India, Aug. 11 -- When and how did you think of becoming a screenwriter?

In school, I was very good at dramatics and at extracurricular activities. I also started the school magazine in class 11. So, I could write. Then, I studied journalism. I had the idea that writing was what I wanted to do. So, the writer came first; the screenwriter followed. I started thinking of screenwriting when I was in Delhi. Around 2007, I was a reporter with Hindustan Times. I had friends who were in the music scene, or were artists, and as a journalist, I also met a lot of authors. The idea of writing a screenplay started coming to me, when I creatively engaged with an artist friend and we tried to write a play. The play didn't work out but that gave me the...