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A Jimmy Shergill you may have never heard before - and one you simply can’t miss. In this exclusive throwback interview on Lehren, we revisit the 2000s heartthrob who quietly won hearts with Mohabbatein (2000), a film he says he will always remain indebted to Aditya Chopra for. Recorded in 2001, this rare conversation sees Jimmy open up about his acting journey, his conscious choice of diverse roles to avoid being typecast - a proof of path that he continues to follow even today. He also talks about films like Mohabbatein, Haasil, Maachis, Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar, and shares his thoughts on parallel and mainstream cinema saying "Cinema is cinema". Dive into this engaging chat only on the Lehren Podcast.

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00:00a film of an offbeat film
00:02but you also need an audience
00:04if you want to make a film of an offbeat film
00:06if you have to go home, then I have to make a film
00:08if I'm a director of the film
00:10I'm a director of the film
00:12I'm a commercial break
00:14I will do it for Adi
00:16I'm responsible for all these things
00:18and I'm very indebted
00:20and I want to make more films of them
00:22I want to make a good film
00:24I don't want to make a good film
00:26I don't want to make a decision
00:28I want to make different characters
00:30I don't want to make a typecast
00:40Jimmy, was it pre-planned
00:42or did everything suddenly happen?
00:44It wasn't pre-planned
00:46it suddenly happened
00:48after my graduation
00:50suddenly I made a plan
00:52that I'll go for my acting classes
00:54and then I thought
00:56I'll go back
00:58but here I came
01:00when I was doing acting classes
01:02then I decided to do this
01:03when I got to make a decision
01:04before my acting classes
01:06were finished
01:08so I met people
01:10as an assistant director
01:12as an assistant director
01:14because I thought
01:16that I didn't want to break
01:18as a hero or whatever
01:20I didn't want to make a decision
01:22so I was looking for people
01:24and I was looking for someone
01:26who knew Guldaar
01:28who knew Guldaar
01:30and then I saw them
01:32and I got to make a decision
01:34and I got to make a decision
01:36and I said to make a decision
01:38and then
01:39matches signed
01:40Yes, Jimmy, where you were
01:42in matches
01:44from all the characters
01:46you were looking for all
01:48and that love
01:49you were standing here
01:50and that love
01:51you had to achieve a place
01:52so what about love
01:54you have to live in your experiences?
01:55what do you want to say?
01:56I do all
01:58because love
01:59I have a position where I can sign my type of film.
02:08If I want to make a small film, then I can do it.
02:12If I want to make a film, then I can't do it.
02:15If I want to make a type of film, then I can do it.
02:20If I want to make a film, then I can do it.
02:25I want to make a film for Adi.
02:31I am very indebted to them.
02:35I want to make a film more than I can do it.
02:40I want to make a film more than I can do it.
02:44I want to make a film more than I can do it.
02:48I want to make a film more for the future.
02:54I want to make a film more than I can do it.
02:56I want to make a film better than I can do it with good directors.
03:01I want to make a film better than I want to do different characters and different characters.
03:05This is not something I want to do with a type of film.
03:09After Marches, when I worked with Gulzar, do you plan to film a film with them?
03:14I would like to film with Gulzar,
03:16Aditi Chopra, Tanuja, and I would like to film a film with them.
03:20There are many directors who I am working with now.
03:24I also want to work with them, because they become a rapper.
03:28That's why I would like to film a film with them.
03:33I would like to know what's going on in the rest of the time.
03:36Jimmy, what kind of films do you want to do?
03:39What kind of films do you like most? Emotional, comedy, what kind of films do you like?
03:43I would like to do good films.
03:45I don't have to decide whether I will do it or not.
03:49That's why I want to play different characters.
03:53I want to play different characters.
03:55I want to play different characters because I get a satisfaction from them.
04:02I want to play different characters in my life, which is different from my work I've done before.
04:10After that, I'm doing another film with a hassle, which is different from my characters.
04:15I want to be known by my characters that I play. That's my basic thing.
04:21Jimmy, what's more difficult to do in comedy and emotional drama?
04:27I think comedy was very difficult before this film, but after this, I have a confidence that I have to do.
04:41What does timing have to be very important in comedy?
04:44If you have to correct your timing, what does it mean?
04:48The timing of you will be rehearsing so much, the timing of you will be coming.
04:54There are some catches in comedy that you should keep in mind.
05:02And as you say, you come with practice.
05:05That's how you do.
05:07So when you're doing scenes, you'll do one, two, three, four times when you've got perfect timing, then you'll do it for many times.
05:16I felt the comedy difficult, but the emotions are also very difficult. You have to feel it.
