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Mumbai, Maharashtra: In an exclusive interview with IANS, director Siddharth P. Malhotra spoke about his upcoming film 'Ikka', describing it as the project he had always dreamed of making. He reflected on the emotional journey behind the film, the challenges of directing stars Sunny Deol and Akshaye Khanna, and the layered courtroom drama that forms its narrative. Malhotra also shared his approach to storytelling, emphasizing the importance of trust in the filmmaking process and praising the professionalism of veteran actors. Additionally, he discussed the film's strong female characters, shared his views on the culture of instant criticism in the age of social media, and expressed hope that audiences would support 'Ikka' through positive word of mouth.

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00:00First of all, welcome to INS.
00:03First of all, you have made a film of VR Family, Hichki, Maharaj
00:07and Emotionally and Social Relief in the film.
00:11So, how do you see the film in your own film?
00:14The film was the first film that I wanted to make.
00:17VR Family, Hichki and Maharaj.
00:20The film was a very important film for me.
00:22Because, wherever I come from, my father, Premna and Beena Rai.
00:26So, I've been watching Hindi films.
00:30It's called a classic Hindi film.
00:31When we go to the audience, we go to the theater and say,
00:34man, the money is coming.
00:36This is the picture.
00:37You know, Sunny Dior, Lakshay Khanna,
00:42both of them, friends, friends, friends.
00:46So, this is the whole mission of Thali.
00:50I always want to make this film.
00:52So, for me, this is a very important film.
00:53That's the important part of the film.
00:54But, when you are trying to say a story by years
00:56that you have to say something.
00:58And finally, it's going to say something.
00:59Then, you will have to say something.
01:00So, it happens to someone who has said something.
01:04that you have to say something.
01:06And then, you have to say something.
01:07You've said that you have to say something.
01:08A challenging film of your career was a challenging film.
01:10What's the difference?
01:12It's the same.
01:14It's the same.
01:23You all know, I don't want to talk more about that in detail, but when I was looking at their
01:32feelings,
01:35the time we had to shoot for the shoot,
01:39I was with him and I was with him, because I was with him,
01:47I was able to say a quote-unquote drama.
01:53I wanted to say that the audience of the audience had a good point,
01:58a good start, a good start, a good start.
02:02My wife also had a producer,
02:06so I wanted to say that all the things I had to say,
02:08and I wanted to say something about it,
02:10It was a challenge for me, because it was more of a challenge, but after making the film, it was
02:20a different game.
02:22According to the Quotun Pramals, the hero and vision are clearly defined.
02:26But in the same way, we talk about grey shades.
02:28In today's films, there's a line in such a short and short line.
02:33I think it's not in today's films, it's not in life.
02:36We, at least my films, who are the hero, are very affected by life.
02:43As a director, I'm an emotional person.
02:45So, until the hero doesn't come into the emotional circle, and the truth is,
02:53because the right thing can be wrong for me.
02:56The right thing can be wrong for me.
02:59And this is a life.
03:01So, in this film, the ones who are doing the right thing,
03:05they are emotionally right, but morally wrong.
03:11The ones who are doing the right thing, they are emotionally right.
03:17But the right thing can be wrong for me.
03:19So, when you get a few shades in the market,
03:23when you get a few shades in the market,
03:26when you get a few shades in the market,
03:26you don't have to be layered,
03:29and you don't have to be boring.
03:31Sir, the Lord said that,
03:33the Lord was also in a legal battle for a base film,
03:35and the one is also in a courtroom backdrop.
03:37So, what do you think,
03:39that you can see more of the legal stories of the society,
03:41and the uncomfortable truth of the society,
03:42and the uncomfortable truth of the society?
03:56And you don't have to be forgotten.
03:57But,
03:59you've also seen it,
04:00and I've also seen it,
04:01that in some years,
04:02there are no many natural stories in theatre.
04:05Why don't they have to be forgotten?
04:06Because the story should be important before the story is a story.
04:21To speak the story is important.
04:25If you think that you will win, I will be with you, when you are fighting, I want you to
04:32win.
04:33If you are going to win, eventually you will win.
04:37Now it will be the law of the law.
04:40The law of the law will be the law of the law.
04:44We will say that whoever the director has told me and told me,
04:50it will be fun.
04:52So just run for the court room and the court room
04:56where the court room is going to come and give the court room to freedom.
04:57So will this be the court room for the Daamani?
05:00No, because I'm not going to be our court room for the law.
05:06But the law Swingers, that they will fight for the law and the right.
05:16So these will not be the fan of the Sani sir.
05:18But there are fans, they will not be nervous, they will get dialogue and dialogue, but they will also get
05:24a sonny deal in the house,
05:26who is a broken person, who is emotionally broken and then goes up.
05:31So, Sunni Sir was a normal lawyer who used to be a common man, here he is a very strong
05:41lawyer,
05:41and he is handling a case, like you will see in the trailer, who doesn't want to do it, but
05:48he is having to do it.
05:49So, when the story is different, the story is different, to compare it with Daamani.
