00:00Welcome to INS. Thank you.
00:02Avishman, we'll start with you.
00:04Go, Avishman.
00:04First thing first, how was your experience working with three girls on the set?
00:08Was it difficult to deal with three of them?
00:11There was no difficulty.
00:12All that difficulty you're seeing is part of the screenplay.
00:15And it's this comedy of errors.
00:18And the three immensely talented people.
00:21Very different individuals and their characters also very different in the film.
00:26And Prajabhati Pandey is a green flag in the film.
00:29But the best part is that all three ladies in the film, they have a certain agency.
00:35They are not just there for tokenism.
00:38They have a certain word and they are assertive in the film.
00:42And that makes it like more palatable and more wide and more progressive at the same time, I guess.
00:50So, when three girls are on the set, normally people say that there is too much of gossip.
01:01Cat fights.
01:02Yeah.
01:03Cat fights, we'll talk about, but there is too much of gossip.
01:06So, who is the most spicy gossip?
01:09Gossip.
01:10We don't believe in gossip I think.
01:12They are not just saying this.
01:14I don't think we've ever gossiped really.
01:16I don't think we've ever gossiped really.
01:20Yeah.
01:20We've got it.
01:21Yeah, we've got it.
01:23Yeah, we've got it.
01:23We've got it.
01:24Because they need gossip industry.
01:26Yeah.
01:26So, I think we don't indulge in gossip, but we had a lot of fun while shooting.
01:31We had a lot of work out with them.
01:33We had a lot of work out with them.
01:33We had a lot of drive with them.
01:35We had a lot of hotel with them.
01:36We had a lot of work out with them.
01:38And it's just a stereotype when three women are together.
01:41Men also gossip a lot.
01:43If they're gossipy talking about it.
01:45So, it's not gender specific.
01:46So, let's put it some other way.
01:48I'll just use a polished word like conversation.
01:52So, how was the conversation like?
01:54Which one of the favorite topics was the topic?
01:57I don't think so.
01:58I mean, I don't think so.
01:59I don't think so.
02:00I don't think so.
02:01So, her favorite topic was the topic?
02:03No, I'm kidding.
02:05I think she is so funny.
02:08She is so funny.
02:09No, I love you.
02:09I know that.
02:10I'm naturally funny.
02:12She's naturally so funny.
02:13She's entertaining.
02:14Yeah.
02:15You know, she...
02:15Entertainment is Sarah.
02:18And it's anonymous, you know, truth to her.
02:23And so, that would be...
02:25We would just keep talking random things, you know.
02:28It's not like somebody had a favorite conversation.
02:30Sometimes it could be about food.
02:32Sometimes it could be about, you know, what are we working on?
02:35I had a favorite topic.
02:36What was your favorite topic?
02:37You all know.
02:38Of course.
02:39The French you had.
02:39No, no, no.
02:40Of course.
02:41Yeah, yeah, yeah.
02:42And you all used to say, don't say, don't say.
02:44We won't tell them.
02:44It's okay.
02:45I still don't remember.
02:46You initiated the conversation.
02:48No, no.
02:48I won't tell you.
02:48It's just for our years only.
02:50Tell me after the interview.
02:51Yeah, done.
02:51It was fun.
02:52As usual.
02:52It was a lot of fun.
02:53We used to eat dinner together.
02:55Yeah.
02:55You know, to pack up.
02:57Because we were on an outdoor.
02:58Pack up.
02:58We would sit and sit and, you know, of course our director, Juno, our producer, all of us.
03:05So, it was just nice conversations.
03:08It wasn't like specific to certain subjects.
03:11Read about your characters.
03:14So, it happens many a times and a lot of factors have spoken about it.
03:22It happens sometimes that you feel, okay, if I do that or I do that, then it will be better.
03:28So, did it happen to you, Sara, that something came to mind?
03:32Aishwan, can you tell us?
03:34What did I say?
03:34Tell us.
03:35Tell us.
03:35Tell us.
03:35Tell us.
03:36Tell us.
03:36Tell us.
03:38Tell us.
03:42And the best lines are.
03:43Sara said, she has the best lines, and she is the best lines.
03:46What is this?
03:47I love Nilofa.
