Biswapati Sarkar, Amit Golani, Arunabh Kumar

How did the three of you meet?

- Madhuri Rao

Golani: We met in the hostel canteen of IIT-Bombay. Arunabh was doing some project in IIT-Bombay after graduating from IIT-Kharagpur. I was pretty active in dramatics and since he was also interested in this, we met through common friends. I needed a handycam and he had one. He gave it to me and I made a short film using that. That was my first acquaintance with him.

Kumar: It was a lucky camera; a lot of people had won awards using it. I had written a script for a TV show and Golu had written something similar. We ended up discussing the scripts and got talking.

Sarkar: Arunabh graduated in 2006, and I started college in 2007. In my second year, I was trying to find out some seniors who were into filmmaking. Someone told me that Arunabh had worked in Om Shanti Om as an assistant director. I reached out to him through Facebook. He asked me if I would assist him as an intern in Mumbai. When I came here, I remember seeing this man standing next to the camera and somebody nudged him and said, “Look, Biswapati is here.” He waved his hand and said, “Hey, what’s up?” Once his work got over, he came to me and hugged me. It was as if he knew me since years. That’s how Arunabh is — very warm and welcoming.

What was your first impression about each other?

Golani: The fact that someone gave me a camera was a huge deal for me. Arunabh watched what I did. I quit my job because I wanted to be a part of a TV show. We bonded with each other, since he had done a similar thing. It was evident that we were heading down the same path.