He’s the mastermind behind Zombivli and one of India’s leading voices in the horror-comedy space — Aditya Sarpotdar joins Cyrus for a chaotic, hilarious, and surprisingly emotional AMA episode.

From creating zombies during the pandemic, to audition tapes with tomato ketchup, to his great-grandfather making films in 1925, Aditya walks us through four generations of filmmaking, Marathi cinema nostalgia, and why Mumbai desperately needs a zombie sequel.

They dive into:

How Zombivli was born during lockdown

What zombie auditions REALLY looked like

Anthakshari with zombies (yes, seriously)

His family’s 100-year legacy in Indian cinema

The lost art of film stock & silver plates

Why India needs smarter, scarier horror films

Ram Gopal Varma’s influence

Whether zombies can survive Mumbai local trains

It’s funny, nerdy, nostalgic, and full of great cinema stories — the perfect Cyrus Says cocktail.

He&rsquo;s the mastermind behind Zombivli and one of India&rsquo;s leading voices in the horror-comedy space &mdash; Aditya Sarpotdar joins Cyrus for a chaotic, hilarious, and surprisingly emotional AMA episode.
From creating zombies during the pandemic, to audition tapes with tomato ketchup, to his great-grandfather making films in 1925, Aditya walks us through four generations of filmmaking, Marathi cinema nostalgia, and why Mumbai desperately needs a zombie sequel.
They dive into:
How Zombivli was born during lockdown
What zombie auditions REALLY looked like
Anthakshari with zombies (yes, seriously)
His family&rsquo;s 100-year legacy in Indian cinema
The lost art of film stock &amp; silver plates
Why India needs smarter, scarier horror films
Ram Gopal Varma&rsquo;s influence
Whether zombies can survive Mumbai local trains
It&rsquo;s funny, nerdy, nostalgic, and full of great cinema stories &mdash; the perfect Cyrus Says cocktail.

Broadcasting through the week with a rotating panel of guests, Cyrus Says is the definitive show on life in urban India, politics, sports, civic sense, traffic, kids, food, and everything that matters. Mostly.

Broadcasting through the week with a rotating panel of guests, Cyrus Says is the definitive show on life in urban India, politics, sports, civic sense, traffic, kids, food, and everything that matters. Mostly.