A cop character, a credible director and a world that’s hardly explored on screen before. Divyenndu had every reason to jump at Agni, which tells the story of Mumbai’s firefighters. But the actor points out that the world’s novelty can excite one only to an extent. That’s where writer-director Rahul Dholakia and writer Vijay Maurya’s magic came in. “The screenplay has to be a page turner for you to make a film out of it. When I read it, I felt not only is this world new but also the things happening inside it are novel,” the actor says.

A still from Agni