03:49I love.
03:50And, but honestly now, script level, I love Nilofa, but actually now seeing what Rakul has done.
03:58I am, like if she is so good in the film, and the film is so funny.
04:02That I think whatever happened, happened for the best.
04:04But in another world, yes, I would like to play Nilofa.
04:08I really would.
04:09So what was, did you like the line, what did you feel good about your character?
04:14You know, I think that, when I read the narration, and then when we shoot on the set,
04:22I used to do all the lines. And I actually used to love the way I pitched Nilofa.
04:30Yeah.
04:30And I mean, to see how Rakul has made it her own, but done what Sir has asked of her,
04:37doing such good justice to those lines.
04:40She's the filmmaker.
04:41I've seen every scene of hers for sure.
04:44She called me.
04:45I have loved, it's too good.
04:49Are these people lying in the other way also?
04:52No, no, she wanted to be Nilofa only.
04:54What, what, what?
04:55It happened the other way around also.
04:57No, so the film came to me when actually it was cast.
05:00Yeah, yeah.
05:01It came to me in the end.
05:02Okay.
05:04It came to me in the end.
05:05But having said that, like Ayushman said earlier, I think all the three characters are very different from one another.
05:11From the kind of clothes they wear, to the way they speak, to their dialect, and to their personalities.
05:17So, at no point do you feel your question, you know, as three actors, I think all of us were
05:25very much in our characters,
05:27and not insecure of the fact that, ayushka zyada hai, yaushka kam, because kisi ka zyada kam nahi hai.
05:33I think all three characters are so beautifully woven in the film's narrative.
05:39Yeah.
05:40So, Sara you have done, so this time how, how much prep was required?
05:47Because you are doing like same Hindi hotline wala, similar, not seen.
05:50Little similar character, chanchal kumari, psycho honors.
05:53So, how much dialogue, or local flavor, and how much work is required?
06:01This film is where we are the director.
06:05So, I think the most important thing was to,
06:10whether it's a zara hatke zara bachke, or an atrangire, one has done this before.
06:14But it's important to let go of what you've done and get into something new.
06:18Yeh kirdar nahi hai, yeh dunya nahi hai, yeh co-actors nahi hai, director nahi hai.
06:24So, I think just, and I'm working with Ayushman on other films,
06:28and in fact one day on set I asked him that, you know, what do you think?
06:31And he's like, just do what Mudassar sir is saying.
06:35And I think that, I mean, of course you have your own personal prep,
06:37you know, want to know about the place.
06:40You want to know about girls from the place.
06:41All of that's fine.
06:42But ultimately, we had to just listen to our director.
06:47He knows this world better than any of us.
06:50He's made this world.
06:51We're happy to be a part of it.
06:53Ayushman, I think you spoke in the press conference,
06:55that you have seen the original one also, the pati pati wo,
06:58Sarjeev Kumar Sarwadar.
07:00So, jab wo, wo do kaapi sala hai,
07:02I think 70, 80, 70 nahi hai.
07:04So, is samain, is taray ki kahaniya, kam aathini screen pe.
07:08Now, in the last few years we have seen.
07:10However, there are three in this.
07:12So, do you think ki,
07:15matlab, aaj ki rate mein,
07:17thoda sa, aisa loge ko laghe,
07:18chokke social media pe, kai comments na hai.
07:20This is, I think there are a lot of negative comments also ki,
07:25ye toh loge compare zahada te rehingi.
07:27Mera ye maan na hai ki,
07:29classic love story,
07:30or classic comedy,
07:31kabhi out of fashion nai hooti.
07:33Woh, humayshha aap wo churn out karte hai,
07:35same beats hooti hoon ke.
07:36Koi bhi aap romantic film dekhi hai.
07:38Koi bhi aap comedy film dekhi hai.
07:39Most of the beats are very similar.
07:41Comedy of errors ka ek formula hai.
07:44This is a formula aca film for sure.
07:46But, formula aca film ka ye ho na baht doori hai ki,
07:48woh entertaining ho.
07:49Ye entertaining film hai.
07:50Ek family film hai.
07:52Mostly, min joh film me karta ho humayshha,
07:53uska subject kush neya hoota hai.
