Mumbai: In an exclusive interview with Actress Riddhi Kumar, where she talked about her acting journey, starting from Pune to making a mark in Telugu and Marathi cinema. She shared her experience working with Prabhas and her role in the film 'Raja Saab'. Riddhi emphasized the importance of gratitude, kindness, and hard work in the entertainment industry. She also expressed her admiration for Rekha ji and hopes to play her biopic role someday. The actress is excited about her upcoming films, including a Marathi film releasing on November 7th and another film with Prabhas on January 9th.
00:04Dr. Dr. Dr. Professor, what do you want to know about your journey?
00:08How do you see your journey? Do you have any other answers?
00:12My father is an army officer.
00:16I grew up in different countries.
00:18But my journey started in Pune.
00:21I was studying at Ferguson College.
00:24I was shocked by modeling.
00:26I was shocked to know about acting.
00:30I was living there.
00:32I had FTI, Film and Television Institute of India.
00:35My friends were there.
00:37I was assisting them with their pictures.
00:40After doing it, I auditioned in South.
00:43Then I auditioned in Bombay posting on Papa.
00:46I auditioned here.
00:48I got a picture of South and a Hindi web series.
00:51So, I started.
00:53I was reading the film in Telugu cinema.
00:55I was finished.
00:56The film is being published.
00:57And the artists are being published.
00:59So, what does the transition?
01:01What do you mean by this transition?
01:03What do you mean by this transition?
01:05I mean...
01:07I have made it a bit of a moment.
01:09I think it's going to be a process.
01:10I think it's going to be.
01:11It's going to be a process.
01:13Everything is going to be a process.
01:15process. I think that the glamorous field is, the competition is, and the hard work is.
01:25And as you go to success or progress in life, you have a lot of developments. So you face
01:34hurdles, as an actor, many rejections face. So that gives you a sense of maturity, a gratitude.
01:42I think personally, there are changes in my mind. I am more mature, I am more gratitude,
01:47I feel good about things.
01:49Kadi Pata is a bittersweet love story, so how do you relate your character's journey and your
01:55character's journey?
01:57I relate a lot because my character is called Meera. She is a very real, opinionated,
02:04expressive girl. She tells her how she feels in her mind and tells her how she feels.
02:10And I think that every girl can relate to her. So I felt very related.
02:15Sometimes I am very reactive, especially with my family. We behave more closely with them.
02:24So I felt very relatable.
02:27In Marathi film, you have a lot of emotional stories. So what do you feel like in the film,
02:32what are the things that you see more than you?
02:35The whole film is very touching, because the whole film is above the emotions.
02:41There is a lot of comedy, a lot of romance, a lot of drama.
02:45But in the second half, the twists and turns are so emotional and impactful.
02:51Yesterday, we had a very beautiful screening of Prabhadeva here,
02:57where we have an NGO of Nari Shakti,
03:01who is called the ladies and their family.
03:04And almost everyone was crying.
03:07After watching the pictures, everyone felt so emotional.
03:13So I think that after watching the film, you will be able to know
03:16what the emotions are missing.
03:18Because the whole film is being taken away with the characters.
03:21And that's why you are being taken away with the characters,
03:23because you are being attached with the characters.
03:27So, in one way, you are making a grand family film,
03:31and in the other way, you are making an intimate story.
03:33What are you feeling about acting?
03:37There is no difference.
03:39Acting is the same as acting.
03:40Your work is the same as you are in any set.
03:43You want to be the best in every place.
03:45The characters are different, so your process is different.
03:49Like Prabhadeva's film,
03:53he is also an expressive character.
03:57So, both characters are slightly similar.
03:59But at the same time, his costume, his look,
04:02is different from the social community.
04:05There is also a simple girl next door here.
04:07So, I think it's more that,
04:09it's more that,
04:11how do one of the characters
04:12make a different actor,
04:14rather than different levels of film or something.
04:18Like Prabhadeva said,
04:19how do you work with Prabhadeva's film,
04:21show the opportunity?
04:23So, how do you feel about your experience with your set?
04:25He has a very good experience with them.
04:27He is always a very loving, friendly and respectful person.
04:32I mean, we always discuss scenes,
04:36know your comfort, talk about yourself,
04:38so that you also feel yourself in that group,
04:42in that set.
04:43And Radeh Shaham was the same as Raja Shaham.
