00:00Rajdin Ji, first of all, welcome to IELTS.
00:03First of all, you should go to the show about your show.
00:06You are Bula Diyah.
00:08The show's title is very unique.
00:10It was a very emotional story.
00:12So, what do you think about it?
00:14What do you think about it?
00:14How do you feel a romantic angle?
00:19Yes, Bula Diyah is a very emotional story.
00:22So, in this case, my character, this guy is a husband, a father.
00:28And an emotional person, who is also romantic.
00:33So, I think you will get to see all these elements in the show.
00:36And overall, there is betrayal.
00:38There is some hidden truths,
00:41which will be opened slowly in the show.
00:45And obviously, you will have to watch the show.
00:49Today's story-telling is changing.
00:52So, you said that vertical shows are a new trendset.
00:55What was the first reaction when you had a formal format offered?
01:01Yes.
01:02So, first of all, first of all, when I offered this format, I think last year, summer,
01:06I was not ready for it.
01:12And I still had not done my research on how well micro dramas are doing,
01:17or how well the market of a micro drama is.
01:20Because over the few months, I mean, from summer,
01:23I mean, from October,
01:25I had a lot of research on that.
01:28There was a lot of research in Hollywood,
01:31a lot of research in European markets, in the Korean market,
01:34that the overall market has reached billions of dollars.
01:38And that's when I decided that I should do this too.
01:41Because I am an actor.
01:43And for me, it is necessary to see every medium in that medium,
01:46where there is an audience.
01:48And this has a big, big audience.
01:52In the vertical format, storytelling is quite crisp and fast.
01:56So, do you think that there is a lot of emotional depth
01:59compared to traditional cinema?
02:01No, I think, see, so that's where your director also comes in.
02:05And your actors come in,
02:07which should be very, very correctly chosen.
02:11Especially for your main,
02:13where you are talking about the emotional element.
02:16So, for those particular scenes,
02:18the directors obviously and the actors have to be very careful
02:21and shoot them in such a way that
02:23even though people see it in 2 minutes
02:25and change it in 2 minutes,
02:27but if they hold it in 2 minutes,
02:30then automatically you see the entire series.
02:33And that's the space.
02:35So, that much only you have.
02:37And to shoot also,
02:37because we shoot it in less days.
02:40So, there is a very thin line.
02:42And if you shoot it nicely,
02:43if the emotion comes out correct,
02:44you've nailed it.
02:46Today's digital audience's attention span is reduced.
02:50So, what do you think that
02:51in this video,
02:51the stories are also more intense and quick?
02:55Yes, definitely attention span is reduced.
02:58If you have seen the audience in today's date,
03:00like this,
03:01there are crores views.
03:03Plus, if you have seen Gen Z,
03:05if you look at Gen Z,
03:06I always see them as soon as possible,
03:08if they are little children,
03:09or if they are in their buildings,
03:12or if they are in airports.
03:14So, everyone is on the phone,
03:16and everyone is swiping.
03:17So, basically,
03:18their attention span is not more than two minutes,
03:21three minutes,
03:22four minutes.
03:23And,
03:23so, there has to be a certain element
03:27that you choose.
03:28And then,
03:29show that type of story.
03:30Because,
03:31I think,
03:32there are thrillers.
03:34Or,
03:34there are some emotional romantic films.
03:38So,
03:39these are the places which can really hold an audience
03:42for,
03:43for this span.
03:45And then,
03:45you can do 60 minutes,
03:4690 minutes.
03:47So,
03:48if you look at this shoot,
03:49is it a love story?
03:51Or,
03:51is it a love story?
03:52this generation's detachment
03:54and emotional burnout
03:55also?
03:57See,
03:58definitely,
03:59there is an emotional love angle.
04:03Plus,
04:04there is a family,
04:05where his own daughter,
04:07his own wife
04:08is a sort of betrayal.
04:11Then,
04:12there is also some hidden truth.
04:15So,
04:15there are three things.
04:16there is a mix.
04:17And,
04:18so,
04:19hence,
04:20it's a very,
04:21it will leave you with a good emotion in the end.
04:26So,
04:35I feel that,
04:36as an actor,
04:38I have evolved over the years,
04:40when I see,
04:41look back.
04:42And,
04:42there are roadblocks,
04:45breakers,
04:46ups,
04:47downs,
04:47and downs.
04:48So,
04:49the journey has been very interesting.
04:51If I,
04:52overall,
04:52when I see it,
04:53then I feel,
04:55there is so much that I have learnt out of it.
04:58And,
04:58there is so much that you learn everyday,
05:01and you keep moving forward.
05:02So,
05:03that's also my,
05:04I mean,
05:04my funda,
05:05that I have to keep moving forward.
05:07Right?
05:09That's the only way,
05:10because,
05:10how much you see the past,
05:12how much you look at your own things,
05:14that,
05:14oh,
05:15this is a wrong,
05:16this is a wrong.
05:16So,
05:17how do you progress further?
05:18So,
05:22that's how I see it.
05:23And,
05:23I feel that,
05:24it's going,
05:25it's been in the right direction.
05:27You know,
05:27I'm,
05:29I'm,
05:30an actor for all mediums.
05:31So,
05:32like,
05:32all seasons,
05:34that's just happened.
05:35And,
05:35I'm,
05:36I'm,
05:36doing films, web series, TV and micro dramas.
06:14See definitely, if your Instagram and social media is in the time of modeling and acting in the years,
06:25I mean, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, I was modeling. So I think, after that, from 8, it becomes very
06:34different from 8.
06:37Your sources of income are different from today's rate.
06:42Facebook, Insta, YouTube are also your sources of income for people. They are running people's houses.
06:48So I think, but then, maybe, as an actor, I don't evolve that much.
