What does a first-time director need to realise his filmmaking dream? A trusting producer and a courageous actor, according to Anirudh Iyer. The director, who is ready with his maiden feature film An Action Hero, says producer Aanand L Rai told him to take the leap into filmmaking. “I assisted Aanand sir for years [on the Tanu Weds Manu franchise, and Zero], until one day, he told me to stop following him and start working on my own film. He said, ‘Get me a script’,” recounts Iyer. 

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