- 11 months ago
Producer Ektaa Kapoor spoke about 'Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi', motherhood and more during her appearance at India Today Conclave Mumbai 2025. She was present at the session titled ‘Queen of Content: Woman Who Shaped Indian Screens'.
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00:00Our next session, queen of content, woman who has shaped Indian screen for the last, what, 30 years?
00:08Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together for Ekta Kapoor. We've already, we've begun well.
00:18Welcome Ekta. And also ladies and gentlemen, Ekta joins us at a time where she's fresh off her first national award win.
00:26So Ekta, take a bow. And we won't let you sit because we're going to make you take three bows.
00:31Because in the last, what, two and a half, three years, she's also the first woman who has, from India, who's won an Emmy,
00:38where woman direction is concerned, producer is concerned. And number three, Padmashri.
00:45So shall we call you a Padmashri Ekta Kapoor or is it okay we do miss Kapoor?
00:51Ekta. Okay.
00:53Okay. So once again, ladies and gentlemen, queen of content, sit, sit, sit, for the last 30 years, Ekta Kapoor.
01:02Ekta, you want to begin with the fact of coming fresh off Delhi? Did you even think, how many of you have seen Kathal, a jackfruit mystery?
01:10I have.
01:12A film like that?
01:13Guys, please go watch it today on Netflix. It's called Kathal. It's a dramedy, a satire on various things.
01:21And it's won the national award in Hindi film category.
01:26Did you ever think that a film like Kathal, a jackfruit mystery, Ekta would ever win the national award?
01:32Not in our wildest dreams. Not in our wildest dreams did we think a dramedy which takes serious potshots at the establishment would actually be not only nominated but would win from the jury best film award in the national awards.
01:53It's quite shocking and quite heartening actually.
01:56Did you believe it when you got that call?
01:59I saw it on the net.
02:01You're kidding me.
02:01I swear on you. I got a call from Gunit. I didn't take the call because I was in a meeting with my mom.
02:07And she sent me a message and I opened my phone and I was like, mom, I think we have won the national award for Kathal.
02:14She says, check again, check again. It's not possible. How are you winning? Isn't it a direct to digital film?
02:19It's gone to Netflix. I said, that's also a film.
02:22So, chances are that we have. Then we went and checked and we had won the national award.
02:29So, after that it was euphoria for an hour.
02:32No, because it was a satirical take on the establishment like you said.
02:36But wink, wink, nudge, nudge, Ekta also has somebody from the establishment that she's relaunched a show with.
02:44Okay, so how many of you have seen the second coming of Kyunki Saaz Bhi Kabhi Bahuti?
02:49Because I think Smitty Iran is looking fabulous, Ekta.
02:51So, the ratings are great, but that's all because of this beautiful woman called Smitty and the great recall the show has.
03:00You know, you've got to tell us how did you make it happen.
03:03How did, what was that call where Ekta Kapu, who picked up the call, who started the conversation, shall we do this?
03:10Shall we once again attempt it?
03:11Oh, me and Smitty have a lot of calls with each other, we have a lot of conversations here and then random things, parenting, motherhood, this, that.
03:21And I was like, you know, we're going to complete 25 years of Kyunki, it's going to be happening in the next, what, six months or eight months.
03:29And she said, yeah, man.
03:31I said, Smitty, you know, we were, we were off air because of a fight with Star.
03:37Now, Star is, it's not even first the promoters of Star have changed.
03:44It's Jio who also owns a share in Balaji.
03:47There's Uday sir, who we first had lots of issues with today.
03:51He's almost my mentor.
03:53I said, you know, 25 years and 18 years from the time the show was abruptly pulled off air,
03:58where we went to war, we went to an illegal battle with Star.
04:02I said, you know what, we have a couple of episodes before we reach 2000.
04:07And she said, let's just complete that 2000 number.
04:12Kyunki deserves that other shows have completed 3000 and 4000.
04:14You're kidding me.
04:16So it was actually Smitty Rani's idea to complete that number.
04:19I actually told her, I said, you know, yeah, we should complete it.
04:22And she said, yeah.
04:22I said, you're going to be so busy.
04:24You're going to torture the shit out of me.
04:27How will I get to shoot with you?
04:28She says, anything for Kyunki, yeah.
04:30I said, yeah, anything for Kyunki.
04:32And she's always had this, you know, like passion for the show,
04:36because it's also something that, you know, we have an emotional connect with.
04:40And you won't, I kid you not, everyone who was involved in the old Kyunki,
04:44came back at a heartbeat.
04:48That is tremendous.
