You Asked It: Oscars, ‘Peepli Live’ & Priyadarshan

Those films released in India between 1st October 2009 and 30th September 2010 and which must have had a run in the cinemas for seven consecutive days. No type of television or internet transmission of those films should have occurred at any time prior to their theatrical release. Furthermore, the recording of the original dialogue tracks as well as the completed films must be predominantly in an Indian language or languages other than English.

What is the logic behind making films like ‘Madholal Keep Walking’, ‘Soch Lo’ and ‘Gumshuda’? After all, who will see such films?

They make such films in the hope that they will turn out to be Bheja Fry or Peepli Live!

Is ‘Bullet Train’, which Priyadarshan is making for Venus, inspired by the English film of the same name?

Yes, it is!