Do you think you have the spark within to write screenplays for films? Do you have the creative bent and are looking for guidance?

Here’s good news. A week-long workshop is going to be conducted for 250-interested students like you and is being hosted by none other then the Universal Hero, Kamal Haasan himself.

The actor, in association with Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, presents a first-of-its-kind international workshop and seminar on screenwriting in South India. “It’s a strictly instructional event. Basic education is compulsory and candidates need to demonstrate their seriousness to get selected,” says the writer-filmmaker-actor.

The workshop, called The Chennai International Screenwriting Workshop, will be held at the IIT-M campus between May 29 to June 3, 2009 will feature a few of the best screenwriters and filmmakers from around the world, including Jean Claude Carriere, popular French screen writer. Kamal Haasan himself will join the discussions, apart from K Hariharan, Director of the L.V. Prasad Film and TV Academy, Anjum Rajabali, Professional screenwriter and head of departments of screenwriting at Film and TV Institute, Pune and Whistling Woods, Mumbai and Atul Tiwari, Professional screenwriter and playwright.

The workshop will culminate with a seminar, which will be open to industry professionals. The event is an initiative of Raaj Kamal Films International to bring screenwriting to the forefront.

If you’re interested, all you need to do is send a copy of your resume, a passport-size photograph along with a 200-word synopsis on your favourite film and a list of five favourite films to admissions@screenwritingindia.com.