Filmmaker Imtiaz Ali says he doesn't want to be cut off from theatre.
"I wish that I remain involved with theatre in some way or the other. And I also wish that like earlier times, I get involved in theatre full-fledged and do plays irrespective of my work in it. It might be direction or something else. I don't want to cut off from theatre.
"If I feel capable or if there is an urge, maybe I'll write and maybe I'll direct," Ali said at the Khidkiyaan Theatre Festival on Wednesday.
His 2015 release "Tamasha" also had theatre as a strong backdrop.
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