#ImtiazAli is not a faint-hearted man. He may look like a… behind his soft interior is a steel mind that is resolute to up the qualitative content of cinema each time he hits back at the box office. This time, he comes back with a film called #Chamkila, based on the life of a local folk singer in Punjab, who along with his wife, was a sold-out artist. Who along with his wife was a phenomenally popular artiste, but at the same time, a target of accusations of profanity? Shot dead at the age of 27, this man’s story was yearning for representation to reach our screens. What went into it? And what makes a story worth telling. Atika Farooqui caught up with Imtiaz Ali at his very simple and earthy office that told a million stories,

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