Rohan Sippy, who ventured into the digital space with his recent show ‘Aranyak’, is loving the medium for the liberties it gives to the creators and storytellers.

In his opinion, it allows the creators to delve into the deeper nuances of the story and the characters. In a recent conversation with IANS, the filmmaker-writer spoke about the germ of ‘Aranyak’, the liberating process of working in the medium of OTT, and his co-writer and frequent collaborator Charudatt Acharya.

Revealing how he conceived the idea for the show, he says, “One day, Charu (Charudatt) had an encounter with a cop from Himachal during his holidays. That’s where a little bit of the spark for the character came from. It was a very Indian character and wasn’t drawn from any western source. So, the idea started from there and then the element of crime came in slowly a bit afterwards like, ‘What if this kind of a cop was confronted with this kind of a crime and how would she go about it”.

He continues, “That was the first set of building blocks; Charu had broadly sketched out the story idea and we decided that the best thing to do was to write down the first episode. He wrote that pilot down and then the story started coming to life with the characters, then the voices of the characters, the interactions. Sometimes when you work on something, there is a very organic energy that keeps it moving; it’s not forced, but it feels good during the process.”

Music composer and songwriter Arko shot for a song with Miss Korea 2021, Tara Hong. It is an English song written, composed and sung by Arko. The song has been directed by acclaimed director Paul Atkins who has done some creatively aesthetic projects before this.

Arko said: "It's always great to collaborate on content with passionate international artistes. We had a cross-over team and it was a ball shooting for it. The language was an issue initially but that's the beauty of it that it strengthens bonds when we try and understand through that barrier. We had a great time."

Actor Amit Tandon has recreated legendary singer Kishore Kumar’s famous song ‘Ek Haseena Thi’ from the movie ‘Karz’.

He says: “‘Ek Haseena Thi’ is one of my favourite songs. I always wanted to sing it for a special day and finally I sang it for my fans on New Year’s Eve. I’m glad that my audience is enjoying and appreciating me for the song.”