‘Casting directors are among first to come on a project, and the first to be forgotten’: Karan Mally

At the same time, social media has opened up an entirely new talent pool for casting directors to discover. When you’re casting actors to play people from that world, how do you stop audiences from seeing gossip instead of characters? Casting directors often discover actors long before the industry celebrates them. Indian casting directors are finally receiving international recognition. Casting directors are among the first people to come on to a project and, quite often, among the first to be forgotten.