Arif Ali: Imtiaz would ask, why is this not the way I have written?

Updated On: 16 June, 2022 12:36 PM IST | Mumbai | Uma Ramasubramanian

Teaming up with Imtiaz Ali on She, director Arif on how it wasn’t easy to please showrunner-brother

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How is it to collaborate with one’s sibling on a project? For Arif Ali, who has resumed his place behind the camera for the second season of She, it is daunting as well as a learning experience. The director admits it is not easy to please filmmaker-brother Imtiaz Ali, who serves as the showrunner and writer on the Netflix series. “My job becomes difficult because Imtiaz goes by [the written word]. He would go, ‘Why is this not the way I have written? The comma is here, why hasn’t [the pause] translated on screen?’ He has the triple impact of a writer, showrunner and an elder brother. So, [shooting] was not easy. But, at the same time, there was a huge amount of guidance and clarity from him. It was exciting to take the baton from him and run the distance,” says Arif.

Imtiaz Ali and Arif Ali