00:00So, hello everyone, welcome to Ayaness and congratulations for the upcoming film everybody loves,
00:04Saurabhanda. I want to start off by asking the captain of the ship, almost 15-20 years that
00:10three of you have come together in a project, please correct me if I'm misinformed.
00:1425. When artists like you who share such common wavelength, similar interests,
00:22similar sense of humor as well, of course, there's a sense of comfort that slips in as
00:25well when you work together. When you come together for such a project, thriller, dark comedy,
00:31how does it reflect on your work, the wavelength between you, the equation that you share? How
00:37does it reflect on the work and how does it help you to build the entire universe of the film,
00:41so to
00:41say? It doesn't matter what film we make together or what play we do together, whether it's a dark
00:50comedy or thriller or whatever it is. The fact that there is immense love and trust as friends and
01:01as collaborators amongst all of us, that's very important. And I think that helps us to push the
01:07boundaries a little more every time. I can ask them for more and they trust me enough to give more
01:15of
01:15themselves. And really, there are no limits to which they push themselves. So that, I think,
01:25that really helps for any kind of new creation. And I think that comes out of this privilege of having
01:34trusted friends and over a period of time. So the trust also builds over time.
01:40And Ranvi sir, with regards to your character in the film, if you could help me understand the world
01:44that he comes from the value system, that he has anything of that sort on the periphery.
01:49Well, I play Professor Madhavan. I don't know how much I should reveal now because, you know,
01:58it's a whodunit and every detail actually matters. But I can definitely tell you in terms of
02:07worldview and all, I can tell you that he has an educated perspective on life,
02:18which sometimes to the layman or to others can be debatable, questionable. And that is his shade of
02:28grey. Every character has their shade of grey and this is my character's shade. This is as much as I
02:35as I will say. I will commit right now. Okay. Okay. And Vanessa, to headline the titular character
02:40in a film like this, when you know everything rests heavily on your shoulder,
02:44the story of how it is opened in your character, how it depends on your character,
02:49does the sense of pressure kick in at any point, despite the comfort that you share with the director?
02:54Oh, he loves it.
02:57Let me unravel the mystery for you. It doesn't rest on my shoulder or on my throat, which gets lit.
03:05Okay. Because if it did, then the film wouldn't have been made. No, I think the film rests on, for
03:12me,
03:13two things. A, the brilliantly written screenplay and of course the dialogues and the way how Rajat has
03:20managed to handle all the aspects of the ensemble. And I think ensemble is the strongest character
03:27of our film. It actually is, you know, it's almost physically one entity, how strong this ensemble is.
03:35Because once it grips you, it doesn't let go of you. That's how strong the ensemble is. And that means
03:44coming together of all the characters together. So, I think for me, that is the success of this particular film.
03:52Okay. Okay. And Rajat sir, to be in front of the camera, to deliver as a performer and then
03:59to basically to put a film together as a director, you know, two very different worlds,
04:04it demands a lot from you as an artist. I'm always fascinated by how actors, directors do that,
04:10to be fully present in the moment and off the camera as well. For you, how does it work?
04:16I said it earlier today, it's really not that hard. It's really not that hard. What is hard,
04:23like when I said it was to make a shot out of with these 18 actors, you know, that was
04:30sometimes hard
04:31because it's a lot of people. And also, if you see the film, they're all pretty balanced in terms of
04:39performance and screen time. So, to do justice to all these wonderful actors and still make a shot
04:48that works and pushes the narrative further, that is the, that's the real job. To be standing there in
04:55the frame, that's all right, that's not so hard. But to handle the technicalities, for example,
04:59blocking and everything. Yeah.
05:00So, how do you make your work? So, you block, you block and then you go and take a part.
05:06No, no, I think I'm with you. I want to say this for the benefit of
05:10all the people watching. As a student of cinema, I can tell you
05:15Don't do it at home. That acting and directing are diametrically opposite to each other.
05:21And it is a very difficult thing to do. If he is doing it with such ease,
05:26then he must treat it to him. And you know, he must have a certainтАж
05:31I also feel to add to what Ranveer is saying, the fact that he is also a wonderful actor.
05:36Yeah. So, to understand that aspect of, you know, what the frame requires in the front
05:40and behind. And he has both in him. So, yeah, he is the doctor. Jekyll and Hyde.
05:48Okay. And moving forward, sir, one of your films that I really love is RKRK.
05:53To make that kind ofтАж I watched it in theatres, during the premiere.
05:57Really? You're one of the 50 people in this world.
06:02So, I meant to ask that, you know, from that kind of world to more of this stylized world,
06:07you know, wherein everything is so high stakes.
06:10RKRK is also very stylized. It's more stylized than this.
