Mumbai, Maharashtra: In an exclusive interview, Actor Tusshar Kapoor reflected on his 25-year journey in Bollywood, sharing how his debut film 'Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai' and a unique character helped him stand out among actors. He recalled his first meeting with Kareena Kapoor and revealed how her encouragement motivated him during shoots. Tusshar also spoke about his transition from academics and a corporate job to acting. He discussed the guidance he received from his parents and sister, Ekta Kapoor, along with the personalities who inspired him most. He opened up about his upcoming film 'Welcome to the Jungle', his son, single parenting, fitness, health, and future projects, including 'Golmaal 5'. In the end, he encouraged everyone to focus on self-love and personal growth.
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00:00For 25 years, it's not easy to be in an industry which is so difficult and so competitive.
00:10When you look back and when you look at your entire career and achievement,
00:18I mean, how do you summarize it in short?
00:22In short, I'm not going to summarize it in short.
00:25I'm just going to say that it's so hard that you can't always learn anything.
00:32There will always be a mode when you feel like I'm starting to learn a lot.
00:37Because there are many things in our hands.
00:40We can only do our work, we can only do our best.
00:44We can only do our best films, we can only do our best work,
00:46we can only do our best hits.
00:52We can only do our best, we'll do our best, we can only do our best work.
00:58We can only do our best work, we can only do our best,
00:58and we can only do our best work.
00:58And I've also tried this.
01:01So in this period, I mean, I'm very eager to see.
01:06There were a lot of delays going on.
01:09People coming in front of me.
01:35You made a debut in 2001, 16 years ago.
01:40And around the same time, there were many other friends like Abhishek, Machan, Hrithik Loshan.
01:49They made debut one year earlier.
01:51So I remember a bit, you know, there were some stories at that time that you were being compared to
01:58other star kids and all that.
02:00So when you look back, how do you see that comparison?
02:04I think everybody was compared to Hrithik because he set a benchmark in 2000 as being like perfect in every
02:11department.
02:12So everyone was going to be compared to him.
02:16Fortunately, I got a character. I got a character who was not an out and out debut hero.
02:22He was a character. He had all the qualities of a hero, but he was an introvert.
02:26He dances, he fights, but he can't express his own love.
02:35So that's why people accepted that character.
02:44If he was such a character who was trying to do their dance, their fight, their fame, their clothes and
02:54their looks,
02:57If he was such a character, then he would compare it.
03:02Especially with Hrithik because he had aced it in all these departments.
03:06So I had to break the clutter.
03:08I had to do something never done before for a launch pad for a hero.
03:13And which is why that character was accepted.
03:16So I couldn't plan it. I think that that film got into my relationship.
03:21And I think that my destiny, I have written that I have to do that.
03:24And when I came, I thought that I have to do something new.
03:28So I have to do this character.
03:31I have to do a lot of thoughts on this character, I think it was a very traditional hero.
03:34He is a hero.
03:36You know, very human character.
03:38And somehow very real character.
03:43Now, we've talked a lot but the character is very realistic.
03:48There are so many conversations that go around, the realism of character.
03:52So when this character was offered to you,
03:54and obviously now we are very young
03:56and we have discussions
03:58what was his reaction
04:00did he want a conventional hero launch for you
04:02or he was okay
04:24and if you win your heart
04:25then you become a hero
04:28so it had all the qualities of a hero
04:31without being outwardly a hero
04:33he was emotional
04:36he looks after his family
04:37he fights for himself
04:38fights for his sister
04:40he fights for his girlfriend
04:41but he can't fight for himself
04:42so there are real characters
04:44characteristic traits
04:45which we associate with common man
04:48but he was also a hero
04:49he does everything but he can't do it
04:52so that's why I think
04:54there was a goodness in that character
04:55which made him very heroic
04:57even though he is not
04:59flashy
04:59even though he is not
05:01larger than life
05:03so I think
05:06the idea is to
05:09get the love of the audiences
05:10which that character had the potential to get
05:12so dad was very very
05:14positive
05:14very very encouraging
05:15and he said that this film
05:17is the best for you as a launch pad
05:18because my nature as an introvert
05:20at that time
05:22I was 23
05:25I was quite shy
05:26an introverted calm person
05:28so it
05:28kind of suited me a lot also
05:30so I wanted to start off something
05:32start off my career as an actor
05:35with a film that
05:36I don't have to try to be that character
05:39I am pretty similar to that character
05:41and that's why I think I felt comfortable
05:43so
05:43one film senior
05:45one film senior
05:46yeah
05:47so
05:48I have to tell you
05:50something else
05:50you can explain
05:51something else
05:53she is also your
