There is this global village that we live in and India is certainly with each passing day becoming a more prominent member of this terrain. This transcends every aspect of our lives, including our dance forms. One person who has passionately transferred the Latin American styles into the psyche of Mumbai and also taken what Mumbai has to offer to artists like Britney Spears and Madonna, is dance professional... 

Currently you are making a transition from being a writer to a director, at least in the world of Feature Films? It has been my experience that good directors in Mumbai are not always good writers, what’s the assurance that you will transition from being a great writer to a good director? I always wanted to direct and write, to get a complete control over the storytelling process. Yes I’ve made... 

What has been the experience moving from Delhi’s stage to setting up the Institute in Mumbai? The move from Delhi to Mumbai was rather traumatic, perhaps because it was so sudden. Although we (my partner Sanjay Sujitabh and I) had earlier contemplated shifting in 2002, it eventually happened so fast that for a few months in 2007 we were operating in both places. I have still not completely... 

What are your upcoming projects? I’m doing a movie called “Why Am I Doing This”, a fun, funny, romantic movie, then there is “First Fear”, a movie that I recently completed. It is a thriller, which actually we shot in India and has amongst others, Jackie Shroff. What was the experience like sharing screen time with Bollywood actors like Jackie Shroff? Does that mean... 

Talk to us about your evolution from Corporate to Creative? There came a point when corporate life ceased to be exciting anymore. I had no choice but to jump full time into something more exciting. Honestly speaking movies was not really a very clear dream when I made my alcohol induced decision to leave my well paying job and join NYFA. I’ve been lucky to find funding for my first feature... 

What was it about 13B that attracted you? It is a supernatural thriller and was in a league quite by itself and better than any supernatural thriller that I have dealt with. It is about a TV. The director had a vision of the film, and it was that vision that appealed to me. Any incidents about the film that played on. Given that it is this unique combination of being a supernatural thriller, yet... 

INTERVIEW WITH ACTOR- NEETU CHANDRA Tell me about your role in 13 B? Play a shy coy girl, who is a regular simple housewife, who thinks the television is a danger to her family and life. 13 B is a supernatural thriller. The effects and the production was of the highest order and really cool. It was fun working with a team which has suc h technical finesses Was Traffic Signal your first movie? No... 

Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK co-write and co-direct their films. They are originally software consultants based in the USA. They’ve been friends from Engineering College days. They’ve made a few short films in the USA. Their first feature film is the Indo-American film FLAVORS, which was very well received in the US. FLAVORS was called ‘one of the best in its genre’ by leading...