04:49But I also have to add, you know, Ekta, because it was very brave of Smitty Rani to do what she did.
04:54Because you're an established politician.
04:56You've, you know, been in parliament.
04:58You've been a cabinet minister.
04:59You're very senior.
05:00Where it comes down to the establishment that we, you know, proverbially speak of.
05:04For her, very brave to make that decision, to come back to television,
05:09to give that kind of commitment, and to make it happen.
05:13Smriti is anything but not brave.
05:17She's one of the bravest women I know.
05:18And her bravado comes from her absolutely never say die spirit.
05:25She's willing to learn.
05:26She's willing to, I always tell her, you and I have a very big problem.
05:29We have huge thrill issues.
05:31We need to, like, push ourselves to, like, tests all the time.
05:37And it is the only way we keep ourselves alive.
05:42Well, alive and kicking.
05:44Because the numbers just came.
05:45I had a colleague who actually sent me the numbers list.
05:48I was thinking,
05:48But the numbers are doing phenomenally well.
05:54You're right up on the charts.
05:56So congratulations on that as well.
05:58I think it's also because,
06:00I think everyone is working very hard on the set.
06:02And everyone is pushing their limits.
06:06For us, it was basically taking on issues.
06:10We decided we're going to do a lot of issues on the show.
06:13And we are.
06:14We've taken on various judgments women are put through.
06:20Various perceptions.
06:22And we've tried to fight them.
06:24You know, you bring that up on a serious note.
06:27Because there is this one scene in one of the episodes of Kiyonki
06:32where you see Smiti Irani step onto the weighing scale.
06:37And she's clearly being body shamed,
06:39keeping in mind her husband is much thinner or fitter in the conventional term.
06:43And she isn't.
06:45And, you know, she is reflecting on that.
06:47So all of that content that you speak of,
06:49addressing certain issues,
06:51was it, you know, intentional?
06:54Extremely intentional.
06:55I remember I was in New York.
06:57And I remember seeing the episode.
06:58And I said, something's missing.
07:00And I called up the writer.
07:01And I said,
07:02I definitely want a scene when she goes on the weighing scale.
07:05I said,
07:05I said,
07:06I don't have a self-doubt.
07:09What?
07:09What is his self-worth?
07:12Which is constantly tested.
07:13Her husband is weighing himself in front of her.
07:16And he hasn't gained a kilo.
07:18And I want her to go on the scale when he's in the loo.
07:20When no one is watching.
07:22I said,
07:22I do that so much.
07:25And I said,
07:25and she puts the scale back and says,
07:27it doesn't work well.
07:29Because that's also very normal.
07:31And that scene,
07:32and people are like,
07:33you know,
07:34the normal thought process of a TV show is that,
07:36let's put high drama,
07:38or put kitchen scenes.
07:41Tulsi on a weighing scale is like,
07:43what?
07:45And then we had her daughter tell her that nothing's fitting you.
07:48So she called me up to the end.
07:49She said,
07:50you want me to try this blouse?
07:51And you want to say that it's not fitting me?
07:53I said,
07:54yeah.
07:55It's not fitting you.
07:56I said,
07:57let,
07:57there are going to be a lot of people saying,
07:59Mihir is looking younger than Smiti.
08:01Smiti's gained weight.
08:03I said,
08:04plate,
08:05front foot.
08:06Take it on your chin.
08:07Yeah,
08:08so?
08:10So?
08:11You know,
08:12that's quite cool,
08:13because you're leaving it at so.
08:15It's not that we're suddenly going to see Smiti Rani drop a few kilos.
08:18No,
08:18I have me telling her that,
08:20that,
08:21you know,
08:21no one sees you the way I do.
08:23I see you as my team player,
08:24as a partner,
08:26and when you are really in a relationship,
08:29outside people can judge.
08:30For me,
08:31you and I are beyond our bodies,
08:33and beyond our,
08:34we've shared a legacy of lifetimes together,
08:36a lifetime together.
08:37So,
08:39this one,
08:40the second,
08:41Kyonki Saaz Bi Ka Hip Kabhi Bahuti 2.0,
08:43is a limited series.
08:46Yes.
08:46So,
08:46have you finished shooting for it?
08:48Have you wrapped up on this?
08:48No,
08:48no,
08:48no,
08:48it's limited,
08:50keeping the TV,
08:51what do you call,
08:52numbers in mind,
08:53it's about a couple of months.
08:55A couple of months more,
08:56and then,
08:57that's it.
08:57And you're looking at,
08:58you know,
08:58actually touching lots of other issues,
09:01that are socially relevant today,
09:02in the society.
