00:01And now, in 2026, you started from the bank.
00:05Yes.
00:06In January, back-to-back web series, was this momentum planned or Destiny's surprise?
00:11I think it was Destiny's surprise because until the 15th of December, I think nobody from the team had a clue that it's going to be coming in 2026 in January.
00:22We all had a shot for the film. We, as in the entire team, had a shot for the series in January-February 2025.
00:31But it's like that you shoot something and then, you know, one or two years later, the series comes in.
00:36But all of us, we were in absolute shock and surprise that we knew that Tuskari is going to come on the 14th of January, 2026.
00:45So, definitely a great start to the New Year's.
00:48In fact, this year, I didn't have any resolution.
00:50I was like, I was very, very busy in my play rehearsals, a Marathi play, which I produced, and I'm an actor.
01:01So, I was in heavy rehearsals in that.
01:04And I don't know if all your dates were adjusted for promotions, for trailer launch and everything, and Tuskari came into light with a bang.
01:14Tuskari and Space Gen, Chandrayaan.
01:18Both of them are different from the stage and genre.
01:20Yes.
01:20How much is your contrast for your actors?
01:24Well, the contrast seems to be very close to the people.
01:28But actually, I shot both the web series in quite a gap.
01:32I mean, in the first three to four months, I shot Tuskari.
01:35After that, I was in Space Gen.
01:36So, for me, I think, as an actor, these two contrasts, release, it's a great deal because then, you know, people get to see the range and people get to see me in different characters.
01:52But when I was talking about shooting, then I shot both of the web series in different zones.
01:59But for me, when people come and tell me that Chandrayaan's mother is a very simple, sober, very supportive wife.
02:07And the person who is a very angry girl, is a very strong girl.
02:12She acts very well.
02:13So, I just feel very nice about it.
02:15Do we believe that you are more diverse and challenging?
02:20I think that sometimes you choose a project and sometimes you choose a project and sometimes you choose a project.
02:27Tuskari is that one project that has chosen me.
02:29I mean, I was in another role, but I don't know what Neeraj sir came to mind and they said that this is a script of Mitali Kaamad, so let's audition me.
02:39Then, they took an action audition and after that, I got selected for Mitali Kaamad.
02:45And the role was 6-7 days and they were like, no, we want to offer you a bigger role, a meteor role.
02:53And that is how Mitali Kaamad got me.
02:57And then, I think, then we started shooting for Mitali Kaamad and it was a fun ride.
03:01Usually, we see that in action films, when we are created in action films, actresses' roles are not so medium, they are very small, they are very small, they are very low, they are very low.
03:11And I think that Neeraj sir's script, continuously, these are all things that we see in women's roles are very good.
03:27I think that Neeraj sir's script can be written in a very good way and the task force is, you know, like a full proof of that.
03:39Because, because, every artist, which is written so well, is also shot very, very well.
03:46I mean, if you see my action sequence, it is shot very, very well.
03:50I mean, as much as I see the reals, I feel that Mitali Kaamad's action sequence is like the highlight of Mitali Kaamad.
04:00So, I am just very thankful that Neeraj sir's role is very well written in Mitali Kaamad and it has been very well executed in a very good way.
04:10In the series of Neeraj Pandey or films, there are female characters that have a chance to action in the baby, they also have a great action sequence in Mitali Kaamad.
04:20And I am so, so glad that, you know, that I got to be a part of the Neeraj Pandey world and I could kick some serious ass in the series.
04:36Yes, I think that when a maker, a writer, a director, a stereotype writes a stereotype,
04:52Sorry, I'll just take this again.
04:57I think that when a maker, a writer, a director, a non-stereotype role is written for any woman or woman character,
05:07it becomes a great character in your own writing level and I feel that a maker or a director like Neeraj Pandey sir, Raghav sir,
05:17I think they write so much in detail. You will never find any of their characters go to waste.
05:24Her character is one of their own journey and they do full justice even while executing them.
05:33You feel strong and strong in the screen.
05:37You don't know the struggle behind the audience.
05:40What do you feel that the pain of the actors is invisible?
05:45I think the pain stories behind the screens are for actors and for their own development.
05:51I remember that my action sequence was going to be the last shot and I was going to be the last shot and I was going to be the stuntman in the jaw.
06:01And he was a six foot stuntman.
06:04So, he was very strong and I was very strong.
06:07My whole hand was like a balloon like a balloon.
06:09But after 15-20 minutes, I had to wear gloves and do kickboxing.
06:14So, this pain I think is something that will always stay with me.
06:18It's a story for me to tell my grandchildren.
