EXCLUSIVE: Sweet Dreams producer Pranjal Khandhdiya recalls Shah Rukh Khan’s PRICELESS lessons at Red Chillies Entertainment: “Cutting costs is not production; care for those behind the camera and you’ll always succeed” : Bollywood News
Pranjal Khandhdiya is a successful producer who has worked on memorable films like Piku (2015), Super 30 (2019), Rashmi Rocket (2021), ’83 (2021), Dhak Dhak (2023), etc, and the recently released movie, Sweet Dreams, on Disney+ Hotstar. Before working in Sony Pictures Networks India and Phantom Films, Pranjal worked at Red Chillies Entertainment. From 2008 to 2011, he was the head of Non-Fiction shows at the television vertical of Shah Rukh Khan’s company, Idiot Box. In an exclusive interview with Bollywood Hungama, Pranjal Khandhdiya looked back at working with the superstar and a lot more.
EXCLUSIVE: Sweet Dreams producer Pranjal Khandhdiya recalls Shah Rukh Khan’s PRICELESS lessons at Red Chillies Entertainment: “Cutting costs is not production; care for those behind the camera and you’ll always succeed”
Pranjal Khandhdiya began by saying how he joined Red Chillies. “I started my career directing live events which soon turned into directing non-fiction shows for 8 years,” he said. “I was directing some of the popular shows like Indian Idol, Fame Gurukul, Deal Ya No Deal, etc. My last show was K For Kishore. I realized that I had the desire to tell stories and switch to another medium. While I was mulling over it, Shah Rukh sir was a part of one of our shows. I met him, Samar Khan, who was heading Red Chillies and the late Bobby Chawla.”
When asked about his experience of working with King Khan, Pranjal Khandhdiya revealed, “Working with Shah Rukh Khan was amazing. We used to get pearls of wisdom on what a producer should do and how to add value to the production. He used to remark that cutting costs or saving money is not production. Production is creating the vision into reality. The biggest learning he used to give was, ‘People always care about those in front of the camera. But if you take good care of those behind the camera, you’ll always succeed as a producer’. That has been my biggest learning once I became a producer.”
Also Read: Shah Rukh Khan to receive amount worth Rs. 9 crores from the government and here’s the reason!
BOLLYWOOD NEWS – LIVE UPDATES
Catch us for latest Bollywood News, New Bollywood Movies update, Box office collection, New Movies Release , Bollywood News Hindi, Entertainment News, Bollywood Live News Today & Upcoming Movies 2025 and stay updated with latest hindi movies only on Bollywood Hungama.
