This episode is CHAOS. Beautiful, unfiltered, Gulshan Devaiah-style chaos.
From calling himself a “winding mountain road” during rapid fire, to casually dropping truth bombs about Anurag Kashyap, critics, co-stars, and the Tamannaah–Vijay breakup — this conversation is a full roller coaster.
We go everywhere:
✨ Gulshan’s PSU colony childhood
✨ His parents being multi-talented artists
✨ How he went from NIFT → English theatre → terrible first film → becoming one of India’s most versatile actors
✨ The ₹25,000 pay cheque that taught him he was terrible on camera
✨ His “I can even play a pank” rant
✨ The director he’d swipe right on (Sriram Raghavan… he’s STILL WAITING)
✨ Why he thinks he gets away with bad acting sometimes
✨ His hilarious panic about insulin spikes during a shots game
✨ The actor he’d be stuck in a vanity van with
✨ Confessions about love, trust, heartbreak, insecurity, envy, and falling for someone on set
And just when you think it can’t get better…
He ends by talking about how grateful he is for the love he gets — from Kulashekhar in Kantara to Mandar Ponkshe, KC from Shaitan, Devi Lal Singh and more.
It’s heartfelt.
It’s bizarre.
It’s brutally honest.
And it’s VERY, VERY funny.
Watch till the end — Gulshan in this mood is ICONIC.
Credits:
Host: Shizaa Arshad Khan
Direction & Production: Gouri Prabhakar
Cinematography: George C Alex, Gouri Prabhakar
Location: Wild, Bengaluru
Editors: George C Alex, Sajin Raj
Editorial Head: Sunita Iyer
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From calling himself a “winding mountain road” during rapid fire, to casually dropping truth bombs about Anurag Kashyap, critics, co-stars, and the Tamannaah–Vijay breakup — this conversation is a full roller coaster.
We go everywhere:
✨ Gulshan’s PSU colony childhood
✨ His parents being multi-talented artists
✨ How he went from NIFT → English theatre → terrible first film → becoming one of India’s most versatile actors
✨ The ₹25,000 pay cheque that taught him he was terrible on camera
✨ His “I can even play a pank” rant
✨ The director he’d swipe right on (Sriram Raghavan… he’s STILL WAITING)
✨ Why he thinks he gets away with bad acting sometimes
✨ His hilarious panic about insulin spikes during a shots game
✨ The actor he’d be stuck in a vanity van with
✨ Confessions about love, trust, heartbreak, insecurity, envy, and falling for someone on set
And just when you think it can’t get better…
He ends by talking about how grateful he is for the love he gets — from Kulashekhar in Kantara to Mandar Ponkshe, KC from Shaitan, Devi Lal Singh and more.
It’s heartfelt.
It’s bizarre.
It’s brutally honest.
And it’s VERY, VERY funny.
Watch till the end — Gulshan in this mood is ICONIC.
Credits:
Host: Shizaa Arshad Khan
Direction & Production: Gouri Prabhakar
Cinematography: George C Alex, Gouri Prabhakar
Location: Wild, Bengaluru
Editors: George C Alex, Sajin Raj
Editorial Head: Sunita Iyer
#GulshanDevaiah #TableForTwo #Kantara2 #JanhviKapoor #FootFairy #IndianCinema #BollywoodInterview #ActorsLife #FilmIndustry #SaiPallavi #PreityZinta #HonestConversations #entertainment
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00:00Didi Tera Devar Diwana
00:04Ay Ram
00:06Ambulance Bulal
00:08Ambulance Bulal
00:10I stole this line
00:12I stole this line
00:14Then the one you are referring to is Preeti Zip
00:16I saw her in that little ad and I was like
00:18There is nobody more beautiful than Preeti Zipta
00:22Under a waterfall
00:24Which film or role made you both damn?
00:26Half of Rajkumar Rao's career
00:28The other half of Vijaywad Mahz career
00:30Where do you stop?
00:32Okay
00:34I wish I was Hathiram
00:36Come on
00:38It's not an ad practice that Rao Trap
00:40It's not an ad practice
00:42The other people are looking at the beach
00:44We don't have ads
00:46It's not out
00:48How come I don't know I am so many people's best friend
00:50Whoever I talk to about
00:52They are clearly lying
00:54I don't know I am feeling pressure now
00:56Look at me drink this coffee
00:58Can anybody drink this better?
01:00You are very funny
01:02Yes
01:04If you have any doubt about my sense of humour
01:06Go and read my social media bio
01:08You happen to know Araratasha pretty well right?
01:10Yeah I have been to his wedding
01:12I have been to his wedding
01:14I didn't go to his divorce
01:16But then I was there at his wedding
01:18Yee
01:20Woohoo
01:22It's one of those days
01:24If versatility had synonym in Hindi cinema
01:26I think it would be called Gulshan Divaya
01:28An actor who slips into ease, calm, chaos or comedy for that matter
01:34With so much ease it's unimaginable
01:38Today he joins me on Table for Two by Asianet
01:40Synonym
01:42I really like synonym
01:43I use a lot of synonym in my cooking also
01:45Really?
01:46Yes
01:47Synonym is a nice flavour
01:48Synonym flavoured ice cream
01:50Synonym flavoured tea
01:52Sometimes synonym flavoured tea
01:54Yeah
01:55So today are you going to give us a lot of tea?
01:57Teas?
01:58Yeah tea
01:59I don't know I don't feel particularly like teasing
02:01But maybe tea
02:02I am having coffee right now
02:03Yeah
02:04Okay
02:05No no no
02:06I have already like
02:07It will ruin your lipstick so
02:10Okay
02:11So okay
02:12So tell me
02:13Do you like synonym?
02:14Huh?
02:15Do you like synonym?
02:16Actually not
02:17I don't like synonym at all
02:18But by the way
02:19On a
02:20Like jokes apart
02:21Thank you very much for a glorious introduction
02:22Really?