05:54my first day
05:55I remember she was very concerned
05:56on my first day
05:56because I was nervous
05:57so she said do 50 takes if you have to
05:58do 100 takes if you have to
06:00but
06:01don't compromise on your shot
06:03do how many ever takes you want to
06:04so she was quite
06:08easy in that sense to work with
06:10she was
06:11comforting
06:11she was
06:14sweet
06:15she was
06:18very confident
06:19very inspiring
06:20yeah
06:22and
06:22all through your career
06:24you have also worked with many of your friends
06:26too much of your friends
06:28industry men
06:29one of them
06:30Kareena
06:31how was
06:32like
06:32how was
06:34how was
06:34how was
06:34how was
06:34how was
06:35your personal
06:35good
06:37when I was a kid
06:37I didn't get anything
06:39a few times
06:41Abhishek was in my class
06:42but we never worked together
06:43but Kareena and myself
06:44we were never
06:45close to each other
06:46so we became close during my first and my second film
06:49I had just met her a couple of times in Kashmir
06:52during
06:53when Chintu uncle had shot
06:54was working with my dad
06:56so he had brought his nephew
06:57and his nieces
06:59I remember in 1988
07:00Raj sahab was in the hospital
07:02and Sheshna ki shooting kale
07:04Chintu ji had come to Kashmir
07:06so he had brought the kids along
07:08so that's when I met Kareena for the first time
07:10after that
07:1112 years
07:11until 2000
07:12when we started
07:14we hadn't met before that
07:16maybe
07:17parties and all
07:18socially
07:18some
07:19we've already had common friends
07:20birthday parties
07:32we've always had common friends
07:33that's why we hadn't touched
07:34but we didn't get that
07:35in the first film
07:38we didn't talk so much
07:39because I was very very
07:41like a studious child
07:42I was like trying to get everything right
07:44and she was like this
07:46she was like a senior
07:48you know she was that confident
07:51she used to just breeze in and breeze out of set
07:54like you know it's
07:55bai hat ka khel
07:56and I just watched and wonder ki
07:58how can anybody be so confident
08:00yeah
08:00I think she was born to act in movies
08:03you were talking about Kashmir
08:04you were going to Kashmir
08:05you were going to Kashmir
08:05meeting Kareena
08:07and other
08:07yeah
08:09I think you and Ikta ma'am shared one of the pictures from Shun Jitain sir
08:15Shun Jitain sir and Hema ma'am there
08:18I shared it yeah
08:19I shared it yeah
08:20I shared it yeah
08:21I'm Tere Aashik I think that's the film's name
08:24I think it came in 1979
08:25so the picture must have been 1978 or something
08:28I must have been 2 and Ikta must have been 3
08:30so we will be left on the set
08:32so I remember that picture I put it up
08:34with Hema ji and dad here
08:36and that was
08:37that was
08:38I think people
08:39it went quite viral
08:40I think the photo people
08:41really felt nostalgic seeing that picture
08:44I see there are a lot of photos
08:45and albums
08:46I remember
08:48so I mean
08:49so I mean
08:51I mean
08:52in an interview with Bobby said that you used to enjoy going on sets and having a good food and
08:59what was your reason why did you enjoy going on the set?
09:07I think I used to get quite awestruck by the whole atmosphere on the set
09:11I think I used to get quite awestruck by the whole atmosphere on the set
09:11it was boring but
09:12I just
09:13stars
09:14looked very exciting
09:16because I watched a lot of film
09:17so I used to know who Reena Roy is
09:19I knew who Rekha ji is
09:20and I knew who Hema ji is
09:23and I knew
09:24all the people that would be seen
09:26even the child stars
09:27you know
09:27they regularly did the film
09:29Master Alankar ho
09:30Master Raju ho
09:33and
09:33so we looked at the set
09:34we thought oh my god
09:34this is him
09:35this was in the film
09:36this was in the film
09:36this was in the film
09:37this was in the film
09:37this was in the film
09:37because
09:37all the movies used to repeat those same child actors
09:40so we used to take everybody's autograph
09:44autographs
09:45yeah
09:45but we looked at the other people
09:47because
09:48we had access to our father
09:50we didn't have access to all these other people
09:52and they were like
09:53smaller characters
09:54but they were very very vivid in our memories
09:57because we used to watch movies again and again
10:00Pran Saab ho
10:01you know
10:02Nirupa Rejo
10:03we used to get very oh my god
10:04you know
10:05they were like
10:06they were like
10:07gods
10:08because in that time movies were a lot of crazy
10:10the number of people who
10:12footfalls in the theatre
10:13or video cassettes
10:14were a lot of crazy
10:15repeat value
10:16yeah
10:17so
10:19I know
10:20the surgeon asked you many times
10:21but
10:21while growing up
10:23you said that
10:23you liked going on the set
10:25you were
10:25you know starstruck
10:27but
10:28did you decide
10:29like
10:29when did you actually decide
10:30that you have to
10:31you know be in the films
10:33and you have to be an actor
10:35okay
10:36I never decided it till I became an actor
10:38I was very unclear about what I wanted to do as a career
10:41so
10:42I thought I'd do something in business in the US
10:46maybe
10:47corporate world
10:48I got a degree in BBA
10:51from a very highly ranked university
10:53University of Michigan
10:54from the Ross School of Business
10:56and
10:57I graduated with honors
10:59I got a job
