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nandita dutta in conversation with sanjay chauhan

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चवन्‍नी के पाठकों के लिए संजय चौहान का यह इंटरव्‍यू डियर सिनेमा से लिया गया है। From stealing his sister’s money to watch films in Bhopal to winning awards for Best Screenplay for  Paan Singh Tomar -which also won the National Award for Best Film 2012- Sanjay Chouhan  has come a long way. His impressive portfolio includes  Saheb Biwi aur Gangster ,  I am Kalaam  and  Maine Gandhi ko Nahi Maara . Chouhan’s experience in the Hindi film industry spans an era when he was blatantly given DVDs to copy to a time when he won the Filmfare and Screen awards for his original screenplay on the life of an athlete who turned bandit. Chouhan gives a lowdown on the fate of writers of Hindi films then and now, and some useful tips for aspiring writers wanting to break into the industry: Content driven films have been in the limelight at all mainstream award functions this year; you won the Screen and Filmfare awards for Paan Singh Tomar. How do you think the role of a screenwriter has transfor