00:00Let's talk a little about the film's star cast.
00:09When the plot of the film was ready, the star cast of Harsh Bandhan Rane and Maura Hokenji,
00:17was it decided from the beginning or after some auditions?
00:22See, I'll tell you what happened.
00:25As soon as Himesh sir came, and his music came,
00:29our finance people, the creators, said,
00:33do whatever you want to do, we don't have any interference,
00:37and we don't care, you can hire anyone.
00:40So we have a meritorious process here.
00:43We have an in-house casting department.
00:45We cast from here. All India, all over the world, we cast from here.
00:50Then an organic process started.
00:52Then we got Maura's audition from Sydney.
00:55So we selected her for that.
00:57Then we had a Zoom call with her.
01:00Then for Harsh, we had two other guys with him.
01:04That was a normal process.
01:06They auditioned.
01:07Then we selected the best among them.
01:10But it didn't matter.
01:11After Himesh sir came and the music came,
01:14then it was up to us to suit the story.
01:17That's it. On merit.
01:18That was the whole game.
01:20So Maura's selection wasn't based on the audition itself.
01:24Like she's a Pakistani actress.
01:26No, no.
01:27Did you meet her?
01:28No, no.
01:29We got the audition from Sydney.
01:31Because her mother lives in Sydney.
01:33We didn't have anything like that.
01:36But it was only on the merit.
01:38We found out later that she's an actress.
01:40Yes, later.
01:41When the audition came, it was such an amazing audition for Maura.
01:44Then we found out later.
01:46Then we had our talks on Zoom.
01:48And that girl is amazing.
01:50Her heart is amazing.
01:52We used to call her Mabu the Marvelous.
01:55I have two questions for you.
01:57Maura recently got married.
01:59Yes.
02:00Secondly, she shared on her Instagram story
02:03that she played the role of a Sikh girl in this film.
02:07The climax scene at the end,
02:09she said it was very difficult to play.
02:12She was shot from many angles and plots.
02:16I'll tell you what.
02:18When Radhika and I were shooting,
02:21we didn't think we'd shoot it like that.
02:23We thought we'd shoot it in a different way.
02:26But when we saw it on set,
02:28and when the story had reached there,
02:31we decided...
02:32First, Harsh would sit on a chair and listen to the story.
02:35Then we decided it wouldn't be like that.
02:38He slept next to Inder Saru.
02:41Yes.
02:42Yes.
02:44Yes.
02:45Inder would sleep next to Saru.
02:47He would hold her and cry.
02:49The last conversation would be
02:52while she's lying on the hospital bed.
02:55Then she'd take her last breath.
02:58That was our thought.
03:00Before that, there was the father scene.
03:03It was very painful for Maura.
03:06Actually, the film had reached that point.
03:09The conflict of the film was
03:11that a father curses his daughter.
03:14While she's alive, he performs a ritual
03:17in her house.
03:19He puts a photo of her on the wall
03:21and garlands her.
03:22There was a lot of conflict.
03:24The climax of the film was
03:26how the girl would forgive the father.
03:28The climax was standing there
03:30and the father was crying.
03:32Does a father do this to his daughter?
03:35He tortures his daughter so much
03:37that she's mentally ill.
03:40He takes away all the happiness
03:42for his daughter's sake.
03:44How will she forgive him?
03:46That was the scene.
03:48The takes were emotional.
03:50There was a line, Vinayji says,
03:52which was the climax of the film.
03:54It was Amitabh Bachchan's father
03:56Harivansh Rai Bachchan's line.
03:58The daughter says to the father
04:00that it's better if you don't have a good heart.
04:03Because that's God's will.
04:05A father dies in repentance.
04:07He cries and asks
04:09what kind of a father am I
04:11that I can't save my daughter.
04:13No one is listening to me.
04:15That's what she says.
04:17It was very painful for her.
04:19It happened from every angle.
04:21She did it from one angle
04:23and then from the other.
04:25It was very difficult.
04:27Are you planning to celebrate this success?
04:31With the film's unit.
04:33Will you reunite and have parties?
04:36We are having parties
04:38but we have a strong feeling
04:40that next Valentine's Day
04:42is very near.
04:44So we are talking about
04:46Sanam Teri Kasam 2.
04:48I have a question on that too.
04:50It is said that
04:52you had already prepared
04:54the script for Sanam Teri Kasam
04:56at the time of Part 2.
04:58Yes.