09:02Exactly.
09:03The moment we finish 2,000,
09:05we end the show.
09:06And there's a fair amount of social messaging,
09:08we can look forward to.
09:09Yes.
09:09So,
09:10we decided,
09:10like,
09:11this time,
09:11when we had her,
09:13first we picked up her weight issues,
09:14and we've seen some issues,
09:17wherein she's supporting,
09:18her daughter-in-law's in the house,
09:20and then there's an issue,
09:21which are very,
09:22like,
09:22for people,
09:23these are not big issues,
09:24but we've merged it.
09:25So,
09:26even like,
09:27we've made her affiliated to a charity,
09:30I've had a couple of episodes,
09:32where she says,
09:33I've made these things very natural in the show,
09:37so that it doesn't look like,
09:39it's preachy,
09:40at the same time,
09:41it subconsciously makes you realize,
09:44that there's no way,
09:45you can move ahead in life,
09:46without doing these things,
09:47you know.
09:48You know,
09:48I followed Smithi Rani,
09:50as a politician,
09:51you know,
09:51I've endlessly trailed her,
09:53in Amity,
09:54where she was an MP,
09:55and then she was,
09:56of course,
09:56campaigning.
09:57Is she quite the same?
09:58Because she has this fabulous people connect.
10:00You know,
10:00she'll give these speeches,
10:01there'll be some,
10:03you know,
10:03a woman who'll be crying,
10:04in the second row,
10:05first row.
10:06There is a pull that she has.
10:08And is it,
10:09who is Smithi Rani,
10:10the actor?
10:11I,
10:12I think she's an amazing actor,
10:14but before anything else,
10:16like,
10:16I feel,
10:17Smithi,
10:19can come across,
10:20very strong,
10:20and a bit hard,
10:21at times.
10:22You can meet her,
10:23and you can feel like,
10:24a bit overwhelmed,
10:25because,
10:26the first day,
10:27the actors were all crying,
10:28almost,
10:28because,
10:29they were like,
10:30you know,
10:30they couldn't act in front of her,
10:31they were scared,
10:33and I had to call her up,
10:34and say like,
10:35you know what,
10:35you know your acting chops,
10:37better than anyone else,
10:38but they don't,
10:39and you need to calm down.
10:41And she said,
10:41yeah,
10:41okay.
10:43And by now,
10:45every actor,
10:45on that set,
10:47thinks they have,
10:49a,
10:50what do you call,
10:51agony aunt in Smriti.
10:53So,
10:53and she's so helpful,
10:55I don't think anybody knows,
10:56that even the smallest actor,
10:58or people,
10:59you know,
10:59would call me up,
11:00and say,
11:00you know,
11:00we need this thing done,
11:02I'm so stuck,
11:03I don't know Smriti,
11:05can I call her?
11:05I said,
11:06just call her.
11:07And,
11:07that person would immediately,
11:09get a call back from Smriti,
11:10yes,
11:10yes,
11:11I remember you,
11:11you were in production,
11:13what is the problem?
11:14And she would be like,
11:15the,
11:15I need this done,
11:16and she would do it.
11:17And,
11:18no one knows this side.
11:20There are people,
11:21I know during COVID,
11:22she was,
11:2324-7,
11:25on the call.
11:2624-7.
11:28Tannu is alive today,
11:29my best friend,
11:30and because of Smriti.
11:3224-7 checking,
11:34how people are getting,
11:35oxygen mass,
11:36how people are getting this,
11:38it was unbelievable,
11:39unbelievable.
11:40So there,
11:40people don't see that side.
11:43So this harsh,
11:44aggressive exterior,
11:45does it find,
11:46like,
11:46any similarity,
11:47of,
11:48you know,
11:48I know,
11:49a headstrong,
11:50aggressive,
11:52go-getter,
11:53young producer,
11:53very successful,
11:55do you see any similarities?
11:56You know who I'm talking about,
11:57right?
11:58Yourself.
11:59What do I say?
12:01Sometimes I don't know,
12:03that being aggressive,
12:05is so acceptable for men,
12:08but such a,
12:09dogma for women,
12:11that I don't even know,
12:13how is it even different?
12:14You know,
12:14you'll have these guys,
12:15back slapping on a set,
12:17abusing,
12:18sitting on,
12:20inappropriately,
12:21on one stool,
12:23and commanding this,
12:25full set,
12:27and,
12:28you go there,
12:29and show even,
12:30shreds of upset,
12:32or anger,
12:33which is so normal,
12:34in a,
12:34very pressured profession,
12:36like ours,
12:36and people will be like,
12:37hey,
12:38how aggressive is it?