04:48And I really like it from my mind.
04:50I feel like he is a gem of a person.
04:53How do you feel about Raja Shaham?
04:56What do you feel about Raja Shaham?
04:58So, I did a guest appearance after Covid-19,
05:05which was Prabhadeva's film.
05:07And my performance was very good at the production house.
05:11So, we had a scene in Italy.
05:15So, we were clapping and clapping.
05:18And then, I got phone calls,
05:20that everyone was very appreciated.
05:22Even Prabhadeva said,
05:23that it was very good.
05:25And then, I think, after a few years,
05:28suddenly, I got a phone called
05:30that we were doing this film.
05:31SKN Sir, one of the producers of this film,
05:34I got a phone and asked me,
05:36I got a prank call,
05:38and I got a prank call.
05:39And then, my manager told me,
05:42I got a call.
05:43He was like,
05:43I was worried that someone was going to give a film,
05:46but it was in the UV creation.
05:47I didn't know if it was Prabhadeva's film.
05:49And then, he was like,
05:50I got a call.
05:51So, then, I got a call.
05:52And then, the audition process was done.
05:54And then, the film was done.
05:56Okay, so, you've also heard about Marathi stories.
06:01I feel like Marathi stories,
06:03and the original stories,
06:05they are very good.
06:07But, in that,
06:07the subject of storytelling,
06:09and especially when you talk about Bollywood,
06:12and in the cinema,
06:13you feel like something missing.
06:15Now, why do you feel like that?
06:17Um, I think,
06:20it's not like that.
06:21Because stories,
06:22the stories,
06:23the stories of the real life,
06:24have been influenced.
06:26Whether it's fantasy or human emotions are the same,
06:29and we make stories about human emotions.
06:31The difference is,
06:33when we look at regional cinema,
06:35there are a limited type of things,
06:39that you can associate yourself.
06:41that you can say,
06:42yes, it's my thing.
06:43Like, if someone's shooting in a village,
06:45they will think,
06:45oh, it's my village's picture.
06:46So, they will look at that picture.
06:48And I think,
06:48that's why it's more rooted.
06:50Bollywood,
06:51is catering to a larger culture.
06:54It's not a particular culture.
06:56All of India,
06:57is catering to a particular culture.
06:58But I think,
06:59emotions-wise,
07:00it's the same.
07:01It's not rooted.
07:03But at the same time,
07:05I mean,
07:05if you have a lot of Bollywood films,
07:08that are so culturally rooted,
07:10like a story,
07:12like a lot of films,
07:15I don't know what films are there,
07:17that are so much rooted.
07:20Even if you say,
07:21Tanu as Manu,
07:22it means,
07:23La Pata Ladies,
07:24these are also rooted films.
07:26It's just that,
07:28there are some things,
07:28there are some things,
07:29there are some things,
07:30there are some things,
07:30there are some things.
07:32I don't know if you have a lot of films,
07:34but you have a lot of different films.
07:36Do you have a lot of different films?
07:38Do you have a lot of different films?
07:40No,
07:42I think,
07:43I think,
07:44it's more and more realized,
07:46that the past people,
07:48we have granted them,
07:49they don't have a lot of granted.
07:51Those relatives,
07:53I mean,
07:54who are the most important ones,
07:56and who are the most important ones,
07:57and who are the most important ones,
07:59I think,
08:00who are the most important ones,
08:02and who are the most important ones,
08:04especially,
08:05our parents,
08:06our siblings,
08:07our partners,
08:08we should behave better with them.
08:10You have said that,
08:12your stories relate,
08:14across the audience,
08:16but,
08:17do you have a specific story,
08:18or story,
08:19in which,
08:20your next step will happen?
08:22Like a dream character,
08:25sort of.
08:26I think,
08:27my dream character is,
08:28Rekha's biopic,
08:29play Rekha's biopic.
08:31So,
08:32when you look to a journey,
08:33you have to be able to,
08:34to a career,
08:35to a map,
08:36to a map,
08:37and to a map,
08:38to a map,
08:39to a map,
08:40and a map,
08:41and a map,
08:42and a map,
08:43Rathis,
08:44what's the most important moment?
08:45What's the most important moment?
08:47Learning moment, I think there are always times when you grow and realize how big the world is, how different people are, how different people are, how different people are.
08:59So, there is no specific learning moment. I think you always learn to do better, work on yourself, work on yourself, and evolve yourself so that you can do better.
