00:00While you are making the film, the logistics of it, how it all trickles down the local culture,
00:05the way the people speak and how do you improvise it along the way as you go forward telling the story?
00:10See, because it is based in Lucknow. So, definitely we will work towards, you know,
00:19that type of language and everything. But subject has to be universal. That shouldn't be like
00:26completely UPUP. You should relate. Every state should relate to the subject matter.
00:33It should be as global as it is.
00:34Yes, definitely. So, it has to be very, it should be globally, you know, relatable.
00:39So, that's the, it should appeal to all. Because the use of technology is everywhere right now.
00:46Whether if you see abroad or here, I mean, people are here because of Gazettes.
00:51And so, that is the idea ki, even technology kithna bura bhi ho sakta hai.
00:58Or kitni hat tak aapko alag taraf pe leke ja sakta hai. So, that was the idea.
01:04So, I think all the language and body language, these all are ornaments.
01:09But the real thing is the story and soul. Yeah.
01:14And he said this one thing that, you know, you humanize your characters very much.
01:18Yeah. And want to know, what's the trick for doing that? How do you humanize?
01:21I think it's not a trick. It's, I think, a bringing up, I would say.
01:24That's a bringing up. You know where, like how, I mean, you see relationships
01:30while you are growing up. You know, you can't be just like, you know ki,
01:35I am absurd at all. We are not like that. We are not like that. We are growing up.
01:41So, we always see people from human angle only. So, this is the thing, you know.
01:47And Neil sir, as a director, how would you describe his directorial style, his voice?
01:53Is he the one, someone who feeds into your mind the character or the voices of it or lets you fly?
01:57Or is it the other way around, very categorical directorial person?
02:00You know, I just, I joke about it all the time. In fact, Divya has already complimented that style of his working.
02:06But I'll elaborate on this, that I've experienced multiple kinds of directors.
02:10In fact, just before I started this film, I experienced also a director who would not want even a comma changed.
02:18You know, so that kind of restricts an actor.
02:22But the freedom that sir has given, especially when it comes to such complex characters,
02:28Abhishek is a very layered, very complex character.
02:31Of course, can't really talk much about it because of the nature of the film.
02:35But, you know, it's so refreshing to see a filmmaker say,
02:42You know what Neil, just play it your way.
02:45You know, so it gives you that much more strength as an actor to go on and completely.
02:52And then, of course, he understands that, yes, sir, I like that.
02:55And because it's a comic,
02:57So, in comedy, you have to depict someone with a great attention of a character.
03:04Whether it's Divya Ji or my character.
03:06It's a situation.
03:07So, you cannot go over the top.
03:10You have to make sure that your audience is making, is relating to your character.
03:14And sometimes it's like, sir, this situation is not a comic.
03:19But to find comedy in that,
03:21For example, for example,
03:23There is a panic attack.
03:25And in that panic attack,
03:27I know it's going to be known.
03:28But maybe my audience is going to be going.
03:30You know,
03:31To implement that,
03:34That's one of the related factors.
03:38And I will give them all of it.
03:39Because it's the only thing that you make a character naturally.
03:45And not fake.
03:46Yeah.
03:47And Divya, I am talking about the film and the overall narrative.
03:51It has a healthy dose of humor.
03:53Now, it's generally said that,
03:55It's very difficult to make a comedy in the film.
03:58At the end of the day, it's on your shoulder.
04:00It's a dramatic scene.
04:01It can be enhanced with the background score.
04:03Lighting can enhance anything.
04:04You can check it.
04:05In comedy, it's just about your timing.
04:07If you miss the pulse,
04:09If you miss the beat,
04:10The joke won't land.
04:11In that sense,
04:12Did this film demand a lot from you
04:15And put all your skills to test as an artist?
04:17Actually, you know,
04:19I have always,
04:20I don't know why,
04:21Felt that comedy is my genre.
04:23And I have always longed and wished and prayed
04:25That I get to work in a comedy film.
04:27So when this came,
04:28I was like,
04:29Yeah, fine.
04:30I'm getting to do what I wanted to do.
04:32Maybe people don't know that side of me.
04:35Because in real life,
04:36Also,
04:37I have that comic bone in me.
04:39So,
04:40So,
04:41I think
04:42Maybe that's why I enjoyed it more.