06:21It is absolutely true, I think Imran Hashmi, the star, the actor is so humble, is so grounded.
06:38When we come to the onset, our three camaraderie was very important.
06:44It's only there because Imran sir was absolutely approachable.
06:47We both, who are relatively new actors in the industry, were so comfortable and hats off to his dedication.
06:54So, I think it was absolutely amazing working with Imran sir.
07:24So, do you think it was naturally developed or consciously work?
07:27No, I think it was naturally developed.
07:30The dialogues also wrote that the person who is a little bit of a light.
07:36And she has this amazing camaraderie with Arjun Meena, Imran sir and Nandesh Gujar.
07:44So, the three camaraderie was very naturally coming.
07:48One was the dialogues because the dialogues were written beautifully and one was Imran sir and Nandesh.
07:53Because they were absolutely amazing co-stars to work with.
07:55I think Space Jen Chandrayaan is such a topic that you have so proud and proud.
08:12proud feel you have made you feel.
08:14You have a lot of pride.
08:15You have a lot of pride.
08:15Because it's, you know, all the stories are so nationally we move.
08:22So, I think nationally and emotionally we move.
08:24So, I think to be a part of this amazing journey where you are seeing the humane level of this
08:30isroke scientist ki humane level deekhte ho, humane emotions deekhte ho.
08:35I think that was amazing.
08:37And, you know, to explore that with an actor like Nicole, it was absolutely amazing.
08:44TVF is also very, very well known to take these stories and make it, make it emotional, make it sensitive for the people who watch it.
08:52So, isroke scientist ki ki kiya life hoti ho ghi aur kya stress se unko guzarna hota ho ga.
08:58Yeh sab kuch aap ko is series mein deekhna milta hai.
09:01And your heart really goes out to them.
09:04I think theater is humbling, theater is grounding or definitely passion hai.
09:16Mujhe se lagta hai koji bhi kaam without passion complete nahi ho ta.
09:19Phr wo dance ho, OTT pe kaam karna ho, filmo me kaam karna ho, ya phir theater ho.
09:24Theater ke lihe ek alag temperament chahiye hota hai, ek alag commitment chahiye hoti hai.
09:29And this year I was absolutely ready to do that commitment towards theater.
09:35Toh mujhe laga ki this is the right time to produce and act in a theater.
09:39So, yeah, I'm here.
09:41Maharashtra ki interiors me travel darke play perform karna, yeh experience glamor sa milkul alaga hai.
09:46So, ap kere yeh journey, emotionally kaise hai?
09:48Emotionally to connect with the Janata, the audience of Maharashtra is very, very different.
09:56Because wo itna behat piyar karte hai, matlab uncle, auntie, grandparents, they come, you know,
10:04aapko ashirwaat deete hai, bohut, matlab ase, dil khol ke aapki, you know, aapki prashansa karte hai.
10:13And isi ke liha ap theater, isi ke liha ap play karte ho.
10:17So, all the things that you go through, the travel of six, six, seven, seven hours in a car,
10:22going and performing in a sleepy state and, you know, arriving the theater and doing your rehearsals
10:30and everything and then making your audience laugh and then making them come to you and,
10:37you know, they bless you.
10:39I think it's very, very special.
10:40When you are acting, science, space, drama and theater all are handled,
10:45do you believe yourself in the most fulfilling phase of your career?
10:51Definitely, I think, I was doing a journal in fact,
10:55God has been so kind that the start of 2026 has been such a banging start.
11:00Or, you know, I can, I mean, it's a very humbling experience of Taskari doing well,
11:09Space Jen Chandrayaan is on Jio Hotstar and plus I also perform a play.
11:16It is very exhausting but it is very humbling.
11:18Do you think that OTT platforms are also fearless and experimental freedom?
11:26I think that OTT platforms are allowing actors to try something new to do.
11:33And I think OTT is such a writer's medium.
11:36You know, if you write a little dark, a little grey shades,
11:41then it becomes accepted.
11:43The audience accepts you.
11:45And if you are doing a good job,
11:48then you flourish in a lot of arenas.
11:59I think when you are working,
12:02that phase is not very challenging.
12:04When you are not doing the work,
12:06that phase is very challenging.
12:08And, you know,
12:10then all of your tests are going to be tested.
12:12Your patience,
12:13your nature,
12:14your, you know,
12:17EQ,
12:17emotional,
12:18quotient,
12:19everything gets
12:20absolutely tested.
12:22So, I think that when any actor is working,
12:25that is not the testing phase.
12:27The testing phase is when you don't have work.
