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Casting director Mukesh Chhabra opened up about the harsh realities of Bollywood casting while talking about films like Dhurandhar and Border 2. He shared his journey, struggles, and a powerful message for aspiring actors trying to make it big in the industry.
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00:00Mukesh Ji, first of all, you have given us a lot of time.
00:04He told me that the dialogue is not possible for you.
00:09Sir, it's not like that. Thank you, Niti.
00:12You know that everyone is doing the right time.
00:16We have got time, so we can sit with you today.
00:18No, sir, I changed you during the time of the border.
00:21You have been super excited about this.
00:24I want to know this thing, Mukesh Bhai.
00:26First of all, you have to know how to go to this production house.
00:32Now, you have to close all the doors.
00:35You have to know that you are in the world.
00:39What is the role of it?
00:40And how do you have to put it in the new camera?
00:43I'm doing it for them.
00:44First of all, it's not the role of it.
00:46It's a miracle of my mother.
00:48I'm working with my heart.
00:50I'm working with my whole company.
00:52I'm working with my whole company.
00:54I'm working with my whole company.
00:55I'm working with my whole company.
00:57I'm working with the whole company.
00:58And I think that it's a great time for the directors and producers.
01:02I'm very happy that many people have the hopes and the responsibility.
01:08I always tell you that it's the easiest way to come to my office.
01:12People are aware of my office in Hindustan.
01:15and you can walk in my office and you can leave my introduction video
01:19and it was easy because it was the first time when we tried to meet many directors in the office
01:25either with phone or social media, today it is accessibility
01:28we have all the social media pages, we have all the official app that you can upload, email id
01:34who are walking in our office or bombing, you can also come here in the morning 11-2-3 minutes
01:39until we can come here every day, this is a great accessibility, that's much more
01:45I have told you that you are working hard and we are doing it.
01:50I believe that you will be very lucky to be a man.
01:54You will be a bureaucrat phone, police,
01:57you will be a man, my daughter, my daughter.
02:00How do you keep it in mind?
02:02No, that's not.
02:03Everyone calls it.
02:05And you should do it because everyone has hope and hope.
02:09And it's good that everyone has hope
02:11to be able to do it.
02:11If I make that position,
02:15if they are good acting and fit fit,
02:20I always say that everyone is fit.
02:23We need to be correct casting.
02:24We need to be correct role.
02:26And I try to find everyone.
02:29But those who are genuinely correct,
02:31those who are the right talent,
02:32we always ask that we will be correct casting.
02:37And everyone calls it.
02:38and they feel good.
02:41That's it.
02:42That's the right job.
02:43That's the right job.
02:44That's the right job.
02:44My question is,
02:46the next question is,
02:47if you have a son or son,
02:49if you don't have talent,
02:51how do you handle it?
02:52How do you handle it?
02:53How do you handle it?
03:06How do you handle it?
03:07The right thing is,
03:08the right thing is,
03:09the right thing is,
03:10he will be.
03:11And it's just the reason of some reference.
03:16How do you say it?
03:17You can get to the camera.
03:18But ultimately,
03:19it's your talent.
03:20And how do you.
03:21How do you look at the talent and accept it,
03:23and also do it for that?
03:25Things come back to you.
03:26Things come back to you,
03:27you know,
03:28I was very able to go into a workshop.
03:31how do you find the talent?
03:33I think that the whole Hindustan is made of talent from the people of our Hindustan
03:38In every corner, so many people have so many theatre activities, so many dance forms, so many people have so
03:47many talent
03:47so many people have so many regional cinema, so many films have so many talent
03:51It's very difficult to come to Bombay and that's the time that we can find talent in the local city
03:59so many people can find talent, because every person can't move to the town
04:03someone's emotional, someone's financial, someone's family, someone's personal
04:07so we go to that town, every industry, every place there are talented people
04:13and as much of the local talent, so much of the film feels authentic, so much of the love
04:19and so much of the film feels real, so this is my job that as much as possible,
04:23there are new people from the city
04:24so many people have so many talent in the country
04:25in Bangladesh, in Bhopal, Delhi, Chandigarh, Sikkim, all areas
04:31they have so many talent in North East, because we are going there
04:35because they are not going there, if we go to the place
04:37and find new talent, so that's why I am going there
04:41so you have to know this entire career
04:44there is someone who has given you a tantrum
04:47or you have asked and offered it
04:48and they have recognized it and didn't pay attention
04:51I think tantrum is not only
04:53everybody knows their own roles
04:56everyone knows their own roles
04:58after watching films, they are also interested in films
05:01even in a movie, people had mentioned it
05:03after watching films, when I saw the film
05:05they were shocked and said
05:06Shit, I should do this.
05:08I think it happens.
05:09But I think that people who are the behavior,
05:14I don't react much on that.
05:15I give attention to my work.
05:18Because someone's behavior
05:19feels like he gave me an attitude,
05:21or he gave me an attitude.