02:23Yeah I mean synonym
02:25Yeah
02:26Like every actor
02:27Lesson
02:28Of versatility
02:29No but like every actor I have met so far
02:32Has said the same thing about you
02:34That there is no other actor who is as versatile as Gulshan Devaya
02:37Yeah
02:38I like it
02:39It's I think
02:40I
02:41Wanted to be
02:42This is kind of part intentional also
02:44But it's also being authentic to myself
02:46You know
02:47Okay
02:48It took some time
02:49I've been
02:50Since 2011
02:51So it's nearly 15 years
02:52Of
02:53Doing
02:54A variety of things
02:55That
02:56Initially nobody really understood I suppose
02:58And then
02:59For it organically for people to start realising
03:01Ah okay
03:02Now we get it
03:03Like this is who he is
03:04You know
03:05So it takes time
03:06And then I'm very glad that I had the patience
03:08And I'm very glad that
03:09All the necessary times I got lucky
03:11I got good projects
03:12And I got to work with wonderful people
03:14Who gave me wonderful experiences
03:16I learnt a lot also from those experiences
03:19And this is what it takes to sort of create a versatility
03:22It takes time
03:23You have to be patient and you have to wait
03:25Yeah
03:26Yeah
03:27But talking about
03:28Kantara
03:29It took close to 900 crore business
03:30It took close to 900 crore business
03:31It took time
03:32I didn't get anything
03:33I didn't get anything
03:34In 900 crore
03:35What do you think
03:36I said
03:37I was
03:38I didn't need anything
03:39I didn't need anything
03:40To profit sharing
03:41I didn't need anything
03:42I was like
03:43I'll take zero fees
03:44I'll do profit sharing
03:45I tried
03:46For free
03:47No no no
03:48They refused
03:49They said like
03:50No we are not giving you a card of profits
03:51Okay
03:52Fine
03:53You pay me this much
03:54They said okay
03:55That's very sad yeah
03:56No no it's fine
03:57I'm just making a face
03:58No but I did really try
04:00To get a profit sharing deal
04:01I said I'll do it for zero fees
04:03Yeah
04:04Well in the sense that
04:05See the first one was really
04:07It was very anticipated film
04:09People really
04:10People really across
04:11Like India
04:12They really loved the first film
04:13It really connected with them
04:15Right
04:16So I knew that
04:17I don't know how much it's going to do
04:19But then like business wise
04:20Career wise
04:21It's a great move
04:22Yeah
04:23Also
04:24Yeah
04:25So it's a great part
04:26And I like Rishabh
04:27But it's also a great move
04:28Career wise
04:29So I thought I'll take a chance
04:30And see whether this will work
04:31But how did it come to be
04:32Obviously
04:33Humbale
04:34They saw
04:35They saw me telegraphing the move
04:37They said no no no
04:39No but how did it come to be
04:41Like how did it come to you
04:43Like
04:44Rishabh offered it
04:45He called me and he offered it
04:46He
04:47I heard that you all
04:48Maybe
04:49We knew each other
04:50Signed the deal over dosa or something
04:51No no no no
04:52That was
04:53I met him first over dosa
04:55In 2019
04:56Okay
04:57But we had discussed
04:58Many other projects before that
04:59He had a couple of other scripts
05:01And then we eventually even wanted to make one called Rudra Prayag
05:05It didn't happen
05:06The lockdown hit in and lots of other things
05:08Variables
05:09But Kantara was never part of any discussions that we had had
05:14Because he himself was not making
05:16It hadn't come to occur to him
05:18All of these things happened during the lockdown
05:20And the film came out in 2022
05:22So Kantara the first one is a lockdown baby
05:25Yes
05:26So
05:27But I saw the first one
05:29I really loved it
05:30And I kind of had an instinct that he'll call me
05:32Why
05:33And he
05:34Sorry
05:35Why
05:36Just sometimes you have this instinct
05:37Because he's tried to work with me
05:38And then we have this like
05:39Okay
05:40He seemed like the right guy to do something with
05:42He is passionate
05:45And there's something about him
05:46Like you know
05:47He was like
05:48You know
05:49We kind of
05:50I was like
05:51This guy's good
05:52Like he's
05:53There's something about him
05:54Like it'll be fun to work with him
05:55Yeah
05:56It's like that
05:57And he wrote that part keeping me in mind
05:59So
06:00It was almost like they were writing like
06:02Gulu's gonna do it
06:03Now it's only a matter if Gulu
06:05Gulu Maharaj he calls me
06:06It's only a matter if Gulu Maharaj likes it
06:08So
06:09Fortunately for everybody
06:10Including myself
06:12I liked it
06:13Okay
06:14And you did a great job
06:15Thank you
06:16Thank you
06:17So congratulations on that
06:18Thank you
06:19Have I ever not done a great job?
06:20Come on
06:21I mean yeah
06:22But at the cause
06:23Look at me drink this coffee
06:24Can anybody drink this better?
06:26You
06:27Are very funny
06:29Yes
06:30If you have any doubt about my sense of humour
06:32Go and read my social media bio
06:35Okay
06:36I say it myself that my sense of humour is very good
06:39Oh
06:40And slowly you will get to know
06:41Okay
06:42You took your own on
06:43Yeah
06:44I stole this line but I am a thief like that
06:45Okay
06:46Okay
06:47I will tear my heart
06:48I will tear my heart
06:49Okay
06:50Tell me one thing Gulchan
06:52That
06:53That
06:54That
06:55That
06:56Your industry friends
06:58You have done so much
07:00So much of work
07:01Before this also
07:03A specific question for you
07:05I have seen a film at the cost of sounding dumb
07:08Foot Ferry
07:09Foot Ferry
07:10Yeah
07:11I don't understand the ending
07:12I don't understand
07:13I don't understand the ending
07:14I don't understand the ending
07:15And that
07:16No one is
07:17So then who was the thief like
07:20Who was the one
07:21See I
07:22Let me tell you like
07:23The way I understood the film
07:25Right
07:26Jab miniscript padhi thi
07:27So I understood the film as sometimes in life
07:32You never going to get what you really want
07:35Okay
07:36You have to accept that and move on
07:38If you see in that film
07:39Except for Vivant Deshmukhu I play
07:41Everybody else has moved on
07:43They have accepted that this
07:44We have failed at catching the criminal
07:46Yeah
07:47And the crime stopped
07:48Yeah
07:49So that's it
07:50They have moved on
07:51But he has not moved on
07:52From being a very bright and honhaar CBI officer
07:55Up and coming
07:56CBI officer
07:57Who could have gone on to be done great things
08:01He quits the CBI
08:02Yeah
08:03And you know
08:04He is living in
08:05With that
08:06He is not able to accept it
08:07Like
08:08He
08:09Still
08:10That particular
08:11Case really affects him
08:12Yeah
08:13I saw
08:14Even after years
08:15For me
08:16That's what the film is about
08:17That you know
08:18You have to learn how to accept
08:19Sometimes that
08:20You will never get closure
08:21Okay
08:22Sometimes you will never get closure
08:24So you should just let it be
08:25You should give it up
08:26And you should go on
08:27Okay
08:28There is another thing
08:29That was interesting
08:30In that particular character
08:31Usually
08:32The protagonist
08:33Or the leading man
08:34Is always right about stuff
08:36This I found it interesting
08:37Because Vivant Deshmukh
08:38Is wrong about everything
08:40You introduce him
08:41As the protagonist
08:42As a leading man
08:43As a really
08:45Big shot
08:46CBI guy
08:47Very smart
08:48Intelligent
08:49Officer
08:50He has the chops
08:51To solve this case
08:52But every instinct
08:54Everything that he has
08:55For this case
08:56Is wrong
08:57Yeah
08:58I saw
08:59But he doesn't
09:00But you don't know that
09:01Until the end
09:02You don't know that
09:03Until the end
09:04So if you backtrack
09:05And see everything
09:06Every instinct
09:07And every notion
09:08Idea he had
09:09Were all wrong
09:10In fact his subordinates
09:11Were probably having a more
09:12Conservative approach to the case
09:13They were probably
09:14A bit more right
09:15Than him
09:16Or they didn't know
09:17But he was so sure
09:18Of himself
09:19And he was wrong
09:20About everything
09:21And I thought that
09:22It's a wonderful opportunity
09:23For me to play
09:24Cashing leading man
09:25Who is wrong
09:26Who is actually wrong
09:27About everything
09:28So I happened to meet
09:29A couple of your friends
09:31Okay
09:32Who happened to call you
09:33Their best friends
09:34Or close friends
09:35Really?
