Last week, we recorded our largest adda yet – with actors from across India. The names included Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Alia Bhatt, Ayushmann Khurrana, Manoj Bajpayee, Parvathy Thiruvothu, Vijay Deverakonda and Vijay Sethupathi. The actors had all made Film Companion’s list of the 100 best performances of the decade. Manoj and Vijay Sethupathi had two films each.
As you can imagine, this was a logistical nightmare – matching dates, flying in artists from outside Mumbai, figuring a location (thankfully Soho House stepped in), camera placements and lighting (it was our first 10-camera shoot) and handling the entourage of each artist (there were around 35 people who came in with 8 actors). The shoot was at 11 pm because that was the only time when schedules matched
For me, it was a high just to listen to so many different takes on the same art form. The artists had sharp differences but also many things in common. At one point, I was playing school teacher and telling Ranveer and Deepika to pause the PDA.
Anupamaa
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