00:00Yeah, and also explores greed and so much more.
00:10How did we prepare for it?
00:11We got a script, I read through it, I ensured, Neeraj sir made sure that we do a reading,
00:17we do a lot of rehearsals and I just followed the guidance that he provided and acted upon
00:25it.
00:26That's my prep for the film and hopefully you'll like it when you see it.
00:28It was a good script, he was an amazing director, so that's probably my reason for doing it.
00:37When you're in safe hands, everything else just happens.
00:44For me definitely working with Neeraj sir and I just really enjoy the world he creates
00:48whenever there is ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances.
00:54I like how he does that every single time and he brings a new world together.
00:58Similarly, Sikandar Ka Mukaddar has a new world that's being presented to you.
01:03Of course, I had the entire team, Avinash, Jimmy sir and Neeraj sir's entire crew.
01:11I think they're such a solid team, I mean it was every reason to do it.
01:15We have used the Hindi word for instinct in this film and that is Moolvritti.
01:28My Moolvritti is good, but I don't know, after a long day's work it could be affected.
01:38Sir, I think my instincts are fine, but I have had enough instances to say that it was wrong.
01:46I'm a little tentative, I don't go all out with my instincts, I don't have complete faith.
01:52But I do value it, I think there is some value to my instincts.
01:56But I don't have complete faith right now.
01:59I have a solid instinct, but sometimes it's wrong. But that's human, I guess.
02:13When I read a script, I read it as an audience, I don't read the story or the script as Jimmy the actor.
02:32I read it as, would I want to watch this?
02:37Once you like the story, then you ask, which role are you looking at me, you know, kind of taking up or whatever.
02:48Then sometimes the story is so good and your role is very small, but you still say, I will do this story.
02:57Because I want to be a part of this beautiful story.
03:01So I think instinct tells you that this story is very good and we should be a part of it.
03:08Sir, I don't take a decision just by keeping the script in mind.
03:16The whole combination matters to me because I think film is a collective medium.
03:22And when there is a good team, the probability of a successful film is better.
03:32So I prefer looking at the entire team.
03:35But I think this film definitely was a long lost wish for me that I wanted to work with Neeraj sir.
03:41I love his style of filming. I have been a huge fan of his movies.
03:45So for me, just being a part of Sikandar Ka Mukaddar was exciting.
03:52I follow the script very strongly.
03:56But in a film, I don't just understand the script.
04:00After that, I have to decide whether I should do it or not.
04:05But script is more instinctive because you read it and there is a clear first-hand reaction that you feel.
04:10That makes me take a call on a script.
04:13So it's a film and not a series.
04:21It's Sikandar Ka Mukaddar.
04:24It is a very dynamic storyline.
04:27Amazing screenplay, I feel.
04:30No, I didn't care whether it stands out or not.
04:33All I cared for was that Neeraj sir is able to tell the story that he wants to.
04:37And I am able to deliver the character that he sees in me.
04:43I definitely thought that the characters were rather interesting and unique.
04:53When people would have heard us being casted together, I don't think they would have imagined us in this format.
05:03We could also pass off for the Harry Potter cast.
05:08That didn't happen.
05:10So Neeraj Pandey is one of us.
05:12I secretly think that we are Harry, Hermione and Ron.
05:21Sorry.
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