Is Showrunner The New Director? With Vikramaditya Motwane

What exactly is a showrunner? What is a writer's room and how do you set one up? Why are there so many power struggles and clashes on the sets of streaming shows between series creators and directors? Are series really a writer's medium? Filmmaker and the OG showrunner Vikramaditya Motwane is in many ways ideally placed to answer these questions. Back in 2018, his Sacred Games really kicked off this age of streamers, series and seasons with a bang as one of the first massive originals for a global streamer. Earlier this year his new show Jubilee was released on Amazon Prime Video. He’s currently already hard at work on his next series.

In today's episode, Vikram spoke to Suchin about how streaming has changed the game for filmmakers, why it's hard to nail the second season of a show, dealing with creative interference from platforms and why Jubilee wouldn't get greenlit today

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