06:53Maybe my thought process has changed and maybe I'm just thinking about that.
06:58So somewhere it is a positive and somewhere it is a negative.
07:03In the interview, there are some roadblocks and speedbrickers.
07:08But newcomers and outsiders say that some roadblocks and actors are part or part of life.
07:22Yes, I mean, there are some things, definitely there are some things.
07:32I mean, there are some things like that if you have a director or a producer,
07:36and at that time, you are also new, relatively new.
07:41What I will say, new is that if someone comes today,
07:43and if they have, you know, they will listen to you,
07:46that we will make this, that we will make this.
07:48That means, we will make this.
07:49And then you get, you know, because being an actor,
07:53you also think that he will make this right and make this.
07:56And you see some of his work and you feel that he will make it genuinely.
08:01Somewhere, two, three days, you know, when you go to shooting,
08:03when you go to shooting,
08:04then they had their agenda and something else.
08:07So, there are such cases,
08:09when you reach the shoot,
08:10not creativity, but only money making,
08:14or how to earn money.
08:16So, in that case, obviously, then you feel betrayed,
08:19and you feel that you have taken this wrong step.
08:23And the problem with me is that if I have committed once,
08:27then I will finish it, I will fulfill my commitment.
08:30To the best, to the hundred percent,
08:32which I can do in that given situation.
08:34Because I feel like,
08:36this is a very strange thought,
08:38but I feel like,
08:40it is also in the kitchen.
08:42Right?
08:43So,
08:44if I have gone somewhere,
08:46then I will do my best.
08:48And I will still shine.
08:50So, that's how I believe.
08:52As a newcomer,
08:54many actors who want to work,
08:56many actors who want to work,
08:57they don't want to work.
09:00Yes.
09:00Do you have any instances with me?
09:03Yes.
09:04I mean,
09:04there was one instance in my beginning,
09:08which was for a film called Yaqeen.
09:11And,
09:11that time,
09:13I was signed to do the film with Priyanka Chopra.
09:15And,
09:16of course,
09:17that happened,
09:17because I was brand new.
09:18I mean,
09:19I was doing acting course.
09:21And,
09:21that was already big.
09:23In the sense,
09:24she was doing a film with Salman Sir,
09:26with Akshay Kumar.
09:27And,
09:29see,
09:29so with all due respect,
09:30I don't even know whether,
09:31it was her call,
09:32or her manager's call,
09:34or the overall,
09:35the people involved.
09:37But,
09:37she called me at 2 o'clock.
09:39And,
09:40she told me,
09:40that,
09:41there's a problem in the film.
09:43And,
09:44the problem is that,
09:45she doesn't want to work with a newcomer.
09:47So,
09:48I said that,
09:50that was one instance.
09:52Besides that,
09:53it's never happened.
09:54But,
09:54that day,
09:54I took a call.
09:55This was way back.
09:57I think,
09:57probably,
09:59I didn't have a camera face.
10:01After that,
10:02but,
10:02I made a decision,
10:03that,
10:04I don't want to work with a newcomer.
10:07And,
10:07I've stuck to it.
10:10I'm very open to working with newcomers.
10:13The content is changing.
10:16The content is changing.
10:17The content is consumed,
10:18but,
10:18the emotions are deep.
10:21How do you keep the balance
10:22to maintain?
10:22How do you keep the balance?
10:27How do you do it?
10:27To be emotional,
10:29if you use social content,
10:31it won't be emotional.
10:32It won't be emotional.
10:34Then,
10:34if you don't do it.
10:35Until the purpose of it,
10:36it won't be a good content.
10:40Otherwise,
10:41you have to read the book.
10:42So,
10:42that's where,
10:44your making comes in.
10:45That's where,
10:46the actors come in.
10:47So,
10:48an actor's work
10:48is that,
10:49I've given a script,
10:50and especially if you are doing a micro drama, there is also enough time to interpret the scene in two
11:00or four ways in the best possible way.
11:04So I think if that much given time, you can create that emotion, so it will hit right.
11:10As a matter of social media, some of the producers and directors are casting their followers as well.
11:19Some of them also hit as an actor.
11:21I mean, there are many friends who have been told in many deep spaces,
11:33who have been taken to someone else because of their social media following.
11:37And I feel that it is not right because an actor is an actor,
11:43and a content creator or YouTuber or influencer is someone else.
11:48Obviously, they all are doing their best, they all are entertaining us.
11:52I mean, it doesn't mean that.
11:53But then, I think an on-screen actor is very, very different.
11:59So you can't do the judge with his following.
12:01You can't do the judge with his following.
12:04If you have one thing to ask, if you will get a chance today,
12:12then what will you say?
12:13And will you say that you can work as an actor?
12:18No, no, I doubt.
12:20I'll probably, it'll just be, I guess, pure, pure greetings.
12:27That's it. Nothing.
12:28Because my personally, since over the years, it's been a great journey.
12:33So I don't even see it,
12:34that I think that there is no doubt in my heart or a grudge.
12:39Absolutely not.
12:41Lastly, if I want to ask an honest message to an audience,
12:45who are trying to forget,
12:48who are trying to forget,
12:49who are trying to forget,
12:50who are trying to forget,
12:53then what will the character be done?
12:54Does anyone want to forget?
12:56Yes.
12:56If anyone wants to forget?
12:57If anyone wants to forget,
12:58I think that this is a very individual.
13:05But if I say that,
13:08the maximum you can do is,
13:10purely and purely get ahead.
13:12And look at better things.
13:14If someone's other thing,
13:15see if there's a girl,
13:16and then get ahead.
13:19Because life goes on.
13:20And it's your life.
13:22and only one life
13:24so live your life to the fullest
13:25thank you
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