Jaideep Sahni was a student of science but the former IT consultant and advertising whiz says he always wanted to tell stories. “Every individual has a trait. Mine is a curiosity to explore different worlds.” Jaideep attributes the success of Chak De India to M K Kaushik, the coach of Indian women’s hockey team, which won the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. Along with working undercover as a research student at national training camps, he read Kaushik’s autobiography and interacted with players. Kaushik was so touched, he cried after watching the movie. Jaideep’s next offering is Madhuri Dixit’s comeback film Aaja Nachle. Interestingly, the dialogue writer who has penned Company, Jungle, Bunty aur Babli is no film buff himself. Instead, the self-confessed news geek likes reading NCERT textbooks!