’96’ was originally written as a Bollywood film, says director Prem Kumar. Kumar made this disclosure while participating in the seventh edition of the Indian Screenwriters Conference. The 2018 blockbuster followed the reunion of former students from the batch of 1996, twenty-two years after their graduation. Kumar added that he has now finished writing a new Hindi film script. He was speaking in the session titled ‘The South Saga – Rooted, Relevant, andRevolutionary’, where he was joined by filmmakers Christo Tomy (‘Ullozhukku’), Hemanth M Rao (‘Sapta Sagaradaache Ello – Side A & Side B’) and Vivek Athreya (‘Saripodha Sanivaaram’) The session was hosted by the Screenwriters Association of India (SWA), which is a pan-Indian body for the film industry. The conference is being held in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, from February 16-17. For more information, visit theISC website.
