00:00Thank you, thank you so much.
00:17My journey is very long because of course I started at the age of three.
00:22So it has been a long, long journey, but very gratifying.
00:26I started from the sets of Suraj Bar Jatya, sirs, and from there to, you know, working with Ramesh Sipi, sir, Rohan Sipi, sir, and in Kuch Na Kaho.
00:40Then moving on to, you know, doing lots of ads, modeling, acting as a child.
00:48Then of course, Miss India happened.
00:49And I got the opportunity to represent India at a global platform at Miss International.
00:57So from there to again, of course, the OTT, Netflix show, Taskari.
01:02I mean, it has been a very long journey, very fulfilling journey.
01:07I got to learn a lot from this journey.
01:10I have been very good experiences.
01:13And I feel like, you know, when you're young, you start as a child actor, you get a lot of experience.
01:21You get exposure to, you know, being good directors and actors.
01:27If you get the opportunity to work at that age, it's a great experience.
01:32And you get to learn a lot.
01:34So, my journey has been very long, very gratifying, but I see it as something that has been, you know,
01:44it's very fulfilling to me, because I, what I like to do is acting, being on set,
01:51that has always got the opportunity to do it.
01:53So, I think it's been very, very gratifying.
01:56And of course, with Taskari now, you know, being globally number one, it's a huge, huge, you know,
02:05it's just been so gratifying to hear the news that it's now number one.
02:10And it's just the biggest news I've heard today.
02:13So, it's, I'm very happy, I'm very happy.
02:14I'm very mixed feelings.
02:15I'm feeling humbled.
02:16I'm feeling grateful.
02:18I'm feeling like, I'm feeling like, Neerat Sir has given me so much opportunity.
02:23The character of Priya, like you all have seen Taskari, it's a very generous role.
02:31It is something that any actress would, you know, want to play that role.
02:38And Neerat Sir, like you write your character, especially those female characters,
02:42they're very strong, very layered, very nuanced characters.
02:48So, I feel very good at playing that.
02:49So, I'm very overwhelmed.
02:59See, as an actor, I feel like we're not at that stage, but we can take a choice, at least I'll say it in my opinion.
03:17Neerat Sir chose me.
03:18Taskari chose me.
03:19Friday Film Works.
03:20They chose me.
03:21And that's the most important thing for me.
03:23Neerat Sir has shown me my trust.
03:26I was put on set in three days.
03:29I was very far away from my life.
03:33And then from there, I got a call.
03:35Immediately packed my bags.
03:37Traveled around 3,000 kilometers.
03:39Just to audition.
03:41Without knowing whether I'm getting the role or not.
03:43I came here, I auditioned, did look test, and got finalized in one day.
03:50The next day, I was doing the trials, workshops, and the third day, I was on set.
03:55So, I think, to show a lot of trust in an actor, as an actor, it's very validating to me that Neerat Sir has shown me a lot of trust.
04:04Because as a woman, Priya, who is a character, is a very layered and nuanced, but he is also flawed in this manner.
04:28Because the way he is taking choices, you know, in such a high pressure situation where he has to take emotional choices and practical choices.
04:39And there is a very high stake world where there is a national security.
04:48Where our Custom Officers are protecting a national border.
04:53So, when a Priya is an air hostess, who is seeing the world and the world is very close to that world.
05:02Whether it's Customs or Smugglers who travel to that world.
05:07And both of them, you know, she is the nearest to both.
05:12So, the way he has to take choices, hard choices, flawed choices, emotional choices, I think it's very difficult.
05:21And in fact, the most important scene of Taskari, the interrogation scene with me and Imran.
05:30Imran, when I am interrogating, which was my first scene actually, of my shoot.
05:37So, the most important scene, the most emotionally high and you know, the most important scene he gave me the first day.
05:46So, I was very nervous.
05:48But I thought that he trusts me so much that he gave me the most important scene in the first day.
05:55First day, first shot, morning, 7am. So, that was my first shot. And that scene is also very viral. So, I think I can only be grateful for that.
06:05This is actually true. You know, this line is running so much because it is actually the truth.
06:27Imran Harshi is absolutely one side and the whole Bollywood is one side. And nobody can beat him. He is such a versatile actor.
06:36He is a very well-read man. He is also very fun. He has been a star. He is a star. He has done so many films.
06:46His films are hit. His films are hit. His films are hit. And he is so grounded. And he is always present in that scene.
06:54Whenever I have seen him, he is one of those actors who is present on set. And he will give you his 100%. And also, he made me feel very at ease.
07:04Of course, he is such a big star. Of course, to work with him, opposite as a lead character. And it is my first day. I have never met him.
07:14So, I was nervous. But I think he put me at ease. And I had the best experience working with him.
07:25He is very spontaneous. Which is great. And two things are very common in Neerat Sir and Imran. They are very real.
07:43Neerat Sir's stories and characters are very real. And Imran also. He is a very real and spontaneous actor. Which I really love.
