00:00My first question is for Tiger Vinod Prabhakar sir.
00:10Sir, Navagraha is an important phase of your career.
00:16What changes happened in your life before and after Navagraha?
00:21What is the impact of Navagraha in your life?
00:23First of all, I have to thank Dinesh sir and Darshan sir.
00:29I got an offer from Tukudipa Banner.
00:33Navagraha started in 2006-2007.
00:38But when we met in 2002, they already had this plan.
00:45We were planning to bring together all the villains.
00:49They told us to do it.
00:52I don't know how many people have seen my previous films,
00:59but Navagraha was a milestone for me.
01:02I got recognition in a big circle.
01:07I got recognition from Navagraha and Tony.
01:11I can't thank Meenamma, Dinesh sir and Darshan sir enough.
01:21Navagraha was the first company to give me a full payment in my life.
01:25I think I have done 5-6 films in my life.
01:32They gave me a complete payment.
01:34After that, I saw Navagraha very well.
01:36I didn't have the same feeling when I made a film.
01:39Almost all of them were of the same age group.
01:42We used to play together.
01:44It was the same at this time.
01:47It was very nice and fun.
01:49My father and all of us worked in the same industry.
01:55We all struggled a lot.
02:01The recognition we got from this film is still there today.
02:07Of course, we can't forget this film.
02:12Tony gave me a huge recognition.
02:18From there, I started my business.
02:22I think it was to the next level.
02:28It's been 16 years since the release of Navagraha.
02:32What do you expect from this memorable incident?
02:39First of all, it's been 16 years since the release of Navagraha.
02:43That's why I am saying this.
02:45Suja, you are old.
02:47Prabhakar, you are old.
02:49All of us are old.
02:51But you got married.
02:55The reason why Navagraha is a turning point in my career...
02:59I used to do serials based on this film.
03:03After this film, I took a bold decision.
03:06We will have to change gears.
03:08It was a very risky decision.
03:10Very risky.
03:14Financially, I was in a daze.
03:16But, as you said, in 2002,
03:18I had to do a film in Darshan.
03:24He was working as an assistant director.
03:26He was working as an assistant director.
03:28One day, we sat down to talk.
03:30He told me that he had an idea.
03:33I wanted to continue that idea.
03:35So, I pursued it.
03:37I made that film.
03:39I want to give him a round of applause for that.
03:45So many people...
03:47My father was a star.
03:49We were all stars.
03:51After that.
03:53But you are still a star.
03:55You brought so many people together.
03:57That is amazing.
03:59Even today, we remember
04:02how hard we worked.
04:04That is unforgettable.
04:08Every morning,
04:10we used to start shooting
04:12with Hanumanthu Biriyani.
04:14But, I always used to say
04:16give me a sleeping tablet.
04:20I used to sit like this.
04:22But, we had a lot of fun.
04:24The journey was amazing in Sakleshpur.
04:26I took a bus.
04:29In the morning,
04:31I used to say,
04:33if I don't come to shoot at 6 am,
04:35people will get scared.
04:37I used to wake everyone up at 6 am.
04:39What is the justice in that?
04:41I used to sit like this.
04:43When I was ready,
04:45I used to take the bus.
04:47Since 16 years,
04:49the traffic and environment
04:51has changed.
04:53Look at the rain.
04:55Unchanged.
04:58Next year,
05:00we will release
05:02Navagraha again.
05:04We will sit in wheelchairs.
05:08We will wear masks.
05:10We will say, Navagraha was great.
05:14Which mask?
05:16Oxygen mask?
05:20Actually,
05:22we all used to say
05:24that we had a lot of fun.
05:27In that team,
05:299-10 people used to have fun.
05:31But, no one used to let me have fun.
05:33No matter how serious
05:35I was,
05:37some people used to provoke
05:39me to ask small questions.
05:41But,
05:43that situation never happened.
05:45Mostly, it was him.
05:49It was fun.
05:51If you want to come to Orient,
05:53you have to sleep early.
05:56But, we didn't sleep.
05:58There was a party.
06:00We didn't sleep.
06:02We used to wake up early
06:04and make up and look good.
06:06But, it was raining for 16 years.
06:08He is always like this.
06:12No matter how many years,
06:14it won't rain.
06:18First day, I was very nervous.