12:39I once asked someone,
12:40I said,
12:41should I just like,
12:41open my hair,
12:42blow dry it,
12:44and sit here like that,
12:45and ask for my episode,
12:46because what do they want?
12:48There is no level of expression,
12:52where acceptance comes,
12:53if you're even slightly upset,
12:56aggressive,
12:58and yet it is the most acceptable thing,
12:59of a man.
13:01Let me add another word to it,
13:02aggressive,
13:03and then ambitious,
13:04ambitious,
13:05if you use it for a woman.
13:06I had someone tell me once,
13:08that you know,
13:08now that you're a mother,
13:10your priority should be your child,
13:12and please give up on this career warrior.
13:14How's that going?
13:16It's going great,
13:17I do my thing,
13:19and I am,
13:20I think a committed mother.
13:21I don't fit in the conventional mother slot,
13:24that means I'm least active on the mother's group,
13:27wherein people are checking on,
13:29which color of kela should we give the child.
13:32So I'm not really a helicopter mom,
13:35but I found my space,
13:37because the guilt is real,
13:39you know,
13:39you,
13:40like I've come here,
13:40and my son is at home,
13:42so my mother is taking care of him,
13:44and I work with the guilt,
13:47guilt,
13:48but at the same time,
13:49I'm not running away from the fact anymore,
13:53that I love my company,
13:55I love my job,
13:57I'm not just working,
13:58to make ends meet,
14:00and that's why it's acceptable,
14:01I'm working because I love it,
14:03and it's still acceptable.
14:06You know,
14:07and it's quite amazing the way you've dealt with your career,
14:11the way you've dealt with your personal life,
14:13unapologetic,
14:14unabashed,
14:14you wear it on your sleeve,
14:16and it's fabulous.
14:17Because 30 years ago,
14:18it's,
14:18you know,
14:18no matter what anybody might say today,
14:21or even then,
14:22the sheer fact that you knew what content sells,
14:26you knew it then,
14:27you know it now,
14:28and that's why the rain has been such,
14:30and the rise,
14:31it's,
14:32you know,
14:32you're only going up.
14:34How would you define that?
14:34I don't think I'm always going up,
14:36there are always waves in my career,
14:38there are really huge setbacks,
14:40there's,
14:40we are now no longer playing a game of success,
14:43we're playing the game of relevance.
14:46How relevant are you in changing times?
14:48Is a question I ask myself all the time,
14:51so,
14:51I have to reinvent,
14:53make content that I can't probably make,
14:55I curate it,
14:56I work with makers who have a new mindset,
14:59it's sometimes extremely humbling,
15:02but you do that because,
15:04if I'm anything in the world,
15:05I am self-aware.
15:07So,
15:08okay,
15:09let me ask you,
15:10you know,
15:10a question this way then,
15:12would you need,
15:12or do you need a nagin,
15:14to produce an Urta Punjab,
15:16or a Kathal?
15:18Absolutely,
15:18without a nagin,
15:19no Urta Punjab,
15:20no Kathal would happen.
15:23When you do television,
15:25you have a certain amount of economic buoyance in your company,
15:29and then you can produce certain films you believe in,
15:32of course you have to make them risk-free,
15:33because you have investors in your company,
15:35and they have believed in you,
15:37and you need to live up to that belief too.
15:40Also that,
15:41even when TV is evolving,
15:43and it's no longer financially that what it was,
15:46there is YouTube,
15:48there is digital media,
15:50there is direct-to-digital now,
15:53there is movies,
15:54and you need to constantly move with the times,
15:57so,
15:58yes,
15:59when you make something clutter-breaking,
16:01you need to make something which you are sure would be appealing to the masses.
16:06So constant shuttle between independent and mainstream,
16:10television,
16:10cinema,
16:11OTT,
16:11whichever way you look at it,
16:12is that what the game is?
16:14I think so,
16:14and sometimes it's just the opposite,
16:16you know,
16:16you have more money made on a cutthal,
16:18and you lose money on a,
16:20really,
16:21completely,
16:22you think would work potboiler,
16:24so it sometimes just works opposite.
16:26You're talking about money,
16:27so Akshay Kumar had said very recently,
16:29that I think I'll be financially settled and stable,
16:32if I have a hundred crore FD.
16:33What's your take on it?
16:36How much of an FD are you aiming at?
16:40Not an FD?
16:41What's your benchmark to it?
16:43Okay,
16:43let me ask you this question then,
16:44Ekta.
16:45Is it true?