09:36Yeah, Saimi
09:37I am Saimi's best friend
09:38Oh my god
09:39I feel so
09:40Really?
09:41Is this authentic information?
09:42Authentic
09:43Wow
09:44I am going to ask her
09:45You and Roshan Matthew
09:46Roshan Matthew also
09:47I am Roshan Matthew's best friend
09:48Yeah
09:49No
09:50Both of you all are her best friends
09:52Oh her both of her
09:53I am very honoured to hear
09:55That I am her best friend
09:56So how
09:57I didn't know that
09:58I have been elevated
09:59From co-actor
10:00To friend
10:01To best friend
10:02I didn't know
10:03But I am very
10:04Like she didn't tell me this
10:05I had to find out from you
10:07But I am very honoured
10:08I am deeply honoured
10:09So what is
10:10She is cool
10:11So what is it in you
10:12That makes you
10:13Everybody's best friend
10:14I am not everybody's best friend
10:15What do you say?
10:16But most of the people's best friend
10:17What do you mean most of the people
10:18How come I don't know
10:19I am so many people's best friend?
10:20Whoever I talk to about
10:21Everybody calls me
10:22They are clearly like
10:24I don't know
10:25I am feeling pressure now
10:26Like best friend is a very
10:27Big responsibility
10:28I am a lone wolf
10:30I don't want to be so many people's best friend
10:32But who are your friends then?
10:33I am just a nice guy
10:34But who are your friends then?
10:35I am my own best friend
10:36And Kali Roy my partner and wife
10:39She is my best friend
10:40Okay
10:41And my cats
10:42Okay
10:43And Ira who is not there with us anymore
10:44She died last year
10:45She is my best friend
10:46She is my best friend
10:47No but in the industry who are your friends like?
10:49Most of them
10:50I am friendly with a lot of people
10:52And I am friendly with Vasan
10:54Vasan is a good friend of mine
10:55Kalki of course
10:56I think
10:57I think there is a very
10:58Although we are not really
11:00Like people expect friends to be in touch all the time
11:03Or something like that
11:04I think me and Kalki are not really those kind of friends who are in touch
11:07But there is always like
11:09I think when the time comes we are like there for each other
11:13Okay
11:14And Kali Roy my wife is also my best friend
11:18I think we have that kind of a relationship also
11:20I think somebody who is really closest to me
11:22And that I
11:24Since she is also an actor
11:26She has done work in the indie entertainment ecosystem
11:32So I suppose she is probably like my best friend
11:36Okay
11:37Okay
11:38And all of these people
11:39Roshan is a fabulous guy
11:40Wonderful actor
11:41Very good looking boy
11:42And
11:43It was lovely to sort of
11:45Have worked with them
11:47And Siami also definitely
11:49I have worked more intimately with her
11:50Yeah
11:51We did an entire film together
11:52Yeah
11:53I really like her
11:54And sometimes I really don't know why I like Siami
11:56You just like
11:57You just like people sometimes
11:58Yeah
11:59You just feel
12:00You just think they are nice
12:01And I think she is a really nice person
12:02Which moment I am remembering
12:04Now
12:05I have
12:06I have
12:07That viral
12:08That clip
12:09Where you had
12:10You are you right
12:11You are unhinged right
12:12Yeah
12:13As far as
12:14I know
12:15I wouldn't describe myself as unhinged
12:16Not unhinged in the sense like
12:18You are not fake
12:19Or you are not pretentious
12:21You don't come with a
12:22Maybe I am pretending to be not pretentious
12:23Maybe I am pretending to not have a veneer
12:26Okay fine
12:29I am a bit unpredictable
12:30So I remember you did
12:31I think you were doing promotions for Ullaj
12:34Yeah
12:35And you said it clearly that we didn't vibe
12:37Oh no we didn't
12:38You and Janvi Kapoor did not vibe
12:40No
12:41And
12:42It is not necessary
12:43Why? What did you mean?
12:44Like you all didn't see
12:45Yeah yeah yeah
12:46She does her own
12:47She is quite reserved you know actually
12:48Okay
12:49That's what I thought
12:50She is quite reserved
12:51She keeps to herself
12:52She is sweet
12:53She is easy to work with
12:54And I didn't have any problems
12:55But that's the point
12:56Sometimes like
12:57You can't expect to like
12:58Get along with everybody
12:59And you still
13:00Your job as an actor
13:01Is also to sort of
13:02Get on with it
13:03Still
13:04Yeah
13:05And like
13:06I am like
13:07If you look
13:08See the song sequence
13:09That we have done together
13:10Nobody will be able to say
13:11That these two people didn't vibe
13:12Because we have great chemistry
13:13As professional actors
13:14We brought our A-game
13:15Because that's our job
13:16So she knows how to do her job
13:17I know how to do my job
13:19We didn't vibe
13:20It's okay
13:21She just had a long winded way
13:22Of
13:23Of
13:24Of
13:25Of explaining that thing
13:26And then of course like
13:27She got trolled for
13:28For what she said
13:29And all that
13:30Yeah yeah yeah
13:31Which is okay
13:32Once you are in public life
13:33You can't really
13:34Go back
13:35You have to like
13:36Go with the flow
13:37Sometimes people will troll you
13:38Yeah that's true
13:39And did I want to vibe with her?
13:40Yeah it would have been nice
13:41But sometimes
13:42You don't vibe
13:43Like maybe
13:44There are other times
13:45When people think that
13:46Gulu and I will vibe
13:47But then Gulu
13:48Doesn't really vibe
13:50It's okay
13:51It's okay
13:52As long as we are
13:53We know our job
13:54As actors
13:55What we have to do
13:56And create an environment
13:58That is conducive for
13:59Professionalism
14:00That's all that really matters
14:01Yeah
14:02So you are a core Bangalore person at heart
14:04Not really
14:05Not really
14:06So how does your Hindi mean?
14:07Not really
14:08I was born here
14:09I was born here
14:10I was born here
14:11I was born here
14:12I was born here
14:13I was born here
14:14And my education
14:15Is here
14:16But I am not here
14:17I am from all places
14:18And I am not here
14:19No but tell me honestly
14:22I practiced here
14:23Growing up
14:24Practice
14:25Practice
14:26I used to watch a lot of Hindi
14:28I watched all films
14:29I watched all films
14:30What's your go-to film like?
14:32Like Hera Pheri
14:33Maybe
14:34Oh
14:35Yeah
14:36It always hits the spot
14:37Hera Pheri is like
14:38That favourite restaurant
14:39Where you have a favourite table
14:41And a favourite chair
14:42And a favourite dish
14:43Yeah
14:44It's like that
14:45To me it's welcome
14:46Welcome?
