Mukesh Chhabra, 42, is, arguably, one of the crucial influential individual 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 solid for over 300 movies and virtually 90 OTT sequence. The founding father of Mukesh Chhabra Casting Company can be the director Dil Bechara (2020), curator of Khidkiyaan, a 5-day theatre competition held yearly in Mumbai for 3 years. He is together with Neha Singh, co-author of Moongphali a e-book of quick tales for youngsters. Vanita Kohli-Khandekar spoke to him in regards to the position of casting within the cinema ecosystem. Edited excerpts.