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Angry Young Men: why Salim-Javed split.
Editor and director Namrata Rao on the series, moving into directing and building trust for interviews.

On this episode of the Kingdom of Dreams Podcast, I sit down with editor and director Namrata Rao to talk about directing Angry Young Men, the Prime Video documentary series about Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar. Namrata shares how the series was received, her move from editing to directing and why Salim-Javed split. We also talk about the end of their partnership, finding her passion, self discovery while making the series, family and production companies, her future projects, the role of an editor and how to build trust for interviews.

KEY TAKEAWAYS
• Moving from editing to directing
• Why Salim-Javed split
• What an editor really does
• Building trust for documentary interviews

CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:50 Reception of Angry Young Men
3:19 Editing to Directing Transition
12:38 Why Salim-Javed Split
13:40 Conclusion of Their Partnership
15:04 Stepping Away from Editing
19:08 Discovering a Passion for Editing and Directing
24:10 Self-Discovery in Angry Young Men
25:21 Family Influence and Production Companies
32:00 Future Projects and Aspirations
33:45 Role of an Editor Explained
35:50 Building Trust for Interviews
37:48 Outro

ABOUT THE GUEST
Namrata Rao is an Indian film editor and director. She edited films including Love Sex Aur Dhokha and Band Baaja Baaraat, and directed the Prime Video documentary series Angry Young Men (2024).

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Citizen of Moria (Amazon & other platforms): https://linktr.ee/citizenofmoriafilm
In Search of My Sister (Amazon & other platforms): https://linktr.ee/insearchofmysisterfilm
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