For cinephiles, Maqbool is a gift that keeps on giving. But writer-director Vishal Bhardwaj had to forgo his fees for the movie. Does he regret it? Not at all. Join the filmmaker as he recounts how his stubbornness gave Bollywood one of its richest works. From his early days of playing cricket to his method of adapting literary works for the screen, we bring you a front-row view of the genius of Vishal Bhardwaj.
16 December, 2023 12:10 AM IST |

What if we told you that one of Bollywood’s gifted filmmakers had no intention of foraying into movies? That he would have rather been on the cricket pitch? Vishal Bhardwaj tells us how an injury took him from the world of sports to celluloid. He also talks about how possible collaborations with Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan were discussed but never materialised.
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