00:00Action that's really up in this game. So yeah, I'm pretty excited. Are you excited?
00:06Yes. And in Season 2, are you all in Season 1?
00:11Yes, yes, of course. I'm a very big fan of Season 1.
00:14How excited?
00:15Very excited. Very thrilled. This is going to mark my OTT debut and I don't think I could have asked for a better team.
00:24I could have asked for anything better, to be honest, because it's been absolutely fantastic.
00:29I love that all my co-actors are so amazing, so talented. They've all done a splendid job.
00:36I'm working with some of the best creators in the country. I'm working with Karan, with Netflix.
00:41I'm a huge fan of Netflix. I think they have some of the best content.
00:44Please tell us about your role. Because I think that's the intrigue behind it.
00:56But if you want to tell me a little bit, my name is Alia Oberoi.
01:01Me and my family, we are new to Ran and I do in that world.
01:06But we are bringing our own world into the world of Ran and I do.
01:11As far as Alia Oberoi is concerned, she's unapologetic.
01:15She's cut-throat, extremely cut-throat. She's very ambitious.
01:21And yeah, I think that's a little bit about her.
01:25And Karan sir, Ran and I do when the scene of Ran and I do when I watch.
01:30That complexity which you create in an action genre, in your previous projects as well, what inspires you sir?
01:38In action, I've seen a simple character, you know, a hero is powerful, he doesn't attack much into the mass.
01:44But if you look at this series, I feel like, okay, there are layers of actors, villains of the family, everyone has layers.
01:52What inspires you to go so deep and so layering of the characters?
01:56Action is for fun, right?
01:58But what we are saying and telling stories is really a drama.
02:02I try to build on the, like a large cast and what we can deeply explore, it comes from that drama.
02:17And out of that, like if, you know, if we can use the genre of action to, you know, take it to the extreme, that's what I try to do.
02:29But it's always about how do we dig deep into relationships.
02:37So do you predict yourself in evolving the action genre in India?
02:43No, but...
02:44But definitely I think, you know, platforms like Netflix gives us a lot of opportunity because of the long format
02:58to explore things in a way and I've, I really enjoy telling a longer story.
03:04And, sir, you broke out of faith in Bahubani.
03:09That's what we have learned.
03:11That's what we see as a hero strong.
03:14But when you came as a villain, we were like, okay, who will kill this hero?
03:20So we have changed from Bahubani, you have changed with the character, the notion around negative character.
03:26A villain, he should be powerful, enough powerful to be a person, he needs a powerful hero as well.
03:33So changing this narrative in India, how much do you credit yourself?
03:38I think we should credit Rajamani for that.
03:40He always, yeah.
03:41Who's created the character that's so very large and I think any large fairytale story that you have to tell
03:50comes with a villain that's mega and powerful, I'm seeing whether it's science fiction like Star Wars where you have Darth Vader
03:57or if it's a Bahubali series that you have to follow.
04:00But still, you need, I mean, a round needs a round, a Batman needs a Joker.
04:06So I think that's what it means and I feel like India has taken to doing that now in a much more fantastic way.
04:13There are always actors who hit the negative chord and have done that.
04:18Like, take example for the early career of Mr. Sanjay, whether it's the Kalnayaks, the Vastavs of the world,
04:24you know, there was a certain energy and aura about a character that was negative.
04:28So I think the narrative has been there, it just became much larger and powerful.
04:33So that's a thought process when you did five years of training for the Bahubali.
04:38At that point we had no thought process actually.
04:41You were like, okay, we're making the biggest war film ever.
04:43And then we just kept doing it.
04:45So we didn't know much.
04:47They asked how long they shoot about it.
04:51Close to 500 days of this.
04:54500 days of this.
04:56500 days of this.
04:58No, the film was shot for a much longer period of time.
05:00The film was shot for like 100 days.
05:03And it was such a great character watching this.
05:07Are we gonna see something in this as well?
05:10I mean, this second season, there was a lot of action.
05:17And you know, in the first season, Rana, a fixer,
05:23the other problems were solved.
05:25But now, in this season,
05:27he tried to solve his own family and his own problems.
05:30And it's about how he solves that one thing, essentially.
05:43And, sir, our role in the movie series is Afish, sir.
05:58So, in your real life, Camila, you have had problems solved.
06:05So, who is your go-to person?
06:07You will leave here.
06:09And, sir, we have also seen,
06:13before, please correct me if I'm wrong.
06:17Before the debut, you started Spirit India.
06:20That was my first job, yes.
06:22Astronomical effects.
06:23Yeah.
06:24So, in the VFX.
06:25Yes.
06:26The time, now, we have seen the VFX animation up.
06:31Now, they are winning good.
06:32They are going global.
06:34But in 2005, in India.
06:36That's true.
06:37In 2005, you, before even going into the industry,
06:41you started as Spirit Media,
06:43which eventually went for, all we imagine,
06:46as Light Copan Distributed Media.
06:48What is this vision, sir?
06:50And what are you looking for in the Bollywood?
06:54Where do you see the Bollywood in the coming years?
06:57Because...
06:58See, to me, cinema is one.
07:00Language never mattered to me when I was watching it as a child.
07:04So, growing up and working in it also,
07:06it didn't matter which language it was from.
07:08And I feel there's a voice to all kinds of stories.
07:12And, like, the first film that we made at Spirit Media
07:17was an art house film called Belly Full of Dreams.
07:20And art house didn't have any other way to release.
07:24And I feel like now, since I got a little bit more popular,
07:27there's...
07:28I can advocate for some cinema.
07:29So, that was why all we might as well...
07:31And so, one last question, if you would allow me.
07:33Sure.
07:34So, people often say, you know,
07:37your answer came from a good family,
07:40a good prestigious family.
07:42So, we often think,
07:44if prestigious film family,
07:46how far do you think it can help an actor?
07:51So, any industry that your family is from,
07:55you understand it more than somebody who is not.
07:58Yeah.
07:59How does it help an actor?
08:01So, ultimately, you have to stand in front of the camera and act.
08:04There will be a lot more opportunity that you get.
08:07There will be an ecosystem that you understand.
08:10It's like,
08:11if your family is from chemical industries or sugar factories,
08:15you'll understand how a sugar factory works
08:17and all the by-products of sugar.
08:19Like that, my mother worked in a film laboratory,
08:21so I understood what a film laboratory looks like
08:23and how that functions.
08:25So, my father worked in a studio,
08:27so I understood how that functions.
08:29So, my uncle was an actor.
08:30So, that's it.
08:31What is the pressure,
08:32if never ever,
08:33to become an actor
08:34or you want to do something?
08:35I mean,
08:36pressure in that sense was always self-inflicted.
08:38In some manner,
08:39you want to do something which is unique,
08:41which is new,
08:42that stands out,
08:43and stands for a long period of time.
08:46So, yeah,
08:47whether it's visual effects,
08:48whether it's acting,
08:49producing,
08:50one of the same thing.
08:51And thank you for being honest, sir.
08:55Thanks a lot.
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