Acclaimed director Hansal Mehta\u2019s cinema has all the gravitas needed to make thought-provoking content. Only on Day 2 of the Cinevesture International Film Festival in Chandigarh, we see his delectable sense of humour as much as his deep insight into what goes behind the scenes.<\/p>\n
In a session, he and his current muse, the talented actor Pratik Gandhi, talked about director actor-relationship and what it takes to crack the code. Mehta joked how its \u2018lazy casting\u2019, which brings him to his Scam 1992 actor once more. On a serious note, he shares how Applause Entertainment, which has produced the much-anticipated series on Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, actually roped-in Pratik first and came to him later. But then who else but Pratik, who has been playing Gandhi on stage for years would have been a better fit for the part of the Father of the Nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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