I'm a first rate writer and a second rate director: Sai Paranjpye By Sukant Deepak ( IANS) | Published on Wed, Dec 30 2020 8:06 IST | 0 Views filmmaker Sai Paranjpye.. Image Source: IANS News New Delhi, Dec 30 : Despite constantly stressing that she is a writer first and then a director, Sai Paranjpye, known for films like 'Sparsh, 'Katha, 'Chasme Buddoor' and 'Disha' says that ideas and stories come naturally to her, which she then moulds according to the medium she wants them for -- films, tele-films, theatre etc. "I have never been known as a writer and scriptwriter, which does bother me. That is why I never lose an opportunity to assert the writer's part. Maybe the word 'director has a more glamorous quotient to it -- the reason people mostly prefer to associate me with that vocation. But believe me, I am a first rate writer and a second rate director."