OffScreen With Nandakumar

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Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of a film or a series? OffScreen gives you a glipmse into the work that goes behind creating that movie or show that you enjoy with a large tub of popcorn. Cinephile Nandakumar decodes this with people from the movies and sometimes on his own. Ho…

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  • May 6, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
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Latest episodes from OffScreen With Nandakumar

807: Larger Issues Than Being Bored: Rasika Dugal on the COVID Lockdown

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2020 16:22


On the latest episode of ‘OffScreen’ we spoke to Rasika Dugal on how she’s spending her time during the lockdown, flaunting privilege on social media and the shows she’s catching up on.

806: Did Workshops With Imtiaz Ali: Vijay Varma and Aaditi Pohankar on Netflix’s ‘She’

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2020 7:28


On the latest episode of ‘OffScreen’, actors Vijay Varma and Aaditi Pohankar who are currently in Netflix’s She, talk about playing a drug dealer and cop respectively, filming difficult scenes and why this is a different setup for Imtiaz.

804: OTT Platforms Are Liberating: Kiara Advani & Ruchi Narain

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2020 15:08


On the latest episode of ‘OffScreen’ we spoke to the team of Netflix’s Guilty, Kiara Advani and Ruchi Narain on making the film, doing workshops and why working with OTT platforms is liberating.

803: Wanted to Raise Awareness That Violence Is Wrong: ‘Thappad’ Writer

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2020 22:39


On the latest episode of ‘OffScreen’, we spoke to Mrunmayee Lagoo, who made her screenwriting debut with ‘Thappad’, how she became a writer and more.

802: Couldn’t have made Yeh Ballet without Netflix: Sooni Taraporevala

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2020 15:26


On our latest episode of ‘OffScreen’ we spoke to the director of Netflix's 'Yeh Ballet' Sooni Taraporevala on making the film, the challenge of creating smaller films and why Netflix is a boon.

801: What Happened With Kunal Kamra Was Unjustified: Ashish Shakya

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2020 21:29


Comedian Ashish Shakya gets candid about his new stand up special 'Life is Good' on Amazon Prime, life after the AIB controversy and what happened with Kunal Kamra.

800: OTT Platforms Have Changed the Game: Gulshan Devaiah

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2020 28:08


On the latest episode of OffScreen, we speak to the team of Amazon Prime's 'Afsos' Gulshan Devaiah and Anirban Dasgupta. They talk about making the show, the rise of OTT platforms and how Bollywood has changed.

799: Have Always Been a Filmmaker on the Margins: Dibakar Banerjee

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2020 11:34


On our latest episode of ‘OffScreen’, Dibakar Banerjee spoke about how he feels like a marginal filmmaker, how actors have evolved over the years to make better choices and why the advent of OTT platforms is freeing for him.

798: A Good Remix Is Welcome: ‘Gully Boy’ Music Supervisor Ankur Tewari

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2019 19:42


Singer/music composer Ankur Tewari spoke to The Quint about his struggles over the years, the trend of remixes in Bollywood and the indie music scene in India.

797: There Are More Opportunities for Actors Like Me Now: Rasika Dugal

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2019 19:07


On the latest episode of our podcast series ‘OffScreen’, we spoke to Rasika Dugal ahead of the release of her new show on Hotstar ‘Out Of Love’ about the increase in the volume of her work, the boom of OTT platforms, her choices as an actor.

796: Kareena Shattered Notions About Pregnant Actors: Kalki Koechlin

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2019 13:34


Ahead of her podcast with BBC, we spoke to Kalki on our latest episode of ‘Offscreen’ about the life she leads aside of her movies and web shows, her social media usage and more.

795: Dhruv Sehgal on balancing being an actor and writer on Netflix's 'Little Things'

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2019 24:02


This time on OffScreen, we speak to Dhruv Sehgal the actor and writer of 'Little Things' about his writing process, acting ambitions and more.

794: Netflix's 'Upstarts' cast on making it big in Bollywood!

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2019 23:28


On this episode of 'OffScreen', we are in conversation with the cast of Netflix's new original film Upstarts Priyanshu Painyuli who we saw in Bhavesh Johi, and Chandrachoor Rai who's done a bunch of films inlcuding Dum Laga Ke Haisha. This time it’s slightly different as we’re talking to two actors, but not about what they do on screen but their life off screen. What are the challenges on a day to day basis? What do they do when an audition gets botched up?

34: Shashaa Tirupati of ‘Humma Song’ Fame on Working with AR Rahman

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2019 21:41


On this week’s episode of ‘OffScreen’ we speak to singer Shashaa Tirupati who’s sung songs like ‘The Humma Song’, ‘Baarish’, ‘Phir Bhi Tumko Chahunga’ in Hindi and also a bunch of Tamil songs in films like Ok Kanmani and Katru Veliyadai.

793: 'Bard of Blood' writers Mayank Tewari & Bilal Siddiqi on their writing process.

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2019 22:08


This week on ‘OffScreen’ we are going to be talking to the writers of Bard of Blood- Mayank Tewari who has written the screenplay, and Bilal Siddiqi who wrote the book.

792: Here's what the editor of 'Kahaani' Namrata Rao's Bollywood journey has been like!

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2019 31:28


In the fifth episode of ‘OffScreen’ we are in conversation with Namrata Rao who has worked on films like Kahaani, Love Sex Aur Dhokha, Band Baaja Baaraat, and more recently Badla and Made in Heaven, as she takes us through her Bollywood journey.

791: Hear from the dialect coaches who trained Hrithik Roshan and Kangana Ranaut!

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2019 17:27


On this week’s episode of OffScreen Ganesh Kumar who trained Hrithik Roshan for Super 30 and Sunita Sharma who trained Kangana Ranaut for Tanu Weds Manu Returns and the entire cast of Dangal talk about what it’s like to train big stars, how do you maintain the authenticity when trying to make a ‘Hindi film’ and dealing with criticism.

790: Naseeruddin Shah & Ratna Pathak Shah on 40 Years of ‘Motley’

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2019 33:15


On the third episode of our podcast series ‘OffScreen’, Naseeruddin Shah and Ratna Pathak Shah spoke about their love for theatre, why Hindi movies aren’t demanding and why the coming years are a scary time for art and artists.

789: Filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh on the art of creating thrillers

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2019 14:49


Over the last decade Sujoy Ghosh has given us some of the most memorable thrillers including Badla and Kahaani. Another addition to his thrillers is the Netflix series Typewriter. He spoke to The Quint about the challenges of crafting a thriller and living under the shadow of Kahaani.

788: Article 15 Writer Gaurav Solanki: The Art of Screenwriting and Navigating Bollywood

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2019 35:43


On the very first episode of ‘OffScreen’, Article 15 writer Gaurav Solanki spoke to us about the response to the film, some of the criticism, his writing process and the strangest things Bollywood producers have told him.

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