Swara Bhaskar turns scriptwriter and writes romance

Tanu Weds Manu Returns star Swara Bhaskar has turned scriptwriter and written a love story.

“The script is a love story. It is a love triangle. It is a messy story with lots of melodrama. It has a lot of typical Hindi film conflicts. It is a story of one girl, two boys,” said Bhaskar.

When asked if she would be starring in the film, the 28-year-old actress said, “I hope so. I hope I don’t have to audition for my film. I had written it wanting to play the female character but now that it is over, I think both the male characters are very interesting.”

Bhaskar was part of the third edition of New Voices Fellowship for Screenwriters.

This year the programme selected scripts which were gender-sensitive, women-centric and driven by well-defined women characters.

The Prem Ratan Dhan Payo actress said she started writing scripts as she was not happy with the roles being offered to her.

“I don’t consider myself a writer now. When I started writing this script, I wasn’t very happy with the roles I was being offered. I thought I should write something for me,” she said.

“So I wrote this script as an actor, for myself. But only when I started writing I realised the charters are not in your direct control, you need to find them,” Bhaskar said.

The actress said writing was a “difficult” experience for her.

“It was a very interesting and difficult experience for me. Every story should reflect reality, I hope mine does too. I want to pitch this film to producers, directors and hope by next year work begins on it. I would also want Aanand [L. Rai] sir to listen to it,” she said.

Bhaskar has worked with Rai on the Tanu Weds Manu franchise and Raanjhanaa.