Sixer: Divyanshu Malhotra opens up about not being a cricket fanatic

Helming the second season of Sixer was a possibility Divyanshu Malhotra was solely too comfortable about. There was just one hitch. “It was a couple of subject that I didn’t know a lot of,” he says of the sequence that revolves round a gaggle of native cricketers navigating interpersonal relationships and politics. 
 
As he joined the MX Participant drama led by actor and author Shivankit Singh Parihar, Malhotra knew he needed to dive deep into cricket. Solely then would he be capable to amp up the drama. He shares, “Shivankit and Harish [Peddinti, writer] had elevated the second season. These folks breathed cricket, whereas I used to be an off-the-cuff viewer. So, for the subsequent few months, I saved watching matches and my spouse was puzzled, saying, ‘You’ve by no means beloved cricket a lot. What’s taking place?’”

Divyanshu Malhotra

Ultimately, the director’s weak point turned his greatest power. He explains, “I need to watch cricket that excites me as a viewer. So, I received the chance to assume from the viewers’s perspective — how do I direct the matches in order that they’d be entertaining?”

The filmmaker is now seeking to the longer term. He’s establishing his personal studio, Sukhna Studios. “I received’t be capable to direct each story I imagine in. So, I could develop it with writers, or produce it with a youthful director on the helm. I need to allow youthful administrators.”