Summary: (http://kamlashow.com/podcast/wp-content/uploads/akshat_set_face0-150x150.jpg)In 2011 "Delhi Bell (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcKn9BxTg1A)y" proved to be unusual success in Bollywood. Unusual because this funny, comic thrilled is largely in English with a few sentences in Hindi thrown in. The film was dubbed in Hindi to make it accessible to a larger audience in India. "Delhi Belly (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGYA_P7ZHcw)" was also unusual since this was Los Angeles-based Akshat Verma's first Bollywood screenplay. In Part-2 of our conversation Akshat talks about studying and working in Los Angeles. He studied at UCLA's film school, where he wrote the first version of "Delhi Belly" for Richard Walter (http://richardwalter.com/) screenwriting class. Originally titled "Say Cheese" Akshat had to wait 15 years before he saw his screenplay on the celluloid screen. He also talks about his current and future plans, which includes directing his first Bollywood film. At the moment he is busy writing a screenplay for Bollywood's Yashraj Films (http://www.yashrajfilms.com/). Delhi Belly stars Imran Khan, Shennaz Treasury, Vir Das, Kunal Kapoor Roy, Poorna Jagannathan and Aamir Khan. Director: Abhinay Deo Music Director: Ram Sampath (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxMRgJL9tFU) You can check out Part-1 of (http://kamlashow.com/podcast/2011/11/24/delhi-bellys-akshat-verma-part-1/) our conversation with Akshat, where he talks about how Aamir Khan discovered his screenplay and how they went to make the film.
