And though the Chopras claim otherwise, the grapevine alleges Honey contributed heavily to the Yashraj Films' megahits, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, which brought NRIS centerstage, and Dil To Pagal Hai, the first Hindi film to articulate India's growing urban yuppiedom. She watches these carefully to learn from her mistakes. She wants, she says, to tell simple stories. I like straight narration like you have in children's storybooks. But make no mistake.
Honey is no art-house writer churning out radical stories.
But there are limits on Bollywood's willingness to be bold. So some Honey scripts have no takers. In Hindi cinema, creation is an uphill climb against clich s. Then I return fresh like a rose. Writers are also frustratingly low in the food chain.