00:00So welcome Kanal to INS. It is an absolute pleasure to have you with us on board today.
00:05Firstly, I saw the trailer of the show and it looks pretty different, yet a little same as compared to
00:13other reality shows.
00:14I really want to know with so much of, I mean when we talk about reality shows,
00:18now it's like a fish market, there are a lot of reality shows, pretty much on the similar lights.
00:23What makes you feel that this show will stand out?
00:25Look, if we look at it, it will be the same but different feeling.
00:32But when I explained this show, the fact that I had time to understand,
00:37because it will also be changing.
00:39One of the main things that I felt like,
00:42is that from the beginning to the end, the 16 contestants will be the number of 16.
00:47The contestants will change, something will change,
00:49the competition will always be the same,
00:52and the sense of ease is not for anyone.
00:54You know, this is tough, I think it's going to be the same.
00:57Now there are few people, now there are no people,
00:58there will be no people.
00:59The audience will also be the same.
01:02The people who have started the game,
01:03they won't win,
01:04and the last one or two weeks, they won't win.
01:07So there will be a lot of unpredictability.
01:11There are.
01:12you can see it.
01:12It will be the same as the reality show,
01:14there will be its contestants for it or different.
01:20There will be a different industry.
01:24And the next one will be the same.
01:25That will be the same.
01:27By the way it will fade,
01:29therefore you will have the same activity here.
01:34in this show is that you can't fight with basic necessities or fight against you.
01:43The strategy is based on the game, because every week and several times there are challenges,
01:50which are interesting to see.
01:51So, like the sport reality shows, I think that some of them are a good mission.
01:57The other thing is different.
02:03The other thing is different.
02:04I think that this whole arena, whole concept is very new.
02:12I think that this whole reality shows me.
02:15But I also think that this is already changed.
02:20There are many unpredictable turns.
02:24I've already been shooting two episodes, so I'm hoping that they will come.
02:29And sometimes this show is unfolding like contestants,
02:33because this is a new format, which is only a Dutch format,
02:37which is done in the first time in Hindustan,
02:40and it is not done in the world.
02:41But we know that this is a format that is quite popular.
02:46So, we have to see how it works here.
02:48Right. You know when we talk about such reality shows,
02:51there are so many drama, kiosks, ruckus, jhagade, kalesh,
02:55all these things come parallel to us.
02:57When we look at you on an individual level,
03:01you don't fit into that typical kleshi,
03:04or be very loud, or be very ruckus create,
03:07or be very tantrums.
03:08In such a category.
03:09So, I really want to know, as a host,
03:11when you deal with such contestants,
03:14I won't take names, but there are many contestants on board,
03:16which is kleshi, is very dramatic.
03:19How do you plan to navigate through all this?
03:22Look at me, my role,
03:25which is my role,
03:25I believe it as a leader,
03:26which is a link between the audience and the contestants,
03:30and more importantly,
03:31the game and the contestants.
03:32Because the contestants also don't know
03:34what is actually going to happen in this game.
03:37The rest of the drama, kalesh,
03:40I think this is a part of human nature.
03:42And when you are living on a camera for 24 hours,
03:46I think you want to do something else,
03:50and putre,
03:52every one has a limit.
03:53I think it's possible that
03:555 hours later,
03:56the camera is on,
03:57or the same thing,
03:58or the same thing,
03:58or the same thing,
03:59or the same thing,
03:59or the same thing,
04:00or the same thing.
04:01But eventually,
04:02what you are,
04:03what you are,
04:03what you are,
04:03what you are doing,
04:05what you are doing.
04:06I am not here to trigger anybody,
04:13or get triggered,
04:14because I can understand
04:14that you are put in that situation,
04:16where I feel pressured.
04:17So,
04:18all of these things,
04:19I also want to see,
04:20that I also want to see,
04:20that my reaction is,
04:22that I am blind,
04:24and the show,
04:25I also want to understand,
04:27and the show,
04:32I am not only doing a job,
04:41as an actor,
04:42or as a host,
04:42because,
04:43because,
04:43my job is to understand,
04:45the show,
04:46to understand,
04:47to understand,
04:48to understand,
04:49to understand the audience,
04:49to understand,
04:50and then,
04:51listen to them,
04:53to understand,
04:55and the format,
04:56to understand them.
04:57So,
04:57I am not doing reality,
05:00or not,
05:00I am doing scripted,
05:01or not,
05:02So, you know,
05:03when you are describing,
05:04the show concept,
05:05and all of that,
05:06and,
05:06the fact that,
05:08similar show is already there,
05:10you know,
05:11running since,
05:11almost 20,
05:1222 years.
05:12When you come on board,
05:14as a host,
05:14it is very likely,
05:16that,
05:16your comparisons,
05:17when it goes on air,
05:18because,
05:19he has been,
05:20you know,
05:21hosting,
05:21a similar kind of show,
05:22since the past 16,
05:2317 years.
