By Honorary Reporter Sanya Bhardwaj from India
Photos = Sanya Bhardwaj

Yoo Insik, director of the hit K-drama "Extraordinary Attorney Woo" (2022), on Dec. 4 held a Q&A at the Korean Cultural Centre (KCC) in New Delhi, India. 

Entering the industry in the early 2000s, he won the top prize and Best Director at the Baeksang Arts Awards of Korea for the series, which is about an autistic savant who works for a law firm in Seoul. 

The event at the KCC drew over 100 fans and concluded with an autograph session.

Yoo Insik (left), director of the hit K-drama "Extraordinary Attorney Woo," on Dec. 4 speaks at his Q&A at the KCC in New Delhi.

Yoo said he never expected his drama's global success. "I thought this drama would remain local since it deals with Korean society, its legal system and humor," he said. "We only expected a small, quiet flower garden, but suddenly an entire field bloomed."

On criticism that the protagonist does not represent most in the autism spectrum, Yoo said he was deeply moved by a viewer who said the drama gave her hope for her autistic child's future. A member of the audience also thanked him for portraying Woo as someone more than her challenges and for conveying the dynamics of such individuals.

Autograph signing session at Yoo Insik's Q&A

Yoo also discussed his upcoming works like "WonderFools," a comedy sci-fi series about small-town underdogs who gain supernatural powers, and "100 Days of Lies" (working title), a spy romantic drama set in 1930s Korea.

Fans pose in a group photo with the hit K-drama's director Yoo Insik at his Q&A hosted by the KCC in New Delhi.

The director said that on his first visit to India, he was fond of Bollywood for films like "3 Idiots" (2009), adding that he met Indian producers.

On potential collaboration with India, he said joint dramas could reflect the shared emotional and historical bonds between the two countries like a colonized past and rapid social change.

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