, I was writing the English words a little too heavy for the masses to understand and if not then, maybe I was using them too less. Then, she told me that you have to write it in a way that the masses will understand and it will become the thing for Mami. Then, I thought of something we used to say when we were kids which was "Hello Hi Bye Bye." So that's how it came along.
Interviewer: It has kinda defined Mami now.
HK: Yeah, I was surprised to see the reaction, but it's heartening to know that. [Smiles.]
Interviewer: Even the other one, I spoke to Gautam about that and "Khoon bhari taang" and the "phatti saari" and I think her dialogues are immensely hilarious. Other than that, which other character do you feel that you enjoy writing for?
HK: Uhh, two characters especially, one is Khushi definitely because of the whole spunk and besides the spunk, the rootedness of the character. And the one thing that Gul breached me in the beginning that sets the character apart "Darti hai but karti hai." Each time, I write her dialouges I keep this thing in mine that "darti hai but karti hai." So, I think it defines her place quite nicely. Shyaam's character is another one, I really like to write because his basic thing is that he's a negative character but the way that he had to be portrayed especially in the first 100-150 episodes, he was like a true charmer, like a very good person at heart. Especially, his entry when he saves Khushi. All those things were like a protagonist, he was looking like a second lead. So, I think these two characters I just love to write.
Interviewer: Coming from the GC genre to the completely youth genre in "Hum sey hai Life." How do you differentiate between different characters in terms of dialouges?
HK: It's a little difficult, because if you notice then the youth majorly speaks in a very similar type of a lingo. So, the only thing that can differentiate is the different background that they are coming from. Like Siya comes from a very aadarsh colony, a very ghetto type of a colony.
*Then he talks about his other project that is Hum sey hai Life. I won't update about that since it's not related to IPKKND 😳.*
The video link is here: https://india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2902763
Will be updating this as I watch it. Please be patient.
Many wanted the written update, so here it is:
Interviewer: Welcome to Telly Tadka
HK:Thankyou
Interviewer: We wanna know about your journey as a writer in this industry.
HK: Umm, started in 2008. Actually, started in 2007, used to write for promos for shows, but I was interested in packaging, so got in touch with Seema and Sudhir, who used to work on interesting packaging for shows. Shot with them a couple of times. And suddenly, the got an offer to write for a show called Miley Jab Hum Tum on Star One, since I was always interested in writing, they offered me if I was willing to write that. And I agreed, and that's how it all started.
Interviewer: So, as a writer you always said you wanted to write for shows, what did you before you got interested in writing for shows and promos?
HK: I started at the age of 18, in Delhi. And I started with the FM Channel. Government FM Channel. I used to write the show "Dus sey Gyaarah" as a host writer. That was my first job. This was a weekly show which used to have loads of humour, loads of salt and slice of life kind of things. Started with that. Went on to do loads of small jobs as a writer. Before, I came to Mumbai, I started assisting one of the shows on ETV Hindi called "Phir Bhi." Worked there for 5-6 months and then after suddenly, I realized that I got through National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. So, went there studied Film and Video, made loads of short films. Stayed there for around 3-4 1/2 years. Then I came back to Mumbai.
Interviewer: So, what's your take on NID?
HK: I think, it's a wonderful place. And I think I made the right decision by going there because it gave me a platform to look at the industry from a very vantage point of view, if I may say that. And then choose where I belong or where I should set up and how should I go about my career. That way, I think I got a lot of confidence in my abilities there after making short films and going through all the festivals. I think my style of storytelling got a lot of confidence in that way. And NID is not just about film, there are loads of other design professionals with me who made designing, graphic, animation. So, there was this not just a linear way of looking at things from one point of view. So, I got to do a lot of things not just writing or direction wise but got to do camera, sound, and each and everything possible. You get trained quite well there.
Interviewer: So, talking about writing. What made you decide leaving video/film production to this?
