Jaideep Sahni\u2019s 15-year creative collaboration with Yash Raj Films\u2019 has seen him write some brilliant hits like Bunty Aur Babli, Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year, Shuddh Desi Romance, Aaja Nachle<\/em> and the cult classic Chak De! India<\/em> starring Shah Rukh Khan. On the 13th\u00a0anniversary of this generation-defining film, Jaideep says director Shimit Amin and him had all the creative freedom from Aditya Chopra to make this film which is now regarded as one of the best films that the industry has ever made.<\/p>\n \u201cI had wanted to tell this story for a few years. So, when Aditya Chopra asked me after\u00a0Bunty Aur Babli\u00a0<\/em>what I wanted to do next,\u00a0I told him that I wanted to do this film which could somehow form a bridge between the world of women athletes and the rest of the country. As I told him more about what I\u2019d seen and felt, he agreed that it was a shame that not enough people knew about this world, and also that it could make a really great film if we got things right,\u201d says Jaideep.<\/p>\n Jaideep has made a mark in Bollywood in his own right, much like director Shimit Amin who too wowed everyone with his brilliance as a visionary director. The duo was encouraged to push the content envelope by Aditya, who wanted their distinct voice and vision to shine through.<\/p>\n \u201cShimit\u00a0and I have been friends since the time I was writing\u00a0Company\u00a0and he was editing\u00a0Bhoot<\/em>\u00a0at Ram Gopal Varma\u2019s office but it was Adi\u2019s conviction after seeing\u00a0Ab Tak Chhappan\u00a0that he must be the director for this film. Adi\u2019s and Shimit\u2019s faith in the film as producer and director at that early stage was very reassuring for me since I knew my writing was going into the hands of people I trusted and respected,\u201d says Jaideep, who like Shimit, is a complete outsider and both were handpicked and groomed by Adi because of their sheer brilliance.<\/p>\n Jaideep, thus, feels he has always been given a free hand at YRF which is why he has written such diverse films. He says, \u201c5 of my scripts, all very different from each other, have been produced by YRF. These have been directed by 4 different directors. There\u2019s something different about a studio built and run by filmmakers, which cannot be described superficially\u00a0but working filmmakers understand and appreciate.\u201d<\/p>\n Media has often speculated if Chak De! India<\/em> was way ahead of its time from a creative vision because they feel had the film released now, it would shatter every box office record. Jaideep is happy that Chak De! India<\/em> became a milestone moment in Indian cinema.<\/p>\n \u201cSometimes people call Chak De! ahead of its times but I don\u2019t know how to judge that. It\u2019s just that as an audience we get too busy in our daily lives and forget how happy something new can make us if we give it a chance, and as storytellers, we are always under pressure to be entertaining which can impose an artificial ceiling on our choice of subjects. But subjects are always bigger than the storytellers, and if we respect them, they gently show us the way,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n Interestingly, Jaideep completes 20 years in the film industry. He debuted as a writer for Jungle in 2000 for Ram Gopal Varma. He collaborated with YRF in 2005 with Bunty Aur Babli<\/em> and has since then worked closely with Adi.<\/p>\n He says, \u201cWell, on my first film\u2019s set someone mistook me for the DTP operator even after seeing me every day for two months because I used to work on a computer. To witness screenwriting come back from that forgotten corner to the forefront of everyone\u2019s attention today is the greatest satisfaction of all for us writers.\u201d<\/p>\n Jaideep adds, \u201cTo have imagined and written films of different genres, set in so many different environments, with different rhythms and dialects and slangs, has been a great joy. So many of these characters, dialogues, or phrases of songs have become a part of peoples\u2019 everyday conversation is something I didn\u2019t aim for but have finally learned to enjoy gracefully without getting shocked. But I am always conscious that this is also because of the reach of this medium, and we should not let go of any opportunity to put this clumsy power to some good use, to build a few bridges of trust or maybe start a useful conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/stat1.bollywoodhungama.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/13-Years-Of-Chak-De-India-Jaideep-Sahni-speaks-about-the-impact-the-film-has-had-in-cinema-and-society-2.jpeg\")
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