00:00Never let clothes stop you.
00:01Then I meet 20 year olds who can't do anything.
00:03He's talking about me.
00:04No, I'm not!
00:06And you can run as much as you want.
00:07I ran from Delhi to Bombay.
00:08The gods help those who help themselves.
00:10I actually had it written on my cupboard for some reason.
00:12I mean, I'm on social media but I only look at my page.
00:15As one should.
00:16I don't know why people look at other people's pages.
00:20Okay, good morning.
00:22So you said you're joining me for a job.
00:23Okay, nice outfit.
00:24This is all I had.
00:25Very good.
00:26Never let clothes stop you.
00:27I actually don't even know how to jog.
00:29I don't think I've ever jogged in my life.
00:32Okay, you want me to teach you?
00:33If you could.
00:34So now, all you have to do is jump onto one foot.
00:39Jump.
00:43You're jogging.
00:44Yay!
00:44We're jogging.
00:45Yay!
00:48When it comes to women, fitness and running,
00:51what is one misconception that you want to dismiss?
00:54That they don't go together.
00:55In fact, women are better runners than men.
00:57As distance is increased, women are better runners than men.
00:59Women exhibit much more endurance than men as the distance and as the journey becomes longer.
01:06Anybody can run.
01:07And you can run as much as you want.
01:08I ran from Delhi to Bombay.
01:09In 2012, when you were 14.
01:12And how long did that take?
01:1430 days.
01:1530 days?
01:16Yeah.
01:1650 kilometers every day.
01:17The 30 day run wants me to ask you, have you seen Forest Gump?
01:21Of course, I've seen Forest Gump.
01:22It was really nice.
01:23I must have seen it when it was released.
01:25Maybe 30 years ago.
01:26Was it 40 years ago?
01:27When you were minus 26.
01:30Yeah, I was born before I was born.
01:31And I think, but the reason he ran is similar.
01:35He just loved to run.
01:36So, when people think of fitness, they think fancy equipment and gym memberships.
01:42But you're running barefoot and on beaches and on hills.
01:45So, are we…
01:46And on highways.
01:47And on highways.
01:48Yes.
01:48So, are we over-complicating fitness?
01:51There are people like, oh, this kind of gym with that machine and this.
01:53There are.
01:54So, everybody has to choose their way.
01:56As long as they do something, it's good enough.
01:59You know what is calisthenics?
02:00What?
02:00You have that guard that you hold.
02:03Calisthenics is more like bodyweight exercises.
02:06Bodyweight.
02:06So, push-ups, pull-ups, muscle-ups.
02:09More like gymnastics.
02:11Those are all calisthenics exercises without using any complicated infrastructure.
02:17Just mostly your bodyweight.
02:19So, there are millions of people like that.
02:22But also, a lot of people who say, oh, no, we need this watch and we need these shoes
02:26and we need this hat.
02:27And since you're running barefoot on all of these places,
02:30what's the most painful thing you've ever stepped on?
02:33Nothing.
02:34Nothing?
02:35So, you've been quite lucky then.
02:36I don't know.
02:37I've been running barefoot for 15 years.
02:38Never stepped on anything painful.
02:40Never.
02:40So, I think the gods are on your side.
02:43The gods are graceful to you.
02:44The gods help those who help themselves.
02:46True.
02:46I heard this when I was a child.
02:47I actually had it written on my cupboard for some reason.
02:50See?
02:50See?
02:50I don't know why.
02:51So, this also stops a lot of people.
02:53That's an obstacle.
02:54Oh, what will happen if I do?
02:56But do it and see.
02:57It never happened to you.
02:59Never?
03:00I've never had a sports injury in my life.
03:02Gods are on my side.
03:03Yeah.
03:03Or maybe I'm smart.
03:05I created this platform because I thought that, you know, so many men were starting to run.
03:10We have the fastest growing running population in the world.
03:13But I saw that the participation of women was very small.
03:16Maybe 4% or 5%.
03:18Why do you think like what was stopping women?
03:20Is it a safety concern that women...
03:22So, there were.
03:22So, there were many concerns.
03:24So, a lot of women all over the world believe and still believe that exercise and sport is more for
03:31men.
03:32It's masculine.
03:33It's more masculine and maybe they don't want to get into that.
03:36You know, maybe they need shorts or they need tights.
