00:00Yashrach films are not less than a film school, not less than a home.
00:06The first film I worked here was Rocket Sing.
00:10That was my college. I joined the first year.
00:16And my intention was to sing Rocket Sing. Maybe another film will get.
00:21Then I'll go to film school and work again.
00:25Then I'll work again. But it was such that after the film, after the film, the film was found.
00:32I worked with different directors and learned from them.
00:35And I reached one point where I realized that the film school was the only one.
00:39And no matter what I could do, I'll learn from it.
00:43And then I'll make my own film here.
00:46Sir, the film-like film project is so big.
00:50So, how did you feel the excitement for you to direct a film like Mardani?
00:58Mardani 3, when we talked about Adi Sir,
01:02that you want to read Mardani's script?
01:05It was a very big thing.
01:07Mardani 1 was directed by Mr. Pradeep Sarkar,
01:10who is a legendary filmmaker.
01:12And, you know, he was doing the most tough work.
01:15He was doing the world of Mardani's world.
01:18Shewani Shewaji Roy had to establish it.
01:20He was doing it.
01:22Then, Gopi Putran, who was a writer and a director,
01:25he was just doing it.
01:26He was just doing it on a scale-up.
01:27And he was taking it on a different level.
01:30So, yes, excitement was very much.
01:32But at the same time,
01:33that was also the realisation of the responsibility.
01:36And you have to work with Rani Mukherjee.
01:39You know, such a talented actor.
01:4130 years of experience.
01:43And, you know,
01:44you have to give the script justice.
01:49You have to give the entire franchise justice.
01:51So, that was the responsibility.
01:52But, yeah, I was excited to, you know,
01:56take on this responsibility.
02:00What was the experience of Rani Mukherjee?
02:04What was the experience of Rani Mukherjee?
02:06Honestly,
02:07when we started our creative discussion with Rani Mukherjee,
02:12after reading the script,
02:14it was very important for our first meeting.
02:17I was very happy that
02:19Ma'am and I sat on the same page
02:20that our creative process,
02:23which is the prep time of our 과�.
02:25Before the shoot,
02:27every scene,
02:28every sequence,
02:30we get it thoroughly discussed.
02:32What is the point of view?
02:33What is my point of view?
02:35What is the point of view?
02:36The writer of Aayush Gupta.
02:37He also is his part of his.
02:38What is the point of view?
02:39What is the point of view?
02:40What is the way we are seeing this world?
02:41What is the way we want to grow this story?
02:43How do we grow this story?
02:45This process was very important
02:47because they also believe it and me too that all the discussions that we have to plan and prepare
02:54are all in the pre-production time, in that creative process. So when we go to the set,
02:59then you are only executing. Of course, there is a room that sometimes there is magic in the set,
03:06so you have to improvise yourself. But the main thing was that we had to do so strong
03:13so that we don't waste the time and the time of the producer. And we work together.
03:20But yes, the experience of the ma'am was very important for us.
03:25Sir, the experience of the ma'am, the 30 years of experience,
03:29how does the directing process make it so smooth and make it so high?
03:37You know, honestly, when it started, before our meeting started,
03:41I was not sure how it will be, to direct them,
03:47I was a little nervous, not sure what to expect.
03:51But the meetings that I am saying, which was our creative process,
03:54it has been very easy for the work. Plus, the beauty of the ma'am,
03:58that there is 30 years of experience. But the best quality of it is that
04:02they don't have to work on their craft. They don't have to work on their professionalism.
04:07They don't leave them. Now, they have to come to the set,
04:12to be prepared, to be prepared, to be very important. At the same time,
04:15to motivate the whole unit. And for us, it was the best thing,
04:18that we are harnessing that experience. But yes, the responsibility was also,
04:22that for over 30 years, as much as the fanbase is growing,
04:25we can justify them, and we can give them something new for them.
04:30That for them, for the years, the ma'am has created such a fanbase,
04:37that they are also happy.
04:39Sir, when the actors are talking today, they are more prepared and box office aware.
04:44So, does the director and actor dynamic change happen to you?
04:49Look, I think, you know, the box office,
04:52there are so many things, I don't think,
04:55to do pre-production time.
04:58To me, the most important thing is,
05:01that you have to be honest to your script.
05:04You have to be honest to your audience,
05:06that the whole effort is in that way,
05:08that you make a good film.
05:11And once, the audience is happy,
05:13and it is connected to the film.
05:14So, the box office will support you.
05:18So, yes, people are aware now,
05:21but I guess it's growing times, right?
05:23I mean, let's see today's time.
05:26You know, box office information,
05:28it's so easy to get on your phone.
05:31So, people are aware now.
05:33Sir, in terms of the director,
05:35did you deeply revisit the first two parts
05:37to understand Shivani Shivaji Roy's emotional graph?
05:41Absolutely.
05:42So, I have obviously part one and part two,
05:45both watched as an audience first.
05:47When I signed the film,
05:49and I was going to direct Mardani 3,
05:52I have one and two revisited,
05:54not only to understand Shivani Shivaji Roy,
05:57but the graph of Mardani,
05:59which the world created.
