Writing a New Script

Shweta Basu Prasad

When she returned to Mumbai earlier this month, after securing a release from a reform home in Hyderabad, what stood out about Makdee actor Shweta Basu Prasad was her optimism and determination to set things right and return to her acting career. She doesn’t play the victim card, although she claims she was wrongly detained in the prostitution case.

Now, Basu Prasad has taken one step towards achieving her dream. She has joined Anurag Kashyap’s production house, Phantom Films, as a script consultant. “It’s an interim job before I take up any acting assignments,” she confirms, clarifying that filmmaker Hansal Mehta has not yet offered her a role as reported by a publication earlier.

Basu Prasad has known Kashyap and his partner in the production house, director Vikramaditya Motwane, for several years and the duo had earlier asked her to join them as an assistant director. However, the 23-year-old was then preparing for her 12th standard board exams and could not take up the job. “But working with them now is a whole new experience. My documentary on classical music, titled Roots, is also complete,” says Basu Prasad, who won the National Award for Best Child Artist in 2002 for Vishal Bhardwaj’s Makdee.