16:46I know three people have asked me this since the morning,
16:48you have to ask Ekta Kapoor,
16:49she has no reason,
16:50no concern,
16:51where money,
16:52and you and Tushar both,
16:54because your father,
16:55Jitendra,
16:55actually owns half of the real estate in Mumbai.
16:58True?
16:58Not half the real estate in Mumbai,
17:00but he's done well in his real estate business.
17:02So he has?
17:04Yeah,
17:04he has,
17:05and it's great,
17:06because he started off at 65,
17:08he's 83 now,
17:10he started off at 65,
17:12he started off like with a small piece of land,
17:15then went bigger,
17:16a little bigger,
17:16he's still very content,
17:18and he still doesn't take too many risks,
17:21but he's obsessed with his business,
17:23it is not large like the big builders of Mumbai,
17:27but whatever little bit of an outfit he has,
17:30it's given him so much rejuvenation as a person,
17:32so I think it's great,
17:35because that business I'm probably proudest of,
17:37more than even my own,
17:38because it actually has shown me how to reinvent,
17:42maybe not in the same profession,
17:45but in another one,
17:45and my dad has done that.
17:47You speak very fondly of your father,
17:49because we were backstage right now,
17:50and Ekta,
17:51you know,
17:52for three minutes,
17:53completely turned the conversation on how she is,
17:56A, so much in awe of your father,
17:57you've spoken a lot about your mother,
17:59recently I've heard you speak so much,
18:01and so warmly about your dad.
18:03Yeah,
18:04so my mum is my business partner,
18:08we have so many fights,
18:09we are like,
18:10my dad is actually,
18:12on the other hand,
18:13he's the calmer one in the house,
18:15both of us are very aggressive women,
18:20and he's the calmer one,
18:22he's the one who like,
18:23takes very like,
18:24he's the one bringing like,
18:25the home down,
18:26and he's like,
18:27has more of a,
18:28today it makes a lot of difference,
18:30because what he says,
18:31makes a lot more sense,
18:33that telling,
18:34this too shall pass,
18:35if it's good,
18:36it'll pass,
18:37if it's bad,
18:38it'll pass,
18:39don't get too attached,
18:40just be like,
18:40whatever papa,
18:42now I understand it's true,
18:44this too shall pass.
18:47With your brother,
18:48because I think,
18:49where parenting is concerned,
18:50both of you are,
18:51practically on the same journey,
18:52you guys exchange notes,
18:53he's a far better parent,
18:56than I am,
18:58actually in my house,
18:59keeping the conventional,
19:00TV show format,
19:02we live a very,
19:03unconventional life,
19:05both of us had children,
19:06through surrogacy,
19:08my father,
19:10my brother,
19:10is the one who sleeps,
19:11at 8.39,
19:13is a committed,
19:14and extremely,
19:15vigilant parent,
19:17roles you expect,
19:18women to do,
19:20my father,
19:21is the second,
19:22what should I say,
19:24nurturer in the house,
19:25me and my mom,
19:26are the hunters,
19:28who are the ones,
19:29who come last,
19:29to the house,
19:31so our roles,
19:32are so merged,
19:33and he's a father,
19:34so many times,
19:35I'm like asking him,
19:36what do I do,
19:37I'm like stuck here,
19:38he tell me,
19:39okay,
19:39now you get this done,
19:40then you get this done,
19:42I think you should know this,
19:43that he's also,
19:44a Buddhist teacher,
19:45a Buddhist teacher,
19:46yeah,
19:47he's a Shaka Pramuk,
19:49you know,
19:50there's a difference,
19:51between a Shaka Pramuk,
19:51we just had somebody,
19:52from the RSS,
19:53no,
19:53no,
19:54he's basically,
19:55the Shaka,
19:55they have this,
19:56these centers,
19:59he's the leader,
19:59of his,
20:00so every time,
20:01you're practically,
20:02losing it at home,
20:03and he's around,
20:04does he start chanting,
20:05he's like,
20:06you know,
20:07this is what I'm saying,
20:08so he and my dad,
20:09are the ones,
20:09with the vision,
20:10and the one step back,
20:12and the perspective,
20:14me and mom,
20:14are the focused ones,
20:16the focused ones,
20:16but you know,
20:17Ekta,
20:17if you'd allow me,
20:18I want to just pull out something,
20:19as well,
20:19you know,
20:19we've got seven and a half minutes,
20:21I'm going to try,
20:21and make the most of it,
20:22I'm going to pull out,
20:23one of Ekta Kapoor's,
20:25Instagram clips,
