Manisha Koirala, Vikramaditya Motwane Talk Convergence of Streaming and Theatrical at International Film Festival of India

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Naman Ramachandran Celebrated actor Manisha Koirala (“Bombay,” “1942: A Love Story,” “Khamoshi”) and filmmaker Vikramaditya Motwane (“Udaan,” “Trapped”) discussed the evolving landscape between theatrical and streaming platforms during a session at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa, where Koirala also revealed plans to write a comedy book about 1990s and 2000s actresses adapting to Gen Z culture. “For me as an actor, be it for the big screen or web series, it’s the same amount of work that is needed, sincerity needed.

The preparation, mind frame, everything is the same,” said Koirala, who recently starred in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s hit Netflix series “Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar.” Motwane, who directed Prime Video’s “Jubilee” and Netflix’s “Sacred Games,” noted that streaming offers more creative flexibility. “The wonderful part of streaming is that you’re not stuck to saying with theatrical that okay, you have to make a movie two to two and a half hours.

You have a story, you have a peg – this can be a movie, this can be 10 episode hour-long episodes over five seasons, this can be 20 minute episodes.” The filmmaker, whose debut feature “Udaan” screened at Cannes, revealed that “Sacred Games,” an adaptation of Vikram Chandra’s bestselling novel, served as a learning experience in series format. “Netflix said okay, here’s the book.