06:00It was very important,
06:01so that I would also keep this film in that room,
06:04in that realm.
06:05But obviously,
06:06with my approach,
06:07with my lens,
06:08with my treatment.
06:10And again, going back to, you know,
06:12when discussing with ma'am,
06:14it was very important to me,
06:16to understand Shivani Shivaji Roy's
06:17how far it could discuss the film.
06:18So I understand the film,
06:20because they are very important,
06:24but the truth is that our programs
06:24and to understand them to do them.
06:25that happened in the film,
06:25as well,
06:25this film did give him the actor.
06:27So,
06:28how have you become a character,
06:28how much you have to do the graph,
06:30how much the emotion is it you have to do
06:32That's very important to understand our
06:32and that's how we can be doing it.
06:46You know, honestly, I'm a hero, a heroine, honestly, I don't think of bifurcation.
06:52I feel the true mass is just entertained.
06:57Now, the actor is talking about it.
06:59Now, the actor is male or female,
07:01he's story-dependent.
07:03If the story is female-led,
07:05they will also enjoy it.
07:07And as you can see,
07:10there is a great attitude of the ma'am,
07:12which is of Shivani Shivaji Roy.
07:14So, it's a bit easy,
07:16because you can develop some punchlines in that way.
07:20But the idea and tension was that
07:22the way we remain true to the story,
07:24it was better for us.
07:25Do you think that society's aggression and intensity
07:28naturally male-led?
07:31Honestly, I mean, it's a very subjective thing.
07:35I don't necessarily think that it's male-led.
07:39Because aggression is there in male energy also,
07:43and female energy also exists.
07:45It's on your view,
07:47which way you approach it.
07:50With the new actor,
07:52it is harder to be experienced.
07:54You do not want to be experienced.
07:54But the actor did not have much better than that
07:54but the actor did not have much better than that,
07:54I mean,
07:56the actor had many leaders,
07:58and that's also true.
08:00the actor has been the most part of this one.
08:02So,
08:02there is an actor so much better.
08:03After the very first,
08:04part of this,
08:05there is an actor from the audience,
08:06and I don't know.
08:09So,
08:10there is a great actor from the audience
08:11and I don't think it's really cool.
08:13Honestly, firstly, Dhurandar, massive success. Congratulations to them. Border 2
08:18also made a very big film. I saw it. Massive success. Congratulations to them too.
08:23That was their story. In Dhurandar's story, those characters were important. They were
08:27there. Similarly, Border 2 also had to be there. In that way, in Mardani, now Mardani
08:35is the soul of Shivani Shivaji. It is, of course, female-led. But having said that, the world
08:41that we create as supporting actors in Mardani is very important. If the actor comes to one
08:46frame, one scene, then it is very important. Because when a writer writes a story, he keeps
08:53each character with a reason, not only in passing. So I think it's important to do justice
09:00to every character.
09:19You know, honestly, again, I think it's a very subjective thing.
09:26People, you know, because there are so many content out there, there are comparisons
09:31always. You know, this genre, which is Mardani 2, has come to a lot of OTT. But it was a
09:40challenge
09:40for us that we, in which way, this genre that exists in OTT, we present a cinematic experience
09:49and I think right now, I can say with a lot of satisfaction that we were successful in presenting
09:56it in a very cinematic way.
10:21I think, you know, it's the most important thing. Look, what happens in today's
10:25film, actors, actresses, not only films, but they are endorsement deals, public appearances,
10:33a social media life. You know, it's their personal choice. One has to respect that. But
10:39as a director, it is important that if my actor or actress are coming in, then their look has
10:47we have the liberty to set it that it seems that it is a part of the film.
10:51So apart from that what they do is of course their prerogative, but definitely our
10:57try is that it doesn't stand out our film. It seems that it is a part of the world.
11:03Sir, who is your favourite director? And who are your directors who show Indian stories
11:10in a good way?
11:12Wow, I mean your favourite director, I mean you give a timeline that it is in the current
11:17and that it is in the all-time. I mean in all-time it will be Mr. Yash Chopra. Definitely.
11:23And the current directors are Zoya Akhtar, Mr. Rajkumar Hirani. I am big fans of them.
11:31Also I think now Aditya Dhar after these two films. I think he is fantastic.
11:36And one more person I want to mention is Amar Kaushik.
11:39It ne beautifully woh entertain kate logo ko na.
11:42I mean main mass masala toh wohi banata hai.
11:46Sir, woy dream collaboration or dream project hain?
11:48Go aap to see actor actor singh raaz karna chate?
11:51Wow.
11:54Dream collaboration would be I think you know working with Ranbir Kapoor and Ranveer Singh in the same film.
12:02Sir, last week fans ke liye kya message dana chahehen ge sir?
12:06Honestly, I am very very grateful and thank you to all the fans ke aap ne time nikala Mardani utri
12:11dekhne ke liye thaytos mein.
12:13He has got a lot of love. Thank you so much for that.
12:16Thank you so much for that.
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