06:20You are all from industry.
06:22You are all big people.
06:25But, after coming to Orient,
06:27I realized the true bonding
06:29of this team.
06:33I think,
06:35that is the best time.
06:37In my life,
06:39I have worked happily
06:41and enjoyed a lot.
06:43To have known all of you,
06:45it's a...
06:47You enjoyed a lot in Navagraha.
06:49But, you decided not to make
06:51a film in Navagraha.
06:54You are married.
06:56You shouldn't talk like that.
07:00Before marriage,
07:02her name is on the screen.
07:04You should forget everything.
07:06Forget that you tied your hands.
07:10Sir, I have a question for you.
07:12Amrish Appadhyay clapped for this film.
07:14He was a villain
07:16when he entered the film industry.
07:18There is a strong link
07:20between him and this film.
07:23He entered as a villain
07:25and clapped for this film.
07:27Everyone who clapped for this film
07:29are villain's children.
07:31It would have been better
07:33if he didn't clap for this film.
07:35It would have been better
07:37if he didn't clap for this film.
07:39Yes.
07:41We didn't have any other option
07:43but to clap for this film.
07:45We wanted to do it for Amrish Appadhyay.
07:47So, we did it for him.
07:50Everyone wore black and blue.
07:52The second half was
07:54black and blue.
07:56But now,
07:58it's white and blue.
08:00White shirt and blue jeans.
08:04Varsha,
08:06you released the first film
08:08and it was a blockbuster.
08:10It was a love story.
08:12The second film is a thriller
08:14and it is a men's entry.
08:16What was the thought process?
08:19There was no thought process.
08:21Tugudipa Productions,
08:23Dinakar and Darshan sir were there.
08:25We were making a film.
08:27I got a call at 4.30 in the evening.
08:29I called them and told them
08:31that I am Dinakar speaking.
08:33We were making a film.
08:35If I am not wrong,
08:37Tarun had referred me.
08:39So, Tarun told me
08:41that he would do it.
08:43I said, sure sir.
08:45I had auditions.
08:48Correct.
08:50I would be in Mysore for the next two days.
08:52That excitement was so much.
08:54I had no story.
08:56I got an offer
08:58from Tugudipa Productions.
09:00I will be in Darshan sir's film.
09:02They packed me up
09:04and gave me two days
09:06to shop.
09:08I shopped and came.
09:10After coming to the set,
09:12I heard the story in detail
09:14because they gave me a gist.
09:17I am so grateful
09:19that I got such an opportunity.
09:21I think I can relate to you.
09:23When I got the role,
09:25that was the only thing.
09:27Yes, I am there already.
09:29Tarun sir,
09:31you and Dinakar sir
09:33had worked together before.
09:35So, you know him from before.
09:37From your experience,
09:39if you want to play Navagraha,
09:41there is a condition
09:43for Dinakar sir.
09:46He has to either play Navagraha
09:48or not.
09:50In a set,
09:52Dinakar used to say
09:54I have a temper.
09:56You know how Dinakar's temper is.
09:58There was another issue.
10:00I didn't know
10:02if that temper would trigger
10:04on anyone.
10:06I had the same condition
10:08in Navagraha.
10:10Ramya was the top heroine
10:12in Navagraha.
10:15Prem was the hero.
10:17Saran was me.
10:19Saran had already acted in a film.
10:21He is popular.
10:23I was the only one
10:25who got to know
10:27who to fear.
10:29I was the only one
10:31who got to know
10:33who to fear.
10:35I was the only one
10:37who got to know
10:39who to fear.
10:41I was the only one
10:44who got to know
10:46who to fear.
10:48I was the only one
10:50who got to know
10:52who to fear.
10:58You said you were
11:00acting editor.
11:02You said you were
11:04an editor.
11:06You said you were
11:08an editor.
11:10I didn't jump, I was holding on to it.
11:13Actually, this film also had an option.
11:17It was either editing or acting.
11:20They said, give me both.
11:22I said, no, not both, one of the two.
11:24I comfortably edited it in the AC room and sat there.
11:27But there was an option, right?
11:29Okay, I have edited it somehow.
11:31If everyone else was doing it like this,
11:33the villain's children,
11:35if I leave the opportunity this time,
11:37it will be a waste.
11:39So, I decided to finish it immediately.
