Bingewacthers around the globe are reporting unusual side-effects after watching Netflix’s one-take thriller, Adolescence (2025). Common symptoms, we learn from their friends and family, include throwing around terms like camera rig and one-shot cinematography while panning out frames in the air with their fingers. We might have made some of that up, but the buzz around the show is still very real. So, when we hear that Mumbai’s own Film City has birthed a similar ambitious one-take project, we catch up with Andheri-based director Hemwant Tiwari to chat about the secret sauce behind whipping up Krishna Arjun — 
the single shot, dual role crime thriller.

The crew works on recreating the miniature cardboard model (right, on table) in Goregaon. PICS COURTESY/THE ONLY GODESS PRODUCTION