Overview
- On stage in Goa, Chopra and long-time collaborator Abhijat Joshi delivered a lively retrospective spanning films from Parinda to 12th Fail.
- An 8K restoration of 1942: A Love Story screened after work in Italy overseen by producer-restorationist Yogesh Ishwar with frame-by-frame cleaning, expanded color grading and remastered sound.
- Chopra recounted his Oscar nomination days for An Encounter With Faces, describing last-minute passport and travel help from then I&B Minister L. K. Advani and his first encounters in Hollywood.
- He detailed practical, pre-CGI methods on 1942, including assistants spreading breadcrumbs overnight to draw real birds for a dawn shot over Manisha Koirala.
- Joshi highlighted Chopra’s refusal to rush sequels to Munna Bhai or 3 Idiots, aligning with Chopra’s call to make films one believes in.