10:59in my F1 visa
11:01so I realized that
11:02you know maybe this is where I need to stay
11:04and this is where I need to do my job
11:06but the
11:07work experience was such that I realized
11:09corporate world is not for me
11:11and all those campus interviews
11:13you know I was not feeling like
11:15I was in the right place
11:17I guess it was not my true calling
11:19and
11:20I came back to India
11:21my visa expired
11:22I came back to India
11:23and I
11:23became an assistant director
11:25then I got an offer
11:26because
11:27somebody spotted me
11:28and then they recommended my name to Ashu Bhagnani
11:30and said that you know
11:31he's working as an AD
11:33and he might
11:34want to have
11:35a career in films
11:37so he recommended my name
11:38and he recommended me
11:38and he asked me
11:39and he asked me
11:39and asked me
11:40and he asked me
11:42to sign
11:43and
11:44he offered me
11:45to say something
11:46so that's when I decided
11:47that I have to start my classes
11:49and that's when I have to see
11:50I said that this is like a job
11:51that I have got a big opportunity
11:54and maybe this is the chance
11:56that one chance
11:57everybody has
11:57in life
11:59and
12:00I just took it up
12:01and
12:02that's why I am here today
12:03so it's a very common perception
12:05all around
12:06that you know
12:07film industry
12:08especially for those people
12:10who already have a lineage
12:12and
12:15everything comes very easy for them
12:17and
12:18with recommendations
12:19with all the acquaintances they have
12:21but it was
12:22not in your case
12:23because you said that
12:24somebody else recommended you
12:25yeah
12:25so
12:26when you were
12:27you know
12:28working as an AD
12:29did you ask you to answer
12:30to talk to people
12:31or to recommend
12:32no no no no
12:33I didn't ask him to do anything
12:34he never took
12:34he never made one phone call
12:36also
12:37this film happened
12:38and then I started
12:39learning
12:40rehearsing
12:41doing classes on my own
12:42so it was pretty much
12:44make your own mistakes
12:45and trial and error
12:47basis
12:47on a trial and error
12:49basis
12:52it was a huge cultural change
12:53for me
12:54because I was in
12:55business school
12:56so from the corporate world
12:57to come into the
12:58world of films
12:59was a huge jump
13:01and
13:03I was
13:03felt very very challenged
13:05but I felt that
13:06this is
13:07something I'm doing at the right age
13:08I haven't wasted any years
13:09and I'm 23
13:10and if I have to become an actor
13:12I have to become one now
13:14now
13:14America doesn't have to go back
13:15and if I live in India
13:16I can't do anything else
13:17I can't do anything else
13:17I can't do the film line
13:19because I can do that
13:21so
13:21I didn't leave the opportunity
13:23then
13:23and
13:25I always wanted
13:26what helped me from my education
13:27in the US
13:28is the fact that I wanted to become
13:29somebody on my own
13:30I wanted to start myself
13:31I didn't want to get launched
13:33in a film production
13:34from my home production
13:35I wanted to make
13:36my own path
13:38start my own journey
13:39on my own
13:39independently
13:40and
13:41this movie came on its own
13:43so I took it as a job
13:44like you know
13:44this is a job
13:45and I have to do it well
13:47your sister Ekta ma'am
13:48so
13:49at that time
13:50did this thought
13:51come to your mind
13:51that you should also
13:52you know
13:53be a producer
13:54rather than
13:55you know
13:56being an actor
13:58no
13:59no no no
14:00I had no inclination
14:00to becoming a producer
14:01I was going
14:02pretty much
14:04my nature
14:05is such that
14:05I don't look left or right
14:06and see what others are doing
14:07even if it was my dad
14:09I would
14:09I never saw what he did
14:11in the initial stages of his career
14:12I should dance like him
14:13I should do films like him
14:14I was trying to observe
14:16what is right for me
14:17what is working for me
14:19so I think that's
14:20that
14:21independence came from my education abroad
14:23so I wasn't confused
14:25I was
14:26I was just new
14:27I wasn't confused
14:28I was just new
14:29I was just shy
14:30I was just
14:32I'm not a people's person
14:33I need time to warm up to people
14:35so for me
14:35to
14:37just go from one set to another
14:39it took some time
14:40to get used to that
14:41and
14:42production
14:43I didn't think about it
14:44Ekta was doing her work
14:46and in fact
14:47I told her
14:47that I will never do a film
14:49my first film will never be with you
14:51and she was very upset
14:52she said
14:52I want to launch
14:53we should launch you
14:54why should somebody else launch you
14:55but when she got to know
14:56it's Vashu Bhagnani
14:58and the
15:01poster that he brought out
15:02the first poster
15:03without revealing any faces
15:05with an umbrella
15:06and rain
15:06I remember it wasn't even
15:07released to the public
15:08it was just for
15:10that time
15:10there was no press
15:11you know
15:12in the sense there was no
15:13social media
15:14so I think
15:16Mahorat ke time pae
15:17ya kahina kee toh
15:18hunhaneh daara thawa poster
15:19apne lehi apne distributors kee
15:20dikhaya thawa poster
15:21aur usmeh mehra chahra bhi dikhaya nahi thiya
15:24toh she was very excited about that
15:25she said that he's going to present you very well
15:27so was it just younger sibling ka ego
15:29jo ki hota hai
