00:00You know, I think in India, as a society in general, not any one particular individual,
00:12but we become very thick-skinned, you know.
00:15We see a beggar on the street who hasn't eaten in two days.
00:18It really doesn't affect us to the extent, say, someone who comes from abroad.
00:24It would affect them much more.
00:26Today, a hundred, you know, CRPF men get killed by naxels.
00:32It doesn't affect us the way it should affect us.
00:35Today, we know of a politician who's, you know, robbed the country of 2,000, 3,000 crores.
00:41You know what I'm saying?
00:44We've become very thick-skinned as a society.
00:46And I think even for honor killings, as a matter of fact, you know, they say,
00:51there's a census that says that almost 2,000 to 3,000 people are killed every year
00:59because of honor killings, caste issues, inter-religious marriages, stuff like that.
01:06It doesn't, you know, it doesn't impact us, so we don't really care about it as much as we should.
01:12And I think the making of this film, I think it's created, at least in me,
01:19and I suppose everyone who's been part of the film,
01:21and maybe hopefully everyone who watches the film,
01:23you know, make them a little more aware
01:26of the ground realities in our country, what is happening every day.
01:33And that we need to care, you know, about these things more.
01:36And I think that's really the difference that
01:38Akrosh has been for me as opposed to, you know, other normal movies that you do.
01:46And can you give me this one, in just like a brief sentence, like,
01:50why will Akrosh surpass the thick skin that we have developed here?
01:53Like, what is this one element that Akrosh will give?
01:56See, I think cinema is a very powerful medium.
02:02A medium that can change opinions, a medium that can create opinions,
02:07a medium that can create a lot of awareness,
02:09and more importantly, a medium that can affect you emotionally,
02:16for a very lasting period of time, you know.
02:20So, you know, that's why I think because of the medium,
02:24and because of the material, I think it will manage to, you know,
02:29we have not made this film to, you know, give a social message or to change society.
02:40That's not the reason to make the film.
02:42The reason to make a film is to entertain.
02:45But yet there is a message, and there is an important social problem that we face in this country,
02:53that the film is directly or indirectly addressing.
02:59So, in that sense, I think it will make an impact on the people that see it.
03:04And do you have like this, any kind of personal experience?
03:06Like, you know, you say an actor should have some kind of personal experience to bring out that character?
03:10No, not necessarily. I've never said that.
03:12No, no, I'm just, I'm just saying, do you have this any kind of personal experience
03:15which has motivated you more to do this kind of a role?
03:18No, I don't have any personal experience in as much as I don't know anybody who's been killed
03:22because they're married in another caste or another religion.
03:27I don't have any personal experience of that.
03:29But of course, you keep reading about it, you hear it on the news.
03:33But no, nothing that has affected me personally, no.
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