14:47Yeah I love that
14:48Hera Pheri 2000
14:49I don't know
14:50For some reason
14:51Like I can watch YouTube clips of it
14:53I can watch reels of it
14:54I can watch the whole film
14:55It's kind of silly
14:57It's stupid
14:58And like
14:59Yeah
15:00Like it doesn't really
15:01I mean of course
15:02Then there are films like
15:03There will be blood
15:04Which are very intellectually stimulating
15:06Complex films
15:07And all that which
15:08But sometimes
15:09Yeah I mean
15:10You have to really like
15:11Be in the mood to sort of
15:12Give films those attention
15:13And that's another film
15:14That I have watched
15:15A bunch of times
15:16Yeah
15:17But I think easy
15:18Easy was
15:19Sometimes you just want to eat
15:20Like you know
15:21Like
15:22So you grew up
15:23Like easy
15:24I grew up watching all kinds of films
15:26Even films that I didn't understand
15:27I would watch
15:28Okay
15:29I grew up in a time
15:30I was growing up in a time
15:31In the 80s and 90s
15:32When
15:33There was only one channel
15:34And whatever they showed
15:35You watched
15:36You didn't have any option
15:37To switch channels
15:38Durdashan
15:39Then we got DD2
15:40Okay
15:41What big deal it was
15:42To just be able to do this
15:43And switch a channel
15:44No
15:45You have no idea
15:46How this simple thing
15:47Can be such a monumental
15:49Like you know
15:50Thing that happened to you
15:52In your life
15:53Yeah
15:54In the early 90s
15:55When they had DD2
15:56Then of course
15:57Cable TV came
15:58And then we had like
15:59Six channels
16:00Six
16:01Wow
16:02And one will play only music
16:04And it's 24 hours
16:06What could get better than that
16:07I'm telling you
16:08It's just
16:09The reason
16:10I'm not trying to say
16:11That that was better
16:12That's not at all
16:13What I'm trying to say
16:14I know what you're saying
16:15Is that that suddenly
16:16For people from my generation
16:17Like let me just make it about myself
16:19Suddenly the whole world
16:20Has opened to you
16:21Like all the doors and windows
16:23Have opened
16:24And you had never imagined
16:25That it's going to be
16:26It was fascinating
16:27You're watching things
16:28That you thought
16:30Would never exist
16:31And you're watching
16:32Like a
16:33Like a music videos
16:34And you're watching
16:35American cinema
16:37And world cinema
16:38And TV programs
16:39From
16:40From other countries
16:41And it was just
16:42Fascinating
16:43And that all of them
16:44Were 24 hours
16:45And in the beginning
16:46They didn't even play ads
16:47Okay
16:48Star movies used to be
16:49Like without ads
16:50How many actors
16:51Were your childhood crush
16:52Were your childhood crush
16:53No
16:54They were not
16:55They were bigger
16:56I don't know
16:57See
16:58There were a lot of them
16:59There were a lot of them
17:00There were a lot of them
17:01I think
17:02As far as I can remember
17:03I think it was Tina Munim
17:04Tina Munim
17:05Tina Munim
17:06She was a lot of childhood
17:07I mean
17:08She didn't have any childhood
17:09But then
17:10She was a little young
17:11Adolescence
17:12So I think
17:13She was primarily
17:14In the 80's
17:15I think she worked
17:16Her like peak period
17:17She didn't do a lot of films
17:18But she was really good looking
17:19Cute and all that
17:20So I think
17:21I had that
17:22I was a young
17:23Adolescent boy
17:24You know
17:25So
17:26But then the one you are referring to
17:27Is Preeti Zinta
17:28I saw her in that little ad
17:29And I was like
17:30There is nobody more beautiful
17:32Than Preeti Zinta
17:34Yeah
17:35Under a waterfall
17:36So if you had to like
17:37Dedicate a song to her
17:38Which one would it be?
17:39I don't know
17:40I don't know
17:41I am in a spot right now
17:42Like I don't think
17:43One song can encapsulate
17:45How many of us felt about Preeti Zinta
17:48It's unfair to
17:49It's unfair to
17:50Pretty woman
17:51Yeah it's unfair
17:52No
17:53It's unfair to summarize
17:54What Preeti Zinta meant
17:55To an entire generation
17:56In one song
17:57It's unfair to
17:58Preeti Zinta
17:59Okay
18:00Okay
18:01Like Rahman himself
18:02Has written beautiful songs
18:03Where she has performed
18:04So why should I summarize it
18:05To one song
18:06This is my
18:07This is how I would
18:08Like no no no
18:09She had a wonderful career
18:10And she came
18:11She was so different
18:12Yeah she was
18:13Just like how Shah Rukh was so different
18:14When he started his career
18:15He was like nobody else
18:17The energy and the
18:22He was a force
18:23He was such a force
18:25Because when he performed scenes
18:26His intensity and energy
18:27Was like nobody has ever seen
18:29And he had shit hair
18:30Like his hair was like
18:32Always that one style
18:33But we didn't care
18:34Like nobody really cared
18:35And it's only much later
18:37In the 2000s
18:38When he had that
18:39You know the
18:40The
18:41A different hairstyle
18:42Different hairstyle
18:43He was so oddly looking
18:44He had light eyes
18:45He had like really thick lips
18:46And all those things
18:47Thick lips yeah
18:48But there was something
18:49About him was really magnetic
18:50It was not
18:51Just physical beauty
18:52It was not
18:53It was
18:54That energy that he had
18:55Was so attractive
18:56Yeah
18:57So I think
18:58Preethi Zinta
18:59For some time for me
19:00She was like
19:01The most beautiful woman ever
19:02Okay
19:03For some time
19:04Sorry Preethi
19:05For some time
19:06Okay
19:07Although I don't know her at all
19:08You don't?
19:09I don't think I have even met her
19:10No?
19:11Okay
19:12Someday you will
19:13Oh you liked her as well?
19:14Nobody
19:15Who doesn't like
19:16Mataradikshan?
19:17Yeah of course
19:18Everybody is a Mataradikshan
19:19What a graceful
19:20Graceful woman
19:21Yeah
19:22I really think
19:23One of the best
19:24That we've had
19:25Purely in terms of like
19:27Skill level
19:29In terms of how easy
19:30She made things
19:31Look
19:32Dance and all that
19:33Yeah
19:34Currently it's Sai Pallavi
19:35Sai Pallavi has been for some time now
19:36Sai Pallavi
19:37Yeah
19:38I have now segwayed into Sai Pallavi
19:40You didn't ask but
19:41And I
19:42Oh so now
19:43Your current crush is Sai Pallavi
19:44I want to work with her
19:45Oh you want to work with her
19:46I think we will be fabulous
19:47Like yeah
19:48Fabulous
19:49That's my only thing
19:50Wow
19:51I'm a settled person right now
19:52Wow
19:53So romantically very well settled
19:54So there is no
19:55That option
19:56So when I say crush or something
19:57It's just like
19:58I think she's a wonderful actor
19:59And again
20:00Madhuri Dixit level dancer she is
20:02She's like probably the best
20:04Currently
20:05And she's a wonderful actor also
20:07And some role was offered to me
20:09Once in a film that she did
20:10But I didn't like the role
20:12I was like I'll wait for the right part
20:14And I'm still waiting
20:15So how do you make those judgements
20:17I don't know it's instinctive
20:19Instinctive
20:20You know with life experience
20:22It's like algorithms right
20:23Like you click on something on social media
20:26And then the algorithm thinks that you like
20:28This and it will keep sending you like that
20:30Yeah
20:31So in us also it keeps like
20:33With life experiences
20:34You're also like
20:35Programming your own algorithm inside
20:37And that becomes instinctive
20:39After a point
20:40It's like oh this is interesting
20:41I want to do this
20:42But with a picture filmography
20:44And with people also I feel like that
20:46Like when I met Rishabh
20:47I didn't know him at all
20:48But I had an instinct about him
20:49I was like this guy is interesting
20:51I should do something with him
20:52Yeah
20:53Like you mentioned Rishabh
20:54Yeah yeah yeah
20:55And I knew that he was going to call
20:56Yeah
20:57But you've also worked with Sanjalila Bansali
20:59You've worked with Anurakasha
21:00You've worked with
21:01You've worked with Pijoi Naambyar
21:02Yeah
21:03You've worked with this one
21:05Dibakar Banerjee also
21:06Dibakar Banerjee also
21:07Dibakar Banerjee
21:08So so many great directors
21:11Yeah
21:12So it's different
21:13It's different
21:14It's different
21:15Ramuswar also tried to cast me once
21:17I said no
21:18But yeah
21:19He didn't make that movie
21:20How is it working like
21:21Let's say
21:22On Sanjalila Bansali set
21:24Versus
21:25Anurakashaab set
21:26Very different
21:27What is the contrast?
