Here’s some interesting trivia about Parvin Dabas and Pooja Batra’s ‘Mirror Game’

Trivia 1

The film's title finds its inspiration in a theatre technique named Mirror Game. According to the same, the actor and his reflection in the mirror, are considered two separate performing entities, with the actor in lead, and mirror reflection being considered an entity which duplicates or replicates the same. They act together, improvise together, and perform together. The technique is more widely covered in Viola Spolin's seminal book, 'Improvisation for the Theatre'.

Trivia 2

Apparently, when the film was being shot in New Jersey, neighbours called 911 to inform the police about the crew members. Later an officer named Andrew Ullman came for inspection. After acquiring details about the crew members from the director, the officer was making his exit. But director Vijit Sharma offered him a small role in the film and he gladly accepted. Apart from that, all the officers we would see in the film are CSI-NY regulars.

Trivia 3

There's one song in the film titled 'Angel of Chances' which is based on artist Esfand. Estand is the front man of rock band 'The Landlord'. Apparently, Vijit Sharma and the singer share a very good bond and that is why Esfand specifically recorded a song for 'Mirror Game'.

Trivia 4

'Mirror Game' has some connection with Hollywood film 'A Beautiful Mind'. Apparently, both the films are shot in the same campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, New Jersey.

Mirror Game Trivia

Vijit Sharma roped in international DOP Joshua Echevarria for this film. Joshua revealed to us how was it working on a Bollywood film. He stated, "I approached ‘Mirror Game’ as I would with any narrative project. ‘Mirror Game’ wasn’t a traditional Bollywood film per se. I just followed the story and did what worked best for the story. Some of the choices were made in pre-production stage as Vijit, Hari Kapoor (associate director) and I scouted, shot listed and met consistently to prepare for this. But some choices were made on set, especially at the house location. As we grew accustomed to the space and how our protagonist developed and changed in this space we adjusted the way we shot there. As far as language barriers go, the script I read was in English so I had a complete understanding of what each scene was and the important beats that took place throughout the film. It was a hugely collaborative effort which I thoroughly enjoyed. It helped that Vijit knew what he wanted and had a clear vision. Special thanks to Hari Kapoor who was our backbone throughout this project."