Vidhu Vinod Chopra shared a story about how his father reacted when he said he wanted to become a filmmaker. The director-producer, known for films like Khamosh, Parinda, 1942: A Love Story, and Mission Kashmir, revealed at the IFP Festival that his father slapped him when he first mentioned wanting to make movies. Chopra explained that he had to work hard to get into FTII, where he learned filmmaking.

Vidhu Vinod Chopra on how his father's disapproval shaped his career

Vidhu Vinod Chopra said, “When I told my father in Kashmir, ‘Paaji, I want to make a film,’ he slapped me and said, ‘Bhooka mar jaayega Bombay mein. Kaise rahega? (You will die of starvation, how will you survive?)’. He couldn’t afford to send me anywhere so I thought about it, I struggled, I topped Kashmir University in Economics Honours, I am First Class First, so I could get Rs 250 as national scholarship from Government of India, which I got.”