05:24People can talk about me.
05:26So I don't judge anyone on any level.
05:28But the right thing is right.
05:31There is a talent that you are proud of.
05:33I don't know how to find it.
05:37I think there are a lot of actors who do a lot of work.
05:42Maybe Anurag Thakur,
05:44Ujait Baloch,
05:46Rajkumar,
05:46Sushant Singh Rajput,
05:48Sanya, Fatima.
05:49There are a lot of people.
05:50Tripti Dimri, Laila Basdu.
05:52I think there are a lot of people.
05:56One's name is not right.
05:58There are a lot of people who have a proud feel.
06:01I think there are a lot of people who are watching them.
06:01Maybe they are a little child,
06:03or they are children's children's children's children.
06:06Or they are a little child's children.
06:07Or they are a black warren.
06:08There are a lot of people.
06:10I watch all of them.
06:11Maybe all of them are Arjun.
06:12I think there are a lot of people.
06:14Maybe Medar Rana,
06:15Border.
06:16I think that all people are not one's name.
06:18We have a lot of people who are looking for films.
06:20And you are loving each child.
06:22And that's why you're loving each child.
06:25And you are loving each child.
06:25And you also are loving each child.
06:26And you as a director we have to watch each other.
06:27I think that now we are getting a lot of people.
06:29There are many people who are doing the work.
06:31There are many responsibilities within the film.
06:33There are many new people who have opportunities.
06:35I think this time is done.
06:37I think that it is done all the time.
06:39It's done all the time.
06:40And you have to make your own things.
06:58I have to finish all the responsibility, I have to, I have to, I have to, I have to,
07:05I have to, I have to, I have to, I have to,
07:09I have to, I have to take a look at all the measures, I have to take a look at
07:12all the same things that are better,
07:14and I have to take a look at those scenes that are better,
07:15it is better for everyone to take a look at the same scenes,
07:20because I think it is better for everyone,
07:26I have done so much work with this, I have done so much in the hospital,
07:32and then I have done so much in the gang,
07:34I have done so much in the scams,
07:37but I don't think so,
07:40I always have done so many people,
07:42who are my director or who are,
07:44so I have done so many people,
07:45I have never done so much in the community.
07:47I do so,
07:48because I think the responsibility is a lot,
07:50you should do it,
07:51you should do it,
07:52you should not have pressure on it.
07:54You should tell me about Border 2,
07:57when you approached Border 2,
08:00there is a lot of hit franchise,
08:03they already have films,
08:05so, what do you think about it,
08:08and how do you think about it?
08:10I think,
08:11I always don't think about the franchise,
08:14I always think about the franchise,
08:16I always think about the franchise,
08:16because I always want to do the pressure on it,
08:18so it will always like it,
08:19You can see the series, Family Man has 3 seasons,
08:23Delhi Karim has 4 seasons, Maharaani has 4 seasons,
08:26Farsi has also been running so much.
08:28You can't get pressure from the old work.
08:32I've also done Bulbale, Chetha Huffle, Baagyu,
08:36I've also done all the franchises.
08:38I think, besides that, which I've done many films,
08:39I don't want to get pressure.
08:43I'm thinking about how I want to think about this film.
08:48Anurag Singh is a great director.
08:49I also have a very good friend of mine.
08:53I knew that whatever we will talk about,
08:56whatever we will talk about,
08:56there won't be any sort of manipulation of it.
08:59They make a lot of honesty.
09:00They are very connected with the story and the script.
09:05So, this was a brief for me,
09:08and I always wanted to work with Anurag.
09:10We were going to make a film,
09:11and I didn't want to make a film.
09:14And I was very happy that
09:17they both made a border.
09:19And I was very happy.
09:20Do you think that someone has a good project,
09:24and that you have time for time,
09:25and that you have made a job,
09:27and that you have a bad feeling?
09:29Does anyone remember that?
09:31No, actually,
09:33I don't think that someone has a bad feeling.
09:36I always say that
09:38if I can't do any kind of work,
09:40or there's no time,
09:41there's no time,
09:41then I can tell them very much.
09:45I don't want to kill the date,
09:48but generally,
09:49I can say that
09:49I'm doing a little bit of work.
09:52Maybe I won't do this.
09:53I won't give this so long,
09:54because
09:55you have to make a whole
09:57knowledge of the film.
09:58Already,
09:58two days,
09:59people have to cast a film.
10:00There's a deadline.
10:02But
10:03every director
10:04needs to be physically,
10:05mentally,
10:06which is not possible.
10:08I always say that
10:09I'm very happy.
10:09I always say that
10:10I don't want to be angry.
10:11I don't want to be angry.
10:14I don't want to be angry.
10:14Do you watch Instagram followers
10:16while casting?
10:17This is a very big myth.
10:19No,
10:19I don't want to ask this question.
10:21You can see that
10:22we've seen a film recently
10:23in Durandha,
10:23but I haven't seen anyone on Instagram.
