Mumbai: In an exclusive Interview with the actor Ruslaan Mumtaz and actress Leena Jumani, where they discussed their new series, which explores themes of mental health, morality, and redemption. The show's unique vertical video format and one-minute episodes cater to today's shorter attention spans. They both praised the format's ability to convey complex emotions and stories clearly. Moreover, they also touch on the importance of portraying sensitive topics like suicide responsibly and highlight the need for mental health awareness in the entertainment industry.
00:06First of all, you should know about cutting app
00:10which is a new series.
00:12What is the series?
00:14What was the reason for the series?
00:17I think we will go first.
00:19So cutting app, the series, the new format,
00:23the vertical format,
00:25is very interesting.
00:27There is one-one-minute episode,
00:30and there are 26 episodes of TikTok timeout.
00:33So it's a really interesting series
00:36where you can see a lot of things,
00:39especially entertainment.
00:41And if you want to make a moral thing,
00:44then you can also.
00:46Emotionally, if you want to take something
00:49and take it with yourself.
00:51What was the reason for doing it?
00:53I liked the story.
00:55The role of the girl,
00:57there are so many emotions.
00:59At the same time,
01:01the theme of the whole story,
01:04the roles of the story,
01:08it was very interesting.
01:10And the shooting angle,
01:12the vertical angle,
01:13I was doing the first time.
01:15So I was excited to do it.
01:17So that's why I did it.
01:18So that's why I did it.
01:20Yes.
01:21You know,
01:22one of the vertical shots,
01:24you can say that this is a new way.
01:27So I didn't know what's going on.
01:29I didn't know what's going on.
01:31But when I talked to my friends,
01:33you know,
01:34there's this vertical,
01:35one-minute episode,
01:36I knew about this.
01:37And they were like,
01:38yeah, yeah, yeah, I watch it.
01:41And then I realized,
01:43that this is something new.
01:44And if I have a chance,
01:46to show a new show,
01:48which is in a new format,
01:50in one episode,
01:52only one-minute episode.
01:54I said that I want to experience this as an actor.
01:58And then,
01:59after that,
02:00when I knew about the script,
02:03when I read the script,
02:05I realized that this is my character,
02:07not that I have done this before.
02:10And I was so acting-oriented.
02:12So I really wanted to do it.
02:14I really wanted to prove,
02:16that I am an actor too.
02:18I don't just do music videos
02:20or chocolate boy things.
02:23So the character was a surgeon.
02:26And he died in the operation theatre.
02:30And after that,
02:31he doesn't want to live.
02:33And he tries to kill himself,
02:37but he doesn't do it.
02:38So he finds some company,
02:40which will kill him.
02:43And with a smile on his face.
02:45So basically,
02:46this is the concept.
02:47And then he comes to his life.
02:49And then he loves him.
02:51And then he decides,
02:52that I'm not going to die.
02:53But once again,
02:55once you have signed this contract,
02:57then the end is going to die.
03:00And the rest of the story is,
03:02that how he is trying to save himself.
03:04So it was very interesting.
03:06As an audience also,
03:09you will see something new in every episode.
03:11You will see something new in every episode.
03:13You will see something new in every episode.
03:14You will see something new in the next episode.
03:16And eventually,
03:18how 26 episodes will be completed.
03:20I think it's true.
03:34You know,
03:35that the Reels
03:36doesn't have the attention span of people.
03:40And I also,
03:41you know,
03:42in a period of time,
03:43when friends came to Reels,
03:45we used to use our mobile.
03:47Look,
03:48it's vertical.
03:49I mean,
03:50it's vertical.
03:51It's vertical.
03:52It's vertical.
03:53So,
03:54we are watching Reels.
03:55Sometimes,
03:56there are videos like this.
03:57We don't have so much patience
03:59that we can do this.
04:00I mean,
04:01that Reels,
04:02we can remove the Reels.
04:03So,
04:04it's like this.
04:05I mean,
04:06it's vertical.
04:07And I realized,
04:08that the audience,
04:09people,
04:10are so impatient,
04:11that,
04:12if you see real,
04:13vertical things,
04:14and some horizontal things,
04:16then,
04:17we don't have patience
04:18to see the phone.
04:20We can remove it,
04:22and see the next one.
04:23So,
04:24this real concept,
04:26has just caught on.
04:27And,
04:28this is an addiction too.
04:29So,
04:30if the show,
04:31in this format,
04:32you get to see,
04:33that,
04:34you keep watching,
04:35one minute,
04:36one episode,
04:37you're bored,
04:38and you're in the future.
04:39You don't have to see it.
04:40You don't have to see it.
04:41If you feel good,
04:42then,
04:43you'll see the next episode.
04:44So,
04:45one minute,
04:46there's enough time for everyone.
04:47There's enough attention span.
04:49After that,
04:50people can't take a guarantee.
04:51We also watch movies,
04:53movies,
04:54and,
04:55we'll see the movie for 4 days.
04:56Complete it.
04:57So,
04:58this is the situation,
04:59people's attention span.
05:01Can you tell us something?
05:02No,
05:03everything I've said.
05:04And,
05:05this is so true,
05:06that,
05:07patience is very low.
05:08People have to see everything quickly.
05:10And,
05:11no doubt,
05:12everyone has their own movies,
05:13and series.
05:14But,
05:15this is the format they've launched recently.
05:17So,
05:18many times,
05:19we watch Reels,
05:20on social media app.
05:22So,
05:23just 2-3 hours,
05:24they don't know.