07:55Isme ho nahi hai,
07:56but this is like,
07:57for me it's dal chawal.
07:58Ki humare desh ka staple diet hai.
08:01Or, achche dal chawal khano mein bhot mazat hai.
08:04And it's that film.
08:05So, you can't take that away from the audience,
08:07we can audience hamesha aca film dekhna chaathe hai,
08:09jisme aap pariwaar ke saath baih kar,
08:11haze sakhe,
08:12or enjoy kar sakhe,
08:13and pati patni aur hudhu ho fain.
08:15Top of a comedy of errors,
08:17which one is yours?
08:19Kari aap bichhi lupu star on bat,
08:20kari aya pehde kurani?
08:22Mujhe,
08:22I think Haseena Manjai bhohchi lukti hai.
08:26Uske alaawa,
08:29houseful,
08:29welcome,
08:30no entry,
08:31no entry,
08:31Hera Feri.
08:32Hera Feri.
08:33Like my all time.
08:35I think all these films are like,
08:37even Golmar purani wali,
08:39nehi series bhi,
08:40Golmar mojhe bhot pasand hai.
08:41So this is,
08:42this is that genre.
08:43To ye genre kabhi.
08:45Agur also Sanjeev Kumar.
08:46Of course,
08:46of course,
08:47of course.
08:48And so,
08:48we will talk about Sanjeev Kumar.
08:50I think he spoke in this conference.
08:51What do you like best about Sanjeev Kumar?
09:11It was very different.
09:13The way he notices the lead,
09:16and he,
09:16you know,
09:17blinks his eye,
09:18and every movement was so measured
09:21and yet so natural.
09:22I think only Sanjeev Kumar
09:24could have done that.
09:25He was one of the subtle actors in that time,
09:28yet commercial at the same time,
09:30why he has also done commercial films.
09:32So he set a benchmark
09:33and I am glad that
09:34we all are part of that legacy.
09:37Because it is an iconic film.
09:38After that,
09:39another film is made,
09:39now this is another film.
09:41So,
09:42it's iconic.
09:43So,
09:43I keep watching these things
09:43that if I film something,
09:47then
09:47where are they coming from?
09:48There is Chambal also in the film.
09:52So,
09:52I want to know from all of you
09:54that
09:54you all are
09:55you know,
09:56we travel
09:57and you all
09:58of course,
09:59you all have a lot of experience.
10:02So,
10:02which was,
10:03tell us something about your
10:04safari experience
10:06and
10:06some animal
10:07such strange encounter
10:09or some
10:09as a Darabna encounter.
10:11Darabna?
10:12Oh,
10:13I don't have a safari,
10:14but I have a Darabna encounter.
10:17Tell us.
10:18I know.
10:19I am suddenly a Meghaya.
10:21So,
10:21my dad is from army,
10:24so we were posted on Sili Gudi.
10:26So,
10:27at Sili Gudi,
10:27I was able to tell the army
10:29that there was a mess
10:29and temporary accommodation.
10:32So,
10:33they came back in the night.
10:34Wild hand.
10:35So,
10:36they came back
10:36and they'd go to the cars
10:39like
10:41they would just crush the cars,
10:43they would do all of that.
10:44Yeah, and in the morning you wake up and you're like, oh shit, everything is bad.
10:49So, it was like that at night, they came in the jungle.
10:51And once from the balcony, they actually saw that.
10:54They were in the jungle, where did they come from?
10:56No, no, not Paltu, but there are those wild ones.
11:00Otherwise, they are not very, they don't really disturb.
11:04They are not disruptive.
11:05So, one time at night, they came in the morning, they came in the morning,
11:09and then they came in the balcony.
11:13So, what did the drama happen?
11:14What did the drama happen?
11:15You saw it from the balcony, they threw it from the balcony.
11:18Okay, I thought that they threw it from the balcony, they threw it from the balcony.
11:22That would be more scary.
11:24It is scary in the sense that...
11:26I have got a title for a film.
11:27Silly Gudi Me Silly Gudi.
11:30It's a great title guys.
11:33You should do it.
11:34Silly Gudi.
11:36Nice, but I like the title.
11:38Nice title.
11:40I went to a lot of safaris.