10:26I think
10:27who is a big director,
10:28like Rajurani,
10:31like Rishal Bhadubar,
10:32Aakish Mehra,
10:34like Abhishek Kapoor,
10:35Rajan Dikkyo,
10:35Anshal Mehta,
10:36Anabhaf Sinao,
10:38I don't want to be angry.
10:39I've never seen them on Instagram.
10:41I've never seen them on Instagram.
10:42Because we don't think
10:43that
10:43the content creators
10:45who are watching their followers
10:46will work for someone,
10:48to promote someone,
10:49to someone.
10:50But in films,
10:50we don't do that.
10:51In films,
10:52we don't do that.
10:55We don't do that.
10:55In Durandha,
10:56we will see so many people.
10:57We will do that.
10:58We will do that.
11:01Yes,
11:01but those followers
11:02are very independent.
11:04They are making a lot of money.
11:06They are putting
11:06a lot of hard work
11:08but they don't do that.
11:10But you are right,
11:11acting is a great thing.
11:12There are many followers,
11:13a lot of followers,
11:14a lot of followers,
11:14a lot of influencers
11:16in the film.
11:17So,
11:17does he give value to the project?
11:19No,
11:19it's not that.
11:21But in those projects,
11:22whatever people are coming in the film,
11:23they will be able to act well.
11:25Because if the film is coming in,
11:27that so many people who have
11:27so many super stars,
11:29actors and so many followers,
11:30so they will also get
11:31a lot of people from the back.
11:33And the same ones are coming in the back.
11:34they will see their followers
11:35when they are looking at the back.
11:36But the film is as big as it is.
11:39But it is not so.
11:39Reality is something else.
11:40The world is something else.
11:41And the world is something else.
11:44And the world is something else.
11:44When you go to an actor, when you go to a Taylor launch, you have to take your name and
11:48mention it.
11:49Because you have to thank you for being a different way.
11:54How do you see the success of Durandar?
11:58You know, I have a feeling that when you start the whole industry,
12:03people are also talking about the industry,
12:05people are talking about the public.
12:08I feel that something has happened in your life.
12:11Because I said that I am going to the public wherever I am,
12:14people are talking about their casting.
12:16First of all, people know the industry,
12:18social media,
12:19social media,
12:21the crazy film,
12:23people normally talk about their casting.
12:27This department was a long time ago,
12:29and I tried to bring it here so many years,
12:33so that people can see it more well,
12:38and respect their respect.
12:39and that's what happened today.
12:40Now, everyone is talking about it.
12:42So, there is a lot of interest in the entire community,
12:45our whole casting community,
12:47who are so many of my colleagues,
12:49who are in the same field,
12:51who are working very well in casting.
12:52We are very happy for everyone,
12:54that people love this profession,
12:55and love this profession.
12:56As you can see,
12:59you will see,
13:00that people are discussing about this in the Oscars,
13:03and the Oscar nomination category,
13:04and the Cassandra,
13:07and the Cassandra,
13:07who got the Oscar for one battle after another.
13:09So, this is a very good thing,
13:10a very good place,
13:12a good place,
13:12a good progress in the field,
13:14and I have a part of it,
13:16and I have a part of it,
13:16and I have a part of it,
13:17and I have a part of it.
13:19So, there are other awards,
13:20and there is also a category,
13:21or a casting director,
13:22or a national award,
13:23or something like that?
13:23I think it's not yet.
13:24I think maybe some of these changes,
13:30and some of these changes will be a little bit.
13:32Casting is important.
13:32Casting is important.
13:33Casting is important.
13:34And maybe some of these changes will be changed.
13:35So, if the whole casting community
13:37will be good for the whole castings community,
13:38and the whole generation of casting,
13:39it will be good for them.
13:41So, do you say something to your friends,
13:44who are the other people who are struggling,
13:45who are the ones who come to you,
13:46or who are the others?
13:49I will say that,
13:50as many of those who are the actors who are looking to be like a actor,
13:54what they are doing,
13:54if you have this field,
13:56then you do a lot of work,
13:57and you do a lot of work,
13:58and it's really hectic,
13:59and a long time.
14:01And if you're struggling with the happy process,
14:05then your journey will get easier,
14:07because it's a difficult journey.
14:08As long as you're doing this job,
14:11and you will enjoy this audition,
14:13and enjoy yourself,
14:14and keep your attention on your own mental health,
14:16because it is very important because there is a lot of work and there are a lot of people
14:19but if you will genuinely work on your craft then I am with you.
14:25You have heard about successful films and I think that you know about Ramayan
14:30that you are casting on Ramayan, do you want to reveal something to us?
14:35No, because I am very excited about that film. I have worked very hard on that film.
14:39Now I am happy that I am very happy that I am talking about Ramayan
14:43about the King, Ramayan and all the other films we are doing.
14:48I will talk about all of you and I will talk about all of you.
14:50What will the rest of you get?
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