Rajat Aroraa is a screenwriter and film dialogue writer of Hindi films. He is most known for his films 'The Dirty Picture', 'Once Upon a Time in Mumbai' and 'Taxi Number 9211'. He received critical acclaim for national award winning movie - 'The Dirty Picture' and 'Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai', both directed by Milan Luthria. He also turned a lyricist with 'The Dirty Picture', for which he also wrote story and dialogues. Once again, writer Rajat Aroraa has teamed up with director Milan Luthria for the film 'Once Upon Ay Time In Mumbai Dobaara!'. Produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor, 'Once Upon Ay Time In Mumbai Dobaara!' is a period gangster drama and stars Akshay Kumar, Imran Khan and Sonakshi Sinha. It is a sequel to 2010 hit 'Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai'. The film is slated to be released on August 15. Screenwriter Rajat Aroraa joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on his film 'Once Upon Ay Time In Mumbai Dobaara!'.
Q. Why release date chosen for the Independence day? Any significance to patriotism? Asked by: sundar1950in
A. Not at all...but its a nice long weekend...more people can find the time to get to the theater.
Q. In writing a story for the film most of the themes are common, good over the evil. Does the dialogues make the difference. Do you keep in mind the actors when writing the script? Asked by: sundar1950in
A. I keep characters and story in mind.
Q. Does this eulogies criminal? Asked by: sundar1950in
A. Explain please.
Q. What's the story about? Asked by: sundar1950in
A. Story is a love triangle set in 80's underworld.
Q. Video game writing is also a part of screenwriter. Have you ever tried that or planned for it? Asked by: Rishi Daftary
A. Much as I like to play them I don't think I have the talent to create one!
Q. Who was your inspiration in Bollywood or Hollywood to become a screenwriter? Asked by: Rishi Daftary
A. Salim Javed, Kader Khan, Vijay Anand and many more.
Q. How was your experience working with Ekta Kapoor? Asked by: Sunil
A. Fantastic. Has always been!
Q. Is it a live story or under world drama ? Asked by: kirti
A. Do you mean Love story? yes, its a love story based in the underworld setting.
Q. Top 5 things a writer must do? Asked by: Sunil
A. Read, read, read, read, write!
Q. Why a sequel? Do you think that u missed a lot in the previous film to make an entire new one? Asked by: James
A. No, we didn't miss anything in the previous one but we had so much more to tell.
Q. I also want to be a film writer. Please share some writing tricks. Asked by: sri
A. the trick is to write. there will be days when u have not written a single word and feel terrible yet you wake up the next morning and try to write again.
Q. What is different in this film? Asked by: anurag
A. Dekho aur jaano :)
Q. Your favourite writer? Asked by: anurag
A. Salim Javed, Vijay Anand, Kader Khan...and many more.
Q. Is writing a screen play like writing a story board? Asked by: kirti
A. Yes but the drawings are in your mind.
Q. Why Bollywood always portray underworld don's as heroic in your film? New generation follow that and they even try to mimic it. Don't you think they should be shown otherwise? Asked by: Rishi Daftary
A. I believe that everybody falls in love. It happens to be a grey character this time.
Q. Your favourite books? Asked by: Vikas
A. List batane laga toh library ban jayegi :)
Q. Do you think a great story and average director can make a hit movie or director should be really good or else he will spoil a good story line Asked by: kirti
A. Everybody should be at the top of their game while making a good film.
Q. What is the process of film writing? How is diff form theatre? Asked by: fatima
A. Unfortunately I've never written for theater. I don't know how different that process is.
Q. Any regrets in life? Asked by: Sasi
A. Nope.
Q. Which movie you enjoyed writing the most? Asked by: Vikas
A. All of them but the most difficult one was 'The Dirty Picture'.
Q. How is film writing done? Asked by: Sasi
A. I am still trying to figure that out :)
Q. Your favourite film? Asked by: Vikas
A. Sholay.
Q. Would you like to direct a movie in near future? Asked by: Anuj
A. No, I've no plans to direct.
Q. How do you go about writing your screenplay? Asked by: Sasi
A. Its a lengthy process, involves, research, thinking, rewritings, etching characters etc.
Q. Tell us a bit about your journey till today. Asked by: Sasi
A. I started with television and wrote for 'CID', 'Aahat' etc. 'Bluffmaster' was my first film, I worked on the dialogues for it.
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