When was the last time you took a long walk with your husband/wife? Talked about the natural beauty you saw around? About young children who’d soon grow up to become responsible individuals? Or just went up to an estranged friend and repented for being a rogue?

There’s a drought of writers. Good writers. Screenwriters who bring substance and value to writing. The absence of a talented name like Sujit Sen, who wrote a number of films for Mahesh Bhatt and who penned the script of STAYING ALIVE, makes you recognize this fact all the more. STAYING ALIVE, a black comedy that borrows from real life, may not be riveting in entirety, but it makes an effort to say something novel, something inventive.