Hansal Mehta: Creatively, I’m in my most energetic part of my profession

Much like Pratik Gandhi’s oft-quoted dialogue from their superhit net sequence Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story– Risk hai to isk hai– director Hansal Mehta says his journey has additionally been about taking possibilities no matter failure.

The filmmaker stated 11 years in the past he determined to solely do what he “enjoys”, and since then life has been about engaged on tales which might be near his coronary heart, travelling and cooking. “Eleven years in the past, I made a decision I’ll solely do what I get pleasure from. When I say, get pleasure from, it’s just like the story ought to come from inside me, the characters ought to be those who I might uncover by way of the method of creating the movie.

“And in that, even if you take risks and if you fail, you pick up the pieces, get up and start all over again. I have started my life all over again so many times that it doesn’t worry me,” Mehta informed PTI in an interview right here.

The 54-year-old filmmaker, additionally identified for critically acclaimed motion pictures akin to Shahid, Citylights, and Aligarh, stated he’s cherishing the present part of his skilled life.

“Creatively (I am in the) most active phase of my career. I am enjoying this phase a lot. I am making films that I want to and at the same time, I am also enjoying a good life. I travel, cook, have ample time for friends, listening to music, writing. It is a good space to be in,” he added.

This part shouldn’t be solely creatively enriching but additionally his busiest.

Coming up, Hansal Mehta has a homicide thriller film with Kareena Kapoor Khan, which is presently in manufacturing in London; an action-drama with Kartik Aaryan; Scam season two and an online sequence on Mahatma Gandhi which reunites him with Pratik Gandhi.

Asked whether it is overwhelming to work with widespread stars, the National Award winner stated it’s a “privilege” for him. “I love actors and love directing them and working with them. I neither get overwhelmed or bogged down,” he stated.

Mehta tasted success in 1993 together with his debut directorial undertaking, the favored TV cookery present Khana Khazana with superstar chef Sanjeev Kapoor. After many misses on the field workplace within the early 2000s akin to Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar!!, Chhal, and Woodstock Villa, his profession turnaround got here with the biopic on slain lawyer Shahid Azmi in 2013, which gained him the National Film Award for finest director.

Looking again, the filmmaker stated he takes satisfaction in all his previous work.

“I take satisfaction in my work and I embody the work that can be very detached and never excellent. The expectations that folks have places a accountability on me and I take that severely.

“At the same time, I remind myself that whatever I have achieved is because I followed my heart and I set myself free to explore things without any fear. When I look at life ahead, it is to make films without fear,” he added.

At a time the place any and each piece of artwork can damage sentiments of individuals, the Mumbai-born director stated it’s attainable for storytellers to fearlessly.

“My intention has never been to sensationalise or to court controversy. The idea is to tell stories that otherwise remain untold, tell stories about our world so the future generations know the world they have inherited from us.”

Over the years, Hansal Mehta believes his technique of filmmaking has developed. Now, his methodology is extra free-wheeling, improvisational and never sure by a script.

“I want a democratic environment in which everybody is collaborating towards telling the story in the best way possible and creating an environment of free creativity,” he stated.