Mohit Takalkar’s Toh Ti Ani Fuji is an exploration of modern love, where a couple stays in a relationship even when they know it isn’t working. The movie, streaming in Marathi and Hindi on SonyLIV, follows the story of the couple, who remain nameless, as the narrative shifts between their life in Pune and their accidental meeting in Tokyo after some years. The screenplay, shaped by Irawati Karnik, offers emotional contradictions without idealising either men or women even as its lead actors Mrinmayee Godbole and Lalit Prabhakar deliver compelling performances backed by lived-in chemistry. Takalkar, who is a prominent theatre director and film editor of India, talks about the making of Toh Ti Ani Fuji. Excerpts: What inspired you to examine an intense relationship in a present-day setting? It comes from a question I keep returning to: what is love in today’s time? Not as an abstract idea but as something I have watched play out around me and, honestly, something I have lived myself.…