20:26that she'd put out,
20:27many thought she was trying,
20:28to hint at somebody,
20:29was it really that,
20:31also,
20:31you know,
20:31after we play out the clip,
20:32we'll have a better understanding,
20:34so,
20:34let's play that Instagram clip out,
20:36in Chennai,
20:39I have some time,
20:40so I'm going to make this post,
20:42what do I do,
20:43I've given you a lot of weight,
20:43should I do an anti-inflammatory diet,
20:47Monjaro,
20:49Ozempic,
20:51all of the above,
20:55zip my mouth,
21:00let me leave,
21:00we look good,
21:04I'm going to take this,
21:11moment to tell everyone,
21:13this was exactly,
21:15one week before,
21:16I launched the,
21:16Bade Ache Lakti promo,
21:19wherein the promo,
21:20itself had a line,
21:23that,
21:24the girl is trying on an outfit,
21:25and she's a,
21:26large size,
21:28and,
21:28she wants to,
21:29she tries to fit into a medium,
21:31again,
21:31dealing with body shaming,
21:33and self-doubt,
21:34and self-assurances,
21:36which was taken,
21:37completely,
21:39into another spectrum,
21:40this was not an,
21:41Ekta Kapoor dig at anyone,
21:43no,
21:43this actually,
21:44the very next video,
21:45I put up immediately,
21:46one minute after that,
21:48was guys,
21:49you know,
21:49we as women,
21:50should start accepting ourselves,
21:51and so what,
21:52if we have gained weight,
21:54and,
21:54you know,
21:54we should be okay with it,
21:56and you know what,
21:57I want to talk about,
21:58weight issues on television,
21:59and this and that,
22:00I have no idea,
22:02where Ram Kapoor is,
22:03he's neither a woman,
22:05noisy on television currently,
22:06and noisy battling weight issues,
22:08he's lost a lot of weight,
22:09how did this even go to him,
22:11I have no idea,
22:12I didn't say Ram Kapoor,
22:13you said Ram Kapoor,
22:13I said it,
22:14because why,
22:14why do we,
22:15I have to like hide from the fact,
22:16there were so many stories,
22:17and I was like,
22:18really,
22:19it's like me saying,
22:20I'm talking about my hair,
22:21and somebody somewhere else says,
22:22oh,
22:23you called me bald,
22:24why would I do that,
22:26so,
22:27but Ekta,
22:27tell us something,
22:28because you know,
22:29a lot of us outsiders,
22:30that are not part of the industry,
22:32when you're looking at the industry,
22:33and suddenly someone,
22:35who was fairly overweight,
22:36is suddenly stick thin,
22:38is it the anti-inflammatory diet,
22:39that you're talking about,
22:40for some people it is,
22:41like I know Vidya's on anti-inflammatory,
22:43she's lost a lot of weight,
22:44and I know,
22:45I did an anti-inflammatory,
22:4740 day diet,
22:48with Amura,
22:5060 day diet,
22:51just before my birthday,
22:52I lost 6,
22:537 kgs,
22:53but I got stuck there,
22:54clearly,
22:57either I've cheated too much,
22:58or something has gone wrong,
23:00but yeah,
23:00I think,
23:01a lot of our weight issues,
23:04come from inflammation,
23:05that's a fact,
23:06but there are some,
23:07who are not on anti-inflammatory diets,
23:08but possibly on a Zamtik,
23:10or Manjaro,
23:11and that's really fine,
23:11that's really fine,
23:13I'm quite okay,
23:13in fact,
23:14I'm thinking of trying one of them,
23:15in the next few months,
23:16because,
23:17I'm like,
23:17I'm getting stuck now,
23:18I'm on a plateau,
23:19so I need to lose some weight,
23:21and,
23:21I also,
23:23no,
23:23more my knees,
23:24I'm getting a lot of like,
23:26joint pains,
23:27and that's because of inflammation,
23:29and apparently,
23:30these drugs,
23:31attack inflammation,
23:33but I also have IBS,
23:34so I have to be like,
23:35weigh the pros and cons,
23:37and then see if I want to go for it.
23:39You know,
23:39right before you,
23:40Ikta,
23:41we had a full session,
23:42where we had doctors from LA,
23:43on GLP,
23:44so it's something that you're actually looking at,
23:46you know,
23:46I'm actually on natural GLPs,
23:48I've got this really nice tablet,
23:50which is berberine,
23:51and probiotics,
23:53but,
23:53the injectable GLPs,
23:56I'll have to find out about,
23:57but I'm,
23:57I'm going to do my full research,
23:59because,
23:59if I'm anything,
24:00if no one knows that,
24:01I'm into,
24:02I'm into health,
24:03in a big way,
24:05I read a lot about supplements,
24:07I read a lot about things.