21:28Their sensibilities itself
21:30The kind of storytellers they are
21:32It's so different
21:33Anurakashaab's stories and characters are very much
21:37They seem real
21:40Yeah
21:41And he wants that
21:42That's how it is
21:43They have to be relatable in a real way
21:44Yeah
21:45Mr. Bansali's world is stylized
21:47Yeah
21:48It's really hyper realistic
21:49It can never be completely
21:50It's everything is amped up
21:51It's a
21:52It's a
21:53It's a
21:54What do you say
21:55An artistic representation of like who this character is
21:58Who the leading man is
22:00The leading lady is
22:01The villains are all the characters
22:02Yeah
22:03So it's his world is very stylized
22:04So you have to adapt to that particular style
22:08And how do you adapt to it?
22:09You can't play an Anurakashaab style of character in their thing
22:13Obviously
22:14You have to
22:15See with Mr. Bansali the
22:16Luckily we have seen lots of his films
22:19Before I actually got to work with him
22:20I had seen all of his films
22:22I think except for Guzarish
22:23I had seen everything
22:24So I knew what sort of a filmmaker he is
22:27How he tells his stories
22:28How his characters are
22:29So it became a little easy for me to understand that
22:31Okay
22:32Okay
22:33But with somebody like Bijoy
22:34I think it was
22:35You figure it out as you go along
22:37Because like you don't know
22:38He is also stylized
22:40In a very visual way
22:42His characters are real
22:43His plot points are real
22:44His stories seem very real
22:45Yeah
22:46But his visual language is very stylized
22:48Okay
22:49Okay
22:50What about Raj and DK?
22:51They are very quirky
22:52They have some
22:53Such a quirky sense of humor they have
22:56Yeah
22:57It's also kind of dark
22:58It's a very dark comedy zone
22:59Something like that
23:00I didn't feel unfamiliar or something like that
23:02Because by then
23:04By the time I got to work with them
23:06It was actually on a short called Unpaused
23:10Okay
23:11It was part of an anthology when I first worked with them
23:13Then we did Guns and Gulabs later
23:15Yeah
23:16So
23:17I just
23:18It just fit in perfectly
23:19It's just like I understood
23:21What they wanted
23:23What sort of filmmakers
23:24Sometimes while meeting
23:25You just
23:26You just
23:27Figure out like
23:28Oh this is who they are
23:29Yeah
23:30And then it becomes easy after that
23:31But
23:32You happen to know Anurakasha pretty well right
23:34He is closer to you than
23:35Yeah
23:36I have been to his wedding
23:37Yeah
23:38I have been to his wedding
23:39I didn't go to his divorce
23:40But then I was there at his wedding
23:41Yeah
23:43Yeah so
23:44He was married to my friend
23:45Yeah
23:46Yeah so
23:47I mean
23:48You were mentioning before this interview
23:49That you moved to Bangalore
23:50Is that true?
23:51That's what he is saying
23:52He said he has a house here in Bangalore
23:53I haven't seen him here
23:54I only see him in Mumbai
23:55So what the hell are you talking about Anurakasha?
23:57This is also going to be cut into a reel
23:59And you will send this to me
24:00And you will say
24:01You are so funny
24:02You are so funny
24:03Yeah I am funny
24:04You are also
24:05You are very cute
24:06And you are very adorable and lovable
24:07I think people
24:08See a certain side of you
24:09Either they
24:10They see
24:11You know
24:12And you also say
24:13Some rubbish things sometimes
24:14But
24:15Because of which you get into trouble
24:17But he is such a
24:19There is an inner child inside him
24:21He is very cute
24:22I find him adorable
24:23I find him very real
24:24Well
24:27Yeah maybe
24:28That's your perspective
24:29Yeah
24:30Okay
24:31So
24:32Tell me one thing
24:33We are going to like switch over to some fun things now
24:37But before that I have to ask you a little bit about your childhood in Bangalore
24:42And
24:43How did like a NIFT graduate
24:46You know
24:47Like pivot into acting
24:48And like
24:49How did this happen?
24:50Okay
24:51Yeah
24:52Oh is that the question?
24:53Well
24:54Well
24:55You know I was always interested in acting from a very young age
24:58I grew up in a household
24:59My parents did a lot of
25:01You know
25:02I am from
25:03I am a PSU kid
25:04I am a PSU kid
25:05I am a public sector undertaking kid
25:06I am a PSU
25:07Yeah
25:08So you grew up in a PSU colony
25:10Yeah
25:11So there is in a PSU colony
25:12And then PSUs used to have a lot of inter-PSU competitions and all that
25:15So my parents were always preparing for some competition
25:19It's like a group singing and theatre and all of that
25:23They were not so much into sports
25:25I was into sports
25:26I was into sports
25:27Which is contrary to what my parents like
25:28They were more into the arts
25:30So I was into both
25:31So I grew up in that environment
25:33And it's
25:34I went to schools also that kind of encouraged such things
25:37At home also I had two artistically inclined parents
25:40I had artists
25:41They are proper artists
25:42In fact they are probably a lot more talented and skilled than me
25:46I have restricted myself to just acting
25:48But they are
25:49They have multifaceted artists
25:51So I think that was always there inside me
25:54A part of which I channelized into doing fashion
25:58Because it's your ability, your skills
26:01To be able to imagine and use colour
26:03And how do you take a pencil and you sketch something
26:06And then you create a pattern
26:08And then you create an actual garment out of it
26:11Which is also artistic, it's a creative field
26:14So but I always
26:15I had decided at a very young age that I want to be an actor
26:18So then I had to sort of get back at it at some point of time
26:21So then you did theatre?
26:22I was doing theatre
26:24Like in school I was doing plays
26:25And then once I graduated
26:27Once I finished fashion school
26:29When I graduated from NIFT
26:30I used to do a lot of English theatre in Bangalore
26:32Okay
26:33I got to work with wonderful people who taught me a lot
26:36Who gave me like you know great opportunities
26:38And then how did you get your first break after that?
26:41In theatre?