04:44And I feel when you enjoy it and don't take that pressure
04:46To then,
04:47You know,
04:47It's,
04:48It's,
04:48It's all the journey is really nice.
04:50Yeah.
04:51And what's the kind of humor that all of you like?
04:53Uh,
04:54Is it dark, dark comedies, slapstick or something else?
04:56Uh,
04:57What I,
04:58Uh,
04:59Actually,
05:00See,
05:01See,
05:02I think all comedies are comedies.
05:05But,
05:05I mean,
05:06It's not like that slapstick is bad.
05:07Or,
05:08It's not like that.
05:10It's not like that.
05:11From silence here,
05:13We have seen Charlie Chaplin.
05:14Correct.
05:15To Mr. Bean and if you see Jim Carrey.
05:18We all have,
05:19We all have,
05:20I mean,
05:21If you see here,
05:22We have seen Mehmud,
05:23Mukherjee,
05:24Johnny Lever,
05:26Ashrani.
05:27Ashrani.
05:28What a matter.
05:29All,
05:30I mean,
05:30It's not like that.
05:31It's not like that.
05:32It's comedy.
05:33But,
05:34In this film,
05:35It's not a very situational.
05:37It's not slapstick comedy.
05:40It's not a film.
05:41But,
05:42That doesn't mean that the other people have slapstick is bad.
05:45I would say comedy is a comedy.
05:46I agree.
05:47If you do it,
05:48Then do it,
05:49Then do it.
05:50What would be your personal taste?
05:51In this film?
05:52In totality.
05:53In general.
05:54In general.
05:55In general,
05:56I always prefer situational,
05:57Like,
05:58Hira Firi.
05:59And,
06:00Gol Maal,
06:01I always loved that type of cinema.
06:03Padosan also.
06:04Yes,
06:05Padosan also.
06:06A girl,
06:07A girl,
06:08A girl,
06:09A girl,
06:10A girl,
06:11A girl,
06:12A girl,
06:13A girl,
06:14A girl,
06:15A girl,
06:16Chalbaz,
06:17And,
06:18That film.
06:19I always,
06:20Sita Gita.
06:21Chalti Ka Naam Gadi.
06:22Chalti Ka Naam Gadi,
06:23Where we always enjoyed such films.
06:27Such films.
06:28Yeah.
06:29Yes.
06:30I think like Sir rightly said, you know, situational.
06:37At time, you do enjoy slapstick also.
06:39Sometimes it's damn funny.
06:40So it depends.
06:41You know,
06:42It depends script to script,
06:43Film to film.
06:44Yeah.
06:45And he said for you.
06:46Well,
06:47Situational for sure.
06:48But I like dark comedies also.
06:51Only for a reason because you get the best of both the worlds.
06:55And then we have a lot of that.
06:57We've,
06:58You know,
06:59Our film boasts of not just comedy, but also a great amount of thrill.
07:02Yeah.
07:03And, you know,
07:04Keeps you on the edge and keeps you guessing all the time.
07:07So when you,
07:08And what happens is,
07:09It just gives you the opportunity of exploring characters in totality,
07:13That are all multilayered.
07:14So the one upmanship,
07:16The,
07:17The battle,
07:18You know,
07:19Within the characters,
07:20That makes the fun of,
07:21Of a film and a narrative go on.
07:23Yeah.
07:24And my next question is for all three of you.
07:26Ek Chaturna,
07:27The title,
07:28It also represents a very strong legacy.
07:31The song itself from Colossan.
07:32You mentioned first.
07:33Right.
07:34Does at any point,
07:36Do you feel the pressure kicking in during the promotions or while you were making the film?
07:39Not at all.
07:40I think we,
07:41He and I were having this discussion right now.
07:42Yeah.
07:43That a lot of the youngsters probably don't even know of that song,
07:46Which is,
07:47Yeah.
07:48You know,
07:49Scary and sad.
07:50But we,
07:51At least I come from a generation who's grown up with that kind of music.
07:52So when I heard the title for the first time,
07:54I said,
07:55Oh my God,
07:56Sir,
07:57This is,
07:58What a brilliant title.
07:59Yeah.
08:00And we have created a song also around our situation.
08:03Like our content.
08:04So it's,
08:05And really,
08:06It's really working.
08:07It goes really well with the film.
08:08With the film.
08:09Yeah.
