Are Streaming Shows A Writers' Medium? Ft Screenwriters Nandini Gupta And Sumit Purohit
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There’s arguably no better way to examine just how much the streaming era has disrupted the film industry than by talking to writers. So, Suchin spoke to two of the busiest ones around. Sumit Purohit was the lead writer on the the smash hit Scam 1992 on SonyLIV. He’s also worked on Netflix murdery mystery series Aranyak and Amazon Prime Video’s Inside Edge - the first original series from an international streamer. Nandini Gupta is one of the writers on Disney+Hotstar’s fever dream Saas Bahu Aur Flamingo. She’s also co-written Netflix’s Mismatched and Masaba Masaba. Together, the two spoke to Suchin about how much the life of a writer has changed in the last few years, why the system of crediting writers on shows is so frustrating and inconsistent, why screenwriters are often a soft target for critics, why earning a decent living sometimes means writing three shows at once and how they even have to fight to ensure they’re name appears on screen before Netflix’s infamous Skip Intro button. Find me on: Instagram :⁠⁠ ⁠https://instagram.com/suchin545?igshid=MmJiY2I4NDBkZg==⁠⁠⁠ Twitter :⁠⁠ ⁠https://twitter.com/suchin545?t=Q1jBLqu1wm5TIqh-53liIw&s=09⁠⁠
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