05:25When the director explains, you have to listen to it very consciously.
05:31It's a very thin line.
05:33If you have emotions, then you'll do it. But in every situation, you'll do it.
05:38There are also many catches that in that situation, how will you do this thing?
05:42Some places, some places, some places, some places, some places, some places.
05:46So reading between the lines, you can give a director.
05:50He can tell you in one or two lines,
05:55that you have to give so much in this shot.
05:58Or that you're feeling at the moment.
06:00So I feel it.
06:02It's not easy.
06:04I think.
06:05Jimmy, do you agree with the division of the cinema into parallel cinema and mainstream cinema?
06:11I think cinema is cinema.
06:13I don't like that.
06:15I think cinema itself is one.
06:21And how do you divide it?
06:23Parallel, commercial, or whatever.
06:26But if you make parallel cinema, if you make an audience,
06:30then you don't get an audience.
06:31I think you have to make a film.
06:33I thought it would be a lot of thought.
06:35But my personal view is that you can make an offbeat film.
06:40But you also need an audience.
06:43If you make an offbeat film, if you're sitting at home,
06:46then I'll never make such a film.
06:48If I'm a director, then I'll make a film that will get at least a segment of audience.
06:54If I make a film on someone, if I make a film on something,
07:00and I'm approaching it from an offbeat way,
07:04then I'd like to make an audience.
07:06If I make an audience, then what do I make a film?
07:10Jimmy, do you have any special features of acting-wise?
07:16I don't know.
07:18I don't know what special features are.
07:21The main thing is that I'm seeing scenes.
07:25If I'm performing properly,
07:28if there is a scene,
07:31if there is a scene where I have to perform,
07:34if I'm performing,
07:36then I'll tell you that it's okay.
07:38If I don't do it,
07:40then I'll tell you a good thing.
07:42I don't believe it.
07:44I don't believe it.
07:46I'll tell you a good thing.
07:48But at this time, I want to perform it.
07:51I'll tell you that I'll do it.
07:53I'll do it.
07:54Jimmy, every colour card has a dream rule.
07:57So, you don't have that dream rule.
07:59Do you want to know what that dream rule is?
08:02The dream rule is an outside film film,
08:08but it can't be made in Hindi.
08:13It's a Hollywood film.
08:15There is a very good actor.
08:19His name is Edward Naughton.
08:21He played a part.
08:23His name is American History X.
08:25That's my dream rule.
08:26I'll never be able to do it in Hindi.
08:28I'll never be able to do it.
08:29I'll always have a dream rule.
08:30But that's my dream rule.
08:31Apart from acting,
08:33what are your hobbies?
08:34When you're at home,
08:35then how do you do it?
08:36When I'm at home,
08:37I'll relax a bit.
08:40Because that's the only time I get to relax.
08:43Otherwise, my hobby is to work out.
08:45To work out.
08:46To go to the gym,
08:47to go to the gym,
08:48it's a little difficult to go.
08:49So,
08:50I have to do it in a set weight.
08:52With some weights.
08:53But actually,
08:54it's my hobby to go and work out.
08:56And if I work out with some friends,
08:59then it's a good time to get to meet friends.
09:03That's it.
09:04If you have a little time to go to the gym,
09:06then where do you want to go?
09:08Where do I want to go?
09:12I didn't understand a little bit.
09:15You can find it.
09:16There are many places where I want to go.
09:19There are certain places in Europe
09:23where I want to go.
09:25But it's my favorite place where I want to go.
09:30I want to go.
09:31There's a lot of time in Miami, Florida.
09:35I want to go there.
09:36I want to go there.
09:37Jimmy Ji,
09:38I'm sure that
09:39I'm sitting in a beautiful house.
09:41I'm sitting in a house.
09:43So,
09:44that's the house for 2-3 months.
09:46So,
09:47what's your beautiful house about that?
09:51I don't know.
09:52I'm happy.
09:54If I find something for my house,
09:57I'll find it.
10:00How are your upcoming projects?
10:03In the future,
10:05there are two films that will be released in January and February.
10:09The one's name is Hassel
10:11and the other's name is Quehtay Dil.
10:13The second title is Tentative.
10:15The second title is Tentative.
10:16The second title is Tentative.
10:17After that,
10:18I'll be able to play a role in the second title.
10:19After that,
10:20there are a few films that are,
10:23which I'm running a cameo.
10:24Guest appearance type role.
10:25It's a small role.
10:28It's a great role.
10:29It's a great role.
10:30The title is Tentative.
10:31The title is Tentative.
10:33After that,
10:35there are some films that will be starting now in November and December.
10:38which will start shooting in November or December.
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