08:10And while you were working on this character,
08:13You said that, you know,
08:14You have to,
08:15Basically acting is how you react to your co-stars and more so in comedy,
08:18Because that's where the timing,
08:19Yeah.
08:20Pulse of the moment comes from.
08:22I want to know what,
08:23What is the camaraderie between the both of you?
08:25On the camera,
08:26So we would see in the film eventually,
08:27But off the camera,
08:28While the cameras were not rolling.
08:30The entire set was,
08:31You know,
08:32Its own element in its natural space.
08:34What was the give and take?
08:35Yes, you like.
08:36I think on the camera,
08:37It was a lot more fun.
08:38Off the camera,
08:39It was serious.
08:40Because you know,
08:41We both are very hard working into our work.
08:43Or either,
08:44It's always calm,
08:45Calm,
08:46Calm.
08:47But on the,
08:48On screen,
08:49It was very fun.
08:50Because,
08:51It was about Nagin and Nevala.
08:52And I had the most fun time of my life.
08:55Bullying him.
08:57Yeah,
08:58Bullying him.
08:59I also get bullied easily.
09:07And for my last question Neel sir,
09:08Your debut movie,
09:09Johnny Gaddaar,
09:10One of my favourite films.
09:12From,
09:13Mine too.
09:14Who doesn't love it?
09:15Working in,
09:16In your debut with,
09:17A director,
09:18Like,
09:19Sripamraak Vannoy,
09:20Working with him,
09:21Both titans of their own.
09:22Right.
09:23From Johnny Gaddaar to now,
09:24How has the actor in you evolved?
09:27Oh well,
09:28I've,
09:29I've seen a great evolution in me as an actor.
09:30Of course,
09:31I've,
09:32I've,
09:33I feel that there's never,
09:34Never a moment that I can say,
09:36That I have learned everything.
09:37Because,
09:38Every day is generally a learning process.
09:40And that,
09:41I think everyone says it,
09:42Whether a director,
09:43You know,
09:44An actor,
09:45Writer,
09:46In any,
09:47Any way forward.
09:48But,
09:49From then,
09:50The kind of maturity,
09:51Or,
09:52Which I have experienced personally,
09:53In my life.
09:54And,
09:55That,
09:56Personal life experiences,
09:57Of course,
09:5820 years ago,
09:59So,
10:0020 years ago,
10:01My journey,
10:02My everything,
10:03And,
10:04That,
10:05That,
10:06That,
10:07Point of view,
10:08That,
10:09That,
10:10That,
10:11That,
10:12You know,
10:13That,
10:14That,
10:15That,
10:16That,
10:17That,
10:18That,
10:21That,
10:22That,
10:23Shriram sir, he is also a national award winning film maker and he has worked with over a dozen national award winning directors.
10:32I have worked with 30 films on the top of the 30th, regional, you know, all kinds of languages, especially in Hindustan.
10:41So, just from there, when Umesh sir came to me, there was a manifestation of his first film.
10:52I said, I will never get a chance in my life, and when I get a chance, I will not get a chance.
10:57So, he has worked on the manifestation and maybe the ones who have spent a little time on the top of the 30th, but after that, he has given such a big character.
11:07That's why I thank them and thank them, that they have understood me the best.
11:12But what a fantastic director, technically outstanding.
11:17All the things, A to Z, technically, are very solid, but you know, it's a solid film, it's a stressful film, I can say it.
11:29Because it's a big film, there are so many actors, there are so many actors.
11:33But, in which way, they have kept our minds on the set, and so many actors, and so many actors, we have told them how to tell them.
11:39How to tell them, how to tell them, I don't know.
11:41I don't know.
11:42I don't know.
11:43I don't know.
11:44I don't know.
11:45I don't know.
11:54I don't know.
11:56But I don't know.
11:58Because I'm not pressuring, to get my job.
12:01I will ask you of course, my authority becomes my responsibility, my right.
12:06And I hope to get my job very quickly.
12:10But that experience, which I'm hungry, that experience will be very quickly in my life.
12:16We would all like to request our audience that please do watch our film Ek Chaturnaar
12:39in theatres from 12th September onwards.
12:41I'm sure the people will turn out and use them.
12:43Yes, you will get very anything.
12:45Please stay away from piracy.
12:47We make a film with a lot of effort.
12:49Now go to the theatre.
12:51Thank you very much.
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