00:00You were far away from TV and now I am returning to the spin-off with Ishani, so what do you think is that the TV industry is more difficult to create a place in the industry?
00:11Yes, I have said that after 5-6 years I will show a show before.
00:19Before I showed my last show, it was a Muslim social on-z.
00:24When you are far away from a particular medium, because I have done a lot of work in TV and I have done a lot of work.
00:42After that, the quality of the roles is slightly dip.
00:49So, I had thought that I had a vacuum created in the television.
00:57I was a little bit closer to the mediums, but I was focused on the other mediums.
01:01Like Biff Films, OTT, Ad Films, I have done close to more than 100 ad films.
01:08In fact, OTT may have done Layla on Netflix.
01:12More recently, Khaki, the Bengal chapter.
01:16And the films like Furray, Teen, Body, The Body.
01:23So, I was involved mostly in these engagements.
01:28Now, coming back to TV, what happens is that television is a lot of competition at television.
01:36And when you stay far away from one thing, this is also a factor that you will drown very quickly.
01:43This means that your recognition will fade and your relevance will lower.
01:53So, I felt like after 5-6 years of work, that maybe my relevance will be working on television and I should kind of get back to television.
02:05Only for the fact that television has a huge market.
02:09And your recognition is very instant from television.
02:13So, I was looking to get back into television.
02:25Only for the fact that I was watching good roles.
02:29The roles that drive the story.
02:31Even if it's negative or positive, I don't have to worry about it.
02:34But I was looking for a role which is more accomplished.
02:38And then I came across this show called Jhanak.
02:47Where I was offered a role in it.
02:50But that role was a part of Ishani.
02:52So, this was a part of one story.
02:55In which Jhanak was working for a certain number of time.
02:59And then it started to be Ishani.
03:01And I was involved in Ishani.
03:03And after that, it was a spin-off.
03:04After that, it was a separate show.
03:06Now, if I'm talking about the role, I really liked it.
03:10Because this role was a bit complex.
03:12Shashwat Sen Gupta's role.
03:14He's a rich businessman.
03:17A widower.
03:18His wife was two or three years ago.
03:21He belongs to a very high start-off society in Kolkata.
03:26His reputation is very high.
03:29So, His wife was two and a half years ago.
03:34When his wife had become a bad story,
03:36He had become a strong woman
03:38And now he had become a strong woman.
03:42He was very tall.
03:43He had become a strong woman.
03:44He's not a bad girl or the young man.
03:45He's even a bad girl.
03:46So, the woman's status of the role of her husband.
03:48His wife was one of the other.
03:49He has become a strong woman.
03:50And after this, he gave us a decision.
03:51He became a manager that
03:52He came to the other young girl with a girl.
03:54As such, not exactly out of love, not in the beginning, one doesn't know, but not to start with.
04:08And this character, Shashwar, is very egoistic, male, chauvinist.
04:15So, I have kept it in the zone,
04:19where it is typically negative, or typically positive, or grey,
04:24they also kept it complex.
04:26Meaning, how can it react to what time, it is difficult to predict.
04:31So, the character, the story is matured, so characters are matured.
04:45And this is a typical television content.
04:51It is matured content.
04:54And this is why people like it.
04:57Sir, how do you feel a connection in your character?
05:02If you say that you have seen a lot of drama in your character in your personal life?
05:06Look, character is the one that I can't relate with.
05:12I don't exactly relate with character or Shashwar.
05:15But, character is prevalent in our society.
05:18So, I have to relate to it.
05:22But, many other people can relate to it.
05:26Because, this is a typical patriarchal situation.
05:31Or, his word is the final word.
05:35And, his wife, or the better part,
05:41actually, you know, inferior way.
05:45You know, they just say,
05:47that his work is only going home.
05:48Or, his work is only going home.
05:49Or, his work is only going home.
05:50Or, his work is only going home.
05:51Or, his work is only going home.
05:52Or, the fact of the matter is that,
05:54his education is not complete.
05:56Ishani, the character.
05:57His education is not complete.
06:01So, naturally,
06:03which is not complete,
06:04he's not a confident character in itself.
06:09He is always trying to prove his acceptance in society.
06:12He is trying to put in his own way.
06:14He is trying to build his wisdom in his own way.
06:16He is trying to build a place in our house.
06:18He is trying to build a place where he is living in his house.
06:22So, he is trying to do this.
