"Raj Kapoor Wanted Me To Do Satyam Shivam Sundaram" - Hema Malini - video Dailymotion

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In an exclusive interview, veteran actress Hema Malini revealed why she rejected Raj Kapoor's "Satyam Shivam Sundaram" but agreed to do a bold film like "Rihaee".

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00:00 Sathyam, Shivam, Sundaram, Raj Kapoorji came he asked me at the same time he himself is

00:07 saying but this is such a film and I don't think you will do it but I'm very keen that

00:13 you should do it but I know that you will not do it so my mother is also sitting and

00:18 saying yeah yeah she will not do all that.

00:20 That was a very sweet episode you know Raj sir himself came and.

00:28 It was also a film called Rihai which was so bold for its time.

00:35 How did you do that?

00:37 I mean how it was supposed to be Smitha Patil was supposed to have done that film but after

00:42 that it came to you yes and how did you do as in how did you agree to do it?

00:48 Because first thing I wanted to experience myself working under a female director that

00:53 was Aruna Raji and she was there to direct and then that story was very interesting I

00:58 liked doing that something different I wanted to do at that time like you know rural women

01:05 from Gujarat and all.

01:09 The story was very sweet and interesting and but it was very bold very very bold.

01:14 I mean you are a woman in the village.

01:19 But you were you always like this that you like challenges and you like doing different

01:23 yes of course yeah as an actor I think you should be able to take up anything is a challenge

01:29 for you.

01:30 Yeah was there any any particular film that you felt was very difficult to do any role

01:35 that you felt was very difficult to do?

01:37 No.

01:38 Nothing?

01:39 Once you get into it then I am able to do.

01:42 But because continuously you are working in different different characters you are doing

01:46 so anything coming you are able to accept it and do it because only the director has

01:51 to be very clear and he has to direct tell me what he wants and I will execute whatever

01:56 he needs.

01:58 I mean with the proper limitation not going overboard.

02:05 Nowadays films are made in a very very challenging.

02:09 I don't think I will ever fit into this kind of films.

02:13 Today's film.

02:14 No no I guess not.

02:15 But for your time even Rehai was beyond the boundary.

02:22 But that making was so nice and decent.

02:24 It was very decent.

02:25 Yeah very beautifully done.

02:26 There was one love scene with Nasir when Nasir was more tense than you were.

02:33 I don't know I don't remember also what we did.

02:36 Because he used to always feel that your Hemaji how can he get so close to you.

02:43 Everybody was scared of you and they respected you a lot.

02:50 They also feared you.

02:51 So nice.

02:52 Is that how it is in politics as well.

02:59 People know Hemaji.

03:00 Full respect they give me.

03:01 Very nice.

03:02 I was not knowing.

03:03 It's like a challenge again for me to go in getting into politics.

03:13 I was not knowing anything about politics and suddenly I'm jumping into that.

03:18 Jumping means you are pushed into that.

03:20 I said okay accept it again and then started.

03:26 You and you have worked with practically every hero every heroine also lots of heroines also.

03:33 You've done double also with Parveen and with so many people you have done.

03:37 You've never had a problem working with any co-star.

03:39 No no all were very nice.

03:41 Parveen Babi I had a very sweet relation.

03:43 We were very friendly.

03:45 Zeena Daman.

03:46 So we traveled together to Russia for Alibaba Chadi Store and then we were very friendly

03:53 with each other.

03:54 Rekha Kisad.

03:55 And who are the other girls with me.

03:59 But you have.

04:00 I've noticed.

04:01 Most of the films I was alone.

04:02 Very few films were together.

04:03 Rakhi.

04:04 With Rakhi I've done a few films.

04:05 Yes of course.

04:06 Iconic.

04:07 They were all very nice.

04:08 Nice girls.

04:09 They were all very sweet.

04:11 I used to feel very little hesitant in the beginning whether they will talk or not.

04:16 The same thing they used to feel.

04:18 And then once we started came together then everything was fine.

04:22 Reena Roy.

04:23 Reena.

04:24 Yeah.

04:25 You did Trishul also with so many.

04:27 Yeah Trishul with Shashi Kapoor.

04:29 I had all the best heroes.

04:31 Best of heroes.

04:32 Very good looking heroes.

04:33 I'll say.

04:34 When you were so young did you ever feel you're working with Raj Kapoor who's in his 40s.

04:40 Yeah.

04:41 Did you ever feel.

04:42 Yeah.

04:43 When they signed me only I used to say he is.

04:46 But they are giving me an opportunity to come and work with that great actor.

04:52 So that was more in my mind than thinking that he's got 40 years.

04:56 Why should I bother.

04:57 He's an actor.

04:58 That's right.

04:59 That's right.

05:00 I only see it as that.

05:01 That's right.

05:02 That character he suited very well.

05:03 He performed so nice.

05:05 And I was very scared and all in the beginning.

05:08 Actually it's my first film with him.

05:10 I had some very funny romantic scenes and all.

05:13 I used to find it very difficult then how my director helped me and come up with that

05:20 whole situation.

05:21 Mahesh Kaur.

05:22 Mahesh Kaur.

05:23 Yeah.

05:24 So he helped you to do those romantic scenes.

05:26 Yes.

05:27 Romantic scenes also.

05:28 And then he actually those days there was no film institute or anything where you can

05:32 go and learn acting.

05:34 Dance is the only thing which I learned.

05:36 So through dance whatever abhinaya I do.

05:38 So that how the director made me sit next to him and then he will keep on telling me

05:43 dekha yeh scene aisa hai.

05:44 So in dance how will you do it.

05:46 So same thing you are going to speak the dialogue and express it.

05:49 So use all these gestures, your eye movement, dance mein kaise karte hain sab karo.

05:54 So maybe in my first film my acting will be little over acting hoga.

05:59 But how he guided me to do it.

06:02 That is the only school.

06:03 That's.

06:04 That is the only teaching time you know.

06:05 I learned it that time.

06:06 That's right.

06:07 Thank you.

06:08 Thank you.

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