As a teenager, Masaba Gupta was discouraged by her mother, actor Neena Gupta, from following in her career path. At 31, Masaba Gupta is mak...
As a teenager, Masaba Gupta was discouraged by her mother, actor Neena Gupta, from following in her career path. At 31, Masaba Gupta is making her acting debut in a scripted mockumentary series that mixes together real-life events from the fashion designer’s life and fictional situations.
Masaba Masabai, directed by Sonam Nair, will be streamed on Netflix on August 28. What bits were invented and what actually took place? Excerpts from an interview with the mother-daughter pair.
How much of ‘Masaba Masaba’ is real and how much is fiction?
Masaba Gupta: A biopic would have been a bit too ambitious as this age, so a mockumentary. Also, the idea was to do a show that was was almost running in parallel with my life. It picks up from the middle of my life – around two years back. It’s a mix of fiction and reality with more than 60 per cent being fiction and rest reality which fits seamlessly. I leave it to the audience to see whether they connect more to the fact or fiction.
Neena Gupta: I don’t think you need to know what is fact and what is fiction. You just need to enjoy the series. For example, the scene in the trailer where he...