11:42I love safaris.
11:43I'm sucker for safaris.
11:44In India, Kaziranga, Ranthambore, Gheer.
11:47Gheer, we are going again later.
11:50And outside, I went to Kruger National Park in Africa.
11:55So, I had a violent encounter in Kaziranga.
11:59It was going to be closed on safaris.
12:01And suddenly, a rhino came in front of us.
12:06And the rhino started running towards us.
12:11And the car back, we got full speed.
12:14And thankfully, he got saved.
12:16Because his child is now around.
12:17So, rhino went towards us that side.
12:19But yeah.
12:20Normally, rhino's are very destructive.
12:22Gypsies would come and throw it.
12:24One or two days ago, he killed the rhino.
12:27So, it was crazy.
12:31I didn't have anything to do with me.
12:35The first time I went to Masai Mara, I went to a shoot.
12:39My first cover ever.
12:41The first cover ever.
12:41Masai Mara.
12:42Wow, Masai Mara.
12:43With Rahul Gangwani.
12:43With Rahul Gangwani.
12:46With Rahul Gangwani.
12:46Yes.
12:47And Rohan Shrestha was shooting.
12:49Okay.
12:49And we all were talking.
12:51Now, Niklo Niklo.
12:52Because he had his head in the background.
12:55And Rohan and I had a black face.
12:56I had a black face.
12:57So, I had a good photo.
12:59I had a good photo.
12:59I had a good photo.
13:00I had a good photo.
13:03And then we had to run and leave.
13:05Because we were endangering our lives.
13:07For a photo.
13:08Which is not cool.
13:08We shouldn't do that.
13:10We did.
13:11And it was great fun.
13:13Yeah.
13:14That's it.
13:15Talking about the film again.
13:16There's Ayushman, Rakhul, Sara and Vamika.
13:19Vamika.
13:20Yes.
13:20Who is not here right now.
13:21So, all big stars.
13:25Recently, there have been a lot of discussions.
13:28That now in theatres, only multi-stars will work.
13:31And well-known actors from industry, they have given this statement.
13:36What are your thoughts, Ayushman Rakhul?
13:38I think it's a good story.
13:40It's a good story.
13:40It's a good story.
13:42It's a good story.
13:42It's a good story.
13:43You can tell yourself.
13:45Immediately after lockdown, the 12th film called film came and it was a dream.
13:49It was not a multi-starrer.
13:51It was a small film.
13:52It broke all the rules.
13:53If the film is good, it will work.
13:55Irrespective.
13:55It really doesn't matter.
13:57I agree with that.
13:58Yeah.
13:58And especially after Tundinder, this discussion is going on, going on.
14:02You know, we can discuss how much ever we want.
14:04Ultimately, audiences, I don't think, get involved in this discussion.
14:07These are all industry standpoint discussions.
14:10Ultimately, the picture is good.
14:11It will be entertaining.
14:12It will work.
14:14It will work.
14:15It will work.
14:15It will work.
14:15It will not work.
14:17It will work.
14:18No, they are right.
14:18We make films for the audiences.
14:21If they lap it up, which I know they were for this film, then we are home.
14:25So, but do you think that audience have become very critical?
14:29I think because, you know, because of the social media,
14:33a harsh word we use.
14:35You know, at times they are so, so good.
14:38If someone is a fan, they are crazy.
14:40If someone is a fan, they are crazy.
14:41If someone is a fan, they are crazy.
14:43So, and they have become very knowledgeable also.
14:46As far as film is concerned,
14:47in that scene, it was not like this, it was like this.
14:49It was like this.
14:50Things like that.
14:51So, do you think that this, you know,
14:54effects film, you all, you see all the comments that,
14:57you know, start coming once the teaser releases,
15:00once the trailer comes out.
15:01Every actor goes through a honeymoon period
15:04in the beginning of their career.
15:06You get unanimous love.
15:07But after some years, you will get criticism
15:10when you reach the helm of your career.
15:12Like they always support the underdog.
15:14When you are not the underdog anymore,
15:16then they will probably be like little critical.
15:19And at the same time, we live in a day and age
15:22when you will not get unanimous love.
15:24You will always be criticized.
