Who is the main story writer of Bollywood film 'Laapataa Ladies' directed by…

Concept

In film production, the “story writer” is the person who conceives the original narrative or core idea of the film. This credit is distinct from the screenplay writer (who structures the scenes) and the dialogue writer (who pens the spoken lines). To answer a “who wrote the story” question, identify the originator of the source concept, not whoever adapted or scripted it.

Application

The film 'Laapataa Ladies' (2024), directed by Kiran Rao, is based on an original story by Biplab Goswami. His prize-winning concept — originally titled “Two Brides” — was the source narrative the film was built on, so Biplab Goswami holds the story credit. (The screenplay was developed by Sneha Desai and the dialogues by Divyanidhi Sharma, which is why those names are not the answer to a story-writing question.)

Contrast

• Chetan Bhagat — a novelist whose books have inspired several Bollywood films, but he had no role in this film's story.

• Anurag Pathak — associated with the writing of other films, but not the originator of this film's story.

• Amole Gupte — a filmmaker and writer known for other projects, not connected to this film's story.

Therefore, the original story of 'Laapataa Ladies' was written by Biplab Goswami.