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00:31 Alright then, enter the dark world of Duranga in its second season.
00:35 The first season was great. Of course and have samosa. You are just breaking the narrative and you are making it funnier.
00:41 This is supposed to be horror. It's a popcorn machine. She is panic eating because I have to leave in 10 minutes.
00:46 Okay, with my intro going for an absolute toss, let me introduce Gulshan and Darshti.
00:52 Thank you so much for joining me with samosa and coffee. Thank you for letting me eat.
00:56 He is the only person who has been nice to me. He is like, you can eat in this segment. Please go for it.
01:00 Nice faces require nice treatment. Thank you so much.
01:03 So, first up, we are going into the second season. Obviously, there is expectation, burden and excitement.
01:10 I am asking this question because the equation can change between the two actors. How does it happen?
01:15 No, there was no such equation. We had a good relationship. It was a good experience to work together in season 1.
01:21 We took care of each other and that got carried over in season 2. There was no pressure at all.
01:27 I was a little scared about myself that I don't want to be complacent because Duranga season 1 was very much appreciated.
01:34 People liked it a lot. And there was excitement. It was already there that season 2 is coming because the story was incomplete.
01:41 People knew that the story of Aagyav was left. So, there was excitement. But we didn't take any pressure. So, that was it.
01:50 When it comes to a woman playing a cop, there is this urge to play this mardani or this cop who kicks some serious butt.
01:58 To move away from that image, what preparation goes into it?
02:02 I didn't watch that firstly because we have not watched the show also, the Korean version of it.
02:10 I never had in my mind that I am going to play the cop in a certain manner. I just thought I have to play a cop.
02:18 A cop is also a person only. Absolutely.
02:21 And when you wear the clothes and you get into the attire, I have never worn those things on screen.
02:26 Or in real life also. I don't remember wearing sport shoes, denims with a tight t-shirt and a shirt and walking around for a coffee or a movie.
02:33 So, it just felt like a different attire. You just feel strong wearing that attire.
02:38 It was so weird that on set also, the costume chicks, every time I would walk out wearing that.
02:44 They would say, "You change your attire after wearing the clothes." I would say, "I just feel it. I feel it in the air that suddenly I am a cop."
02:52 But even to play that, did you have a reference?
02:55 I don't think I had any reference. I actually didn't. We did a lot of pre-production.
03:05 Reading, rehearsals and all.
03:07 We used to keep telling me, "Stand, sit." I wore a dress and I went one day for rehearsal and Goldie was like,
03:14 "Can you wear some denims and shirts and all and come now for rehearsal?"
03:18 So that you get into the mood and I'm like, "Yeah, fair enough."
03:21 So, started wearing more of the denims and the loose t-shirts and shirts with shoes.
03:25 We used to do a lot of rehearsals also. We used to do table reads or rehearsals.
03:29 In those also, there was a little bit of language. You know, people are telling you that.
03:33 So, yeah, it was different and it was fun and I think I did a pretty good job.
03:37 Gulshan, I remember how extensively you described the term 'Duranga' because I did not know how to capture the essence of it.
03:43 'Duranga', 'Two Rang', 'Dho Kala'.
03:45 Yeah, exactly. But the way we see it unfold is not just two Rang or two colours or two dimensions.
03:51 There are so many layers that are coming to the fore. So, in that sense, do we need to change the title of it?
03:58 No, no. There are two Rang and then there are different shades of Rang. So, basically, that's it.
04:04 But we see so many dimensions.
04:06 And I think, in season two, there are two Rang coming out of everyone's character.
04:09 Absolutely.
04:10 So, as the story progresses in season two, the reference that we were talking about is their character.
04:16 So, the more complicated it is, the more complicated and complex the actor's preparation becomes.
04:23 No, I didn't keep it that complicated. I didn't feel the need to.
04:28 But I think, the preparation for season one was very strong.
04:33 So, it was just a matter of revision. Just to remind yourself where you were, what you did, what preparation you had for that character.
04:42 The journey was a little different because it is very emotional.
04:46 You start feeling it. A person who can't feel things, who can't express emotions, but he is feeling it now.
04:55 He is feeling it in a very intense way.
04:57 And sometimes, for the first time, after so much age, you feel something that you don't know about.
