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Some stills from the shoot of ‘Manorama, six feet under’ exclusively for PFC.

All pictures by Gauri Tiwari & Tashi Dorjee.

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On the making of Manorama, six feet under.

‘Uljhan’, ‘Bhoolbhulaiyan’, ‘Jal bin machhli’. These were just some of the optional titles bandied about because the producers hated the current name. I was willing to change the title but with one condition attached; the new name had to be better.

The script was originally just; ‘Manorama’. Problem was that everyone I pitched it to thought it was a women oriented subject and that’s instant death in most Bombay film circles.

I think it was Abhay who suggested the ‘six feet under’. This was even before he was attached to it as the lead. I had given him the script to read for feedback (he’s one of the first few friends I made in Bombay) and he was very excited by the character and the story and wanted to be a part of it. I didn’t think he could pull off the role and I …