Sudip Sharma says he has ‘no interest’ in working with Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan: ‘I came here to tell my own story’ | – The Times of India

Bollywood megastars Shah Rukh Khan and Amitabh Bachchan symbolize a scale of fame most filmmakers aspire to collaborate with not less than as soon as in their careers. Nonetheless, Sudip Sharma — the acclaimed author and creator behind gritty dramas like Paatal Lok and Kohrra — has made it clear that chasing star energy has by no means been half of his ambition.In a current dialog with Digital Commentary, Sudip stated he doesn’t dream of directing both of the 2 icons. “No, I by no means had that want. That’s why I by no means even tried to do that sort of work. I by no means came here to work with a particular star; I came here to tell my own story, to tell the type of story I needed to tell, to make movies that I had watched and liked. That has by no means been a fascination for me. The truth is, even when the chance came, I’d be nervous as a result of it’s an enormous duty,” he shared.

‘I don’t know the way to construct autos round stardom’

Elaborating on his inventive philosophy, Sudip defined that writing with a star’s picture in thoughts doesn’t align with how he approaches storytelling.“You see, a star comes with a sure picture, after which you have got to construct a car round that picture. I don’t know the way to do this. I would like to write a personality, and whoever comes to play it ought to immerse themselves in it. I don’t need the duty of fascinated with how the followers will react or how stardom will have an effect on it. Usually, extra dialogue occurs round that than the movie itself, and I’ve no curiosity in any of that,” he added.For Sudip, the main focus stays firmly on the narrative reasonably than the movie star hooked up to it.

From NH10 to OTT acclaim

Sudip made his function screenwriting debut with NH10, headlined by Anushka Sharma. The thriller, impressed by actual-life honour killing circumstances, marked the start of his journey in function movies. He later penned the screenplay and dialogues for Udta Punjab and Sonchiriya. Whereas each movies had been praised critically, they didn’t translate into main field-workplace successes. His breakthrough, nevertheless, came in the OTT area. Sudip is the creator, showrunner and author of the extensively appreciated sequence Paatal Lok and Kohrra. He just lately co-directed Kohrra Season 2, additional increasing his inventive involvement.