15:26This criticism was before,
15:27but before we went to the tea tree,
15:29or in some house,
15:30or in some shop,
15:31or in some shop.
15:32But when we were doing such things,
15:34we were able to hear the things,
15:34and now we are able to listen to the things.
15:36There is so much difference.
15:38And,
15:39the other thing,
15:41it's,
15:42it's,
15:42it's,
15:42it's,
15:43it's,
15:43it's, it's,
15:46it's,
15:48it's,
15:49it's,
15:51I love the trailer personally.
15:55It's,
15:57it's,
15:59it's,
16:00such a brilliant film.
16:01It's a benchmark.
16:02It's unparalleled.
16:03And,
16:03it's very difficult to break that benchmark.
16:05because,
16:06I think,
16:07a good filmmaking,
16:08a good story,
16:09it's always going to be.
16:12And,
16:12I think,
16:14Lapata Ladies also.
16:15Lapata Ladies also.
16:16Yeah.
16:16Lapata Ladies also.
16:18Yeah.
16:19So,
16:20but then,
16:20as you said that,
16:21in the show,
16:22my underdog support.
16:23Then,
16:23later on,
16:24obviously,
16:24they become very critical.
16:25Everybody is human,
16:27and,
16:28you know,
16:28when you all put on so much hard work,
16:31and,
16:31you see that audience,
16:32they have not even seen,
16:34and they have become so critical of everything.
16:36So,
16:37I think,
16:37it affects a lot.
16:38Like,
16:38when did he upload so effectively?
16:41I think,
16:42when you are newer,
16:43and when you just start out,
16:45you,
16:45you,
16:47you get affected.
16:49Luckily,
16:49when I started out,
16:50social media wasn't so prominent.
16:52Hmm.
16:53This is only the last five years,
16:55and I think,
16:55people have started,
16:56having an opinion only through the pandemic.
16:58Yeah.
16:59I think, last five, six years,
17:00when, you know,
17:00there's a lot of time,
17:01and social media was around,
17:03and, you know, just.
17:03So, I feel ki,
17:05ultimately,
17:05as an actor,
17:06you have to shut that noise,
17:08and you have to distance yourself from the chatter.
17:11Yeah.
17:12Um,
17:13and just,
17:13put your blinders on,
17:15and work,
17:16and then disconnect.
17:17Because,
17:18if you start getting affected by what everyone is saying on social media,
17:22then you will,
17:23you will be a disaster.
17:25Um,
17:26so, yeah.
17:28I think anybody who is in the public eye,
17:29is not just the actors.
17:31Yeah.
17:31They could be politicians,
17:32they could be businessmen,
17:33who are in the public eye,
17:35who are famous,
17:36they will go through this.
17:38And if you are not,
17:39able to deal with it,
17:40you are not fit to be a public figure.
17:42You are,
17:43you are,
17:43you have to,
17:45probably learn the skill of detachment.
17:47Yeah.
17:47Through success,
17:49failures,
17:49criticism,
17:50love,
17:50validations,
17:51everything.
17:52Only then you can survive here.
17:53Otherwise,
17:54this is not meant for you.
17:56I think,
17:57I agree with what both of them are saying.
17:59But,
18:00I will be lying if I say I don't get affected.
18:03I do get affected,
18:04because ultimately I,
18:05you know,
18:06do what I do for my audiences,
18:07and if I disappoint them,
18:08I don't feel good.
18:09But,
18:10I think somewhere,
18:11in this journey of having been here now,
18:14for a while,
18:15you actually start also working for yourself.
18:17And I think I learnt that late in my career.
18:19I think for very long,
18:20the initial focus was,
18:22and it will always be.
18:23I said,
18:23Janata Janath,
18:24and I meant that.
18:25The focus will always be the audience.
18:27But,
18:27if you truly start enjoying your work,
18:30you enjoy the process,
18:32and you tell yourself,
18:34not in a lie,
18:35but in a genuine way,
18:36that I have done my best.
18:37That absorbs you of any sort of,
18:40mental guilt,
18:41and self-flagellation,
18:43for no reason.
18:44Then you feel like,
18:44Look,
18:45I have done it.
18:46What I can do,
18:47I have done it.