06:14In a way, but in terms of the projection to the audience, you make that for a very niche kind
06:18of audience who has a certain taste. Because the genre is like that.
06:21Yeah. Not everyone have that palette for that kind of cinema, but this for a broader palette.
06:26How do you switch or transform as a storyteller between two stories or multiple stories at your
06:30volume? It depends on what story you're wanting to tell. And then you create a universe for it,
06:37and you believe in that universe, and you explore that universe.
06:40So, Ankhudiki is very different from RK, which is very different from this,
06:44and which is very different from Mithya. They're all different worlds.
06:49Yes. And you hope, every time you try and create a new something that you've not done before.
06:58So, it has to be different.
07:00Okay. And Ranvisa, I'm a fan of your work, particularly in comedy and
07:05negative shades, if I may say so. I really loved your performance in Loot Case,
07:09one of my favorite performances. As an actor, you have a gamut of emotions that you have catered to,
07:13different genres that you work in. But what would be your personal favorite, as a performer,
07:18to project in front of the camera or for the audience?
07:21No, no particular genre. I think that's one of the reasons why we get along so well,
07:29is that it's not the genre, it's the love of filmmaking. The first love is filmmaking.
07:36Genres are things you explore. Okay. You know, being a part of this genre, being a part of another
07:44genre, playing this part, playing that part. That's explorations of the same thing from different
07:51aspects. But the thing always remains the love for filmmaking. Okay. And for my final question,
07:58Vanessa, when you work with both of them, of course, all three of you have a very strong technical side
08:03as a film artist. Him being a director, he has worked off the camera during his initial year. Same
08:09with you. You have worked as a director, storyteller. I want to understand what are the discussions
08:14between the three of you about life, about art, about cinema or anything? Food, is it?
08:22And you know, food is the main cinema among us. We don't have to deal with the camera.
08:29And mind you, I am a vegetarian amongst the crowd. I love vegetables also.
08:35No mutton for me, nothing for me. But I enjoy, you know, the sheer passion for food. And that had
08:46always been, it has never, what is the word I am looking for? It has never diminished its
08:55significance whenever we are travelling. More than film and discussions around films. I think,
09:02because we spend a lot of time doing shows, doing theatre, rehearsing or touring with shows.
09:08So, we spend a lot more time talking theatre and dissecting the performance that just happened
09:14and rehearsing and rehearsing for the performance next day. So, that's a constant thing. Film
09:19toh, yaar, matlab, teen saal meek manti hai, you know. Or generally about life.
09:24Yeah. You know, other things. Okay. And for my final question, I am tempted to ask one last.
09:29As an artist, you are always looking to improvise your craft, your performances. Improve. Improve. So,
09:35when you look back at some of your earlier works, it happens to be with every artist.
09:39Where is it, where is it, where is it, where is it, where is it, where is it, where is
09:40it, where I am
09:40better than myself. Absolutely. How do you deal with that thought? As in, like,
09:46everything can happen, that's in the past. But how do you deal with it and move forward as
09:50artists? It's open to all three of you. Because everything can happen, I don't see my work.
09:57transfer lessons after all, I will fly. Daniel, the time I get that had a fortune or
10:02the reason I practice in the works, this means to achieve something where I am
10:05with regret based, angles come along and watch. This is a process on my work.
10:15This means that Robert He gave him.
10:18I feel baked and learned to do this on my work from that.
10:20I really├╣ners often have. And now I want to stay.
10:22I want to tell your story between the meek.
10:23It will do what to do. I want to take care more and do this care.
10:24So, it will have a lot more understanding.
10:25To╨╕ how to do this ╨▒╨╗╨░╨│╨╛╨┤╨░╤АьК╡ theseьДд ways, I want to do it.
10:28I treat it as a learning, I treat it as a learning, when the next time it comes, it would
10:37be a short bet.
10:38But it's a never, it's a...
10:42That's why I don't want to watch it.
10:45Answer for you.
10:46So it's right that you can't do anything about what you've done in film.
10:50But luckily, we also do that. And there, there's a chance of making it better every night.
10:57And the people who tell there are very hard in the sound.
11:02There's no one in there. There's no one in there. There's no one in there.
11:07They tell you that today you've done so much.
11:12So that you can keep tweaking, keep making it better. So luckily, there's a second chance in that sense there.
11:18Okay.
11:19So it's like that. There's no end to it.
11:25It's finding balance.
11:27So you have to constantly be at it and that is life.
11:31Yeah, 100%.
11:32Perfect. So with that, we have reached the end of this conversation.
11:34Do you want to say something that you haven't asked me?
11:36No, I just want to say thank you.
11:38See, everybody loves Rob Honda. It comes out on 10th of April.
11:42That's a Friday.
11:43Watch it, please.
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