04 February,2022 09:24 PM IST | Mumbai | BrandMedia
Inside Stories
This webseries was initially released as an 'underdog' but soon with massive
viewership came out a winner! No wonder, the webseries released recently, Inside Stories is currently showing on top OTT platforms like MX Player, Hungama and Vodafone. Meet the unassuming and very spirited producer Rajesh Mohanty who along with his dynamic partner and superbly talented actress Swapna Pati of 24 FPS Entertainment LLP and S R Enterprisers captained the ship with flying colours and listen to him:
QUESTION- Your latest webseries release Inside Stories seems to be creating the desired buzz in the webseries movie market.
ANSWER- Yes..The response to my latest webseries series Inside Stories is, to put it mildly, amazingly unbelievable! Buoyed by mammoth viewers response, I'm now making sequel of this series.
But it won't be lockdown story like Inside Stories.
Q. There has been talk regarding bold scenes in the series. Was it deliberate?
ANS- Not all. The third episode has no blold scenes whatsoever. Even the so-called bold scenes which you say, are not vulgar, but went only when the story demanded.
Q. What really inspired you to make this series with different themes?
Ans- In lockdown period there were different stories in every house. Some relations got united, some got disconnected. But life moved on anyway.
Q. How has been the journey of your production houses so far?
ANS- It has been an awesome journey. It gives me immense satisfaction that our movie Antardhwani won 14 international awards.
Our upcoming second movie Ricky Bablani is a biopic to be directed by Sai Kabir. We are looking at more realistic stories.
Q. Swapna Pati, herself a versatile actress, is also a crucial part behind the success of your two production houses 24 FPS Entertainment LLP and S R Enterprisers which deals mainly with webseries production.
ANS- Swapna is a major part of both the production houses. We are partners in our creative field. Besides creative inputs,story analysis et al, her overall contribution for the further growth of the company is immense,to say the least.
Q. What are the future projects you are working on?
ANS- We are coming up with a sequel to Inside Stories. There's another series called Society. An amazing and unheard of musical album Trackx is also in the pipeline. Wait for more announcements (Smiles).
Q. What's the current status of webseries? How do you foresee its future in India.?
ANS- The current status of webseries market is excellent and very encouraging. The future scope for this platform also holds good. Webseries produced many stars who would have otherwise gone unnoticed. Not necessarily only superstars can make a webseries hit.
Q. Was it easy for you to travel from producing a serious and well-acclaimed movie like Antardhwani to a bold webseries like Inside Stories?
ANS- Inside Stories dealt with human psychic and passion..As far as the journey is concerned, film is a medium which has different facets:seriousness, romance, comedy, tragedy and so on..I'm in a professions where I can't be typecast.