15:30uski waje se you were saying that
15:32you know you are not going to launch me
15:34or like you really wanted
15:36ki nahi mein apna hi rasap would bana
15:39always wanted
15:40neither should my father, mother
15:42or my sister launch me
15:43it was no ego
15:44it was just the fact that
15:48I have to feel good about myself
15:49if you are
15:50it's very easy for a family member to launch another family member
15:54what is the achievement in that
15:55the achievement is when you've earned something
15:57on your own merit
15:59I said
16:00boh bhaar kaani paise dalega agar usse lagega ki ismeh kuch hai
16:03koi baat hai
16:04of course
16:05there is an excitement to launch somebody's son
16:08but the script, the film, the role should suit me
16:11he should
16:11because there were 3-4 actors who wanted to do this film
16:14and Vashjuji didn't think they were appropriate
16:16even being star sons
16:17he didn't think that they were the right choice
16:19but when I came
16:20came into the picture
16:20he thought I was the right choice
16:21so I think there was something about
16:23the way I interacted with him
16:25something about my personality
16:27that he felt would do justice to this character
16:30I mean get into the shoes of this character
16:31so I took it up
16:33and that's why I guess
16:34I was working hard for my first film
16:35because I felt it was mine
16:37it's nobody else's, it's mine
16:38to interact with Jitendra sir and Itta ma'am
16:41and take advice from them for your like
16:43the projects that you do
16:44and you know the projects
16:46sometimes when I'm confused I do ask them
16:49but more often than not
16:51it's entirely hear them out
16:53and then take your own decision
16:55eventually
16:57you have to go out there and do the job
16:59you have to be happy with what you do
17:00you have to make up your mind
17:02you can make up your mind better
17:05if you talk to people
17:06take their opinion
17:07weigh the pros and cons
17:08but eventually it has to be your own decision
17:11otherwise you'll
17:12I mean one can really get rattled
17:14if you haven't really thought it out
17:17and then later on you realize
17:19I mean why I read it and why I read it
17:21I didn't think that
17:22I didn't think that
17:23that should happen
17:24that should happen
17:24it should happen
17:25it should happen
17:25your decision
17:27your decision
17:28should happen
17:30talking about your directors
17:31you have worked with so many
17:32in all these 25 years
17:34if I know it's
17:35you know really difficult to pick one
17:37but then if I ask you
17:39to name one or two
17:41like with whom you learnt most
17:42and enjoyed most
17:43I think there are three important
17:46my schooling is obviously with
17:47Satish Ji my first film
17:48because he taught me
17:50natural acting
17:51he taught me what it is
17:52to be natural in front of the camera
17:54and not just mouth lines
17:55and not just do things
17:56but a do thing
17:57do things as a character
18:00he taught me that
18:01I think thereafter
18:02Raj Santoshi
18:04he's somebody whom I can say
18:06gave me the confidence
18:07to work with such big people
18:09in Khaki
18:10and he gave me the confidence
18:12that I have it in me
18:13I just have to
18:15you know
18:16keep doing work
18:18and I am inborn
18:19as an actor
18:20I am an inborn actor
18:21but I just have to keep doing work
18:23and believe in myself
18:23he gave me that confidence
18:24and of course
18:25eventually Rohit Shetty
18:27who brought the
18:28comic streak out of me
18:30which I think nobody else
18:31has been able to
18:31and he gave me that success
18:33that made me a household name
18:35with that character Lucky
18:37whatever I am today
18:38maybe I am here for 25 years
18:40also because of
18:41Golmaal series
18:42and Rohit Shetty
18:43so these are the three
18:44you know
18:45top influences in my career
18:47so when I saw Khaki
18:48you know
18:49I don't remember the year exactly
18:51but it was
18:52so when I saw that last shot
18:55while you were shooting
18:56Ajay Bhavan
18:57so at that time
18:59you know
18:59in that film
19:00you became my favourite
19:01and of course the hero of the film
19:03and
19:03because at that time
19:05social media was not there
19:06but later on
19:07I got to know that
19:08actually you know
19:09there are people
19:10who actually talk about
19:11that one scene
19:12that was last
19:12that was an underdog
19:14and
19:15that was always
19:16in the film
19:17and that was smart
19:18and that was last
19:19and that was last
19:21what was your feedback
19:22what feedback did you receive
19:24when the film denounced
19:25when the film started
19:26and that was last
19:27and that was last
19:28everyone was very very happy
19:29with that scene
19:30and my work in the film
19:31and that was the first film
19:32that I got critical acclaim for
19:34I was appreciated
19:35but there were
19:36ifs and buts
19:38because it was my first film
19:39and there after a few films
19:42I gained weight
19:43I was
19:44I wasn't looking my best
19:45and
19:47then Khaki came
19:48and I
19:49kind of
19:50was able to impress
19:51even my harshest
19:52harshest critics
19:54and
19:55I think
19:55that scene
19:56had a big role
19:57to play in that
19:57and
20:02I didn't even know
20:03at that time
20:04what was the encounters
20:04and what was
20:06what it meant
20:07to
20:07you know
20:08have a fake encounter
20:09but it