05:00When we were writing Part 1
05:02it's a tragic story.
05:04We had written Part 2
05:06for Sanam Teri Kasam.
05:08We always had to make
05:10Part 1 and Part 2.
05:12You must have seen the movie.
05:14It was a flashback.
05:16In the last shot,
05:18he comes to the tree
05:20and says that he quit drinking
05:22and won the case.
05:24He lies there and
05:26hears the girl's voice.
05:28This is the starting point
05:30of Part 2.
05:32How can we say that
05:34we have Part 2 ready?
05:36Now we have started saying it
05:38because now it is
05:40complete.
05:42Our story
05:44that we had written
05:46we wanted to tell
05:48what will happen to Inder
05:50or what will happen to Saru.
05:52More than half of the people
05:54say that Saru should be in the movie.
05:56We are already dead.
05:58But the fans
06:00are so crazy about it.
06:02Someone asked us
06:04if we have heard Salman Khan
06:06will be in the movie.
06:08You can tell them.
06:10You can ask the boss.
06:12Hashtag Salman Sir.
06:14We run a movement.
06:16Will you plan
06:18after this or
06:20have you already made
06:22the music for Part 2?
06:24The story is ready.
06:26We are in the process.
06:28It's the first weekend.
06:30The good thing is that
06:32the story is ready.
06:34We have been writing
06:36the story for 6-8 months.
06:38We had written the story
06:409 years ago.
06:42That is also a
06:44beautiful story.
06:46Rane Ji said in an interview
06:48that we are preparing for Part 2.
06:50We hope it will continue.
06:52He said that he
06:54will stop drinking water.
06:56I said there is no need
06:58to drink water.
07:00You are so good.
07:02You don't have that.
07:04But Harsh,
07:06there are newcomers.
07:08Like I said,
07:10Harsh and Mavra were newcomers.
07:12Why did we want to make a movie
07:14with newcomers?
07:16Because newcomers
07:18surrender themselves.
07:20Mavra was Radhika Ji.
07:22Harsh was me.
07:24Harsh, stand up.
07:26Harsh, give your profile.
07:28Harsh, give 3-4.
07:30Harsh, do exercise.
07:32Harsh, speak like this.
07:34Harsh, do like this.
07:36So everything is told to them.
07:38In fact, I remember
07:40someone showed me in the office
07:42that the introduction scene.
07:44It's called an epic introduction scene.
07:46When they come and
07:48pick up a glass of wine
07:50and go to the tree.
07:52They were not able to pick up the glass properly.
07:54Vinay Ji picks up
07:56very stylishly.
07:58I was holding my head.
08:00Vinay Ji told me to pick it up
08:02like this with my hand.
08:04He picked it up
08:06with one finger.
08:08I remember.
08:10We were shooting in South Africa
08:12and Radhika Ji said,
08:14Vinay, let it go.
08:16But all those memories
08:18are left.
08:20A newcomer
08:22completely surrenders
08:24to the director.
08:26Acting-wise, scene-wise,
08:28he doesn't question
08:30like a big star.
08:32When our film fails
08:34or doesn't benefit from it,
08:36we both think it's our failure.
08:38It's not their fault.
08:40It's our fault.
08:42We felt bad for them.
08:44Harsh is our discovery today.
08:46We introduced him.
08:48He's like, we are his mentor.
08:50If Harsh
08:52is not doing well, it is our failure.
08:54It is not Harsh's failure.
08:56Today,
08:58we had promised him
09:00that he brings dreams
09:02and dreams in our eyes.
09:04He trusts us and
09:06does workshops and rehearsals with us.
09:08It's a promise given to him
09:10that he should have faith in us
09:12and do what we say.
09:14If it doesn't get delivered,
09:16it's our fault.
09:18When Harsh
09:20or Mavra
09:22is so happy
09:24and Mavra gets this hit on their wedding day,
09:26it is like, for us,
09:28it is like a
09:30karmic redemption.
09:32We feel so relieved.
09:34It took us 9 years
09:36but still.
09:38Whenever Harsh's film was released,
09:40we always prayed
09:42that we should get this film
09:44hit.
09:46Whatever happened,
09:48at the end of it, he got his first hit
09:50from us only.
09:52Thank God for this promise.
09:54The kid who had faith in us,
09:56that newcomer,
09:58we gave him his first hit.
10:00It's like a circle of life.
10:02Faith is complete.
10:04All the blessings and prayers for both of them.
10:06I am so happy for them.
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