Actors Prerna Chawla and Shikha Talsania got a chance to wear a new hat in 2018, when they co-directed a play for the first time. It was called Dekh Behen and Akvarious Productions founder Akarsh Khurana had given them the opportunity. The whole theatrical experience was completely different to what they had thus been used to. Talsania tells us, "As an actor, you are working with the script and the others on the cast, placing yourself on the stage as the director guides you in order to fulfil his vision. But as a director, I had to see the play in its entirety, and I cherished the experience of looking at things from the audience's point of view."

The insight she thus gained is what she will be sharing with listeners at a talk that she will host with Chawla this week. Talsania tells us that the discussion will also address what it was like co-directing a play with a friend. "Prerna and I had worked together a lot earlier, though [as first-time directors] there were times when we had different opinions about how we wanted things to play out. But it wasn't hard to work it out because we are not just civilised human beings, but professionals as well," she says.