26:42In theatre in Bombay
26:44In theatre there was an audition
26:46So somebody said you go there, they are auditioning for something
26:48That's how I got there
26:49Okay
26:50Then I read for a few parts
26:51And then you get one part
26:52And then somebody else called me for another audition
26:55I read something there, I got a part over there
26:57Okay
26:58And then somebody else see you play
26:59They are like hey we are doing a play together
27:01We really like you
27:02Do you want to like come work with us?
27:04And then slowly slowly you do that
27:06Work gets you work
27:07Okay
27:08And every evening I am rehearsing a play
27:10Yeah
27:11Doing like 3 or 4 productions a year
27:13Okay
27:14So eventually it got to that
27:15So do you remember like what you
27:17What your first paycheck for your first film was like?
27:22It was supposed to be 12,000 rupees
27:26For the first film
27:27Oh first film
27:28So technically my first film
27:30Technically because it never released
27:32Was a film called Brides Wanted
27:33Brides Wanted
27:34I think it was shot in 2002
27:36Okay
27:37It was one of those crossover films
27:38Meaning it's an Indian film set in an Indian city
27:41With Indian characters but it's in English
27:43Okay
27:44After Hyderabad Blues which you must have
27:46Nagesh Kuknoor's
27:47It's an amazing film for us because in Bangalore
27:49It ran for like some 2 years in Lido cinema
27:51In Lido cinema
27:52Which doesn't
27:53Which used to exist as a single screen
27:55Hmm
27:56So I remember watching it over there
27:58And this whole film is in English
28:00And there is a separate fan base for that
28:03Yeah
28:04A lot of us were like hey
28:05You know this is an Indian film
28:06But it's in English
28:07So
28:08But unfortunately by 2002
28:10That crossover genre was dying a painful death
28:12Hmm
28:13And
28:14You remember Rahul Bose films and all that
28:15Yeah
28:16He used to make films in English
28:17There was a time when this
28:18It was a thing
28:19Yeah
28:20It was a real thing
28:21Yeah
28:22So
28:23Then
28:24There was this filmmaker called Girish Acharya
28:25I think he studied filmmaking in Canada
28:27Hmm
28:28So he was making a film
28:29Hmm
28:30And he had Mr Girish Karnad and
28:32And
28:33Wahida Rahmanji
28:34They were playing important characters in the lead cast
28:39And Anud Shawnee and Sarah Jane Diaz
28:42They were the leading men
28:43Sarah Jane Diaz
28:44Yeah
28:45So they were there
28:46So then they had an ensemble of friends or something
28:48I was cast as one of the friends
28:49Yeah
28:50Manish I think my name was
28:51So what was the paycheck for your first film like?
28:53I think I got 25 grand
28:5525 grand
28:56Which I would say is pretty good
28:57And what did you do for it?
28:58With it?
28:59I did
29:00I don't know what I did
29:01I was really
29:02I think I did a terrible job for it
29:03That's what I did
29:04That film was also a learning experience for me
29:07Because I started to realise that
29:09I am comfortable with the whole process of performing live
29:12Because you do rehearsals
29:14And there is a particular process you get used to
29:17Hmm
29:18And I feel so uncomfortable
29:20And I feel it's very unnatural to stand in front of a camera
29:23And do a start stop start stop process
29:25I wasn't used to it
29:26So I would say that I am pretty terrible in that film
29:29Hmm
29:30And I knew that
29:31Okay
29:32And I was like if I have to be a professional actor
29:36For film
29:37I have to figure this shit out
29:39Okay
29:40Okay
29:41So that was the beginning of the learning also
29:43A learning process
29:44Yeah
29:45No makes sense
29:46Okay
29:47You have to adapt your craft
29:48Because the whole process of filmmaking is very different to the whole process of
29:51You know making a play
29:53Okay
29:54Okay
29:55So now I have a very fun game for you
29:57Okay
29:58Do you want to guess what it's called?
30:00Shorts
30:01No
30:02I have two games for you
30:04Okay
30:05One is
30:06One of them is that
30:08But the first one it's very simple
30:10Like
30:11I have to guess
30:12It's called between sips since you are sipping coffee
30:14Between sips
30:15Between sips
30:16You can like answer me
30:17It's basically a rapid fire
30:19Oh my god
30:20It's done
30:21This much coffee
30:22There was this much coffee
30:23Let's go rapid fire
30:24Okay
30:25This is rapid fire
30:26Okay
30:27I must tell you something
30:28This game is called rapid fire from your perspective
30:31I am a winding mountain road
30:34I will take time to get to the top of the mountain and I will take my time to get to the bottom of that mountain also
30:40Don't do that to me
30:41You'll take your time
30:43Why am I taking you personally
30:44I am not running here
30:45This is how I am
30:46That's how it is
30:47What else can I do
30:48The world is at the speed of the mountain
30:49We are running at the pace
30:51What else is at the pace
30:52This is rapid fire
30:53I am playing the rapid fire
30:54I am playing with you
30:56You will see
30:57But
30:58I will take my time
30:59Okay
31:00Let's try
31:01Okay. If acting was Tinder, which director would you swipe right on? No hesitation.
31:11Yeah.
31:13Acting was Tinder?
31:14If acting was Tinder, which director would you swipe right on?
31:19You would say yes to them.
31:23Without any thoughts?
31:25Shriram Raghuwan.
31:26Shriram Raghuwan, okay.
31:27Shriram sir, I am still waiting.
31:30Shriram sir, I am still waiting.
31:33Badlapur 2, Badlapur 3, something. Please, come on.
31:37Now also you are making ikkis.
31:40Okay.
31:41I could have played a tank. I am so versatile. I could have been a tank.
31:45Okay. One co-star who looked so good on set, it made you forget your lines.
31:52I have to lie now. This never really happened. Vijay Varma.
31:56Vijay Varma.
31:57He looked so good on set that I forgot.
31:59This is a lie but then, Vijay.
32:02He is your friend?
32:04Huh?
32:05He is your friend? Vijay?
32:06I don't know. Does he say? You have to ask him.
32:08Apparently, there are so many people who think I am their best friend.
32:10And I don't know about him.
32:11Next time I meet him, I will ask him. Definitely.
32:14Okay. An actor everyone calls brilliant but you secretly think it is just good marketing.
32:23Oh, this is going to get me in trouble.
32:27Then you should raise yourself for some trouble.
32:29I don't know actually. I haven't thought about it. It's a very interesting question.
32:36I have so many names in my mind.
32:38It's a very interesting question.
32:39Yeah.
32:40I will take this question later.
32:46Okay.
32:47This is a good question. I don't want to.
32:49Who is more difficult to impress? Critics or women?
32:54Critics.
32:55Definitely.
32:56Okay.
32:57Because, yeah. Critics. Definitely.
32:59Okay.
33:01Okay. If a script required full emotional and physical vulnerability, who is the one actress you trust opposite you?
33:11I trust myself.
33:12Opposite?
33:13I do double roles.
33:14I have done quite a few.
33:15So for this also.
33:16Okay.
33:17Totally completely 100% trust. I trust myself.
33:20Has there been a time when a fan message has made you like blush or something?
33:26Yeah, sure.
33:27Yeah?
33:28When was it?
