First Act, which is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video, directs its gaze on the lives of child actors in the industry. Over the expanse of 6 episodes, director Deepa Bhatia maintains an empathetic and quietly disturbing look on the reality of parenthood, where a child’s foray into acting at such an young age often hides a toxic denial of the parent’s idea of success. (Also read: Mona Singh interview: ‘All the work I’ve done this year is because of Laal Singh Chaddha’) Director Deepa Bhatia talks about her show First Act. In an exclusive chat with Hindustan Times, director Deepa Bhatia talked about the process of making the series- how the tapestry of perspectives that bleed into the show was a decision that developed along the way, and the need of the industry as well as the parents to introspect while dealing with children. Wrap up the year gone by & gear up for 2024 with HT! Click here Tell me a little bit about the origin of First Act. When did you …