Lucknow lad Himanshu Sharma has firmly established his place in the film industry as a writer. With both his previous films,Tanu Weds Manu and Raanjhana doing well at the box office, the young writer couldn't have asked for more. On a visit to the city, Himanshu talks about writing a sequel to Tanu Weds Manu and his plans to turn director soon.

Two characters are new in this film. The major one is Datto or Kusum Sangwan. She's the character which made me write this film. She's very unlike Tanu, who I would say is very anarchic. Tanu's rather self-centred, she would do what she wants to do. Butanarchy comes with a price and that's what happens to Tanu. For Datto, what came to my mind was that there is a whole section of women in this country who are not fighting for their liberation. They are fighting for their freedom. They say don't beat us, let there be no domestic violence, etc. What the urban woman is talking is far more liberal and far more advanced than what a rural woman or a semi-urban woman is thinking. That's the difference between Tanu and Datto.

I thought it was an interesting idea to juxtapose these two women against each other. I feel that it is perhaps only in this country where you have Dolce & Gabbana andsaat somvaar ka vratexisting together. Nowhere in the world would you find a phenomenon like this. Either there are very conservative countries, or very liberal.

As far as the connect is concerned, it's remarkable that people still rememberTanu Weds Manu, so to maintain that continuity wasn't all that tough. People will know where we left off in the last one and where we begin in this one.