HK: See, my DNA was always of the writer's. So, I was always a writer and then went on to do if I might want to become a director. So, writing was always the basis of everything. Even, if I want to do a short film or something, I'll think of writing the idea down first. And anyways, directions one of the pillars is writing. So, I was always interested in writing. When I came to Mumbair first, I joined advertising as in a production house, assisted there for about a year or so but I got quite bored with the whole repetition of good shots and soap and all those things that you have to sell. After, I got bored, I left the job. I didn't have any job for nearly 6 months and I was looking around for work. And again, like always, writing came to my rescue. I could write, I could write humour so promos became my forte. That's how I met Seema and Sudhir and that's how television happened.
Interviewer: Now jumping on to the current projects you are doing, "Hum sey hai Life" and "Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon?" Tell us about those stories, we'll touch on other projects as well but first tell us about the stories of those shows. And ofcourse, the famous dialouge that you write in that show, the "Hello Hi Bye Bye."
HK: [Laughs] IPKKND literally fell in my lap. I was meeting Gorki, Nissar and Gul for "Hum sey Hai Life" regularly since last January. And while I was sitting with Gorki and Nissar there was constant commotion in the house about IPKKND. So, I kept on hearing about the story but I never knew that one day the story will be written by me and I will be writing the dialogues. The story was such and the characters were so waded and vivid that I gave in to the whole thing that "Yes, I want to write for such characters." And when I started, I remember that every day was a... I remember the first 5-6 episodes, I used to get a call from the Creatives saying "Key aaj iss ki entry hai, aaj iss ki entry hai." So, for the first 5-6 episodes I was just writing the entries and each character had a different flavour, different way of speaking. That always excites me. If I can differentiate between my characters just through lines and dialogues which is the basic. It always good if you can differentiate between different characters and hosts of a show or any creative piece, that interested me a lot in the show IPKKND apart from the story which I thought was...the take on the characters was quite different. And it was something which was not regularly seen in the GC space currently. So, that is what got me hooked on to IPKKND. And as far as, "Hello Hi Bye Bye" is concerned Gul literally got it out of me because I think I wasn't getting Mami's character initially at first. Maybe, I was writing the English words a little too heavy for the masses to understand and if not then, maybe I was using them too less. Then, she told me that you have to write it in a way that the masses will understand and it will become the thing for Mami. Then, I thought of something we used to say when we were kids which was "Hello Hi Bye Bye." So that's how it came along.
Interviewer: It has kinda defined Mami now.
HK: Yeah, I was surprised to see the reaction, but it's heartening to know that. [Smiles.]
Interviewer: Even the other one, I spoke to Gautam about that and "Khoon bhari taang" and the "phatti saari" and I think her dialogues are immensely hilarious. Other than that, which other character do you feel that you enjoy writing for?
HK: Uhh, two characters especially, one is Khushi definitely because of the whole spunk and besides the spunk, the rootedness of the character. And the one thing that Gul breached me in the beginning that sets the character apart "Darti hai but karti hai." Each time, I write her dialouges I keep this thing in mine that "darti hai but karti hai." So, I think it defines her place quite nicely. Shyaam's character is another one, I really like to write because his basic thing is that he's a negative character but the way that he had to be portrayed especially in the first 100-150 episodes, he was like a true charmer, like a very good person at heart. Especially, his entry when he saves Khushi. All those things were like a protagonist, he was looking like a second lead. So, I think these two characters I just love to write.
Interviewer: Coming from the GC genre to the completely youth genre in "Hum sey hai Life." How do you differentiate between different characters in terms of dialouges?
HK: It's a little difficult, because if you notice then the youth majorly speaks in a very similar type of a lingo. So, the only thing that can differentiate is the different background that they are coming from. Like Siya comes from a very aadarsh colony, a very ghetto type of a colony.
*Then he talks about his other project that is Hum sey hai Life. I won't update about that since it's not related to IPKKND 😳.*
- He talks about Miley Jab Hum Tum as his other very favourite project as it was his first.
- HK also says that he doesn't have time for any other show as his time is completely taken over by IPKKND and Hum sey hai Life.
- He talks about Hum sey hai Life.
- He gives a tip to any aspiring writer - "Just write." [Laughs]
- He wants to write for a film in the future but he tries focusing on one thing at a time.
- He wants to make sure the character performs when he writes for one.
- Then finally the interviewer congratulates him on having his first baby. And he just smiles. 😊
That's it.
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