Mukesh Chhabra, 42, is, arguably, one of the most influential person in Indian cinema. The man who ‘discovered’ Rajkumar Rao (Shahid, Trapped), Sushant Singh Rajput (Kai Po Che), Sanya Malhotra , Fatima Sana Shaikh (Dangal), Pratik Gandhi (Scam 1992) has now cast for over 300 films and almost 90 OTT series. The founder of Mukesh Chhabra Casting Company is also the director Dil Bechara (2020), curator of Khidkiyaan, a 5-day theatre festival held every year in Mumbai for three years. He is along with Neha Singh, co-author of Moongphali a book of short stories for children. Vanita Kohli-Khandekar spoke to