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Guftagoo with Varun Grover
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In conversation with acclaimed writer Varun Grover. • Anchor: Irfan • 1:31 Intro गीत दिमाग से कहानी दिल से • 3:21 The (mis)match between serious writing and humor. • 4:20 Not a 'safe' career. Distaste for 'ordinary', 'regular', 'predictible' • 6:48 But why is 'typical' troubling? • 7:06 Uday Prakash, Creativity as Elixir • 8:52 Growing up, family, support, and Books. • 11:09 India Today helped the 'escape' • 11:59 Lucknow, Getting caught in the career trap, Scope for artistic pursuit • 14:14 Free thinking lies away from the comfort zone of home • 15:02 Banaras and BHU • 15:40 Risk and Hopes vs Safe and Dull • 17:28 Film writing vs classic writing of Literature • 18:52 'Underprepared' for being 'an author'- Not in a hurry • 19:18 Great Indian Comedy Show, The tradition of humor and the leap to Commercial American humor. Missing of the local storytelling tradition of communicating humor. • 20:26 Varun's way with Comedy • 22:15: Upbringing in UP and impact on Varun's liking for political humor. • 23:57 Beliefs that make Varun write films he does. • 25:41 Complete caution and attention for tine and space- the most important element in Cinema writing • 26:59 Aware of the privileges and prejudices that accompany those: a constant resistance in action to combat those prejudices • 29:05 Indian cinema becoming more genuine? • 30:30 The acceptance of identity- wearing your language and stories. • 31:35 Constraints in Marketing in Film Industry: Hopes • 31:56 Majhi, Ketan Mehta, 'Mobile' Cinema • 33:33 Amused? Culture of writing for free for newcomers • 34:32 Gulzar and people's references to 'obscurity' in his songs • 35:36 Hukka Baar, Dil Se, and what is simple writing? • 36:26 Industry? No rules, no timings, no identities.. • 36:47 People get magnified or nullified in a matter of days- enigmatic but also thrilling • 38:15 Irfan counters. Calls 'enigma' as a calculable product of people's actions. AnuMalik, says Varun. • 40:03 Varun's craze for songs. The 50s, 60s, 80s, and AnuMalik • 40:50 Amit Kumar, Jaspal Singh, Hemlata- 'disappeared'! • 41:11 Jatin Lalit's surprising 'exit' from the 'A league' • 43:03 Speculating/Decoding the 'enigma'- zero risk-taking approach of Bollywood • 44:48 Small budget films, Bheja Fry, Satya, Ram Gopal Verma, Company, Shool • 46:05 No Satya meant No Masaan . Satya as torchbearer for Anurag Kashyap, Jaydeep Sahni, Sheenit Amin • 46:41 Camp division in the industry for Lyricists; Hook-Like songs • 48:13 Success of Independent cinema in Hollywood • 49:08 Rajendra Krishna- Vast canvass, rich vocabulary- Anand Bakshi • 50:10 Limitations of 'alternative' block. Ye Moh Moh ke Dhaage still needs an extra Moh to match the rhythmic needs. • 51:04 Aarzu Lakhnavi, B. N. Sarkar, Raichand Boral • 51:16 Is there something amiss? • 51:24 Balancing between the needs of directors and your own wishes in songwriting • 52:09 Limitations? Yes. But striving for the 'limitless' • 52:38 Masaan, materials, inspirations- Banaras, Neeraj Ghaywan, ground research. • 53:45 Hindi Literature in Masaan; Vinod Kumar Shukl - Diwar me ek khidki rahti thee and Hataasha se ; Satyajeet Ray- Ratan Babu • 56:03- Concluding: There is always a door open. Never stop yourself.
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