Kabir Singh Chowdhry, director of Mehsampur, explains his approach to filmmaking as that of an ethnographer. He talks about his constant discomfort with feeding off people's traumas for artistic purposes, insists on Mehsmapur being a foreword to the ultimate project Laal Pari. He also insists that his lockdown film Monomaniacs originated from a desire of conducting therapeutic group activities, as well as capturing the prevailing sense of loss, and why he thinks Chandigarh is a kind of vacuum city. He also gives us generous glimpses into his new project revolving around fossils.