20:12it taught me a lot
20:14that
20:14we can't really plan
20:15great scenes
20:16they just happened
20:17and thankfully
20:18Rajji gave me
20:19the last shot
20:20of the film
20:21so
20:22if there's a sequel
20:22then I'll be there
20:23in it for sure
20:25but
20:28yeah
20:28I
20:28I can't really
20:29I don't have much
20:31to say about
20:32that movie because
20:32the less
20:33the more I say
20:33the lesser it'll be
20:36welcome to jungle
20:37jungle is coming
20:38and with such a huge
20:39star cast
20:40how was
20:42the entire experience
20:44that jungle
20:44and witnessing
20:45that
20:45yes
20:47so welcome to jungle
20:48has been a new genre
20:49for me and
20:49I've never worked with so many people
20:51but
20:52an interesting character
20:53is with Akshay ji
20:54and
20:55the film
20:56is very interesting
20:58the genre
20:59is very interesting
21:00it
21:00deserves
21:01so many people
21:02it requires so many people
21:04and
21:05the trailer has clicked
21:07I believe
21:07the first song
21:08welcome title track
21:09and the trailer have clicked
21:10both
21:10so there is an audience
21:11waiting to watch welcome
21:12the brand is there
21:13the cast is there
21:15and
21:15I think
21:18hopefully
21:1826 June
21:19we will be welcomed
21:21all
21:22you know
21:23in the theatres
21:23yeah
21:25so
21:27life
21:29professional life
21:30is very much
21:31connected to your
21:32personal life
21:32as well
21:33people say
21:33we try to keep it separate
21:35but it is not actually
21:36the thing
21:37like life life
21:38it is interpersonal
21:39personal and professional
21:40so what has your
21:42professional life
21:43taught you
21:44things about your personal life
21:46and how has it
21:47you know
21:47changed you for better
21:48I think
21:49I think the personal life
21:50can also improve
21:51improve and help your
21:52professional life
21:53because you have
21:54heartbreak
21:55stresses
21:57you know
21:59setbacks
22:00in your personal life
22:01I think
22:01I think
22:02they help you
22:03emote
22:03they help you see
22:05your personal
22:05your professional life
22:07in a more mature manner
22:08the way you handle your work
22:09the way you enact your scenes
22:11experience gives you confidence
22:13experience
22:13experience
22:14when you eat
22:16pain
22:16in your life
22:17either
22:18your heart
22:19or
22:20your business
22:22or
22:23your career
22:24or
22:25your personal life
22:25your personal life
22:26what you see
22:28in personal life
22:29it is also
22:29related to your career
22:30so that has a big impact
22:32on your professional life
22:33and professional life
22:34can have a big impact
22:34on your personal life
22:35because I have seen
22:36that in personal life
22:36when you have
22:37any thing
22:38you have anxiety
22:40you have trauma
22:42your personal life
22:43can free you
22:45from that
22:45it can be a great
22:46distraction
22:47it can be a great
22:48sense of productivity
22:50you feel like
22:51I am doing something
22:51that the person
22:52that is hurting me
22:53or hurting me
22:55that
22:57in 6 or 8 hours
22:58I am enjoying myself
23:01and it gives you that
23:02high
23:02you know
23:04those happy hormones
23:05your professional life
23:06can take you away
23:07from your stress
23:08so it is an inter-relationship
23:13between your business
23:14how are you able to manage
23:16and
23:16you know
23:17give time to your son
23:19do you see that
23:20how are you doing
23:21how are you doing
23:23yeah yeah of course
23:23now he will come back
23:24from school
23:24he must have come back
23:25from school
23:25so I will meet him
23:26I will see how his homework
23:28has been
23:29and it is his last day of school
23:30today
23:30so there is no homework
23:32but today
23:32talent shows
23:36sound
23:36okay
23:37but if talent shows
23:38I will ask him
23:39how did the talent show go
23:40so I am not shooting
23:41I see him everyday
23:42after he comes from school
23:44I pick him up sometimes
23:45from school also
23:46and
23:47and
23:48like
23:48you decided
23:49your career
23:50your path
23:51in your life
23:52without
23:54you know being imposed
23:55by anyone
23:56what
23:57like of course I know
23:58that your son
23:59decided your own career
24:00but if I ask you as a parent
24:05what would you like him to become
24:09I don't know
24:10he wants to become a footballer
24:11so I hope he finds
24:15a job
24:15a job
24:16wherein he can contribute
24:16as a footballer
24:17in India
24:18I don't know how easy
24:18or hard it is
24:20but besides that
24:22he is not interested in
24:23films yet
24:24but if he wants to be an actor
24:26he has to be one
24:27only when he
24:27if he is very very passionate
24:28and he
24:29is 100% clear
24:31and sure about it
24:32only then can he become one
24:33otherwise
24:34I don't want him to get into it
24:35unless you are able to go through
24:36the ups and downs
24:37that's
24:38what he wants
24:39and what he wants
24:40and what he wants
24:41these days
24:42actually
24:43I think
24:43preferences
24:44of
24:45you know
24:45children who belong to film industry
24:47have changed
24:47because
24:47we see that
24:49Amitabh Bachchan sir's
24:53grandchild
24:53Navya
24:54she has also chosen her own path
24:56like
24:56she is not in film industry
24:57and then
24:58Amit Khan's
24:59daughter
25:01I forgot her
25:02yeah
25:02yeah
25:04she
25:05also
25:05you know
25:06she has her own NGO
25:07so
25:08do you think
25:09that you know
