Casting director Nikita Grover scoured streets, social media, and cafes to cast Paatal Lok Season 2. She skipped 'cliche casting' and fought for some of her picks.
A new breed of casting directors—Mukesh Chhabra, Nandini Shrikent, Abhishek Banerjee, Tess Joseph, Shruti Mahajan—are in. The couch is going, PoSH panels are in.
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.
Tina Das is just obsessed with Nagaland and north-east India.