Dreams do come true

She is <g data-gr-id="79">Suhrita</g> Sengupta, the co-author of the Emraan Hashmi and Vidya Balan starrer Humari Adhuri Kahani. She goes candid in her exclusive interview with Millennium Post and says that one should never give up on their dreams even when it seems impossible to pursue. 

 I was born and brought up in Kolkata. Writing has always been my passion. It was during my schooling that I got attracted towards writing and since then it has become a part of my life.

Also, I had to carry on with a profession, so I was in the hair and beauty trade for 9 years. I ran two <g data-gr-id="68">salon</g> in Kolkata. Not only running, I worked as a full-time <g data-gr-id="61">hair dresser</g> and make-up artist. I had to keep this profession going and also keep telling myself that writing will be my priority.

I was working on a fictional novel when things started working out for the script of <g data-gr-id="58">Humari</g> <g data-gr-id="59">Adhuri</g> Kahani.

There is not one inspiration but many. I am inspired by English writers as well as Bengali writers. Some of them are Virginia Woolf (she is my greatest inspiration), and Kirsty Gunn with whom I had an interaction on a personal level. It was after talking to her that my perception towards writing shifted.  In Bengali literature, Rabindranath Tagore, Jhumpa Lahiri, Buddhadeb Guha and Naboneta Dev Sen have inspired me. It is also due to the interaction with the women who visited my salon that I was inspired to never give up. When I met Mahesh Bhatt for the first time, I was quite candid and I told him that I write with my right hand and cut hair with my left hand.

As I told you, I was in Kolkata and Mr Bhatt had come there for Durga Puja and we happened to meet through common friends as he had come to our community for the celebrations. We talked about writing and how writing is moving forth in the space of <g data-gr-id="71">professional</g> world. Then, we started exchanging what we were writing currently and he told me that he was working on the climax of <g data-gr-id="73">Humari</g> <g data-gr-id="74">Adhuri</g> Kahani at that time.

As we spoke further, I found a connection between Vasudha and the lead character of my novel even when I did not have any experience in screenplay writing. I had a kind of character build in my novel where a woman takes a call much later in her life. This was what I found pulsating in the nerve of this character of Vasudha. So, I started just writing it as a text of what should have been the climax and gave it to Mr Bhatt. He liked it and later he translated it to the language of <g data-gr-id="76">screenplay</g>. That is how it worked out. Later, a book called All that have could have <g data-gr-id="75">been happened</g> was formed.

 

I have detached myself from the salon because now I am working full-time on new scripts because it was not possible for me to concentrate on both. I am working on three scripts at the moment. Two scripts are for Vishesh and another one is called Ab Raat <g data-gr-id="67">Guzarne</g> Wali Hai which will be directed by Gurudev Bhalla. 

There are two scripts that are being written for Vishesh films, first one being Love Game, for which shooting will begin around August. Another script is just in initial stages.