05:03 So, obviously, it's like crazy. You don't know how to deal with it.
05:05 That's the whole thing. But because it was a pre-preparation, it was not that very difficult.
05:11 It's a complex layered character, definitely. And it hides it.
05:16 It increases the complexity of the level where you are not showing your emotions.
05:21 But at the same time, it should seem interesting.
05:24 The audience should be intrigued about who is this, what is this?
05:27 It shouldn't be dull or boring.
05:29 And also, we played the season one, so we knew where we are taking the graph, right?
05:33 Because we are living it.
05:34 Absolutely. You two are on a roll. Gulshan, what a year this has been.
05:39 She says that we should frame 2023 like this.
05:43 I told him, you should get a calendar of 2023 and you should keep it for the rest of your life
05:47 because that's going to be the best year of your life.
05:49 And beyond that, life and beyond that.
05:51 But do you look at projects now? Because in our last conversation, you had categorically mentioned,
05:56 Gulshan, that it could be scary and because it can get boring.
06:00 So, you do not want to choose projects that can take you on that trajectory.
06:03 So, consciously give me a project in which my streak will be intact.
06:08 No, no, no. I am not going to take any pressure.
06:12 All this happened organically because of the way I approach things.
06:17 I genuinely have an interest in a story, in a character and in some people who want to work with me.
06:23 If I don't have a genuine interest, I don't do it.
06:26 It should be good for me, my craft and my career also.
06:29 There is no need to calculate more than this.
06:32 Like the streak of India-Pakistan. It will break one day.
06:36 This streak should not take much stress.
06:39 It has already broken once.
06:40 No, no, the streak of the World Cup.
06:42 It has already broken once.
06:43 It's 8-20 in the count.
06:44 They are not taking it in the count.
06:46 So, all that does not really matter for me.
06:52 I just want to do things that are interesting to me and that are good for my career
06:56 and that my career goes in a forward direction.
06:58 Lovely, good.
06:59 Rashti, this huge force to reckon with on television landscape and then we see you doing this
07:05 large than life character in Empire.
07:08 OTT is working in your favour. How do you see it?
07:13 Touch wood. It's welcomed me very nicely.
07:15 I guess I'm blessed to have one of those actors who has done just two shows
07:21 and the second show has already had a season two.
07:23 Hopefully, my first show also has a season two which doesn't look like it, Empire.
07:29 So, yeah, it's been a good journey till now.
07:35 Though I'm so used to working, you know, because when you do TV, you're so used to working every day
07:41 that now from there I'm working like half a year or maybe a little less than half a year
07:45 and I don't understand that because I just want to do something and I don't know what I want to do
07:52 but gradually I'm learning the art of vegetation and I think I've excelled in it
07:57 better than any other thing that I've done till now.
07:59 But yes, having said that, I'm looking forward to what's more in store for me
08:05 and I hope some nice, nice shows and nice, nice people call me for nice, nice work.
08:11 Inshallah, tataastu.
08:12 My last question, going forward, season two, it looks more mysterious, scarier, darker.
08:20 So, in that sense, while going in, do you have any reference points in your mind?
08:25 Do you see something like this on OTT? Do you read it?
08:28 And do you take reference from there? Do you polish it?
08:30 Is there a need to do something like this for this?
08:32 Especially when you have to Indianize, do you come in that context?
08:36 In the script, Mr. Charu had already done that.
08:39 We just had to Indianize.
08:40 And Goldie was also very clear of the adaptation and all that.
08:44 And all the directors who've been part of this also, they were very, they were on board
08:48 and they were very clear with what they wanted to do.
08:50 So, there was no need for reference points.
08:53 And I don't even want to keep them because I didn't want to be influenced.
08:56 And the same reason, she didn't want to be influenced by reference points,
08:59 particularly if it was the same show, seeing that.
09:01 Maybe it helps some people, but we didn't want to be influenced
09:04 and we wanted to have our own take on these characters.
09:09 So, we started this interview with three samosas on the platter
09:11 and we are finishing on the note of just one gone.
09:14 That means we finish in just seven and a half, eight minutes.
09:16 Thank you so much for joining us on this.
09:19 And I hope you achieve what you want to achieve with season two.
09:21 Thank you so much.
09:23 (whooshing)
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