05:24How much,
05:25are you ready for that?
05:26I am thinking,
05:27I am saying,
05:29that,
05:30people have been doing it,
05:31way before I have been doing it,
05:32and,
05:32they are doing it very well,
05:33and,
05:33sometimes,
05:34I think,
05:35that,
05:35that,
05:37because,
05:38you have never seen it.
05:40So,
05:40I am trying to emulate someone,
05:41or,
05:42I am trying to emulate someone,
05:44I am trying to emulate someone,
05:45I am not sure,
05:46as you said,
05:46I am blind,
05:48I am not sure,
05:49I am not sure,
05:49it can happen,
05:50that,
05:50that,
05:51that,
05:51that,
05:53I am not sure,
05:55that,
05:56I am doing it.
05:59Right,
05:59right.
06:00Also,
06:00I just wanted to know,
06:01what made you get on board,
06:03as a host,
06:04for the first time,
06:05and also,
06:05you have been a phenomenal actor,
06:07that,
06:08we have been seeing,
06:08since years now,
06:11where you are going,
06:13you are kind of,
06:15you know,
06:16establishing,
06:16and you are making sure,
06:17that you have arrived there.
06:18I really want to know,
06:19firstly,
06:19what made you come on board,
06:21as a host,
06:23and secondly,
06:24how much,
06:24is decision making,
06:25how much,
06:27Soha,
06:29what kind of conversations,
06:30have you approached?
07:00What?
07:30I think,
07:31I was thinking,
07:32this time,
07:33I was thinking,
07:33here,
07:34It's new for me, it's a Dutch format that's been done for the first time, so the producers are also
07:40new for them, not for Prime Video, so it's not my debut, so everybody is kind of going to learn
07:46here, so I'm just going to keep it up here, but I also enjoy watching shows, whether it's reality or
07:55sports reality, you know, challenge based shows, and this is kind of a mix of both of them,
08:01and I thought that I will get front row seats, not only with contestants, but I was very interested to
08:09know that these shows are coming behind the seats, because in films, I don't know about behind the camera,
08:14but in this kind of shows, I have to tell you, it takes an army behind the cameras, because there
08:22are so many cameras, and every camera's team, and 24 hours are working,
08:26so I think 200-300 people, 24 hours are running behind me, so for me, it's also the greed of
08:36wanting to learn something new.
08:38Right, like in the previous question, I mentioned that we've seen you since your childhood.
08:43Right, so while I was asking the question, I was thinking that many child actors in Bollywood, in childhood,
08:56but as they ventured into the adulthood and lead roles, unfortunately, it didn't work out as much as it worked
09:04out for them in childhood.
09:05Yeah. But for you, it has not been like that. Touch it. Touch it. Touch it. I mean, jis tarikhe
09:09se humne apko hume rai piyarge mein dekha tha,
09:11apir zafr mein dekha tha, apir kaliyuk mein dekha tha, and even now, all these movies that you're doing, you
09:16have always established yourself as an actor, right?
09:18Okay. How do you look at your journey when you compare, not compare, but kahi na ka hii lagtata na
09:22ki,
09:22apne saat hi, joh hume rke actors thai, unse kaffi aage nikala hai, so how do you look at it?
09:28I just feel thankful and grateful to be very honest.
09:31May uska aur koji answer hini hye meri liye hai.
09:35Because I feel like that we are not judging by the way.
09:39Yehi sawaal meri seh puchha gaya tha, jab kaliyuk release hoi thi.
09:42Ki child actors, kabhi actors nini chale.
09:44And I said, yaar, yo toh bhoati gulat baat, apne bul di, mein toh abhi shuruo bhi nini kiya.
09:48You know, toh, apki film chal jati hai, then you see a downfall or a downcurve.
09:55That's when you start asking yourself ki, is this now it?
09:58Or kahi n log will jump to that thing and saying that, hm, this is the curse of being a
10:02child actor.
10:03But I always feel ki, hum, ah, pahli success sehi ki se keh sakta hai ki, meinne dunia jit li.
10:09Or pahle farrier pe, hum, yeh nahi maan sakta hai ki, ab sab khatam ho gaya.
10:12Kyunki zindagi lambi hai.
10:13Or meinne yehi kata ki, kabhi kabhi hum romantically kehta hai ki, zindagi bhoat chhoti hai.
10:18But zindagi actually kafi lambi hai.
10:19Toh, usko picture ki tarah hi chalne de.
10:21First act, second act, third act, fourth act.
10:24Toh, kahi log ab kateh, yeh Kunal 2.0 chal raha hai.
10:27May ka, thik hai ya, myra second act shuru ho gaya life ka.
10:30But I am not taking it very seriously, like I said, I am very grateful.
10:33This work much per Roshni hai.
10:34Log dekhna chaatai, mein kya kar sakta hon.