06:24He is trying to do this.
06:26He does not complete his education.
06:27But, he is trying to do this.
06:28The challenge for his daughter.
06:29My daughter helps me to complete my education.
06:35So I don't want to know about it, but that's the part of the story.
06:38Sir, TV, OTT and films have done everything in which medium has more fun.
06:43And what are the OTT shows now challenging the traditional dramas of TV?
06:48See, I feel that every medium has its own content, TV caters to a certain kind of audience.
07:03So that's why the content is restricted to that audience, which is mostly women who are watching it.
07:14And B-Town centers and all that.
07:19So that's why some things are relevant for them.
07:24Whereas OTT has got a more open market.
07:28Creatively, it has got more liberties.
07:34So it can cater more and larger audiences.
07:40And as far as films are concerned, films are made for a big screen experience.
07:44So every medium has its own place.
07:48And I feel that that is why its importance is so big.
07:53If you do OTT, you will get a different feel.
07:58If you do film, you will get a different result.
08:00And if you do TV, you will get a different benefit.
08:05Definitely.
08:06Sir, what was your role in War 2?
08:08And how did you work with Ritik and Junior NTR?
08:11How did you work with them?
08:12Did you feel that they were in the shadows?
08:15No, absolutely not.
08:17First of all, it was a fantastic opportunity to work with Yash Raj.
08:23First of all, for an actor, it's a very big thing.
08:26You have always thought that you will work with the shadows.
08:31But you are getting the opportunity here.
08:33It is a film directed by Ayan Mukherjee.
08:36And of course, there are big actors like Ritik Roshan and Junior NTR.
08:40But fortunately or unfortunately, they are not in my scene.
08:44Like my scene is an individual.
08:47Yes, maybe Junior NTR's scene is going parallelly.
08:50But they are not in my scene.
08:52So that is why there is no chance to be overshadowed.
08:55I am carrying my own scene.
08:57And I am happy that, you know, Ayan was happy with my work.
09:02Sir, Khaki, the Bengal chapter is a lot of hit on OTT.
09:07Some people say that the OTT content is a little bit sensational.
09:11So, do you think that your character is unnecessary to be over the top?
09:17No.
09:18I feel that the characters were well defined here.
09:23And my role was very compact.
09:25So, I didn't feel like you were over the top.
09:31I think they are very much within the definition of the show.
09:36Neeraj Pandey is a great filmmaker with a super vision.
09:40They are very good.
09:41They are very good.
09:42They are very good.
09:43They have a great reputation in the industry.
09:46This show was directed by Devatma Mandel, who is again a very competent director.
09:52So, their vision was very good.
09:54It was based on the fact that there was a social, you know, that economic structure of Kolkata around a certain time.
10:03And that they wanted crime syndicate to that time.
10:07So, they did it in a very good way.
10:10And my role is senior IPS officer.
10:13But the role was very important.
10:15This is why the hero is also in that position.
10:20But because he was a political party,
10:23he was not prepared for this kind of syndicate to handle it.
10:27And it turns out that he didn't get a competent.
10:31So, there were some light moments for this character.
10:37So, that was the only part that was light in the entire show.
10:42So, it was very different than other characters.
10:45Yes.
10:46In social media, the game of followers and numbers is important to everyone.
10:50Do you think that actors are just talking about likes and likes?
10:57I don't think it's like that.
11:00I've never heard of Instagram followers.
11:06I'm not an actor.
11:07I'm not an actor.
11:08I don't sell my acting so much.
11:11I focus on that I'll display my acting on a good platform.
11:18Instagram is for me.
11:19I'll tell you about it.
11:20It will be important for others.
11:22I'm not taking that away.
11:24But Instagram is for me just for fun.
11:27I've gone somewhere and put my pictures in my house.
11:29Or I put my party in my house.
11:31I put my pictures in my house.
11:32Or I don't have any pressure that I have to add content.
11:35I have to add content to make followers.
11:38I don't think I'm made for that.
11:41If I go somewhere and say that I've done my work.
11:44Or if a director asks me to tell me about your body of work.
11:48Then I go and say that I can't say that I've made 500 reals.
11:51And I'll tell you about what I've done in the film.
11:54What I've done in the film.
11:55What I've done in the film.
11:56What I've done in the film.
11:57So for me, it's not so important.
11:59Yes.
12:00Sir, do you want to do film scenes like movies?
12:02Do you want to do film movies?