24:09But that's,
24:09that's very honest of you,
24:11to say,
24:12because you're doing it for health reasons,
24:13you say you're,
24:14even if I'm doing it for my own body reasons,
24:16how does that make a difference to anybody?
24:18I agree.
24:19Like,
24:19what is anyone's problem?
24:21If someone lost weight,
24:22through Ozempic,
24:23and they're looking great,
24:24and they're happy about their life,
24:26how does it make a difference to anybody,
24:27and someone doesn't want to do Ozempic,
24:29has gained a lot of weight,
24:31and is still okay with their body,
24:33how is it,
24:33a problem,
24:34to anybody?
24:35100%,
24:36you go girl,
24:37or anyone,
24:37who wants to.
24:39You know,
24:39what I'm going to do is,
24:40three minutes,
24:41and I'm going to quickly do,
24:43five quick questions.
24:44Go for it.
24:45Go for it.
24:46If your life was a daily soap,
24:47what would be the title?
24:51Too much,
24:52too soon.
24:54Really?
24:55Yeah.
24:56You can't get,
24:57this kind of success,
24:59at 18,
25:00then at 25,
25:02reach your peak,
25:03and 30 be told,
25:04that you're now over,
25:05and you have to reinvent.
25:07Too much,
25:08too soon.
25:10That's also quite a prodigy then.
25:12Okay.
25:12If,
25:14which TV character,
25:16from your show,
25:16do you relate to the most?
25:19If you were to pick one.
25:21Sujal from Kahin To Hoga.
25:24Why?
25:25Because,
25:26he was so,
25:28his,
25:28people persona,
25:31was so problematic,
25:32and his way of dealing with situations,
25:35and his high level of defense mechanism,
25:38that people very rarely saw him,
25:40for who he really was.
25:41He was really okay with it,
25:43but maybe he was not,
25:44and that's,
25:45that,
25:46I feel,
25:47is a lot like me.
25:49If Ikta Kapoor,
25:50had to cast,
25:50Shah Rukh Khan,
25:51Salman Khan,
25:52in one of your serials,
25:53what would be the role,
25:55that you'd give them?
25:56And what would be the serial?
25:57Ah,
25:58television is about women,
26:01where will I cast these boys?
26:03You don't want them.
26:04Give me Vidya Balan,
26:07and Kareena Kapoor,
26:08I'll do a better job.
26:09Okay,
26:09I'll give you Vidya Balan,
26:10and Kareena Kapoor.
26:11Vidya Balan,
26:12I will make,
26:13Sakshi Tanwar's role,
26:14in,
26:14what do you call,
26:16Kahani Gargar Ki,
26:17and,
26:18Kareena Kapoor,
26:18I'll do,
26:19Kasorti Zindagi Kavit.
26:20I can imagine her,
26:22for 20 years yearning,
26:23and being passionately in love.
26:26If you had to remake,
26:28a classic Bollywood film,
26:29with a TV soap twist,
26:30which one would you pick?
26:31Kabhi khushi,
26:32kabhi gum,
26:33can we get any better than that?
26:35What would be the twist?
26:37The twist I would have,
26:39is I would definitely,
26:40for some time,
26:42see they've done a leap,
26:43in that also,
26:44interval point,
26:45they do a leap,
26:45and they come back 20 years later,
26:47and the kid grows up,
26:48you know,
26:49my twist would be,
26:51that there would be,
26:51an illegitimate son,
26:52somewhere of Amitabh Bachchan.
26:55That would have to happen.
26:57Because we would not,
26:58we would have finished,
26:58in three hours.
26:59If you could swap life,
27:00with any Bollywood producer,
27:02for one day,
27:03who would it be,
27:04and what would you,
27:05green light immediately?
27:07That this would have been made?
27:08Bollywood producer?
27:11I would switch places,
27:13with Rhea Kapoor,
27:14and I'd make,
27:15crew two,
27:16because she's sitting on it,
27:17for the last two years,
27:19and telling me,
27:21that I don't know,
27:21if I want to make it also,
27:22so,
27:23I'd do that first,
27:24I'll green light that.
27:26Basically,
27:26that's a subtle message,
27:27for Rhea Kapoor.
27:28Absolutely,
27:29not so subtle.
27:29Not so subtle,
27:30actually,
27:31not so subtle.
27:31Ika,
27:33what's that one regret,
27:35regret that you have?
27:37Do you have a regret?
27:38I do.
27:39Which is?