03:38I look funny if I run in a saree.
03:40We started saree wearing runs.
03:42We started saree wearing cycling.
03:43There is a woman from Mumbai who's Kranti Sarvi.
03:46She has the Guinness World Record for running a marathon in a saree.
03:49And she's done below 4 hours in a saree.
03:52Running in Berlin.
03:53Yeah.
03:53So, she ran, ran.
03:55She ran, ran.
03:56You started this whole community called Pinkerton.
03:58In 2012.
03:59In 2012.
04:00So, it's many years ago.
04:01You were only 14 when it started.
04:04Yeah.
04:04Now, during all of these events and runs that you organized.
04:09Yes.
04:09Has there been any one moment or maybe a few moments that made you realize,
04:13Okay, this is why I started this.
04:16This is why I did this.
04:18It's just to watch women run.
04:19It's just so amazing to see.
04:21They just discovered it maybe when they're 40 or 50.
04:24And they're now running 100 kilometers.
04:26That's amazing to see.
04:27Like any house where like your mother or my mother,
04:29who's now 86 and she can do 20-30 kilometers easily.
04:32Then I meet 20 year olds who can't do anything.
04:34It's crazy.
04:35She's talking about me.
04:36No, I'm not.
04:37I saw you jogging now.
04:38You're fantastic.
04:39But the thing is that they don't even realize the capability.
04:43Just recently, the oldest woman who did the 100 kilometers in Mumbai was 68.
04:49And six months before that, she was knocked down by a car.
04:53A speeding car.
04:55Somebody driving recklessly.
04:56And she broke her hip in two places.
04:59But she's 68 and she has a fracture in her hip,
05:01which is probably the most difficult to heal fracture.
05:04Six months later, she ran 100 kilometers.
05:06Now coming to your Old Spice ad.
05:09Yeah, what is that?
05:10The Mantastic Man.
05:12Yes, yes.
05:12Do you want to watch it once more?
05:14Do you remember?
05:14To refresh my memory?
05:15Yeah.
05:16Okay.
05:16I know Old Spice.
05:18It's an aftershave.
05:18I've done this a few years ago.
05:20This is you.
05:21Yes.
05:22Good evening.
05:23Good evening.
05:24Welcome to my humble fort.
05:28My goodness.
05:28I really didn't remember it.
05:34I think after this ad, a lot of women were drooling over you.
05:38Maybe the chest, the bare chest was the USP.
05:40I am not sure.
05:41I was very young at that time.
05:43Did you expect the kind of response that you got for this ad?
05:46I didn't know there was any response.
05:47You didn't?
05:48No.
05:48It never reached you.
05:49Nobody told me.
05:50There was a huge response.
05:52No one told me.
05:53No one told me.
05:55I don't know why.
05:57What do you think the reason could be?
05:58Oh, you thought I knew.
06:00Yeah.
06:00No.
06:01I had no idea.
06:02So, I'm sure when I was shooting, I really enjoyed it.
06:04It's like when I act in movies, I don't watch the movie.
06:06Oh, really?
06:07No.
06:07Never.
06:07I just act in the movie.
06:08I get paid to act.
06:09I don't get paid to watch.
06:12So, I don't waste my time.
06:13But what if you enjoy watching that movie?
06:15Which one?
06:16Any movie?
06:17I watch maybe two movies in a year.
06:19What was the last movie?
06:20Durandar.
06:21Did you like it?
06:22I really liked it.
06:23My wife saw it.
06:24She loved it.
06:24So, she said you must watch this movie.
06:26So, I watched it and I really liked it.
06:27I think it's a very well made movie.
06:29No, I will wait for a month after it's released.
06:33If again my wife sees it first or somebody tells me it's fantastic, I might go.
06:37But what if you get spoilers by then?
06:39I don't care about spoilers.
06:40It's okay.
06:41So, are you on the internet at all or are you not on the internet?
06:44I am.
06:45I mean, I'm on social media, but I only look at my page.
06:48As one should.
06:49I don't know why people look at other people's pages.
06:51As one should.
06:52But maybe because it's social media.
06:54And what is your one takeaway or parting note to the audiences?
06:58Especially the women.
06:59Have fun.
07:00Thanks for watching more.
07:02MO.
07:03MO.
07:04MO.
07:04You
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