Between the Stethoscope and the Screenplay: An MBBS Student's Secret Life in Cinema
A Medical Student Who Watches Films Like a Filmmaker
On paper, Swathi Muthu is pursuing medicine — deep in anatomy textbooks, clinical rotations, and the gruelling exam cycles of an MBBS programme. But none of her professors see the other Swathi: the one who falls in love with every film she watches, not just with the story but with the craft of how it was made. "Every time I fall in love with the process of movie making," she wrote, "and how creatively they have shot it and conveyed it to the audience."
A Childhood Dream of Cinema, Channelled Into Medicine
"I have dreamt of being in the cinema industry from a very young age," Swathi confessed — a sentence that carries particular weight from an MBBS student. Somewhere along the way, life channelled her toward medicine. Maybe it was family expectation, maybe the pragmatic voice that tells ambitious Indian students to choose a "safe" career first. Whatever the reason, the cinema dream didn't die. It just went underground, waiting for the right moment to surface.
Taking the First Step with LevelUp's Screenwriting Workshop
The LevelUp Screenwriting Workshop was, in her words, "the first step of my journey." Not a hobby. Not a side interest. A journey. For someone balancing medical school, choosing to attend an online screenwriting course isn't casual — it's a declaration. She called it an experience she will "never forget." India has no shortage of doctors who secretly wish they were artists. The ones who do something about it are rare. Swathi Muthu is one of them.
Swathi's cinema dream survived years of medical school — and the LevelUp Screenwriting Workshop was her first real step toward it. Whether you're a medical student, an engineer, or anyone with a story to tell, this workshop meets you where you are. No film background needed.
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