I make a fun world - and I believe that the world definitely needs the best of oxygen… that's comedy!” - Raaj Shaandilyaa

Dream Girl director Raaj Shaandilyaa tells Sumita Chakraborty why he loves working on comedy films and more.

- Sumita Chakraborty

His film Dream Girl starring the multi-talented Ayushmann Khurana was a laugh-a-thon and had people doubling over with laughter. Known for his witty and laughterreplete scripts, director-writer Raaj Shaandilyaa is a known name in the genre of comedy. In fact, ask him what he loves to do best, and Raaj avers: I love to make people laugh! Read on as Raaj Shaandilyaa talks about making his film Dream Girl, his bond with Ayushmann Khurana and his love affair with comedy

How did you enter Bollywood? How has the journey been?

I started my career as a TV writer there was a show known as Comedy Circus which I wrote for seven years - then another show - Comedy Nights With Kapil. So I have been writing for more than 7-8 years and perhaps even before that. Then I thought I had done enough of TV and I should try writing a script with a different type of comedy. When I was writing Comedy Circus in 2013, I got a call from director Anees Bazmi who offered me a film - Welcome Back which was sequel of the movie Welcome for which I wrote dialogues, and post that, I was offered movies one after the other. People loved my work and that is how I entered Bollywood. The journey has been fantastic and I enjoyed a lot and every time I got a new learning. In fact, even now I am learning and this journey has truly been fantastic. For me, success is a journey and not a destination.

Your film Dream Girl was very wittily written. Where do you get the inspiration to write such witty scripts?