07:53He brings a spontaneity in the scene. And that is something that is very fresh.
07:59Neerat Sir's story is very fresh.
08:03Neerat Sir's story is very fresh.
08:06And the film is very fresh.
08:10And the film is very fresh.
08:14So, the film is very fresh.
08:19Yes.
08:21Right.
08:22So, the film is very fresh.
08:25The film is very fresh.
08:26The film is very fresh.
08:29The film has been very fresh.
08:32I had to work day and night and like I had sleepless nights because of that.
08:51But if Neerat sir's female characters, when I studied the script, usually the female characters or lead characters,
09:02they mostly have a love interest or a love track, but she's not only with Imran, but also she's driving the story forward.
09:13She's bringing the element of surprise.
09:15She's bringing all kinds of emotions and high-stake situations in the entire story.
09:24And not only that, an entire episode is on her.
09:28This is a very big thing actually.
09:30A female character, a female lead character, an entire episode is Priya's story.
09:36So, she goes into depth, Neerat sir, backstory, nuanced characters.
09:41And not only my character, but the characters are very strong.
09:47So, it was a great honor to be part of it.
10:01And I'm just extremely humbled and honored and grateful that he chose me for this.
10:06So, I don't see it as different streamlines.
10:30These were two different goals in my life, because I like acting a lot.
10:35And I feel like I am meant for this in some way or the other.
10:42And this is my calling.
10:43And I'm very passionate about this.
10:45But Miss India, which is what happens when you get an opportunity to represent your country, your country.
10:50To represent India, when you're wearing a sash on stage, that's a different kind of opportunity to represent India in the best way possible.
11:00And that is an opportunity that is given to very few.
11:05So, they're both different for me.
11:07Miss India and acting are both different.
11:09So, I didn't have Miss India from acting.
11:11Actually, I was always an actor.
11:12But then, of course, I pursued my dream to be a Miss India.
11:16As I said, it's very easy to say that we're choosing.
11:34But actually, as many actors who are starting out, who are genuinely not in the position to choose.
11:41Yes, we can't say anything about any role or any role, but honestly, for this Taskari, of course, Taskari chose me.
11:51Neerat Sir chose me.
11:52And I'm glad that they did.
11:55Choices, I'm sure, if you've come to that level, you have to take choices.
12:02So, I would always choose to have a narrative that is layered, a character that is nuanced.
12:08You know, there are some kind of things that are going forward to the story and not just there to be there.
12:17Do you have an achievement in your acting career in your acting career?
12:20Do you have an achievement in your acting career?
12:24Absolutely, it's an achievement in itself.
12:26Neerat Sir has won a national award from the start of a Wednesday film and won a national award.
12:31And when a national award director offers you a lead role in your story and gives you trust in your story, it's an achievement in itself.
12:39And for me, it's a very big achievement.
12:41Friday Filmworks has been the greatest supporter in that.
12:45And as you can see, he gives you a lot of fresh talent and I really love that he really trusts in his actors.
12:54So, yes, 100% it's an achievement.
12:57Yes, 100% it's an achievement in your acting career in your acting career in your acting career in your acting career.
13:06Yes, 100% it's an achievement in your acting career in your acting career in your acting career in your acting career.
13:18Yes, 100% it's an achievement in your acting career in your acting career.
13:20Yes, 100% it's an achievement in your acting career.
13:22Yes, 100% it's an achievement in your acting career in your acting career.
13:24Nobody can deny that.
13:26But, good talent will survive.
13:28If you are good, if you are good at work, then 100% you will get good work.
13:32So, 100% you will get good work and when the audience likes you, you have to get a good job.
13:40Having said that, yes, outsiders do have a tough time in getting those opportunities and I won't deny that.
13:47Do you have to talk about social media?
13:54Social media is a different platform.
13:56I think many talented musicians and actors have discovered from social media.
14:05So, 100% that acts as a tool and social media is a tool whether you use it to showcase your talent and skills or you use it to market yourself.
14:16I see it as a tool.
14:18And sometimes again, I see it as to each their own.
14:23I enjoy being on social media some days and some days I want to live a private life.
14:28So, I choose my days.
14:30I choose to give my own days.
14:35But today's video is going to be a good one, right?
14:45Do you have a good one?
14:52It's not like that, at least I don't know of.
14:55But what you're saying in the photo, you know, I remember my mom, you know, we were doing photoshoot as a kid, so she used to put her name and name in every photo, and she used to put it in her offices, you know, so those were the days, but today, of course, is different, and then you can post, and it's a great opportunity to be discovered, like I said.
15:18Future projects, I wish I could tell you, I'm very excited, there are a lot of good things coming, and keeping my fingers crossed, I'm very grateful for the love that the audience has showed to Taskari, to Priya's character, and to me.
15:37Thank you so much to the audience, and audience ko yehi kehna chaoongi, ke isi tarah piyaar deete rahiye, and watch Taskari on Netflix, it's still streaming.
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