Chase episode 9: Waisi Wali Picture

Everyone in Mumbai (well, almost) dreams of being in the movies. They dream of red-carpet openings, of lights-camera-action magic, of fame and fortune, and they struggle because those dreams are heady, powerful stuff. But what happens if you’re a complete outsider, without a godfather or a backer? In Waisi Wali Picture, director Samar Khan shows you a grittier and seedier side of Bollywood. Here are the ones who don’t give up, who remain hell-bent upon making it big and won’t give up any opportunity — even if it is in a ‘C’-grade film.

Chase, a collaboration between Newslaundry and ScoopWhoop, gets you to meet people who started off with the likes of director Rohit Shetty, dreamed of becoming the next Priyanka Chopra, and — despite working in the same labs, with the same technicians and often showing films in the same theatres — live a very different reality, in a very different film industry.