At the International Film Festival of India, Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Abhijat Joshi turned their on-stage conversation into a lively mix of performance, memory and craft, as Chopra sang, enacted scenes from his early struggles and unpacked how each phase of his life shaped films from “Parinda” to “1942: A Love Story” and “ 12th Fail .”

Celebrated screenwriter Joshi has worked exclusively with writer-producer-director Chopra for over 30 years, on his films such as “Lage Raho Munnabhai” and “3 Idiots”. During a session titled Unscripted – The Art and Emotion of Filmmaking, the conversation between the two long-time collaborators, on the stage at Kala Academy at the International Film Festival of India ( IFFI ), was freewheeling, peppered with anecdotes and spontaneous performances.

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