12:29If you are working on Bollywood,
12:31then you often say that in the regional cinema,
12:33there is a lot of content in the regional cinema,
12:35there is a lot of good content in Bollywood,
12:37and that is a lot of English.
12:39I think it is a lot of good content in Bollywood.
12:40I think that some actors have been completed.
12:42I think that Prakash Raj has said that in Tamil and Malayalam cinema,
12:46and in the regional cinema,
12:47there are more good content in Bollywood.
12:49And that is a lot of good content in Bollywood.
12:50So,
12:52any film or any medium
12:54is catering to our audience.
12:56If the audience of Hindi films wants to watch films,
13:03then I think that the makers are making those kinds of films.
13:07For example,
13:08Marathi films have always been very rich in content.
13:12Because our audience,
13:14they love to watch films which are deeply rooted in the Maharashtrian culture.
13:19So,
13:21every culture,
13:22every heritage of their own story,
13:24and that story,
13:26it is a lot of good to watch that audience.
13:28So, I think that when the audience wants what you want,
13:31if you give them,
13:33like Dhurandar,
13:34if you talk about Dhurandar,
13:36then Dhurandar has been a lot of film,
13:38because the audience has watched it.
13:40Now it is right, wrong.
13:42We don't need it.
13:44Because we create a film for the audience.
13:47We create a film for the entertainment industry.
13:49We create a film for the audience.
13:50We create a film for the audience.
13:51So, when the audience differ,
13:52then the films differ.
13:53Then their subjects,
13:54their content differ.
13:55And I think that is how it should be.
13:56And I think that is how it should be.
13:57Like,
13:58the Hindi films don't like it.
13:59The audience doesn't like it.
14:00It gets in the Hindi film,
14:02The audience who have watched it.
14:04Then they tend to have more or less.
14:05And I think that is how it should be.
14:06Like,
14:07a Hindi film does not like it.
14:08But the audience of Hindi,
14:10I cannot say.
14:11The audience of the Hindi films also shows
14:17that the Tamil films,
14:20Hindi film
14:21audience
14:22I would say
14:24Tamil films
14:25and Telugu
14:26and Marathi
14:27and Bengali
14:28so
14:30it's just
14:31what audience
14:32you are catering to
14:33that's it
14:34if a young actor
14:36asks you
14:36what is longevity
14:39secret
14:40then what do you do
14:41love and love
14:43and honesty
14:45and honesty
14:47last year
14:48out of the way
14:49question
14:49recently
14:51we did a survey
14:52a global survey
14:54where
14:551%
14:57of alcohol
14:59is reduced
14:59in younger generation
15:00younger generation
15:02people are not
15:03drinking
15:05genzy
15:06this is so
15:07great
15:07this is so
15:09very good
15:10wow
15:11amazing
15:12I mean
15:13what do you need
15:14I have in fact
15:15this also
15:15I have seen
15:16that
15:16their
15:16bhajan
15:17bhajan
15:19concerts
15:20bhajan
15:21genzy
15:22enjoy
15:23and I think
15:24it's amazing
15:25our country
15:27is going to be
15:27a lot of people
15:28in the hands of the world
15:29but
15:30but
15:30I don't think that
15:38at every interview
15:40or at every
15:41juncture
15:43I think
15:44everybody has to speak
15:46about it
15:46everything
15:47come to the entertainment industry
15:51come to the entertainment industry
15:52so I think
15:53I will choose to
15:54ignore this
15:56and I will choose to
15:58not answer this
15:59it's because
15:59not everything
16:02has to be answered
16:03I am really happy
16:04that
16:04what do you say
16:06what do you say
16:07what do you say
16:08what do you say
16:09exactly
16:09so why do you
16:12come to the entertainment industry
16:14why do you come to the entertainment industry
16:15I mean
16:16I am sitting here
16:17talking about my work
16:18and if you ask me
16:202 or 4 years ago
16:23then I will not remember
16:24so I think
16:25I feel like
16:25some of the things
16:26that have happened
16:27I should leave
16:28and
16:29I don't get
16:31all the things
16:31I don't get
16:33I don't know
16:40I am just
16:40really really hoping
16:41that
16:41the year has started
16:45with a lot of
16:46expectations
16:47from people
16:48now
16:49so
16:49I am just
16:50excited
16:51that
16:51I can complete
16:52their expectations
16:52I will tell you
16:54what message
16:55I will tell you
16:55I will tell you
16:57if you haven't
16:58watched
16:59so please
16:59watch
17:00Netflix
17:01is number one
17:02globally
17:02trending
17:03and
17:05just
17:07love me
17:07and love me
17:09and love me
17:10and love me
17:10thank you
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