Bollywood scriptwriters look back at their sojourn in the film world

Updated On: 28 June, 2015 08:05 AM IST | | Archita Kashyap

<p>Box-office success may have given new age film writers Juhi Chaturvedi, Urmi Juvekar and Himanshu Sharma a boost, but writing in Bollywood is no smooth ride. The trio recount their  journey so far</p>

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This year, when Piku, NH10, Tanu Weds Manu Returns and Dum Laga Ke Haisha did robust business, there was a rekindled passion for good screen writing. With filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra and actor Ranveer Singh speaking up for better pay for scriptwriters, and studios paying for script development, the film writer’s image has begun to move away from a struggling, emaciated, jhola-sporting individual to that of a well-paid, treasured creative mind.

Urmi Juvekar