10:36Toh, mein kooshish kar raha hon jo mere paas dikhane ke liye, ho dikhau.
10:39Yeh Roshni kap tak rahi ki, haa mujhe pata hai.
10:40Na kisi siko pata hai.
10:41Toh, I just see it day at a time.
10:43And I feel very thankful for being able to do what I love.
10:49You know, like we are talking about the show ki, this show is about alliances.
10:52I mean, ab sab pairs mein hai.
10:54Right?
10:55But I wanted to know ki, aap ka real life alliance with Soha kaisa hai.
10:58And how has the journey been since so many years?
11:00I mean, married it also at the dating period.
11:02I mean, pre-social media se le ke social media journey am agar s ko describe kar paai.
11:07How has it been with her?
11:08It's been lovely.
11:09I think, like we have talked about life, a relationship is pretty much like a life if it's a long
11:13one.
11:14There are ups, there are downs.
11:16But the fact that you are still together and there is something that keeps you wanting to be together and
11:21work at it is a testament to a good relationship.
11:24And I think, touchwood, I am very thankful again in that department to have a wonderful partner like Soha.
11:29Who always has, even now, is I still sometimes think of her as a friend before I think of her
11:35as my partner or my wife.
11:37Right, absolutely.
11:39And when I am talking about Soha, I really wanted to know that you are closely associated with Sharmila Mamu.
11:47I mean, you are on the ground, right?
11:49So, I just want to know ki, professional equation jo aap ka hai.
11:52Does it kind of venture into your decision making while selecting roles as well because now aap unse associated hai.
11:59So, kind of, jib kohi pressure ho de ki, jib mein perform kar raha ho to you have to live
12:02up to her expectations.
12:03No, the relationship that I have with my craft or the artist within is the most important to me and
12:10that's paramount.
12:11And in that relationship structure, I have never thought about it to be very honest with you.
12:18So, I would be lying if I say ki, nahi, mein kooshis karta ho.
12:21That's not in my mind.
12:23One last question, Kunal.
12:25This is something that from somebody who has been watching your social media stories and even Soha.
12:30Aap donoh jis tariki se aap ki baby girl ko race kar rahe hain.
12:33It's really, really commendable.
12:35I would like to say from a fan perspective or an audience perspective.
12:39And it is very beautiful ki ki aap har, despite coming from different backgrounds, different religions, car speed, all of
12:44that.
12:45The kind of us ke andre aap cho inculcate kar rahe hain values, it's very different.
12:49Like I've seen during Mahashivrati, Soha was very actively participating in all the activities and vice versa.
12:56It is so beautiful and I am also learning all those beautiful values and all those beautiful festivals.
13:03I really wanted to know that as parents, were you always both of you on the same page or was
13:07it like a discussion that's happening?
13:08We've been very instinctive.
13:10Luckily, I've had a friend, a partner and a wife now who understands that I'm an instinctive person and so
13:15is she.
13:15Where parenting goes, we've had a little experience now.
13:21We've had 9 years of experience.
13:23But we've had everything that's right, instinctively, we've had to do that.
13:27Thank God, touch wood.
13:29It's a journey that people have liked this journey.
13:33But we've always wondered what people think and who will be good or not.
13:38In this journey, there are some people who are offended, some people who are right.
13:41But it's right.
13:52It's okay.
13:53A valuable suggestion can be heard.
14:03It's okay.
14:04A valuable suggestion can be heard.
14:08It's okay.
14:09There are some things that I might say that I should do that.
14:12But as a parent, it's a right to do it.
14:14Similarly, there are some things.
14:16I'm telling you the habits that I'm wrong, it doesn't feel good.
14:19I don't feel like ice cream.
14:20Don't give it to me.
14:21Don't give it to me.
14:21Don't give it to me.
14:23Right, right.
14:24And finally, we've seen you in many spheres of life.
14:26I didn't want you to know if you're doing posts.
14:28Will you ever want to, well, will you see yourself as a contestant in any reality?
14:32I don't think I'm brave enough.
14:34I've just managed to be brave enough to put myself in this situation.
14:38But I don't know.
14:41It's not a very comfortable place to be in.
14:44Because human nature is a different thing.
14:46It's a very important thing.
14:47But it's a very important thing.
14:48You have to be affected by many external factors.
14:49Because you're going to a game show.
14:52It's not that you're watching 24 hours.
14:54It's a different game.
14:55You have to go with a system.
14:58You have to be able to take a lot of people.
15:00You have to take a lot of people to take a lot of people.
15:01Especially if I'm talking about the alliance, it's a show about relationships and alliances.
15:06Which will be able to break a lot of times.
15:08But you will also have to have a need.
15:11I have a lot of respect for people who are brave enough to go out there and do this.
15:16Yeah, I think we're pretty much sorted.
15:18Thank you so much for your time.
15:19And wish you all the best.
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