'Good scripts hard to come by in Bollywood'

Mumbai: Actor Amyra Dastur says it is incredibly tough, especially for outsiders, to get good scripts in the Hindi film industry. The actor, who has worked in films like Issaq, Mr X and Kung Fu Yoga, said she came on board Leena Yadav's Rajma Chawal because it is a content-driven story.

"Good scripts are difficult to come by in the industry, especially if you are an outsider. For me, it has always been about acting and I will do films which are content- driven," Amyra said. The actor, however, believes audience has started driving the demand for good content as they are rejecting even a big ticket film like Aamir Khan's Thugs of Hindostan if the story is not appealing.

"That's when you realise, especially in this industry, that a good script with good content is so scarce. Even our audience now, they don't want a Thugs..., we saw that. They want an Andhadhun or a Bhadhaai Ho. Our audience is craving content."

Amyra, whose film Rajma Chawal released on streaming giant Netflix November 30, believes digital platform is also changing the way stories are presented. "With platforms like Netflix, things are evolving as they are making content-driven films and series." In Rajma Chawal she will be seen sharing screen space with veteran actor Rishi Kapoor. Amyra says since she was the last actor to be cast for the comedy-drama, she was aware she had to act alongside Kapoor.

"I was acting in front of him after doing a few movies so it was a little easy for me. I wasn't that nervous. In the film, the equation we share... we are constantly just fighting with each other and have this wicked, sarcastic sense of humour. It is what I share with my father as well. So it wasn't difficult at all," she said. Rajma Chawal chronicles the story of a father who attempts to reconnect with his estranged son through social media, a new world

for him.