New Delhi, June 19 -- For Bandana Tiwari, a story writer on the TV series Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, the biggest shadow on the horizon a few months ago was the Indian Premier League (IPL). Like every year, the writers were planning to escalate the drama on the Star Plus series to prevent the cricket league from taking away too many eyeballs. As it turned out, another sort of drama would soon unfold, scuttling the IPL, TV production and normal life in the country.
Covid-19 has brought the TV and film industries to a halt. Since mid-March, studio sets have been shuttered and there have been no shoots. Films that were supposed to release in theatres-the biggest of which is Shoojit Sircar's Gulabo Sitabo-are instead premiering online. TV chan...