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<p><strong>Q. What has been the biggest learning from your Gully Boy Oscar campaign?</strong></p><p>You realise that the system is divided into phases, at least for the best international feature. You have to get publicists that guide you through it. You have to have screenings for members and you need a bit of muscle there. Our film has gone out, but a lot of very good things happened as well. Slowly we&rsquo;ll learn. You just start making better films, work harder.</p><p><strong>Q. You are a member of the Academy that votes for the Oscars. Have you started watching the screeners to vote for the awards?</strong></p><p>They have started arriving. The minute I am done with the promotions of Ghost Stories, I will get around to it.</p><div class="itemcenter"><amp-iframe height="62" title="" width="320" sandbox="allow-forms allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-top-navigation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" allowfullscreen src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Fsites%2Findiatoday%2Fbanner%2Fpreferred-source-new.html%3Fv%3D1.014%5Cu0026native%3D1" class="mrBt15 preferred-source-banner"> </amp-iframe></div></p><p><strong>Q. How was it working on Ghost Stories, your first in the horror genre?</strong></p><p>I thoroughly enjoyed it. I told my writer, Ensia Mirza, what I was looking for and she came back with a story of an older woman in need of palliative care (Surekha Sikri) and a nurse (Janhvi Kapoor) who comes in for three days. I wanted to work with themes and I picked fear of ageing, abandonment and death. Any horror or ghost story taps into some human fear, which is what makes them relatable.</p><p><strong>Q. What are you working on in 2020?</strong></p><p>Two shows. First up there is Made in Heaven season 2, for which we are getting the scripts locked now. That should come by the end of 2020. There&rsquo;s another show that Reema [Kagti] is leading for Amazon. Reema and I are writing our respective features together and working on one with Ruchika Oberoi.</p><div id="tab-link-wrapper-plugin"><div class="authors__container"><div class="authors__by"><div class="authlable">Published By: </div><div class="authdetaisl">Iram Ara Ibrahim</div></div><div class="published__on"><div class="authlable">Published On: </div><div class="authdetaisl">Jan 3, 2020</div></div></div><div class="sendros">--- ENDS ---</div></div>

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<p><strong>Q. What has been the biggest learning from your Gully Boy Oscar campaign?</strong></p><p>You realise that the system is divided into phases, at least for the best international feature. You have to get publicists that guide you through it. You have to have screenings for members and you need a bit of muscle there. Our film has gone out, but a lot of very good things happened as well. Slowly we&rsquo;ll learn. You just start making better films, work harder.</p><p><strong>Q. You are a member of the Academy that votes for the Oscars. Have you started watching the screeners to vote for the awards?</strong></p><p>They have started arriving. The minute I am done with the promotions of Ghost Stories, I will get around to it.</p><div class="itemcenter"><iframe scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="62" awidth="320" aheight="62" amplayout="fixed" src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Fsites%2Findiatoday%2Fbanner%2Fpreferred-source-new.html%3Fv%3D1.014" class="preferred-source-banner" loading="lazy"></iframe></div><style>.preferred-source-banner{  margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom:10px;}</style></p><p><strong>Q. How was it working on Ghost Stories, your first in the horror genre?</strong></p><p>I thoroughly enjoyed it. I told my writer, Ensia Mirza, what I was looking for and she came back with a story of an older woman in need of palliative care (Surekha Sikri) and a nurse (Janhvi Kapoor) who comes in for three days. I wanted to work with themes and I picked fear of ageing, abandonment and death. Any horror or ghost story taps into some human fear, which is what makes them relatable.</p><p><strong>Q. What are you working on in 2020?</strong></p><p>Two shows. First up there is Made in Heaven season 2, for which we are getting the scripts locked now. That should come by the end of 2020. There&rsquo;s another show that Reema [Kagti] is leading for Amazon. Reema and I are writing our respective features together and working on one with Ruchika Oberoi.</p><div id="tab-link-wrapper-plugin"><div class="authors__container"><div class="authors__by"><div class="authlable">Published By: </div><div class="authdetaisl">Iram Ara Ibrahim</div></div><div class="published__on"><div class="authlable">Published On: </div><div class="authdetaisl">Jan 3, 2020</div></div></div><div class="sendros">--- ENDS ---</div></div>

After Gully Boy and Made in Heaven, Zoya Akhtar is already back with a segment in Ghost Stories. The filmmaker might not have made it to the Oscars, but she is proving she's unstoppable.


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After Gully Boy and Made in Heaven, Zoya Akhtar is already back with a segment in Ghost Stories. The filmmaker might not have made it to the Oscars, but she is proving she’s unstoppable.


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India and Saudi Arabia held a high-level security dialogue focusing on counter-terrorism. The talks follow India's recent defence pact with the UAE amid regional security concerns.

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Donald Trump cast doubt on an attack against Representative Ilhan Omar, suggesting she staged it, after a man sprayed her with an unknown substance at a Minneapolis town hall and was arrested by police.

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Bombardier expressed grief over the Baramati Learjet 45 crash that killed Ajit Pawar and four others, said it will support investigators, and declined to comment on the cause pending a full probe.


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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s election rally in poll-bound Kerala on Thursday saw a warm and light-hearted moment when he paused his speech to acknowledge a young child in the crowd holding up his picture, drawing loud applause. Modi asked the boy to hand over the photograph, write his home address on the back, and promised to write to him personally, directing SPG personnel to handle the picture carefully as a token of the child’s affection. 

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No Stopping Her Juggernaut

After Gully Boy and Made in Heaven, Zoya Akhtar is already back with a segment in Ghost Stories. The filmmaker might not have made it to the Oscars, but she is proving she's unstoppable.

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