Hansal Mehta on ‘Scoop’: ‘I like to choose a story relevant to our times’

Mumbai, June 10 : Filmmaker Hansal Mehta spoke about his latest show Scoop and how the titular character Jagruti Pathak, played by Karishma Tanna, from being a reporter becomes a person reported about.Speaking with IMDb on the process of filming Scoop, Mehta said: "Scoop deals with a pet world of mine which is a Gujarati joint family.

The aspirations that come from within that small unit.

Its an exploration into our current times through the story of Jagruti Pathak."He added: "Its the story of Jagruti, an ambitious journalist who wants a story at any cost.Its an exploration of ambition, of aspiration.

I think what weve done through this entire journey is to show that Jagruti, being a reporter, then becomes the reported.Good stories allow room for introspection, and I think thats what weve tried to do."I respond instinctively to things and give a lot of freedom to my team members to let their imagination run wild."Mentioning a notable scene in the show, Mehta said: "There was one sequence where Jagruti is watching TV where shes disgraced.The scene was over, and I started screaming Pathak! Pathak! with 300 women screaming alongside.

""Sort of talks of a vicarious pleasure you derive from prying into somebodys private life.So, most of my good moments are unplanned.

"On the method of choosing stories, Mehta said: "I like to choose a story relevant to our times.As social media is becoming so rampant and has become a tool into passing judgment, almost foreshadowing the times that were living in.""Youre not interested in the acquittal; youre interested in the crime, and youre interested in finding an unlikely criminal."When Mehta was asked if there were a headline about him, he said it would be "A Man Who Knows Nothing.

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