12:03Like action drama or anything else?
12:05Or a thriller.
12:06What you all do?
12:07Honestly, film is such a medium.
12:12It's such a medium.
12:13If you get a film to do film, it's a very big thing.
12:17Because the film is very satisfying.
12:22It's a larger than life.
12:23This thing.
12:24You can see a lot of things in a big circle.
12:26So definitely, it's a different thing.
12:28It's a different thing.
12:30And like in the film, the little characters get a lot of exposure.
12:38So it's not the question.
12:39It's not that the little characters get a lot of exposure.
12:42No.
12:43If you've done one scene, half or two scenes, you can make a market.
12:47If you've done a film, you'll definitely get a lot of exposure.
12:51So I feel that, you know, the films, you have to do a small role.
12:58You have to do it.
13:00So, let's talk about War 2.
13:01So, let's talk about War 2.
13:02I'm going to play a character about War 2.
13:05I play a commanding officer, Navy ship commander.
13:12And it was obviously that needed a character.
13:18It was needed somebody with a good personality.
13:21And they worked on my look.
13:23It was a salt and paper look.
13:26And what can I say, it's a, the role is compact.
13:33It's a small role.
13:34But I think it has got a lot of importance and a lot of significance in the story.
13:38So, when you can see it, I can't say that I can't reveal it.
13:41Because it's due to release next month.
13:45So, you will definitely see it.
13:47And tell us how you feel.
13:49Sir, because it's still a classic show.
13:54So, what do you feel like?
13:56Is it still going to be more creative stagnation?
13:59Or is it still going to be more creative stagnation?
14:02No.
14:03I don't want to say that it's still a creative stagnation.
14:08Because today, we are trying to do new programs.
14:15I don't want to say that it's still going to be more creative.
14:18It's quite a different show than other television shows.
14:22But, it's a huge success.
14:26It's a show that created magic.
14:29It created records in our industry.
14:31It's not easy to think about it.
14:36But, it's also a phase that was a change.
14:39And it was a time that was a audience.
14:41So, the audience is not the same as the response to this kind of audience.
14:50You have to remember that the show is a big show.
14:55But, it will compete with today's successful shows.
15:00So, your content is strong enough.
15:02Only on this basis that Sazbi was a big name.
15:05And Smithy, Rekta and this combination.
15:08So, you can expect results.
15:11That sounds more like a gimmick.
15:15But, if your content is good.
15:17And it's relevant for today's generation.
15:20So, definitely, it will be a success.
15:22But, it will have to compete with other successful stories which are going around.
15:26Sir, Big Boss's offer.
15:28So, what are we going to do?
15:29Do you think that these shows will give you more chance to expose you?
15:33Or do you think that these shows are just for drama and controversy?
15:37I think that these shows are just for drama and controversy.
15:41If you get good money, you can do it.
15:45But, as an actor, it doesn't move.
15:48As an actor, it doesn't do anything to me.
15:51So, I am not really looking forward to it.
15:54But, never say never.
15:56If there is a situation that is favourable, you can do it.
16:00But, otherwise, I am not a reality show kind of actor.
16:07I am very happy with the kind of work that I am doing.
16:10But, this is the fact that it is a fun and charm of reality shows.
16:16The ones who suit and the ones who feel good.
16:19Sir, lastly, what are the future predictions?
16:22And what are the messages you want to give to your fans?
16:24Sure.
16:25See, future projects are one of the things that will come in the future.
16:29And, another thing, I have done a show with TVF.
16:32Most likely, for Amazon.
16:34Which Amazon, I don't know whether it's Amazon Mini or Amazon Prime.
16:37That I don't know myself.
16:39But, it's a army based show.
16:41It's a very good show.
16:42And, TVF is known for coming up with very good content.
16:46So, I am very very hopeful.
16:47And, yes, I would like to give a message to my audience.
16:53That means that, you know, you love on television.
16:57You love your shows, stories, actors.
17:01Give a little opportunity.
17:03If you create a different kind of content, you love them.
17:07So, as producers and actors, we can be diverse.
17:13We don't have a creative lock.
17:15We don't want to be in a company.
17:16We don't want to be in a company.
17:17We want to be in a company.
17:18We want to be in a company.
17:20But, it's not possible without the audience and cooperation.
17:23So, I would like that,
17:25if you create a different way of programs,
17:28then, you love us.
17:30Okay, thank you.
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