33:29They used to send me pictures also that stopped.
33:30Yeah.
33:31Thank God it stopped because it's not the kind of pictures that I'd wanted to see.
33:35Really?
33:36Yeah.
33:37It was like, there was a phase when I used to get like nude photos.
33:40Oh God.
33:41Okay.
33:42From all kinds of, for men, women, everybody used to see.
33:44Yeah?
33:45Okay.
33:46One overrated trend in Bollywood right now, just go on and say it.
33:52Oh, down to earth.
33:54What down to earth?
33:55Just being down to earth.
33:56Okay.
33:57People pretend being down to earth.
33:59I don't know.
34:00I don't know.
34:01Okay.
34:02Got it.
34:03Okay.
34:04If you could erase one film from your filmography, which one would quietly disappear?
34:10What is done is done.
34:11Okay.
34:12An actor who gets away with bad acting just because of charm.
34:18Sometimes I do.
34:19Like I do terrible jobs.
34:20Please, we can't take your name so many times for everything.
34:23Like why are you like, like making me say like, you know, how it's really subjective matter.
34:28Like, you know, me saying this is just going to like rake up unnecessary controversy.
34:32Okay, fine.
34:33We'll move on then.
34:34So many people will troll me for it.
34:35Flip the question.
34:36How dare you say this?
34:37Who do you think you are?
34:38You know, the parking outside their theatres is more than all the films that you, collection
34:44of all your films and these kinds of creative trolling also will happen which I appreciate.
34:49Okay.
34:50But okay.
34:51I'll flip this question for you.
34:52An actor who you think gets away with everything and deserves it?
35:00Everything.
35:01I think Mr Bachchan.
35:02Really.
35:03He made some films.
35:04Sometimes I'm like, what are you thinking or something like that.
35:06But I think he's so revered and respected.
35:08Sometimes it's okay.
35:09We don't care.
35:10Like, you know, it's okay, man, Mr Bachchan.
35:11You can get it wrong.
35:12It's okay.
35:13Just like, you know, knock yourself out.
35:14Like, you know, go there and experiment and sometimes.
35:16Yeah.
35:17Okay.
35:18What's more attractive to you?
35:19Intensity.
35:20I think he did a film about very Lolita-esque.
35:22So once I think it was when you fall in love with a younger woman or something.
35:25Yeah.
35:26Yeah.
35:27That was, I'm not criticizing.
35:28Nishabh.
35:29Yeah.
35:30I'm not criticizing it, but a lot of people were really shocked or something.
35:32But I think, you know, I feel that he's so revered and respected now that, you know,
35:36these things won't stick.
35:37Yeah.
35:38And even that Ramgopalwarma ki Aag, which was like a massive blunder for everybody to
35:43have tried.
35:44But it still, see, it didn't stick.
35:45It didn't stick on him.
35:46Yeah.
35:47Definitely.
35:48Nobody will say, Mr Bachchan, how dare you did this film or why did you do this film?
35:51Yeah.
35:52It's okay.
35:53We forgive it.
35:54Yeah.
35:55What's more attractive to you?
35:56Intensity or intelligence?
35:58Intelligence.
35:59Okay.
36:00A safe answer.
36:01Safe.
36:02Which film or role made you go, damn, I wish I would have done that one?
36:07Oh, lots of them.
36:08Lots of them.
36:09Any one in specific?
36:10Yeah.
36:11Badlapur.
36:12Badlapur.
36:13Andhadhun.
36:14Half of Rajkumar Rao's career.
36:15The other half of Vijaywarma's career.
36:16I can't stop.
36:17Okay.
36:18I can't stop.
36:19Okay.
36:20I wish I was Hathiram.
36:21Come on.
36:22At least I was Hathwada Thaki.
36:23I wish at least.
36:24So, Abhishek Banner is here also.
36:25Okay.
36:26And Radhika Apte also.
36:27Like, I can do her roles here.
36:28Come on.
36:29Yeah.
36:30Yeah.
36:31Yeah.
36:32Okay.
36:33I'm not a biological woman.
36:34That's why everybody calls you versatile.
36:35Yeah.
36:36Yeah.
36:37But it's still like, I'm not a biological woman, but I think I can consistently play one.
36:40Yeah.
36:41Okay.
36:42If you had to be stuck in a vanity van for 12 hours, who's the one co-star you would not
36:46mind being with?
36:47Who you would be happy to be with?
36:48For how long?
36:49The chatty person.
36:50A lot of them.
36:51Yeah.
36:52Yeah.
36:53Yeah.
36:54Well, Siami and we used to like this.
36:55Siami.
36:56There are lots of them.
36:57Siami, Girija Aok.
36:58Okay.
36:59Kalki.
37:00No.
37:01Not for 24 hours.
37:0212 hours?
37:0312 hours.
37:04She's still my friend, but not for 12 hours.
37:05It's still my friend.
37:06Not for 12 hours.
37:07I'm not a good friend.
37:08I'm a good friend.
37:09I'm a good friend.
37:10I'm a good friend.
37:11I'm a good friend.
37:12I'm a good friend.
37:13I'm a good friend.
37:14Okay.
37:15But these are all people like Richa Chadda.
37:16These are all people like Amit Sial.
37:17Deepak Dobryal.
37:18I absolutely love that guy.
37:19He's also such a fascinating talker.
37:20He's a storyteller.
37:21I would…
37:22With them, I'll be stuck like for 24 hours also.
37:23It's fine.
37:24Yeah.
37:25They're so…
37:26entertaining.
37:27Yeah.
37:28Okay.
37:29Do you have any talkers?
37:30Yes.
37:31Yes.
37:32Yes.
37:33Yes.
37:34Yes.
37:35Yes.
37:36Yes.
37:37Yes.
37:38Yes.
37:39Yes.
37:40Yes.
37:41Yes.
37:42Okay.
37:43What's…
37:44Do you have any toxic trait?
37:45And if there is…
37:46I'm just too nice.
37:47Oh.
37:48That's your toxic trait.
37:49I'm so nice that it's toxic.
37:51Oh.
37:52I get toxic.
37:53It's too much.
37:54Okay.
37:55Okay.
37:56Now we'll play another game.
37:57It's called Truth or Sip.
37:58Okay.
37:59So I'm going to get us a bunch of shorts which are non-alcoholic obviously.
38:05Just giving the disclaimer guys, these are non-alcoholic shots.
38:08Did you see how nicely and creatively I dodged that question?
38:11Which you didn't ask again.
38:13So we have a tray full of shots.
38:16And this game is called Truth or Sip, okay?
38:20Truth or Sip.
38:21We both.
38:23But how can you tell if I'm telling the truth?
38:26That's your conscience.
38:28My conscience?
38:29No, like I'll say certain things that have ever been like both of us.
38:35It replies to both of us and if we've done that, we'll just take a sip.
38:38Okay, fine.
38:39So that is the game.
38:41You're going to have like alcoholic shots in the middle of the after all.
38:43These are non-alcoholic, Gulshan.
38:45Okay, fine.
38:47We're going to take non-alcoholic shots with so much sugar.
38:50It's loaded with sugar.
38:51Yeah, it's okay. No problem. I'm sure you can manage.
