00:00What made me choose Rudne Ki Aasha after Pandya Store?
00:08Well, the storyline. It was a very unique storyline.
00:14The character. I think there are very few such heroes in television.
00:18And you get to choose very few such roles.
00:21And I think I'm blessed. Maybe God is watching over me.
00:24And it's in God's hands that I get to choose something different and male-oriented.
00:29And I think the third one would be the makers and the presenters.
00:36I always wanted to work with Rahul sir.
00:38And Star Plus is like a home to me.
00:41This is my fifth show with Star Network.
00:44Before this, I did Do Dil Ek Jaan, PR Angrej, Ek Aas Thaise Bhi, Pandya Store, and now Rudne Ki Aasha.
00:55This is my fifth collaboration with Star Network.
00:57So I think every show with Star Network has been special.
01:05I think it feels great.
01:07This is my 13th year.
01:09And this is the first time I'm feeling the joy of being at the top.
01:17Even though Pandya Store was a very popular show.
01:20It was a very hit show.
01:23But we never reached the number one rank.
01:25We always used to reach top 5, top 4, top 3.
01:28But top 1, especially when you're the face of the show,
01:33when you're backing a show,
01:35when you're carrying a show on your shoulder,
01:39when you're the face of the show,
01:40like a lead,
01:41it was very important for me to run the show.
01:44Because after Pandya Store,
01:46there was a different pressure that I have to deliver another individual blockbuster show, a hit show.
01:54Because Pandya Store was an ensemble.
01:56And it would be very selfish to take credit for that show alone.
01:59So that was a teamwork.
02:01It was a proper ensemble.
02:02Rudne Ki Aasha is also an ensemble.
02:04But here, it's Sachin Sahily's story and then the family's story.
02:08So we bear that higher percentage and more weightage as the faces.
02:16So I think it matters a lot to be successful in a show through that medium.
02:25What credit should I give myself?
02:27If the show's DRP is coming,
02:31it's a teamwork,
02:32it's coming because of the whole team,
02:34I'm playing a role,
02:35to play that role,
02:36the material is so mind-blowing
02:38that I've stitched it so well
02:41that it's embedded in my veins.
02:42And the flexibility of our whole team,
02:48our team of writers,
02:49dialogue writers,
02:50creatives,
02:51when I write a small thing and make it big,
02:54the team is open to whatever I want to do.
02:56So when your team has so much confidence in you
02:58and when you have so many open-minded,
03:00like-minded,
03:01creative minds with you,
03:02then I think even the smallest or biggest scenes come out well.
03:07So I don't want to take credit myself.
03:10To some extent,
03:12even if I want to,
03:13I'll still say it's teamwork.
03:15Because I find one thing very bad
03:18when a show ends very soon
03:20and when there's no show going on.
03:21So when you go to sign the next show,
03:24the makers or whoever you meet,
03:26they count it properly.
03:27No, no, your last show didn't work.
03:29Why does the actor bear the credit for that alone?
03:31So,
03:32just like when a show is a super hit
03:35or a blockbuster,
03:36why doesn't the actor get the credit?
03:38So this has always been my question.
03:40So,
03:41my belief is that
03:43if it doesn't work,
03:44teamwork.
03:45If it works, teamwork.
03:46And,
03:47okay,
03:48maybe I'm the face of this show in terms of teamwork.
03:50So,
03:51I get that credit as an actor.
03:58Ah!
03:59It was very difficult to undo Shiva.
04:01But when I signed the show,
04:03I definitely decided one thing,
04:07that somewhere or the other,
04:09the traits of Sachin and Shiva,
04:11that both of them are very
04:12headstrong,
04:13very pure of heart,
04:15but very misunderstood characters.
04:17And flawed characters
04:19have a very thin line in television
04:21that where you can look negative,
04:24where you can look more brash.
04:26And many times you can miss that chance
04:28to connect with the audience.
04:30Because you are so
04:32brashly portraying.
04:34So Shiva got a lot of love.
04:36In Pandya store,
04:37I mean,
04:38he got so much love,
04:39countless love.
04:40So when you do a
04:42very blockbuster show
04:44and do it for so long,
04:45850-900 episodes,
04:47it becomes a little difficult
04:49to erase his image.
04:50And you don't want to erase it.
04:52I would never want people
04:53to forget Shiva and remember Sachin.
04:55Shiva should have his own place.
04:56Sachin should have his own place.
04:58And I think the same place
04:59that Shiva and Pandya
05:01made in so many episodes
05:03and in those two and a half years,
05:05the same place
05:06Sachin Deshmukh made
05:08in these few months
05:09in people's hearts.
05:10So I think
05:12that is my answer.
05:14If people have joined so soon,
05:16then he must be doing something good.
05:18So I think it was
05:19a very natural transition.
05:20I didn't have to do anything extra.
05:22I'm just being myself.
05:24I just wanted Sachin's mannerisms
05:26and Shiva's mannerisms
05:28and the way he talks
05:30and his actions,
05:31people to see the difference.
05:33And I was very happy
05:34when I achieved that.
05:36And gradually people started meeting me
05:38for Sachin
05:40and started recognizing me
05:41for Nagesh Shiva.
05:45No.
05:47No.
05:48So the critics who are writing,
05:49they must have seen
05:50one or two episodes.
05:51Maybe they don't watch
05:52our show anymore.
05:53In the story of Sachin and Sahily,
05:56the supporting cast
06:00and the other characters,
06:02without them,
06:03these characters
06:04won't stand out.
06:05I mean,
06:07I believe that
06:08from one character to another,
06:10there is an action reaction.
06:11There is an action reaction
06:12in every scene
06:13until you don't get
06:14a reaction from the other characters,
06:15your character won't be justified
06:16and vice versa.
06:17And as far as Udne Ki Aasha is concerned,
06:19every character has a lot of…
06:23See, Sachin and Sahily
06:24can contribute a little more
06:25in the screen space
06:27or in the story, of course,
06:28because the hero is a heroine.
06:29But the other characters
06:30also contribute the same
06:31in our show.
06:32It can be a little less or more,
06:33but it is the same
06:34and every character is very important.
06:36And through every character,
06:37the story has come around
06:39in our show.
06:40So I don't believe
06:42that anything has been overshadowed
06:43or whatever it is.
06:44Now, which character
06:45has been able to
06:46combine so much love
06:47or not,
06:48that is a different thing.
06:49But I think
06:51the entire cast's contribution
06:53is the same
06:54in the success of the show
06:55as it is mine.
07:00I think that's changing, man.
07:01I think it's all about
07:02choosing the right projects.
07:04And I have always believed
07:07that I am not consciously
07:08part of a female-oriented show
07:10if I don't have
07:11a choice.
07:13Because I don't want to get lost
07:16in such shows
07:17where I don't have
07:18anything to do.
07:19I have always been a person
07:21who cares a lot about content
07:24and what I am doing
07:25in a show,
07:26that matters a lot.
07:27You know, I catch
07:29very performance-oriented shows.
07:32From the beginning.
07:33It's not just about
07:34Pandya or Udne Ki Asha.
07:35If you look at my career trajectory,
07:38it has always been like this.
07:40Whether it's PR Angrez,
07:41or Ekash Sahasrabi,
07:43or Hum Hain Na Kyu Na,
07:45or any other show
07:46that I have done over the years.
07:48And if I don't get shows,
07:50then I have taken
07:51good gaps as well.
07:52So I think
07:53I am mentally
07:54sorted in this matter.
07:55I will never get stuck
07:57in a place where
07:58I don't have anything to do.
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