KARACHI: A scriptwriter’s vision is different from a director’s or a producer’s and writers often struggle to retain the essence of their works, says filmmaker Kiran Rao, adding she too had to fight to protect her “Dhobi Ghat” script.
"Often scriptwriters don’t have a choice when they give their script to a director or a producer. They are forced to helplessly see it getting changed in whatever way the director or producer wants it to be. I had to fight with Aamir (Aamir Khan) to protect my script, but thankfully, I got it made the way I wanted to," Kiran Rao, who is married to the superstar, said at the ongoing Osian’s Cine-fan Film Festival.
"Aamir kept suggesting that ‘this’ could be added ‘that’ can be added. I had to fight with him to protect my script," she added.
But at the same point she feels when changes are made, scripts both decrease and grow.
"The changes might turn out to be better than the way the scriptwriter might have thought while penning it down. You take an imaginary scenario and you give it a physical form - at a place, with an actor, at a particular time of day, mood etc. There is a certain touch that a scene gets that wouldn’t necessarily be what you had written," she added.
Kiran Rao, who not only directed but also scripted Dhobi Ghat and the film, is produced by Aamir Khan expanded on this by pointing to her own learning experience.
She is also into production with Aamir Khan and they have told beautiful stories in Peepli Live and Delhi Belly. Their next is Talaash.
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