How did modeling and films happen to an aspiring Chartered Accountant from Delhi? During my graduation, in Delhi, was doing my Computers on the side and looking to work. That did not happen, and then started my Chartered Accountancy. During those NIIT computer days, college days and also while doing my Intermediate in CA, had started modeling for fun, in college. Then given that I come from a middle... 

What made you turn a Producer, along with being the lead actor, in Dasvidaniya? Many people don’t know, I have been a producer for a while and we have a production company called LemonTea Productions, with my friend and partner, Shashant Shah, who is also the director of the film. We had been planning stuff in television, theater and so when the time came to make the first film, Dasvidaniya was... 

Q) What does it feel like to wear the Directors cap, after donning the Writer’s one for a while? A) I just joke that I am a 50 year old debutante. I just wanted to try something new and it has been a very good journey directing. I had a wonderful cast and a wonderful crew and a wonderful producer, financiers. I know this sounds mushy, but it was a dream experience for me. Q) Even the actor cast... 

A little about your journey to a filmmaker, since you don’t come from a film family? Well…. lets see where to start. Born and schooling in Bhutan where my mother exposed me to Hindi films. There was one cinema hall in the capital city Thimphu and every weeKend we watched movies there. And at an early age I started dreaming about being a part of this magical art form. From there it has... 

A little about Loins of Punjab? It’s a laugh-out-load, sing-out-proud romantic musical comedy, about a singing contest set in a small town in New Jersey. The movie is in English and has been a huge hit in India, and won many awards at international film festivals, and been critically acclaimed by press in India and the U.S. SPHERE: RELATED CONTENT Read More →

You gave that brilliant performance, underplayed, yet powerful, in Harish Saluja’s JOURNEY, with Saeed Jaffrey and Roshan Seth, what’s been going on the in creative front since? I have been acting in a number of UK TV series and films like “LD50″ an eco-thriller. also I spent a year with the Royal Shakespeare Company in the WEST END and on tour with Salman Rushdie`s... 

People may have different opinions about FANAA and KANK, but the unanimous verdict was that like it or lump it, both kept the audiences engaged and on their seats, while it enacted on the large screen. Can we expect the same from KIDNAP? I surely hope so. If KIDNAP achieves the success of FANAA or KANK no one would be happier than me. If a film is successful it means a great number of people enjoyed... 

In 2000 Sandhya Suri received a scholarship to study documentary cinema at the National Film and Television School in England, where she directed five films. Her graduation film, Safar, screened at a range of international festivals and won several awards, including Cinema du Reél (Jury Honorable Mention) at the Munich International Documentary Film Festival; it was also named the best short film...