11:42That's how my journey started.
11:45When I was working as an editor and director,
11:48only a few people in the industry knew me.
11:51But the public outside didn't know me.
11:54After Navagraha came,
11:56I was still Navagraha, Nagi, Navagraha, Nagi.
11:59Where is your partner, Shetty?
12:01Why do you always have to bring him?
12:03No, Kasmath,
12:05I didn't have an option to edit or act.
12:08I wanted to be an actor or an editor.
12:11One more thing about Navagraha.
12:13We should appreciate Darshan.
12:15Being a top star,
12:17he gave so much screen space to so many people.
12:20That is very important.
12:22Dinakar is a good director.
12:24But Darshan is a challenging star.
12:27He has given so much importance to so many people.
12:31It can come only if you have passion towards cinema.
12:35If you don't have that,
12:37you can't become an artist.
12:39As a heroine, you should look glamorous,
12:42beautiful, talkative, bubbly.
12:44If you don't have that,
12:46you can't become an artist.
12:48But Darshan made it a point
12:50that if you have importance in this scene,
12:53you should do it.
12:55Everyone has a dialogue, a punchline.
12:58That was given to me by Taruna.
13:00If I don't have a punchline,
13:02I don't know how it will come out.
13:04He gave it to me.
13:06In the fights,
13:08Prabhakar's son, Tiger,
13:10was an amazing fighter.
13:12So, Darshan and Vinod's combination
13:15is fun to watch in a fight.
13:17But even we had an opportunity to fight
13:20along with all of them.
13:22So, all that was done well.
13:24Correct.
13:26What you said was correct.
13:28You know, they read it.
13:30They put their feet on my chest
13:32and asked me to read it.
13:34I said,
13:36I won't do it.
13:38They said,
13:40Tiger, come here for a minute.
13:42He said,
13:44Sir, one minute.
13:46They gave me a minute to read it.
13:48They said,
13:50I won't do it.
13:52I said,
13:54Are you ready?
13:56I read it.
13:58They said,
14:00I won't touch it.
14:02I said,
14:04I won't read it.
14:06They said,
14:08I won't touch it.
14:10I said,
14:12I won't touch it.
14:14Darshan,
14:16if he had to go in a jeep,
14:18he would tell everyone to wait.
14:20He would ask everyone to wait.
14:22He used to take the place.
14:24He used to get adjusted.
14:26There's a long road, sir.
14:28In the song,
14:30there's a jump cut.
14:32So, when you drive,
14:34everyone's position will be interchanged.
14:36I was sleeping.
14:38There's a water tank here.
14:40I couldn't see.
14:42I thought,
14:44my head was spinning.
14:46Everyone was running like they were running in a park.
14:48It's height phobia, sir.
14:50Even if we had to shoot,
14:52I would say,
14:54Usually,
14:56in a shooting,
14:58there are 10 artists.
15:00When one is done,
15:02we pack up and send them.
15:04There's only one artist left.
15:06But,
15:08in Navagraha,
15:10there's no dialogue for Darshan.
15:12There's no dialogue for Sujan.
15:14There's no dialogue for Tarun.
15:16There's no dialogue for Vinod.
15:18We call it a set property.
15:20There's no dialogue for Suman.
15:22So, even if there's a set,
15:24there's only 9 people in the set.
15:26They don't say,
15:28I'm done.
15:30Everyone takes off their make-up.
15:32Everyone goes from the shooting spot in the same car.
15:34So, if I have to take off my make-up,
15:36I say, I need a shot like this.
15:38Usually, if someone takes off their make-up,
15:40I say, I need a shot like this.
15:42If it doesn't work,
15:44I compromise in editing.
15:46We should also go,
15:48we should all go together for that.
15:50Because, if we stay,
15:52we sit in the room and watch TV.
15:54We talk and have fun.
15:56We all go together.
15:58In today's time,
16:00everyone is a caravan.
16:02Do you know one more thing?
16:04They haven't shown the caravan.
16:06No, it was there.
16:08But, it could have been shown.
16:10If Darshan had agreed,
16:12it could have been shown.
16:14I'm a star.
16:16I don't want everyone to vote.
16:18But, it was there.
16:22No chance.
16:24We could have settled in our customised bus.
16:26You looked good in that bus.
16:28But, today...
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