Workshop Schedule of Qalam 2001 -The TV Scriptwriters’ Forum & Workshop
(Tentative -
as of 14 December 2001)

Day One: Thursday, 20 December 2001

Starting at

Ending at

Speaker

Topic

9:30 am

9:45 am

Anil Wanvari

Introductory message, About Purpose of the workshop total structure.

9:45 am

10:30 am

Rekha Nigam

Ten commandments of TV scriptwriting (Q&A)

10:30 am

11:30 am

Joyce Thierry

Discuss different types of television writing, including documentary & drama & comedy & television movies.

11:30 am

11:45 am

 

Tea Break

11:45 am

12:15 pm

Vinta Nanda

Social responsibility in TV writing

12:15 pm

12:45 pm

Anjana Sood

How to follow a given concept and develop it. Writing Soaps and Q&A

12:45 pm

1:15 pm

B M Vyas

 

1:15 pm

2:00 pm

 

Lunch Break

2:00 pm

2:45 pm

Vipul D Shah

Developing Humour out of everyday Situations-Writing Comedy. Will give work

2:45 pm

3:45 pm

Joyce Thierry

Discussing how to break down a television show so you can write the best script.

3:45 pm

4:00 pm

 

Tea Break

4:00 pm

5:00 pm

Mahesh Bhatt

Courage of your own conviction

5:00 pm

5:30 pm

Mir Muneer

 

5:15 pm

5:45 pm

RajendraSingh/Kapoor (president)

Nuances and rules and regulations of registering script and problems faced by scriptwriter

6:00 pm

 

 

Close for the day

Day Two: Friday 21 December 2001

Starting at

Ending at

Name of the speaker

Topic

9:30 am

10:30 am

Vipul D Shah

Interactive session on the work given to participant

10:00 am

10:45 am

Bhavana/Piroj

The role of Media in TV Scriptwriting

10:45 am

11:15 am

Kiran Kher/Kiran Juneja/Priya Tendulkar

Is there any creative behind talk shows ?

11:15 am

11:30 am

 

Tea Break

11:30 am

12:30 noon

Sandhya Divecha

Docu-drama – the nuances of this genre followed by Q&A

12:30 pm

1:00 pm

Achla Nagar

TV Serials with Social messages

1:00 pm

2:00 pm

 

Lunch break

2:00 pm

2:30 pm

Soni Razdan

Scriptwriting from the producer’s perspective

2:30 pm

3:00 pm

Raman Kumar

The art of writing fiction and developing characters

3:00 pm

3:30 pm

Sridhar Raghvan

Scriptwriting for Thrillers

3:30 pm

4:00 pm

Vivek Agnihotri

How to write suspense and thrillers–

Teaching Session Q&A

4:00 pm

4:15 pm

 

Tea Break

4:15 pm

Onwards

Joyce Thierry

Assignment

 

 

 

Wrap up of the work shop

6:00 pm  Presentation of certificates to workshop participants and mementos to speakers and panelists.

7:30 Qalam 2001 Bash (Party and Networking session)