'Scoop' writer Karan: The biggest victory was to get Jagruti’s household right

Updated On: 14 June, 2023 07:16 AM IST | Mumbai | Letty Mariam Abraham

After `Scam 1992`, dialogue writer Karan Vyas on bringing alive an authentic Gujarati family in `Scoop`

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A still from Netflix series `Scoop`

He set out to be a director , but fell in love with writing. Karan Vyas, who has previously worked on Made in China, Wrong Side Raju, Sameer, and Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story, penned dialogues for the recent Netflix series, `Scoop`, which is inspired by Jigna Vora’s book, Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison.
Not having read the book, Vyas says that writing for the Hansal Mehta-directed venture “was difficult”. “Mrunmayee [Lagoo, writer] and Hansal Mehta clearly told me not to read the book. I knew about Jigna Vora; I had done extensive research on her, and there was a lot of material on [the case] in the media. To understand her vocabulary, mannerisms, and emotions, I had watched her interviews too,” says the writer, adding that when a script comes to him in English, it is tricky to add emotions to it. “Sometimes, the English language has the tendency to be very straight-forward; it tends to lack emotional depth, especially when it comes to a show like Scoop. It was important to show the dynamics of an authentic Gujarati household. Getting the nana, motta papa, and the [other members] was vital. In fact, that was the first brief I got. It was the biggest victory to get the household of Jagruti Pathak [played by Karishma Tanna] right and as close to a Gujarati family in Mumbai.”

Karan Vyas