00:00Action guy.
00:01Good meet.
00:02I remember, as soon as I reached Manali, I used to wake up at 5 in the morning.
00:07And first of all, whether it was snow or not, I used to go for sprinting.
00:13After that, I used to shoot.
00:15After that, I used to do weight training in the evening.
00:18You know, this was the reason for doing it.
00:20Because you are there for 12 hours in the shooting.
00:23Still, I was doing it because I knew how the shoot was going to be.
00:26So, first you know what you are going to do to the body.
00:29And more than that, if your training is good before going to war, then you can fight the war well.
00:35So, I had reached here after a lot of preparation.
00:38And I have done a lot of stunts.
00:40I have done a lot of stunts in my career from the very beginning.
00:43But I always had a desire that I should do something like this.
00:49Where there is a larger-than-life character.
00:51Plus, no one has seen a bigger stunt than that.
00:54And neither have I done it.
00:56So, I got this opportunity here.
00:58And what I was doing, the best thing is this.
01:00Before going to the shoot, I used to send my videos to Siddharth sir every day.
01:03Sir, look, sir, I do this too.
01:05I do this too.
01:06You know, I was meeting the stunt people.
01:08So, they knew that Guru can do it.
01:10And then we went all out.
01:13And then we went all out.
01:15I have done all the stunts that you will see there.
01:19All were real.
01:20There was a time when I was actually hanging on a cliff.
01:23And there was only one rope.
01:25And I was looking down and I couldn't even see the ground.
01:28And that rope was actually coming from the stone.
01:31And it was in my mind that if I went too high or too low, if I got cut, then I was gone.
01:35I was missing my whole family.
01:37Method acting in action.
01:38Yes, I mean, full.
01:40But the stuntmen were great and there was enough safety for that.
01:43Yes, of course.
01:44There was a lot of safety and everything.
01:46But still, you have a chance to give your best.
01:50So, I feel that I have given my 200 percent.
01:53And I have never done such a big stunt.
01:55I have never taken such a risk.
01:56And I don't even care.
01:58Because I have to do this in future.
02:00I really like stunt action.
02:07She actually did that.
02:09She ran down a mountain blindfolded.
02:11I was very impressed.
02:13But I had just one nail.
02:15I could see very little.
02:18Very, very little.
02:20So, for me, my preparation was actually all inside out.
02:24Because I was not mentally...
02:27I didn't know what to expect.
02:29Because when you read the script, you know that this will happen.
02:33But in reality, when you get down there, things are very different.
02:38And I am very thankful to Siddharth sir that he had faith in me.
02:45Like we didn't have too many discussions before it.
02:48It happened right there.
02:50And it was a strange experience for me.
02:54Because as Purva, by the time our scenes were being shot,
03:00I had become very immersed in Purva's character.
03:05So, whatever I felt was necessary for my survival,
03:29Our action director,
03:34He was so happy and excited when he saw me doing things.
03:38So, when you see people encouraging you,
03:40you know, you go beyond your boundaries.
03:43And then you feed off on the...
03:46He does amazing action.
03:48Dey is so good.
03:50And I felt rather very privileged.
03:53Because I also had a body double.
03:55He didn't have one.
03:57We didn't take it.
03:59He didn't take it either.
04:01Actually, he had a body double.
04:03So, I was told that he will do a body double for me.
04:06So, he did a body double.
04:08And he showed me what he did.
04:10So, you have to do this.
04:12So, I thought, let me do the expressions.
04:14They said, no, you have to do the same thing.
04:16So, you get a feeling that,
04:18Yes, I can do it. I need to survive.
04:21He is doing it. He can do it.
04:23The team is motivating you. So, let's do it.
04:25So, at one point, Siddharth sir had to make me sit down and say,
04:29Baba, you have to tell me where not to do it.
04:32Because if you are over excited, don't overdo it also.
04:35Even in the hand, you needed physiotherapy.
04:39Yes, because the hand was closed for a long time.
04:42And because in our shoot,
04:44the whole day you have to be in a way like this.
04:46Because you release it.
04:48There are so many things that you are wearing.
04:50You have worn a knee cap.
04:52You have worn it for the safety of your body.
04:54Big shoes.
04:56The clothes that were given to me for the day.
04:58So, after I finished the shooting,
05:00I realized that I couldn't move my right arm.
05:03And that was the time when I realized that,
05:05Oh, I did get injured.
05:07But maybe I did not realize it during the shoot.
05:09Because you are somewhere else when you are shooting.
05:12I think that shoot gods are looking at you.
05:15And sometimes something happens.
05:17So, I felt like that.
05:24Interesting question about how it influences the acting.
05:27The weather.
05:31It just adds to the performance.
05:35It has been a constant theme in the show.
05:37Even in season 1, there were some beautiful parts
05:39that were shot in Ladakh.
05:41The opening scene as well as
05:43episodes 7 and 8.
05:45And this time in Manali.
05:47Thematically, if you think about it,
05:49it goes with the show.
05:51Because there is a moment of feeling very cold.
05:53Even the color palette.
05:55When you are talking on the phone,
05:57there is that fog that comes out of your mouth.
05:59More grey.
06:01It just adds to the milieu.
06:03The DOP and the lighting team thinks about that.
06:05The writers think about that.
06:07It just adds an additional layer
06:09that makes it so much more exciting.
06:11It is not like you have gone on a trip
06:13and picked a place that is 0 degrees.
06:15You have picked it for a reason
06:17that goes with the overall narrative.
06:19There are times in the first season
06:21when we shot in minus 7.
06:23Sometimes you plan for a sunny day
06:25but it snows.
06:27But you go on to shoot anyway
06:29because you have only got 2 days on that location.
06:31I remember there was one such day
06:33where it was 0 degrees
06:35and we were waking up at 6 in the morning
06:37to reach the set.
06:39At that point, you are like,
06:41we could have shot in Bombay as well.
06:43I don't like the cold.
06:45Siddharth Sen Gupta loves the cold.
06:47He is someone who doesn't need a jacket.
06:49He can hang around in a t-shirt in Ladakh.
06:51I don't know why but I am very happy
06:53that he is the kind of person who loves
06:55shooting outdoors and outside of Bombay.
06:57But on that day, at 6 in the morning
06:59in 0 degrees, we were heading towards shoot.
07:01It is a day when it is snowing.
07:03When I got there, I saw a crew of 200 people.
07:05The actors get there at 6 in the morning
07:07but the crew has been there since 3.34.
07:09It was minus 5 when they were there.
07:11You just see that
07:13and you feel like all of these people
07:15have got together to make their one shot work.
07:17That to me is beautiful.
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