Bollywood Backstories

Actor Mona Singh grew up moving cities, faced years of auditions in Mumbai, and found her first break on Indian television before cinema followed, slowly and steadily.

From Meerut’s quiet lanes to some of Hindi cinema’s most memorable stories, screenwriter Sumit Arora’s journey has been shaped by instinct, resilience, and imagination. In this conversation, he reflects on the road that brought him here.

From Jiaganj to Mumbai studios, Arijit Singh’s early exits, scratch tracks, and years of uncertainty shaped the voice that later came to define love and loss for millions.

From theatre halls in Gurugram to viral internet fame and a powerful turn in Dhurandhar, Gaurav Gera’s journey is about patience, reinvention and choosing growth, even when the spotlight moves elsewhere.