00:00Hello everyone, welcome to Anis and congratulations for case review that's about to release 16th of May in theatres.
00:05My first question is for all of you and I would like all your inputs.
00:10The film strangely mirrors what has happened to our country in the past one week, you know, invaders came, they attacked us.
00:18In the light of such events and as I say that, you know, history repeats itself.
00:22Playing these characters and then following it up through the marketing leg of the film, through the promotion.
00:31What's your mind space like, you know, in your opinion, how does it, the larger narrative, how does it play out to the audience when the film ends up?
00:38I think in the end, the message in the end is very clear that country above anything else.
00:46And that's what KCV is all about. It's about people coming together, simple people from different
00:51walks of life who come together to fight for one cause and that is evil.
00:56And that's the way we should be thinking even today. Let not hatred, let not fear take over.
01:04But let your combined strength and our values take over and show the world that we are one.
01:10And we never would be disturbed. It happened. 26-11 happened. But Mumbai got up the very next day,
01:17saluting all the people who lost their lives, saluting all the people in uniform who lost their life.
01:24We're more vigilant now. We're more aware now. And I think that's the message that this film also gives.
01:30And even then it gave. And that's why for years together and generations together,
01:34those are few things that we've never forgotten. You know, values, relationships, our culture, our gods, our goddesses.
01:46You know, the love for Shivaji has only grown over a period of time. And you see in the last few years,
01:53that this awareness among the youth is also massive. I mean, when did young children
02:01and young boys and girls go on pilgrimages? When did they go to all these places? We've never heard of it.
02:09They always said that once you retire or you've given up in life or, you know,
02:13you know, retirement ho gaya, to aap, aap chaar dham jao. And he said, nahi, aaj,
02:17my Ujjain, har, har, hafte bhaagna chahata hoon. You know, Shivaji ki puja har hafte karta hoon.
02:24Jo, shayad, humne pehle kabhi nahi gaya hai. So, this is, this is what Keshri Veer is all about.
02:29And Suraj and Akanksha, your inputs.
02:34I mean, you said history repeating itself right now.
02:36I think there is a Keshri Veer and every soldier of ours who are protecting us. We are here giving
02:45interviews and right now they are out there on the battlefield protecting all of us.
02:50That is what our film is also about, protecting our people, protecting our families and whoever has
03:00ever tried to invade us, we have given them back what they deserve. So, I think,
03:08people who are doing bad to us right now are getting back what they deserve.
03:12So, yeah.
03:13Okay. And Akanksha?
03:15Very rightly said and I would also like to add in that
03:19Sunil sir is playing my father, he is the leader of the Beel community and Suraj is playing Hamidji
03:26Gohil. But one thing which was common in both of them and even in my character was that it didn't
03:33matter where they came from. But they all had one thing in, they all wanted to fight for one thing.
03:39And at the end of the day, it doesn't matter if you are the king or if you are Beel or anything,
03:44all you, all that matters is that you all fight for the same thing. And when we all come together,
03:50then, Jeev to hamaari vakti is. True. Absolutely.
03:54And he says, he says, Shastra ko shastru mein badalne ka vakt a gya hai.
03:58Mm-hmm.
03:59Varna haam kabhi aise nahi hai. Yeah.
04:01Hum, hum, hum, kisi ke...
04:02They never had the philosophy of attacking first.
04:04Yeah, even in border, hum toh kisi ki dharti pe nazar utha ki bhi nahi dekhte.
04:09Lekin itne kair vachche bhi nahi hai ki koi humare dharti maa pe nazar utha hai.
04:14Aram chup chap bai tha hai. True.
04:16I think every film of ours also talks about, we only talk peace.
04:23Even in our film, we always have, even in our film, we want them
04:28that you are taking,
04:30Yeah, stop.
04:31You are taking the wrong call and you are messing with the wrong people. Go back.
04:35We want peace. But then we have to do what we have to do.
04:40Sometimes you have to show the teeth.
04:41Yeah. Sometimes you have to show the teeth. See, that is what Sanatana dharma is also all about.
04:46It's about love. It's about peace. It's about brotherhood. It's about doing good and being good.
04:55And I was listening to one of your earlier interviews. You mentioned that, you know,
04:58in current climate of the cinema, the emotion far is most, it lays heavily compared to the action.
05:06I would request you to elaborate further on that since you have done action for a very, very long time.
05:10No. Come again?
05:11You said that, you know, emotion bypasses the intensity of action in the current cinematic climate.
05:17No. I feel action, it lacks emotion. Action lacks emotion. Here is where action is backed by very
05:27strong emotions and only when action is backed by very strong emotions. It could be for the country.
05:32It could be for your loved one. It could be for anything that is dear to you. When it is backed by that,
05:39the audience doesn't see it as action. The audience sees it at a natural cost that has to be taken.
