“Whenever I finish shooting, I never say ‘it's a wrap'… because I truly believe that there are so many stories out there, and yet so less a time to tell them.” – Shashant Shah

The amazingly talented director of Chacha Vidhyak Hain Humhare Season 2 and so many other webseries and feature films, Shashant Shah tells Sumita Chakraborty why as a director, he is never scared of failure and more…

- Sumita Chakraborty

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He is indeed a very fine director – and has directed every genre – from comedy, masala, thrillers to even courtroom dramas. In fact, according to a survey done by a website, out of seven best Zee5 original movies and web-series listed, two of the web series were directed by him… The Chargesheet: Innocent or Guilty? and The Verdict – State VS Nanavati.

Meet the understated Shashant Shah who lets his amazing work do the talking. And talk it does – for practically all his films from Dasvidaniya to Chalo Dilli - and webseries The Chargesheet: Innocent or Guilty?, The Verdict – State VS Nanavati, Jamia 2.0 to Chacha Vidhyak Hain Humhare Season 2 have been critically acclaimed. Read on as this multi-talented director talks about his films and webseries, shoots, multi-talented writer wife Aarti and two handsome sons and much more…

Shashant, how has the journey been from doing TV, acclaimed films including Dasvidaniya, Chalo Dilli and Bajatey Raho to now making slick web series for some of the best OTT platforms, directing films to much more?

I’ve never sat back and thought about my journey, honestly because I don’t think I have the time. I just move on to my next story.

When I look at the works of Sir Satyajit Ray or Frank Darabont, I feel that they are so relevant even today. I am not even a particle of dust in terms of their body of work. So I really have a lot to do and so instead of thinking back and looking at my journey, I prefer to go onto my next film/story instead.

Shashant, you made The Verdict – State VS Nanavati, tell us about this? Also, I wanted to ask wasn’t The Verdict’s story very similar to Rustom?