"The vigour with which the par
ticipants interacted and quest ioned about the craft, sends
a clear signal that we are taking our writing very seriou
sly,” said Anjum Rajabali, at the screenwriting workshop con ducted at Whistling Woods Inte rnational"
~ The five-day workshop saw a
huge participation and witness ed the presence of renowned
screenwriters from the film industry~
Mumbai, 14 March 2017: Whistli
ng Woods International (WWI), Asia’s premier Film, Communica
tion and Media Arts institute, conducted a five-day
screenwriting workshop for its filmmaking students and
other participants, from 1st March to 5th March 2017, at
their campus in Filmcity, Gore gaon East. Hosted by industry
stalwart and Head ofScreenwrit ing at WWI, Anjum Rajabali,
the workshop aimed at developing and further enhanci
ng the screenwriting skills of the participants.
The workshop was a golden oppo
rtunity for all the aspiring writers, and also a useful
workshop for professional writers to further improvise
and strengthen their understan ding of the craft in detail,
with the changing needs of writing for the movies. Some
of the biggest and most celebrated names in the
Indian screenwriting space, shared their valuable experien
ces with the participants and made it more interactive. The
objective of the workshop was to build a confident grasp of
screenwriting principles in th e participants, which would fu
rther help free their original creativity.
There were several know names
from the Indian television & f ilm industry who participated
in the screenwritingworkshop. The professionals
participating mentioned that it was an invigorating
experience, as many of them came back to learning after
working for several years in the industry.
“I’m excited to be a student a
gain. I passed out in 1993, po st three years of my acting tr
aining. And now after 1993, in 2017 I’m attending the screen
writing workshop. It is a great experience to be a stude
nt and just listen to an exper t who is a well-read person
and learn from him who knows a lot about scriptwriting.
For me, it is a very thrilling experience”, said An up Soni, film & television actor about the workshop at WWI.
In the last couple of years, t
he Indian film industry has wi tnessed a renaissance of sorts
, in terms of content and screenplay. With the changing
scenario of screenwriting, more films are breaking the
conventional mould, relying confidently on bold scripts,
which are widely accepted by the audiences. On the first
day, the participants were given inputs by the
professionals on the basics of screenwriting followed by
a specific feedback given on h ow to turn stories into script
s, looking into the thematic issues and the script's
potential on the second day. The remaining three days were
dedicated to improvise those scripts under the guidance of
experts from the industry.
The workshop also witnessed th
e presence of well-known names from the Hindi film industry
who shared their guidance with the participants
attending the workshop. The guest speakers included
renowned director & screen writers like, Jaideep Sahni (
Chak De! India), Shakun Batra (Kapoor & Sons), Gauri Shinde
(Dear Zindagi), Shridhar Raghavan (Dum Maaro Dum),
Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari (Nil Battey Sannata), Juhi Chaturve
di (Piku) and Sriram Raghavan (Badlapur) to name a few.
Talking about the workshop, An jum Rajabali, Head of Screenwr iting at WWI said, “The
vigour with which 140 particip ants interacted with the
screenwriting principles, and questioned about the craft,
sends a clear signal that we taking our writing very
seriously. At this rate, it should be only a matter of tim
e before we see a continuous stream of wonderful scripts
becoming available to the film industry, which will
lead us towards great cinema! I feel extremely proud to be a
ssociated with WWI, as they al ways put their best foot forwa
rd in contributing to the film fraternity.”
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