“Please Tapan da,” the actress in the movie on TV begged between uncontrollable sobs, “You can’t shut down production of the movie now! How can you do this now?” her recently estranged character hollered to the director of the art film...

She had dreamt of this countless times before, but today she was finally given her chance. The crew was ready for her – their gazes expectant as if she was a theatrical performer. She was fidgety. In the moment before plunging...