25:10film family
25:11like typically
25:12we use the term film family
25:13you know
25:14they are now
25:16you know
25:16their perception has changed
25:18entirely
25:19because of the
25:19struggles and ups and downs
25:21they have seen in their own life
25:22yeah
25:23regarding this
25:24and hence they have given
25:25freedom to their children
25:26to choose their own path
25:27and not be in film
25:28and do something else
25:29I think the awareness is
25:30I think they never really forced
25:31like
25:31I don't think dad
25:32or Dharam ji or Amit ji
25:33ever forced
25:34any of us
25:35to become actors
25:36it was something
25:37that we were
25:39clear about
25:39whenever we decided
25:40to become actors
25:41but
25:42all the more now
25:43we have realized
25:44that it's not for everybody
25:45you know
25:46you know
25:46this line
25:47I think
25:48you know
25:50talent
25:50looks
25:51screen presence
25:52you know
25:54fighting spirit
25:56resilience
25:56keep all things
25:58and
25:58luck
25:59also
26:00so
26:01if you don't get
26:05positive signals
26:07as far as coming to this line
26:09is concerned
26:10then decide to get out
26:11as soon as possible
26:12or don't get in only
26:13you should know
26:15whether you want to get in
26:16whether you see yourself
26:17doing this
26:17whether it's something that your heart
26:19really wants to do
26:20or that you see a future in this
26:22you have to be very clear about that
26:23so
26:24if you are a partner
26:26or
26:26then
26:27you feel very
26:27happy
26:28and
26:29that line
26:29is
26:30beautiful
26:31and
26:31that industry
26:36is
26:37that is not the right reason
26:43because it's
26:43the reality is very different
26:45and
26:45it's
26:46uh
26:48I won't say it's harsh
26:49or mean
26:50or bad
26:50but I think it's a very tough
26:51it's a very
26:52uh
26:53it gives you
26:55back a lot
26:56I think in social media
26:57it has like a more
26:58like
26:58more scrutiny
27:00Emotionally
27:01you have to be very strong
27:02because
27:03you have to be very strong
27:04you have to be very unpredictable
27:07it's very unpredictable
27:08so you have to be at it
27:11probably
27:12for
27:13god knows how long
27:14and if you are able to go through that grind
27:16before you actually get your due
27:18then you can come into this line
27:19so I think it's good that
27:20we are giving that freedom to kids
27:22to the next generation
27:23that
27:24know yourself
27:25know your mind
27:25know your heart
27:26don't get into something blindly
27:41I keep asking him
27:43and
27:44he shows no interest
27:46but
27:46sometimes
27:47he comes to meeting
27:47one time
27:49when he was young
27:49when he was 2-3 years old
27:50he was very excited
27:51because he thought
27:52that van is a
27:53van
27:54they started sliding
27:55him and his friend
27:56they were going up and down sliding
27:57in the van
27:57he was very excited
27:59doing that
27:59I know this question
28:01has been asked to you many times
28:02but still I want to know
28:03that how
28:04now
28:05you are suddenly grown up
28:06so
28:07how difficult it is
28:08like
28:08parenting
28:10single parenting
28:11because
28:11it's very very demanding
28:13very very taxing
28:14taxing
28:14but
28:15there's like
28:16too much of responsibility
28:17parenting
28:18so
28:18how difficult it is
28:21for you
28:21to manage everything
28:24not
28:24it's not difficult
28:25I think
28:27time
28:28manage
28:28and
28:29work
28:29I enjoy it
28:31so I don't see it as a duty
28:32or a responsibility
28:33I like what I'm doing
28:34and now my son is grown up
28:36he's nine
28:36nine and half ten
28:37so I have let go
28:38I go to work
28:39when I was young
28:41I had fun
28:41to get him
28:42to go out
28:43to parties
28:44I used to get him dressed
28:46also sometimes
28:47I used to clean him up
28:48I used to do so many things
28:50I have help
28:50but I administer a lot of his work
28:53his school work
28:54whether it's his
28:55all the things
28:56all his friends
28:57and organizing parties
28:58and organizing
29:00his vaccinations
29:01all those things
29:02a lot of things
29:03I do it with my people
29:05but I'm involved
29:06as a hands-on parent
29:06so I never felt like
29:08I never felt like
29:11what a problem
29:13because I became a father
29:14at forty
29:14so I think
29:15if you don't have a majority
29:16and you're not sure
29:17that you're a dad
29:19if I'm a single father
29:20and I'm doubtful
29:23then there's something wrong with me
29:25why will I become a dad
29:26as a single parent
29:27if I don't know
29:28what I'm getting into
29:29and if I don't want it
29:30I did it when I wanted it
29:32which is why
29:33it came into my arms
29:34like a blessing
29:36and it filled up my life
29:38and I took to it
29:40like a fish takes to water
29:42and Tushar said that
29:43people always seem
29:46perceived as a shal chai
29:47and you were also
29:48like when you made your debut also
29:50but one thing that you did
29:52like you broke all societal norms
29:57even becoming an actor
29:58even becoming an actor
29:59I think it was like
29:59breaking a societal norm
30:01because nobody expected me
30:02to become an actor
30:03and becoming a single father
30:05again I broke a societal norm
30:06yeah
30:07so
30:08I know one of society
30:10I think social media was there
30:12when your servant was born
30:13but
30:13then
30:14in your close circles
30:16what was the reaction from them?
