All the while I was writing dialogues for Stree, I was trying not to cross into slapstick zone, and never be spoofy," says writer Sumit Arora, who has been raking in praise ever since the movie released. Stree, starring Rajkumar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor, is set in the small town of Chanderi where the residents believe in the myth of an angry woman ghost. The film, a satire by all means, where the men hide as they are afraid of a "witch" who is making men disappear, has some stellar slice-of-life one-liners by Arora.

"There isn't really a recipe for one-liners. You can't manufacture such things. But the movie had such potent situations, that the dialogues came naturally. It is a satire without being preachy, and I would be stupid not to exploit it for one liners. Not to be spoofy about it, not to be cross slapstick zone. But the characters, who are really simple people, are not really aware they are cracking a joke. This is their life, and it's just amusing to us. They are actually just reacting."