00:00Ouri chori, maan bile, bat mori, mani pyaar tujji se hai kia
00:09Though I was very nervous while doing the screen test with Aamir
00:12But I don't know, maybe by luck that I suited that role
00:15And then I became more serious about acting
00:17Before that I was just doing it as a hobby
00:19Not extremely hardworking
00:21So obviously it was extremely difficult
00:24And it was a great adventure for me
00:26Now there is nothing more difficult in life
00:29What I have experienced in Lagaan
00:31Everything else is easy for me
00:34How do you think about Lagaan's offer?
00:43I never planned to get into films
00:46And I would have happily continued with my television
00:50Till now, forever
00:52Only when I met Mr. Joshi
00:54Who is a very senior person
00:56He has been working for the past 35 years
00:58And he called me up for another serial with Mr. Ravi Chopra
01:03So there when he saw me doing a classical dance piece for their historical drama
01:08He told me that I should be trying for the films and not serials
01:13So I would like to give him the credit that he worked very hard to promote me
01:17And to get me into films
01:18Because it was quite impossible for somebody who is doing television
01:24So that's how he introduced me to Mr. Ashitosh Guharikar
01:28And I got selected for the film
01:31When you listened to Kalima's script, what reaction was your reaction?
01:34I mean, the opposite of Aamir Khan
01:37Just when I did the screen test, I knew it's going to be a classic film
01:43And since I've been a huge fan of Aamir Khan, so obviously I was thrilled
01:49And though I was very nervous while doing the screen test with Aamir
01:52But I don't know, maybe by luck that I suited that role
01:56And then I became more serious about acting
01:59Before that, I was just doing it as a hobby
02:01And I was never very, not extremely hardworking
02:05You know, like in serials, even if we were not very punctual
02:09Or we made a lot of mistakes
02:10The director would really pamper all of us
02:13Or he would probably make a joke about it
02:16But film was completely well planned
02:19It was, there was so much of discipline and hard work involved
02:25From each and every person in the unit
02:28So that was a good learning experience for me
02:32What was the most memorable scene?
02:35There were so many difficult scenes when we were shooting
02:39Because of the weird weather conditions
02:41The dust and the heat
02:43The sunlight was so harsh that I couldn't even open my eyes in front of the camera
02:46That I'll always remember because it was so tough to enact those emotions
02:53And very comfortable scenes were when they were shooting in, you know, after sunlight
03:00That scene I really enjoyed
03:02And I still remember
03:04Because it was comfortable to perform
03:07And that one scene in which Gauri supports Bhuvan
03:14That was my most favourite scene in the film
03:23He's very down-to-earth, very sweet
03:25And great co-actor
03:28Even when I was doing serials
03:30I never saw any actor giving the own cues
03:32The cues to the other actors to perform better
03:35But here Amir was so much involved in each and every detail
03:38That he himself used to stand behind the camera to give the cues
03:42So that we get better reactions
03:44With each and every actor
03:47He was involved in every department of the filmmaking
03:51So it was great
03:53The first shot that you did for Lagann
03:55The first time when you faced the camera for Lagann
03:56And the last time
03:58Yeah
03:58How, I mean, how improved did you find yourself as an actress?
04:01We were completely exhausted by the end of it
04:04The first shot that we gave
04:06Obviously I was very excited
04:07I was dying to give the shot
04:09So I felt that that was the best shot
04:11But by the end of it
04:13It was too much difficulty
04:15And there was a lot of problems
04:18Because of a long schedule
04:21I'm sure even Amirji must have felt
04:24That it should get over as soon as possible
04:27It was a four month schedule
04:28But it got extended to six months
04:30Because of the weather conditions
04:32They were shooting in a natural light
04:34So they had to depend on the sunlight
04:36That is why we had such schedules
04:38Like from morning
04:39Early mornings to late evenings
04:42So obviously it was extremely difficult
04:44And it was a great adventure
04:46For me
04:47Now there is nothing more difficult in life
04:50What I have experienced in Lagann
04:53Everything else is easy for me
04:56What's your favorite song?
04:58I love all the songs
05:00But the most favorite I think is Ori Chori
05:03Because it's got a beautiful blending of English and Hindi lyrics
05:08And it's very unique
05:09So I like that song
05:11Ori Chori
05:13Maan Bhele
05:14Baat Mori
05:17Manei Pyaar
05:18Tujji Se Hai Kia
05:21Ho
05:22Manei Tujh Koi Maana Hai Pia
05:27Lagaan ke baar
05:27Itna gap ho gaya
05:28I mean
05:29There's no film coming out recently
05:31What's been the reason basically?
05:34Now when I started my career
05:36With a film like Lagaan
05:38Obviously my expectations were high
05:39That it should be even better
05:41Than the script of Lagaan
05:43But every film cannot be like Lagaan
05:47So I took little time
05:49To choose the right kind of projects
05:53I got a lot of interesting films
05:56But the kind of roles I was looking for was performance oriented
06:00An interesting story
06:02That's the reason it took little bit time
06:04It got delayed
06:05But I'm happy that now
06:06Whatever I'm doing that compensated for that
06:08The gap
06:10The time gap
06:14Do people have an image of you as a typical village girl
06:17Do you want to break your image in
06:19I have no complaint
06:21I have no complaint in any sort of image
06:24Even if they think that I'm
06:26You know
06:27Suited more in an Indian role
06:29That's okay by me
06:30I like doing Indian roles
06:33But
06:35Now
06:35The other film
06:37I'm playing a very modern
06:38And a teenage
06:39College student
06:40Which is just for my creative satisfaction
06:43It's not because of
06:45I want to prove anything to anybody
06:46It's just for myself
06:49And
06:50But I would definitely love to do some Indian
06:54Classical numbers
06:55And simple Indian
06:57You know
06:57You can identify with those kind of characters
06:59I would love to play
07:01After Lagaan began being a big hit
07:03You were doing serious
07:04Yeah
07:04So you all posted
07:06That Casey Singh from Lagaan is in serious again
07:11What do you have to say about that?
07:12Right
07:12I had gone out
07:13For the shows of Lagaan
07:16We had gone to US and Canada
07:18And when I got back
07:19I saw all the hoardings of
07:22TV serials
07:23And
07:23You know
07:24They had put my picture
07:24Saying that
07:25You watch Gracie Singh after Lagaan
07:26And that was horrible
07:27You know
07:28It was absolutely unfair on their part
07:30Just to promote their serial
07:32They should not
07:33Try to destroy somebody's
07:35Career
07:36But
07:37Then I think
07:38Mr. Joshi sorted out
07:39Politely
07:40We thought
07:41We decided to sue them
07:42But
07:43We didn't
07:45What's going to be your ideal role
07:46In like
07:47Anything of
07:48Own movies
07:49Of a particular actress
07:50Which you think
07:51You should fit in
07:52And you want to do it
07:55I always remember this one role
07:57Of Shri Devi in Lamhe
07:59That I would love to do
08:00Because it's also my dream
08:02To work with Mr. Yash Chopra
08:03He's my most favourite director
08:05The way he projects beauty
08:07And love in his films
08:08Is amazing
08:10So that will be the ideal role
08:11I think for me
08:14How to perform
08:14What's up
08:14To do it
08:16And you know
08:16She's not
08:16That's a real
08:16We were
08:16To do it
08:17And you know
08:18How do you
08:24How do you
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