18:48And then,
18:49I have done it.
18:51And then,
18:51it gets easier,
18:52if you put in your best.
18:54And then,
18:55there it goes.
18:56Now that we are talking about,
18:57social media and audiences,
18:58criticism,
18:59recently,
19:00Big Star of 90s,
19:01he was criticised.
19:01And then,
19:02there was discussion also,
19:04in the entire social media,
19:06that,
19:06why is,
19:07he doing all those videos.
19:10It comes to your mind,
19:12that everybody should be prepared,
19:15for all kinds of,
19:16phases of life.
19:18It comes to your mind.
19:20You go through,
19:21the different spectrums of,
19:23you know,
19:23happiness,
19:24or successes,
19:25failures.
19:26It,
19:27it happens with everyone,
19:28not just people in the industry.
19:30It could be,
19:30happening to cricketers,
19:31sportspersons,
19:32businessmen,
19:33politicians,
19:33everyone.
19:35So,
19:35I think,
19:37until,
19:37you must be simple in life.
19:40And,
19:41choices click,
19:42universal work in your favour.
19:44But,
19:45I don't know,
19:45what else to say.
19:47It's just your mind.
19:48Yeah.
19:49I think,
19:49what you are saying,
19:50phases,
19:51every person has to be prepared,
19:53irrespective of the profession you are in.
19:55Life is never going to be,
19:56a straight line.
19:57There are ups,
19:58there are downs.
19:59And that's a part,
20:00that's what life is.
20:01And,
20:01we all have to be prepared.
20:02You are an actor,
20:03you are a normal person,
20:05you are a normal person,
20:07you are a normal person,
20:07you are a normal person.
20:07There are no neighbours,
20:09anyone will talk about it.
20:11You just have to be prepared.
20:13That's life.
20:15By,
20:16preparing yourself for a professional phase.
20:18Yeah.
20:19You don't need to think so.
20:20If we think so,
20:22for me,
20:23you don't need to think so.
20:24When the phase comes,
20:25you will see.
20:28You don't need to think so.
20:29because something is happening,
20:32somewhere.
20:32I think it's one day at a time.
20:33Yeah, it's one day at a time.
20:34I live life one day at a time.
20:35Today is the day.
20:37Today I am giving you an interview.
20:38I will give you a good interview.
20:40This is my job.
20:42And this is the truth.
20:43Today is the truth.
20:44Today is the truth.
20:44What will happen tomorrow?
20:45That will happen tomorrow.
20:46That will happen tomorrow.
20:49So,
20:50Vamika is not here.
20:50Before we wrap,
20:52especially you,
20:53we should know
20:55how was your experience working with Vamika
20:57and you both are working with her for the first time.
20:59Yes.
21:00I had a great time.
21:02I think she's very, very talented.
21:04And she's a very fun, loving person.
21:07She's easy going.
21:10And she was great fun.
21:11Yeah.
21:11She was a good time.
21:14Yeah.
21:15No, I think she's a lovely person.
21:17She's also had not an easy journey into the films.
21:23I think there's been a lot of work that she's put in before.
21:28And she's a very creative person like Avishman was saying in one interview.
21:31And I would have said the exact same thing.
21:33You know there's,
21:33she's an artist.
21:35Yeah.
21:35And yeah,
21:37we're missing her today here.
21:39Yeah.
21:39We're from the same city, Chandigarh.
21:41And we speak to each other in Punjabi.
21:44And I call her Kalakar.
21:46She's a true artist.
21:47Very talented.
21:48We've had like very similar journey.
21:51And I'm really glad that she's part of this film.
21:54What about food?
21:55When our food choices are similar.
21:57Healthy ones.
21:58We have all our food choices are similar.
22:01There's like a homogenous love for healthy food when we are filming at least.
22:06And when it's cooked by Rakul.
22:08Rakul's cook.
22:09Well, yes.
22:10Rakul's chef was travelling with us.
22:12So we had the opportunity.
22:14To eat healthy,
22:15home food from Rakul's place.
22:17Yes.
22:18Yes.
22:18Invite us soon.
22:20Please.
22:20We are celebrating the film success.
22:23Yeah.
22:24Thank you so much.
22:25Thank you so much.
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