Sanaa Mariam: Cinema Is Forever

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The episode opens with Sanaa talking about what storytelling means to her. Sanaa shares her early memories of being creative and how the film bug bit her. She talks about how she always knew she wanted to be a director and her decision to study film. She shares how she joined Madras Talkies, what her journey has been like and how working with Mani Ratnam has shaped her as a creative. Later, we talk about the Ponniyin Selvan movies, book to screen adaptations and remakes. The episode ends with a script written and narrated by Sanaa.

Sanaa Mariam is a writer and aspiring director! She did her Bachelor of Arts in Film from the Putnam School of Film at Lasalle, Singapore and went on to work with Madras Talkies. She has worked on films like Chekka Chevantha Vaanam, and the Ponniyin Selvan movies. She has also worked on short films like ‘Bloom’ and ‘A Short Film On Raghu & Nalini’. You can find her on Instagram @sanaa_mariam

Sangeetha Menon a.k.a.The Moody Marshmallow is a writer, editor and podcaster. She currently handles the rights portfolio at Tulika Publishers, where she finds new avenues for stories to travel. She has worked with organisations like Bound, Karadi Tales, and Carve Magazine to name a few. You can find her on Instagram: @marshmallow.musings and LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/menonsangeetha/

Mentions: Virginia Woolf, Shakespeare, Khalid Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte, Wong Kar-Wai, Chungking Express, Richard Linklater, Before Sunrise, Noah Baumbach, Frances Ha, Marriage Story, Dune, Denis Villeneuve, Terrence Malick, Song To Song, Martin Scorcese, Woody Allen, Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, Greta Gerwig, Chekka Chivantha Vaanam, Madras Talkies, Mani Ratnam, Ponniyin Selvan, Kalaki, PS-1, PS-2, Marvel, Game Of Thrones, Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Whale, Oonga, Devashish Makhijja, Anurag Kashyap, Devdas, Sanjay Leela Bhansali