00:00When did you lose your dad?
00:022018
00:04Just before Scam?
00:06Scam was the last project that I discussed with him
00:08Suddenly, one girl
00:10with her dad
00:12She was looking at me
00:14She said, he is the one
00:16Now I know that someone is talking about me
00:18But I thought
00:20because it's a predominantly Gujarati area
00:22so they must have watched one of my Gujarati films
00:24That's why they must be saying that
00:26That's what happened
00:28I was talking to her
00:30Suddenly, the father approached me
00:32Are you the same actor who played Harshad Mehta?
00:34He said, yes
00:36I am half Pando tea
00:38One more hypothetical question is
00:40OTT has been
00:42very big in your life
00:44If it wasn't for OTT
00:46Pratik Gandhi wouldn't have existed
00:54Because it is difficult
00:56The kind of success you saw with Scam
00:58I think it is difficult
01:00How many awards you got
01:02How many offers you got
01:04It is difficult to stay grounded
01:08I don't know if it is difficult
01:10I think
01:12The time when all this came in my life
01:14I was
01:1640 years
01:18When Scam happened
01:20In 2020
01:22At the age of 40
01:24At the age of 40
01:26I have seen this kind of success
01:28The life I have seen before
01:30It has prepared my mind
01:32that nothing is permanent
01:38I have to see it
01:40that I am also an observer
01:44And as an actor, this helps a lot
01:46because whenever I perform
01:48I have to observe myself constantly
01:50So being an observer is the quality
01:52I have inculcated all this while
01:54And that helps me sail through
01:56these situations
01:58I love this phase of my life
02:00I love this success
02:02I have longed for it
02:04I have waited for it for the longest time
02:06And now when it is here
02:08I want to cherish it
02:10But at the same time
02:12I don't want to take burden of this
02:14And I don't want to get carried away
02:16I have reached here because of that
02:18So let's do the same in the future
02:20Why to change a winning combination?
02:22Correct
02:24One more hypothetical question
02:26OTT has been
02:28very big in your life
02:30If it wasn't for OTT
02:32Where would Pratik Gandhi be?
02:34I don't know
02:36If it wasn't for OTT
02:38Something would have happened in 2024
02:40Or it would have happened in 2020
02:42But in a different way
02:44Because it is your destiny
02:46I don't know
02:48It will come in any form
02:50It would have come in any form
02:52But I guess
02:54Before that I used to feel
02:56That
02:58It is late 30s
03:00I am almost approaching 40s
03:02If not now then when?
03:04I wanted to do that central protagonist character
03:06That leading character
03:08If it doesn't start now
03:10If I don't break into now
03:12When?
03:14Because of that
03:16I used to think
03:18After the scam
03:20My thought process changed
03:22Because I felt
03:24If it would have happened earlier
03:26Then maybe
03:28I couldn't have justified it
03:30The way I could in 2020
03:32Till then you were matured as an actor
03:34My practice in all these years
03:36As an actor
03:38As a person
03:40It would have been less
03:42So I guess it is all designed in a way
03:44It will come to you when you are absolutely ready
03:48If I would have been ready
03:50It wouldn't have been OTT
03:52How did you celebrate scam
03:54When it came to you?
03:56First of all
03:58Everything was closed
04:00There were no options
04:02First 1.5 months
04:04I celebrated by giving interviews
04:066 hours a day
04:10When I used to live in Charkop
04:12That 2BSK's flat
04:14In a corner
04:16By changing half pant and t-shirt
04:18I used to give interviews
04:20Till 1.5 months
04:24And I realized
04:26That something big has happened
04:30But people also started recognizing you
04:32Yes
04:34That happened very next day
04:369th October scam released
04:38I have said this in 1-2 interviews
04:4010th October
04:42Because it was lockdown
04:44I used to go to buy vegetables and milk
04:46Every 2nd day
04:48It was released on 9th October
04:5010th October morning I went
04:52To get vegetables
04:54My mother had told me
04:56That the potato would be of this price
04:58So I was trying to bargain
05:00With the potato vendor
05:02That it was of Rs.14
05:04He was saying Rs.18
05:06One girl
05:08With her dad
05:10She was looking at me
05:14I realized that someone was talking about me
05:16But I thought
05:18It's a predominantly Gujarati area
05:20They must have watched one of my Gujarati films
05:22That's why they are saying
05:26I was talking to her
05:28Suddenly the father approached
05:30Are you the same actor who played Harshad Mehta
05:32He said yes
05:34I was half pant and t-shirt
05:36I was buying vegetables
05:38And the price of potato
05:40After that
05:424-5 people were saying
05:44I saw it yesterday
05:46I was almost mobbed by 10 people
05:48That's when I realized
05:50That something big happened
05:52Things change overnight
05:56It completely changed
05:58Tell me a little bit about
06:00You talked about 4th October
06:02Your dream
06:04You came to a suburb
06:06How does that feel?
