“If you are experimenting with a new subject, make the form simple. Titanic was something the world had never seen before. The story was as simple as a Shakespeare tragedy. Even The Lion King is so big on family that it feels like a Sooraj Barjatya movie. There needs to be some familiarity in content for one to experiment with form,” filmmaker and Screen Academy member RS Prasanna recalled about the advice he received from his mentor, filmmaker K Hariharan. It gave him the confidence to direct his debut, Kalyana Samayal Saadham (2013), an unconventional Tamil comedy on erectile dysfunction. Prasanna went on to direct its official Hindi remake, Shubh Mangal Saavdhan (2017) and most recently, Sitaare Zameen Par (2025). Last week, Screen Academy hosted a Masterclass with Prasanna at The Indian Express office in Mumbai . The session was moderated by Priyanka Sinha Jha, COO, Screen Academy.…