27:40So,
27:41the regret comes from my personality,
27:45more than a situation in life.
27:47I wish I had more,
27:49I was easy on myself.
27:56In a lot of parts in my life,
27:58I put myself through really large tests,
28:02battled with a lot of things mentally,
28:04I wasn't easy on myself.
28:07Those many years will never come back.
28:10Those things I thought were a big issue,
28:13now I'm okay with.
28:15I feel,
28:16that's my biggest regret,
28:17because those years I wasted in,
28:19creating self-doubt,
28:22and self-worth issues,
28:24and I just lost those years,
28:27in not being happy.
28:29You know,
28:29that's very good advice.
28:30Okay,
28:30on popular demand,
28:31I'm going to go back to that one question,
28:32that we spoke of,
28:33the anti-inflammatory pill,
28:35that you found.
28:36People who are watching this live,
28:38want to know,
28:39what is that pill?
28:40A,
28:40and is there something else,
28:41the best pill supplement,
28:42that you found for your health?
28:43I think that is the best.
28:44It's got some really good probiotics.
28:46It's got something called,
28:47starch.
28:49Now,
28:49starch is known to be bad,
28:50but it's that,
28:51elai-chi-wala-kela starch,
28:53which is the best,
28:55to create the best bacteria,
28:56in your stomach.
28:57And I'm going to put it up,
28:59it's got cinnamon,
29:00it's got berberine,
29:01it's got taurine,
29:02and it has got some great probiotics,
29:04one very big probiotic,
29:06you need in your gut,
29:07for long life,
29:08it's called acromensia.
29:09And it has acromensia,
29:11which is like,
29:12itself a GLP-1 activator.
29:15Where do you get this?
29:17Online,
29:18I'll just,
29:18I'll put up a picture,
29:19it's called GLP-1 1000 mg.
29:22Alright,
29:22so she's going to put up a picture,
29:23on Instagram.
29:24And it's all herbal.
29:25You're going to put this up,
29:26on Instagram.
29:27I'll put it up,
29:28I'll tag you.
29:29Oh great,
29:30you just tag me,
29:31you don't even need to put it up.
29:32I'll just tag you.
29:33Just tag me.
29:35I'm doing this for,
29:37I found it,
29:38I told all of my friends,
29:39I said,
29:39this is so good,
29:40and especially for people with IBS.
29:42No,
29:42but do put it down.
29:43So,
29:44all of you,
29:44who are watching it right now,
29:46you know,
29:46if you're watching it on television,
29:47or you're in the audience,
29:49what,
29:49in a couple of hours,
29:50or by tomorrow,
29:51go on to Ekta's Instagram page,
29:54and she'll have that pill,
29:56right there.
29:56So I am actually,
29:57my obsession is now,
29:59supplements,
29:59and astrology.
30:01And astrology.
30:02These are the two things,
30:03astrology you've always been into,
30:04you're still into it.
30:05Oh,
30:05I'm now more into it.
30:07Now,
30:07and luckily I'm seeing,
30:08the whole world has changed.
30:09Everyone's into astrology now.
30:10But there's so many quacks out there.
30:12Huh?
30:12There's so many quacks out there.
30:13How do you believe?
30:14Too many quacks.
30:15Too many quacks.
30:15You go on the internet,
30:16and you have people who are,
30:17misinterpreting,
30:19basic charts so badly,
30:21and putting people,
30:22on such,
30:23heavy stress,
30:24they're,
30:24they're playing on fear,
30:26and anxiety,
30:27and trying to torture people,
30:28and believing,
30:29that if you don't do these things,
30:30you're,
30:30you're over,
30:31you're dead.
30:32The next five years,
30:33your marak is going to play out,
30:34you're going to die.
30:35It's not this simple,
30:37and it's not this,
30:38uh,
30:39scary.
30:39You know,
30:40we've run out of time,
30:40but,
30:41you know,
30:41Ekta,
30:41that's the next,
30:42uh,
30:42business project,
30:43astrology.
30:44It is my project,
30:45I am going to start.
30:46You're on it?
30:46Yeah,
30:47I'm going to do it.
30:47Oh,
30:48wow.
30:48Okay,
30:48that's interesting.
30:49I,
30:49I think astrology is,
30:51forget a business,
30:51it's something I want to do for years.
30:53Passion project.
30:54Alright,
30:55passion project,
30:55astrology,
30:56and with that,
30:57time's up.
30:58Ladies and gentlemen,
30:59do put your hands together,
31:00for Padma Shree,
31:01Ekta Kapoor,
31:03uh,
31:03just freshly back from winning her first national award.
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