30:18everyone was positive
30:19everyone was very positive
30:20there were
30:21maybe out of 100 people
30:22one person must have said
30:23that oh I'm disappointed
30:24you should have adopted
30:26or you know
30:26everybody has their own fundas
30:27but if I can
30:30adopt as a single parent
30:31why can't I have my own child?
30:32I have nothing against adoption
30:34but if I want to have my own child
30:35as a single parent
30:36if I adopt
30:37then I will be a better father
30:38who says that?
30:40I might be a better father
30:41as a single parent
30:42to my own biological child also
30:43right?
30:44it's about how you do the parenting
30:46how much you want it
30:46how responsible you are
30:47how happily the child grows up
30:50eventually
30:50I think
30:51all accepted
30:52but in beginning
30:53maybe 99.9% people
30:54have accepted
30:55our Indian traditional
30:56people
30:57which is
30:58I think
30:59when it comes to child
31:00we Indians
31:01will accept
31:02no matter what
31:03we are
31:04family oriented
31:05as long as
31:07it's a good family
31:07as long as
31:08the intention is right
31:09and our
31:10Indian mentality
31:11Indian hearts
31:11we can judge
31:12what is good
31:13and what is not good
31:13you know what is frivolous
31:15what is not frivolous
31:16and they I think
31:16sense the fact
31:17that this is not a frivolous
31:18move he's made
31:19this is not a frivolous move
31:21he's made
31:21this is not a fad
31:26or a trend
31:26he's doing it
31:27because he wanted it
31:28okay
31:28now I'll talk about
31:30fitness
31:30because you know
31:31there are very few
31:33in the industry
31:34who have been able
31:35to maintain that
31:36you know
31:37their youthful charm
31:39and you are one of them
31:40and you are one of them
31:43and you are one of them
31:43so tell us about it
31:45that's why
31:45is that
31:46that's not very
31:47that's why
31:49means mc
31:50I probably think
31:52that's a great thing
31:52what people need
31:53to know
31:54but I don't have to
31:56know
31:56that's a great thing
31:57I don't have to worry
31:57that's a great thing
31:59I don't have to worry
32:02so I can't feel it
32:04I can't feel it
32:04I hope not
32:05So
32:06tell us about
32:07your fitness
32:08your diet
32:10I don't want to worry
32:10because I am tired
32:12and I feel like
32:15I hope not for 10 years, I hope so.
32:19I am conscious of fitness as a diet.
32:21I don't drink very very rarely.
32:24I avoid desserts and oily food but otherwise I eat well.
32:27I eat rice in the afternoon.
32:29I don't eat rice or roti in the night but I eat rice in the afternoon.
32:32I work out 3 times a week. I don't work out everyday also.
32:36I do a lot of chanting, Buddhism chanting.
32:39That keeps me very very strong.
32:41It makes me very very positive.
32:44I have been chanting for 10-11 years.
32:47It helps you arouse your own Buddha nature.
32:51So this practice has really I think probably added more youthfulness to my life.
32:56It removes all the negative people from your life.
32:58It keeps you very very wise.
33:01It makes you very very courageous.
33:03What you need to do is what you need to do.
33:07What is right for you.
33:08So I think that is also I think mental well-being has a lot to do with maybe youthfulness.
33:13If I can say I'm looking youthful it's probably going to my mental well-being.
33:17And these days actors they you know apart from film production.
33:21Aakke family get all the kind of businesses.
33:23They also diversify into multiple things.
33:25Yeah.
33:27Lot of start-ups and you know lot of other things.
33:29Experimenting like you know never before.
33:32So agar hamiski baat kare to abhi like kuch sral mein.
33:37Would you like to experiment with some new kind of business or some new kind of you know avenues that.
33:43I've helping my dad with his real estate business.
33:45But I think that is a handful.
33:47And when I don't do acting, I will stay in his work.
33:50So that is more than enough for a person.
