India, April 17 -- Writer Rohan Shankar is having a relaxing year after a hectic 2025 on the sets of Priyadarshan's Bhooth Bangla and Haiwaan. "It was a lot of travel and constant movement," he tells Hindustan Times in a chat. "2026 has been quite the opposite, in a good way. It's been calmer and grounded after a year of chaos," adds Rohan as he settles down for a chat about his writing career, his latest film Bhooth Bangla, its comparisons to Bhool Bhulaiyaa, and more.

Rohan says writing was more of an accident, as he wanted to pursue something creative after graduating in Physics. He tried to become a radio jockey, but a screenwriting course at an institute in Lokhandwala turned his life around. "I started writing while doing odd jobs ...