05:26So,
05:27this is the same format.
05:28So,
05:29I think,
05:30this is a really good concept.
05:32So,
05:33I think,
05:34this is a really good concept.
05:35Right.
05:36Yes,
05:37of course.
05:38I mean,
05:39if you have a suicide thing,
05:40it's a really good concept.
05:41Right.
05:42Yes,
05:43of course.
05:44I mean,
05:45if you have suicide thing,
05:46TV,
05:47or,
05:48or,
05:49medium,
05:50or,
05:51medium,
05:52or,
05:53medium,
05:54or,
05:55medium,
05:56or,
05:57medium,
05:58or,
05:59medium,
06:00or,
06:01medium,
06:02or,
06:03medium,
06:04or,
06:05people,
06:06they're going to be wrong.
06:07But,
06:08what is our show,
06:09this is not the only thing,
06:11but,
06:12it's not the only thing that,
06:13that,
06:14it's not the only thing that,
06:15it's not the only thing.
06:16This also shows,
06:17that,
06:18that,
06:19that,
06:20that,
06:21that,
06:22that,
06:23that,
06:24that,
06:25that,
06:26that,
06:27that,
06:28that,
06:29that,
06:30that,
06:31that,
06:32change. Now he doesn't want to die.
06:34Because in his life
06:35there is so big event,
06:37that his son's son's death
06:40has gone.
06:41After that,
06:43he doesn't want to die.
06:46So life can never take a turn.
06:49So ending your life
06:50is not the solution.
07:02Well, this is a very sensitive topic.
07:15Like Rusalan Ji said,
07:17that society has no answer.
07:19The situations change,
07:20the circumstances change.
07:22Like you give others a chance,
07:25you forgive yourself.
07:26You give yourself a chance,
07:27you go ahead and you go ahead.
07:28So,
07:54I would like to say that.
07:58I think that young actors are the same.
08:03Plus, especially in the field,
08:06we have to be an actor,
08:08we have to be an actor.
08:09We have to be an interest in people's lives.
08:12We can't take steps.
08:14What do you think of actors?
08:16Look, it happens very often that we only know about our actors, lately, after COVID-19, many actors have suicided, but I don't think that only actors have suicided, but many people have suicided, which are in different professions, because there is an isolation in the world.
08:44There are so many people, you know, in their mobiles, so there are no issues between the people and the family, and there are no bonding.
08:54All of these things are gone slowly and slowly, and people also feel like I am alone.
09:02So yes, it is more of a mental health issue, not that we are a profession or any industry.
09:10It is more about that people can't handle their mental health.
09:15In our industry, why do we become actors here?
09:20We become actors like Shah Rukh Khan, Amita Bachchan.
09:23We look at the high-level, peak-level people, and think that we should become actors.
09:29We should become actors as a TV actor or an OTT actor.
09:35We don't think that this is my inspiration.
09:37I want to make them like this.
09:38We look at Shah Rukh Khan.
09:39We look at Shah Rukh Khan.
09:40We think that we become actors.
09:41We also need to become actors.
09:42We also need to become stardom.
09:43And when someone starts a business, someone who is in the water,
09:47or someone who is in the small business,
09:49they don't think that they start to become an actor or an actor.
09:54Because to reach that level, it is very difficult.
09:57So, I think that the actors are a lot of mental health issues.
10:11Because they live in their minds.
10:16So, what is my, what, my experience?
10:20I've been hearing about that.
10:25There is no need to be the person who would become a person that may not have.
10:30But if it's not that if it's not that there is a suicide,
10:33then there is a person who can be a person who can.
10:37Or if it may be, she can produce a person who has a person who gets.
10:39So, this is life.
10:40It's a part of life.
10:41People are about to reach someone who has a life.
14:37If you're doing this live on stage, you got to be
14:39Yes sir but I have a klar conscious acting, but many of the actors are doing it so I
14:42should decide to do it.
14:43And because of that because I did not perform a lot as far as my staff did.
14:48And many other actors made an effort to do its Hajj and they were very comfortable
14:53But there was a necessity.
14:58Because this kind of content, yeah, actors, especially, it's very difficult to do it.
15:05And we were very Westerns.
15:08It's a little Indianize too, that it doesn't mean all these things in our society.
15:14We will see it, but we will see Westerns.
15:19We don't like to see all Indian actors and Indian people in India.
15:26And as actors, you don't like to do it.
15:29So I like to do it, which I can show my family.
15:32And I'm very happy, if there's a sensor, which will monitor all these apps,
15:38so that you can raise different subjects, but you don't need to show the sexual content.
15:46Well, I think that because it's not a sensor,
15:50so many times there's a requirement of story.
15:52So there's a lot of scenes that were put on a lot of scenes because it's going on,
16:00the public sees it, or what.
16:02So I think it's a very good thing, that the sensor is coming.
16:06If it's coming, it's good.
16:07If it's closed, I have no idea.
16:09I have the first time I got the news.
16:10So I think I feel like I'm going to be really sad and sad,
16:20but I'm happy that there will not be seen as unnecessary concepts,
16:24which will probably be bad for our future generation.
16:29Future projects.
16:31So yeah, that's all.
16:50That's all the future projects for me.
16:53For me, at this time, the current timeout,
16:58which is our series, which is coming to the cutting app,
17:01so that's it.
17:02Hopefully, after this release, or if it's good for people,
17:08then maybe there will be more projects.
17:10Vertical shots is a medium that I want to explore.
17:15So if we get the opportunity, I'm sure we'll be able to show more.
