Mastram Movie: The Untold Stories of a Writer

​Mastram: The Untold Stories of a Writer is a 2014 Hindi-language biographical film directed by Akhilesh Jaiswal. The film stars Rahul Bagga as Rajaram, a small-town bank clerk from Himachal Pradesh in the 1980s, who aspires to become a renowned writer. Facing repeated rejections from publishers, Rajaram is advised to add sensational elements—referred to as \"masala\"—to his stories. Struggling to understand this concept, he meets an eccentric village elder who introduces him to the spicier aspects of life.