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Article: Who wants to be a screenwriter? Script development in globalizing India.(GLOBAL CINEMA)(Essay)
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- December 22, 2009
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A writer who wants to become a film scriptwriter must not have an ego; he must be on call at any time of the day and night; and he must have the skill of putting together the most absurd ideas into a proper story, with all or most ingredients to make a jubilee film. He need not be original, logical, or literary. It is better if he does not know English because then he can interpret all foreign films he views as raw material for the film he is writing, without caring for the nuances and the themes of the original. Respect for a film can affect him enough to not want to lift bits and twist them to suit the film he is writing the story for.
--Indian screenwriter ...