06:08What is this house all about?
06:10It's a surreal feel
06:14The poetic lines
06:16That it's important to see a dream
06:18To fulfill it
06:20It's important to see it
06:22It all looks real
06:24Did you see your dream?
06:26When I came to Mumbai
06:28I stayed in a parlour
06:30When we used to come
06:32My aunt used to live in a parlour
06:34My aunt used to live in a parlour
06:36For me Mumbai and parlour
06:38Was the same
06:40I had seen the same places
06:42I have stayed in a parlour a lot
06:44That's why I felt
06:46Mumbai is the same
06:48Parla east, parla west
06:50I came in 2004
06:52I stayed here for 10 years
06:54I always felt
06:56I have to stay here
06:58All my friends are here
07:00All my friends through them
07:02All the people in the theatre
07:04So this was the world
07:06I worked for 8-9 years
07:08In Vashi
07:10I was a consultant
07:12For 4-5 years
07:14Because in consultancy
07:16You go to different places
07:18Even then my seniors used to ask
07:20Why don't you shift to Vashi?
07:22Why do you travel so much?
07:24Why do you go to parlour everyday?
07:26This is home
07:28This is my comfort place
07:30When it was time to buy a house
07:32I had to buy a house
07:34I found out that
07:36Forget parlour, Andheri, Malad
07:38You have to go to Charkob
07:40In front of Kandiyoli
07:42Slowly
07:44In 2014
07:46I bought a house
07:48In Charkob
07:50It was an old building
07:52I got it in 2nd
07:54I always felt
07:56I have to come back
07:58East or west
08:00I had to come to parlour
08:02In Juhu
08:0410th road
08:06There is a Haveli
08:08Krishna Haveli
08:10My mother's favourite place
08:12In front of Amitabh Bachchan's house
08:14Yes
08:16Vaishnav Haveli
08:20We used to go there
08:22It was my mother's favourite place
08:26Around here
08:28We used to say
08:30We will get a house here
08:32Life set
08:34When life actually gave me a chance
08:38I could actually get a house there
08:40So you still go to that temple?
08:42Yes, that's our everyday place
08:44And now you are close to home
08:46Yes
08:48I have heard you are not a drinker
08:50You don't smoke and you are not a drinker
08:52I don't smoke
08:54Occasional drinking
08:56Because I heard you have a good bar at home
08:58Yes
09:00I have made a new set
09:02So you have a good bar
09:08We enjoy hosting people
09:10Oh you do
09:14I love Surati food
09:16Gujarati people
09:18Eat, eat
09:20That is such a
09:22You can't see a Gujarati
09:24Without that
09:26And feeding
09:28When dad was there
09:30He used to enjoy a lot
09:32If dad was there
09:34He would have been the happiest
09:36When did you lose your dad?
09:382018
09:40Just before Scam
09:42Scam was the last project I discussed with him
09:44Oh this
09:46He was in the hospital
09:48His cancer treatment
09:50Was on
09:52He was worried
09:54About the expenses
09:56Just then I gave an audition
09:58I spoke to Anzal sir
10:00The project didn't start
10:02It got delayed for 1.5 years
10:04But we spoke
10:06I told him it is a big project
10:08For me, it is a mainstream Hindi
10:10So don't worry, things will work out
10:12This is the last thing I discussed with him
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