09:16So, I think that's been my learning.
09:19You've also come to Superbirds of Malikau, a clear life, inspired story, and a passion for making.
09:26So, what is the part of this part of the emotion and creativity is rewarding.
09:30Do you have always told me that your dreams come from the beginning?
09:34Yes, I think it comes from the beginning.
09:38But I think it's rewarding because I think Superbirds of Malikau is like a film on a golden platter.
09:45I think it's a punch, best of the director, best of the producer.
09:49I mean, Reema Fakti is directing, Varun Grover is writing.
09:52You have actors like Adar, Shashank, Vineet, Manjari, Muskan, amazing actors to work with.
09:58You have Tiger Baby.
10:01You have MGM Studios.
10:03You have excellent entertainment.
10:04So, in every way, it was a beautiful film.
10:08Its production value was good.
10:10Its set and design was good.
10:12There were makeup teams, costumes, everything was good.
10:14And I think it was a great learning moment.
10:17And it was a great opportunity.
10:19Because I feel very proud that I am Superbirds of Malikau and associated with it.
10:23Malikau, just to share it with you.
10:25You have shown me a lot of videos.
10:27You have shown me a lot of videos.
10:28So, what have you learned from the film making experience?
10:32Have you influenced your actions?
10:37I mean, when I was shooting at Malikau, I didn't shoot at Malikau.
10:43I was shooting at Malikau.
10:44And it was my mom and dad posted for her 5-month period.
10:48So, I stayed at home and stayed at home.
10:51There was a lot of feedback from people there.
10:53But the documentary about Superman of Malikau,
10:57I watched the whole process.
11:00I saw the documentary about how people are and what people are.
11:05And I thought, you know, this is the passion.
11:10Four or eight people who didn't know anything about this industry
11:15just made pictures and made pictures.
11:18And I think that is the passion.
11:21And it just makes you feel that you have everything like this.
11:24You have the opportunity.
11:26You are getting everything.
11:27So, I think that is a learning moment.
11:29And I tell how many stories are different when these stories are different.
11:42Why would you more state stories and describe the characters?
11:44In storytelling, it is definitely different, there are different cultures, languages are different,
11:52so many things change from that.
11:57I won't mention the differences in terms of the set because at the end of the day,
12:02everyone is making pictures, everyone is working and everyone is serious for their work.
12:07I think my job is that I can find myself in different cultures and absorb them.
12:21I don't think there is a stark difference.
12:25I think that human emotions are the same.
12:28The feelings of women are similar in their mind.
12:35That's why there is a lot of sadness.
12:38So, I would say that it's just me being an actor doing different roles.
12:43What genre do you want to do in the future?
12:46What genre do you want to do in the future?
12:50What genre do you want to do in the future?
12:52I think I like a detective genre.
13:05What genre do you want to do in the future?
13:10Um, director, I like many of them.
13:16I like Avinash Arun, Vassan Bala,
13:21I like the director, Anvita, Sanjaleela Bhansali,
13:32so I like many of them.
13:35And actors?
13:37Actors I would really want to work with.
13:40I really want to work with Meryl Streep.
13:43Because I really like her work.
13:45Yes, Gitanjali Kulkarni is one of the best actors I think I want to work with.
13:51Okay, a little bit of a rapid fact.
13:54Okay.
13:55What is Marathi word that you liked in the beginning?
14:00Um, which means a fruit, yeah.
14:07Uh, Kadi Patra would describe the key words?
14:12Um, Sugandit, Suvasik and Swastik.
14:17Moshandit, Suvasik and Kadi Patra would describe the quality.
14:22Uh, that's a very understanding.
14:25Um, what would you choose to choose to choose both of them?
14:30Um, what would you choose to choose to choose both of them?
14:32Um, what would you choose to choose to choose both of them?
14:34Um, fear and awe and Kadi Patra, tears, like pain.
14:42Yeah.
14:44And then after your reaction to your 12th birthday, what would you choose to choose both of them?
14:53I mean, it's been done so I'll say that the year that was.
14:57Okay, thank you.
14:59Okay, tell us about your pictures.
15:01Uh, I would like to say that my new picture is Kadi Patra, which is released on the 7th November.
15:09And another picture is Raja Sahib, which is released on the 9th January.
15:14So please come to the theatre and see these movies.
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