33:53It's a full-time job.
33:54So production bhi kiya in the beach.
33:55But I don't want to get into that full-time again.
33:57Because I'll have to leave something.
33:59So right now it's acting and my family business.
34:02And my son.
34:04Three jobs.
34:05If you have to do something,
34:08then you have to leave something.
34:09And I can't do that.
34:21I'm open to all kinds of work, all kinds of genres.
34:24I think besides Welcome to the Jungle.
34:26I'm doing Jana Desh for Prakash Jha.
34:28It's a very serious and hard-hitting film about the political scenario in our country.
34:34But it's a fictional story.
34:37And first time I'm directed by Prakash Jha.
34:39And it's a very interesting character.
34:40Jana Desh.
34:41And it's with newcomers.
34:42But political film for the first time.
34:44So it's again something I'm excited to, you know, bring in front of the audiences.
34:49And then it's Golmaal 5.
34:51Back to doing the, you know, the Golmaal thing.
34:56After four times before.
34:59It's been great.
35:00It's not over.
35:01It's around 80-90% over.
35:04But there are 10-15 days of work left.
35:07And it's again challenging.
35:11But a lot of joy.
35:12A lot of emotion.
35:14And we are in our character.
35:16We've done it so many times before.
35:17So we don't have to do so much work.
35:19But challenging to live up to people's expectations.
35:22And very grateful to have someone like Rohit Shetty directing you.
35:26I think he's going to be remembered as one of the most successful directors of our times.
35:31And I'm very proud and very very blessed to have gotten the chance to work with him five times.
35:36Four times we've been blessed with blockbuster success.
35:40Hopefully the fifth time too.
35:43And you've talked about Prakash Jhasa as well.
35:46Channadesh, which is our political drama.
35:49I have seen that you are quite politically aware.
35:51And you know, a few times you have also written about, you know, different topics.
35:57You know, different news that goes around, that is going around.
36:01So how do you see social media today?
36:04There is so much of, you know, debate.
36:06And very very kind of like right and left.
36:11How do you see the entire thing today?
36:15I enjoy it.
36:16I think the youth, my generation, we never followed politics before.
36:24But now I've understood so much.
36:27I know exactly which state has which political parties.
36:29What is the scenario, where.
36:32And I'm an avid watcher of all these political debates.
36:36And the country is more aware.
36:38The voting percentages have gone to record levels.
36:42Because people are voting.
36:43They are coming out to vote.
36:44At least we are in India that has woken up.
36:46And I think this is all happening after 2014.
36:48Like it or not, after Modiji is coming in,
36:50I think people understand politics.
36:52My mother follows politics.
36:54She never knew P.O. of politics.
36:55And then the people are saying,
36:55Do you discuss a little bit?
36:57Yes, I'm talking a little bit.
36:58But I am watching a lot.
36:59I think it was inspired by all of my dad.
37:02But I think it was inspired by all of my family members.
37:03But I think all of my family members are involved.
37:05But it's important for our country.
37:07To choose our leaders.
37:10And in a democracy, I think it's very important for the electorate to be involved.
37:15in the in the selection process and in the voting process and to be aware to not just
37:22vote blindly. So yeah, I think I have been very involved in 12-15 years. I don't even
37:29watch the news channels, I don't even watch the film channels.
37:45You know going on on social media that Gen Z's they are, you know, they are very shallow, they do
37:52not have any idea, they are not at all politically aware and at times they also, you know, give comments
37:58like which is very, very wrong because politics is something that decides the future of a country and we are
38:07part of a country.
38:07So, and recently you must have seen that there is a fad on social media or whatever you say, that
38:13there is a corporate Jenta party that has come up. How do you see the entire movement?
38:18I think the Gen Z is very, very, I think there is a section that is very evolved, they are
38:21very aware of the political scene. And there is a section I think in every generation, I think, maybe in
38:28Gen Z also that they don't have emotions and they don't, you know, the quality and substance in their relationships
38:34are not there compared to,
38:36they don't have a lot of emotions, they are watching everything at the top. They are the other generation.
38:44Some young lot are very aware of the other people. I am not too aware of the cockroach Jenta.
38:49I have been reading about the cockroach Jenta party but I don't have much awareness about it. It's just like
38:55a meme right that's gone viral.
38:57The online party has come up and they had like in 3 or 4 days, they had like 10-12
39:05million followers
39:07But they are online, they have an online world which means they will show up and then they will forget
39:13everything after 2 months
39:15So I think it's a fad probably, I don't think, I am not aware but I would ignore it, I
39:22would go to more real news
39:25So before we wrap up, what do you want to say to the fans about this whole 25th journey, what
39:35is the last line?
39:38The mantra for this year should be that keep normal happy people around you, don't get stuck on to toxic
39:48relationships
39:49And choose yourself, self love is important, not selfish love but self love is very important
39:55You come above your mental health, your happiness is above somebody who is draining you or making you feel small
40:03Look after yourself and that's how you will be able to look after people around you who deserve it also
40:09Thank you
40:10Thank you
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