05:46If I am in place, then I do this. And that is very important to understand. End user,
05:53that is very important to understand. Inclusive is very important to understand. And when you
05:59test that, you are traveling when you turn a right breath, your emotion is filled with the style,
06:06gimmicks and edit and cable work. You know, when Sunny Baa Ji pulls up the pump,
06:10the people do not think how to pump the pump. The emotion is so powerful that you do not
06:16You can raise your hand, emotionally it's so powerful that you can't be wrong and that's where things work.
06:25And Souraj, playing a character in a film which is set back in time, of course, it comes with a lot of logistical challenges.
06:32As he mentioned, you know, there are 30 kilos, costumes itself are very heavy.
06:37How do you make your way around such things and focus solely on the performance despite all of the fringes?
06:43Sir, luckily our team was very good.
06:46Our production team, our direction team, they supported us all.
06:52They never made us feel a very big load even though we were going through so much.
06:58We had in the pool, in the pool, in the pool, in the pool, in the pool, in the pool, in the pool.
07:04We had to wear that costume from the morning to the morning.
07:07We had to do this every day.
07:08We had to wear that hair, that makeup, that blood.
07:11We had to wear heavy clothes.
07:13But I think all that is kept aside when there is so much emotion.
07:20Our set, we knew what we were making and we knew what responsibility we had.
07:26So all of that was nothing for us.
07:28We wanted to make a good film for firstly ourselves and secondly the audience.
07:33I think, I hope we have done a good job.
07:37Yeah, absolutely.
07:38And my next question is for Akanksha.
07:39You know, actors generally, they start off with something which is quite easy when it
07:44comes to a character demanding physically.
07:46You know, when you work in something of this sort in the initial phase of your career,
07:50how do you see it moulding the performer in you in the longer run?
07:56It definitely challenged a lot of things.
08:00It actually got me closer to who I was.
08:04The entire process of knowing what Rajal was like, I had to tap into all these different emotions,
08:11different layers of what she must have gone through because she wanted to do what was
08:20right for the people and she put them above anything else.
08:24So, and she meant bravery, she meant courage, she meant love.
08:29So to incorporate all of that into this performance, I think I met myself in this journey.
08:39And my last question is for Sunil, sir.
08:42In the current cinematic climate, you know, it comes off across as, you know, the stories
08:47are either black or white, but history as we see, as we delve into it further, we realize
08:52that it's very messy.
08:53Some calls that someone has taken few years ago, 100-1200 years ago, they might not still
08:58be very relevant and they could still again become relevant in another thousand years.
09:02In that sense, since you have been, you know, one of the strongest pillars of our cinema,
09:08what do you have to say about, you know, the history being messy and it's not being portrayed
09:13cinematically?
09:14I think it's the responsibility of the actors and the directors to make sure that the narrative
09:18is beautiful.
09:19They're not hurting sentiments, but at the same time telling the story beautifully, telling
09:24people about the rich heritage and culture of the country and, you know, of the people
09:29and doing that.
09:30And that's the attempt that we are trying to do.
09:32R&D research on scripts, sitting with the right people, historians who are aware of facts
09:43and figures is very, very important.
09:45And that's the beauty of the director that we have, a very intelligent, well-read director
09:52whose knowledge is very, very thorough.
09:55You know, it's not gimmicky.
09:56This film is not gimmicky and it's not just about war.
09:59It's about relationships.
10:02It's about communities who didn't necessarily get along with each other, but didn't cross
10:07Siddha straight away, but come the enemy and they come together.
10:13Yeah, absolutely.
10:14You know, come the enemy and it changes and that's what this country needs to do forever.
10:18Yeah.
10:19If we are one, how does anything matter to us?
10:22True.
10:23How does, who is opposite us ever matter to us?
10:25You know, and that's why they always say you should be, always be a part of a team sport.
10:30So you will understand the highs and lows of life because you share grief and you share
10:34joy together.
10:35Absolutely.
10:36And that is the beauty of this film and the people of India.
10:40You know, without anything also, you see they are the happiest people in the world.
10:44Yeah.
10:45Come Diwali, come Christmas, come Eid, festivals, they thrive on these aspects.
10:51Absolutely.
10:52So I think it's, it's, it's the filmmaker's responsibility also to make sure that you don't
10:58cross the path and you're not, you're not hurting sentiments.
11:02And we've been very careful about all that in this film, constantly been speaking to the
11:09producer and the director who are as active as any one of us.
11:13You know, they may, may not be in front of the screen today.
11:16They might, you might not know them, but they are the ones who are responsible for putting
11:20such a beautiful film together.
11:22Okay.
11:23Perfect.
11:24So with that, we have reached the end of this conversation.
11:25If there's anything, anything that I may have missed asking as a question or something
11:28that you would have loved to talk about.
11:29So please feel free.
11:30I think, I think you did a great job and good questions and very well put across.
11:36Yeah.
11:37So on that note, thank you so much.
11:38And I wish you all the best for Kisri Veer.
11:39Thank you so much.
11:41Thank you Akshay.
11:42Thank you Akshay.
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