38:55Insulin spikes, do you know?
38:56It's okay.
38:57It's okay. No problem.
38:59You might as well have alcohol.
39:01Is what I'm saying.
39:02But you didn't answer me last time.
39:06One actor who's good with marketing.
39:13I think I would…
39:14Everybody calls brilliant but secretly they're just good marketing.
39:19I don't know.
39:20And even if I want to, I won't say it.
39:22Okay.
39:23I think this is like a…
39:24It's a…
39:25Come on.
39:26It's a…
39:27It's like, I gotcha question.
39:28You know, you say this and whatever I say right now, somebody is going to be like,
39:32how can you say that sort of a question.
39:34So, pass.
39:35Okay.
39:36So, this game.
39:37Have you…
39:38First one.
39:39Okay.
39:40So, if you've done that, you take a sip.
39:41Okay.
39:42Okay.
39:43You've been in love with someone who you couldn't have and still think about them sometimes.
39:50Sorry.
39:51If I say yes, should I drink?
39:53Yeah, yeah.
39:54If I say no…
39:55You don't drink.
39:56I've been in love with somebody before but sometimes I still do think about them.
40:00Yeah.
40:01Yeah, sure.
40:02Don't you?
40:03Me too.
40:04At least on their birthday.
40:05Can we do cheers, please?
40:06Yeah, cheers.
40:08Are you drinking the blue stuff?
40:09I like blue.
40:10I'm drinking the pink stuff.
40:17Okay.
40:18Next one.
40:19I'm winding.
40:20I don't do shots.
40:21I drink slowly.
40:22Okay.
40:23Next one.
40:24Was the industry relationship that completely broke your trust?
40:32The industry relationship that completely broke your trust.
40:35Is this a yes or no or like what?
40:37Like…
40:38Has there been an incident like this?
40:40Yeah, yeah, yeah.
40:41Sure.
40:42Yeah, sure.
40:46Okay.
40:47Is there a co-star…
40:48And I recovered also from it.
40:49I recovered also.
40:50It's also important to…
40:51Okay.
40:52Is there a co-star you'd never want to work with again but can't say publicly?
40:56No, nobody like that.
40:57Okay.
40:58I don't think so.
41:00Have you ever felt overshadowed by a less talented but more popular person?
41:07It happens all the time but that's life.
41:10Yeah.
41:11It's okay.
41:12So take a shot.
41:13Even I've felt like that.
41:14But it's true.
41:15Like sometimes if somebody has like…
41:17He's more popular than what can I do about it?
41:19I can't do anything about it.
41:20I'm not like jealous or anything.
41:22Anymore.
41:23True.
41:25Okay.
41:26Now, have you ever said I'm fine when you were absolutely not?
41:29Ambulance bulal.
41:30Ambulance bulal.
41:31Have you…
41:32Have you ever said I'm fine when you were absolutely not?
41:37Of course.
41:38Yeah.
41:39Same.
41:40I'm fine.
41:42I'm fine.
41:43Are you fine?
41:46I'm fab.
41:47So you drink more because it's a lie.
41:50Come on.
41:51No, I'll drink after this.
41:54Okay.
41:55Okay.
41:56Okay.
41:57Have you ever come across a rumour that was true?
42:03Yeah.
42:04You've published something.
42:05Yeah.
42:06And you've said it's a rumour, rumour but it's actually true.
42:10No, I didn't say anything but people would…
42:12Usually these things would turn out to be a rumour but then like…
42:15Yeah, it was true.
42:16Okay.
42:17Okay.
42:18Has success…
42:19Tamanna and Abhijay's relationship of course.
42:21That's what I'm talking about.
42:22It was true.
42:26Not anymore.
42:27But now they've broken up.
42:28Yeah, I know.
42:29Please.
42:30Why?
42:31Come on.
42:32They didn't consult me.
42:33They didn't consult me.
42:34Come on, Abhijay.
42:35You should have consulted me.
42:36At least let me know.
42:38I'm finding out all of these things in some stupid reel.
42:42Okay.
42:44Has success ever made you lose someone who loved the version of you before it?
42:48No.
42:49No.
42:50Okay.
42:51Have you ever confessed one insecurity that still eats at you?
43:00To anybody?
43:02Yeah, sure.
43:03Yeah, you and I have.
43:09Okay.
43:11Do you envy new generation of actors?
43:14Sure.
43:18Do you want to know why?
43:19Do you want me to elaborate a little bit?
43:20Yeah, why do you envy them?
43:21I think a lot of them are a lot more sorted than I was.
43:23I started when I was 30.
43:25And a lot of these people are like in their early 20s and they seem to be a lot more sure of themselves.
43:32So I think that way.
43:34Yeah.
43:35There's so much that I can learn also from them.
43:36Okay.
43:37Fair enough.
43:38Okay.
43:39Have you ever fallen for somebody on set?
43:42Genuinely, not just in character?
43:44Yes, but wasn't an actor.
43:52Yes, but wasn't an actor.
43:53Wasn't an actor.
43:54Okay.
43:56Wow, you are really honest.
43:58We have four more to go but okay.
44:00No, I am just drinking these two a bit.
44:03Already I am feeling my insulin go bing bong bing.
44:07Okay, so that was the end of it.
44:08End?
44:09I had three.
44:10No, that's fine.
44:11Are you okay with three shots?
44:12Yeah, I am cool.
44:13I am chill.
44:14So anyway, it was so much fun having you here, Gulshan.
44:17Okay.
44:18And I hope you have everything you wish for and you get, you come on screen more often
44:25and give us the best projects, give us the best screen time.
44:30And yeah, I mean, we love watching you on TV, OTT, cinema halls, everywhere.
44:37So I wish you all the best and any parting away thoughts you have?
44:43No, thank you so much.
44:44It was nice.
44:45It was fun.
44:46But also like I really appreciate your wishes and what you said in the end.
44:49And I am very grateful for that.
44:51I am very happy and grateful for all the love that I am receiving.
44:56And you know, I am who I am.
44:58And I think I make my own choices, my own way.
45:01And that's why people like me and they like my work.
45:04Like right now because of Kantara, I think a lot of people like Kula Shikra.
45:09But then there are still people who like, you know, Mandar Pongshe and there are people who like Devilal.
45:16There are people who like Charkat Atmaram.
45:18There are people who like KC from Shaitaan.
45:21And or Chitya Pagoda from this one.
45:22So I think I am able to sort of create all of these characters that people connect to and they have their own favourites.
45:30And it is not just limited to one character.
45:32I am very happy that I was able to sort of successfully pull this off.
45:37It took some effort and a lot of time of course.
45:38Yeah.
45:39And I am genuinely grateful for all the love and appreciation and support that people shower on me.
45:45Yeah.
45:46I couldn't, I am just like, I get overwhelmed sometimes.
45:50Oh.
45:51But it's all good.
45:52Yeah.
45:53Any like, do you want to say something about the interview?
45:57Interview-er or interview?
45:59Interview.
46:00Like was it good?
46:01Oh, yeah.
46:02It's good.
46:03It's fun.
46:04Yeah.
46:05It's fun, right?
46:06Cool.
46:07How was yours?
46:08Mine is fine.
46:09On that note, it's a wrap guys.
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