05:56Sunni Sir and Akshay Khanna are looking at three days later.
06:00So, what is the difference between the director and the acting style?
06:06Sunni Sir is a very emotional person.
06:09He is a very emotional person, which everyone knows.
06:12And he has emotions in his dialogue delivery.
06:15Sunni Sir is acting with his eyes.
06:17His eyes are saying a lot when he doesn't say any dialogue.
06:21Yes, he has to go to dialogue delivery, but Sunni Sir will make the dialogue himself.
06:25He will understand the dialogue and then he will sit with you.
06:30He will say, what do you want to say?
06:32Sunni Sir is a very interesting actor.
06:34And he will say, what he wants to say and after this, he will say, what he wants to say.
06:53The directions are very interesting.
06:59After Durandar, Akshay Khanna is the most underrated actor of Bollywood, so what do you want to say about that?
07:09After Durandar, Akshay Khanna is a great actor, I am a fan of Akshay Khanna for years.
07:26I want to get another film, because he is a very good actor.
07:32But Durandar, before and after, I am not sure.
07:37Sir, in your film, there are female characters who are strong and layered.
07:42Like one of the film, Tilutma, Shomdiya, Mirza and Sadidhar Sheikh, how many layered characters are there?
07:49Tilutma is a Prosecution Lawyer, who is fighting against the government.
07:54He is the character of Sonny Sir.
07:56He has read books of Sonny Sir.
07:58He is a mentor of Sonny Sir.
08:04He has never thought about Sonny or Arjun Mehra.
08:08He will fight against her, in her life he gets this opportunity.
08:12Now, who has a people who has known gods, in law,
08:17He will feel like his face and his eyes on it.
08:21And the person who gets back up to the world has a place.
08:23Then, Tilutma is one of those layers and shades ofplankment.
08:28He will, as a person, explain his life.
08:35She is playing a different role in her role in law firm and she also knows the film.
08:46She is playing a different journey.
08:49She is playing a different journey.
08:57She is playing a different role in the film.
09:00She is playing a role in her own family with her son.
09:04with the person who is accused today for the death of a house,
09:09who will react to the death of a woman who will react to the death of a woman,
09:11what will she say in her life, what's she saying in the trailer,
09:17like she was at home, why she's saying,
09:21she wants to save Akshay but he doesn't want to save her,
09:24so she has her own responsibilities.
09:26So, Sanjeev and I have been a very old friend of mine who worked on TV series and worked with
09:33them.
09:34Sir, Rani Mukherjee and Kajol, you have also worked with Kajol and actresses.
09:40Do you think that in the 90s and today's actresses, there is a difference between the 90s and today's actresses?
09:54I feel more personally, I am. I feel great because he is very clear.
10:02They are also working on their own things, they are working on their own and they do not work on
10:11their own,
10:11not on social media, not on the world, not on entourage not on an owners.
10:17They will be asked to answer that and will give their feedback.
10:22So these 90's actors are very clear because they work for the film and that is very important.
10:31You have been tackled to TV and OTT.
10:34So how do you feel about storytelling in today's media?
10:40Creative freedom will be the feeling of being with you.
10:48If you trust the TV, OTT or film,
10:51If you trust the TV and your work is very important,
11:02then they will leave you alone.
11:04Same for OTT, same for film.
11:07You trust your work is very important.
11:12If someone doesn't trust you, then freedom will be removed.
11:16It doesn't mean that you don't collaborate with them.
11:20As a director, maker or producer,
11:23this is a team work of filmmaking.
11:26It is not a single person.
11:29What are you doing?
11:32If you are doing any of those things,
11:33And who is involved in the film,
11:34who is doing a film,
11:36who is doing a film documentary?
11:38If you are talking about that story and your vision is same,
11:42then you will get freedom.
11:44If you say that,
11:46too many cooks and spoil the broth.
11:47If you are making a lot of food,
11:50one dish,
11:51then it will get a good deal.
11:54Sir, one question is that Rani Mukherjee, Kajol, Sunny Diol, and Akshay Khanna have been working with established stars.
12:00Do you have to be able to direct a director for a big stars?
12:04If you have your work and your own film, and what you have to say about that film,
12:13then the actor has no difference between the big actors and the actors.
12:19The advantage of the big actors is that they give you clarity,
12:24and they don't have to do much work in the medium.
12:31But I would boil it down to you, they need to trust you,
12:35and then you can win the game.
12:40So, sir, do you want to give a message to the fans?
12:46I just want to give a message that my whole team has made this film.
12:52Sunny sir, Akshay, Diyan, Thilothmaar, my cameraman Jishnu, my editor Shreta,
12:57all my team have made this film.
13:00And this film is a film that makes us a lot of money.
13:04If you think that your time and you have to have fun,
13:09then please please tell your family and your family to watch this film.
13:16This film is a word of mouth.
13:19This film is a word of mouth.
13:20This film is a word of mouth.
13:22When you feel good and you say good and you say good.
13:24If you feel good and you say good,
13:27then please tell your social media that you feel good.
13:31Sir, last question.
13:33When you analyze the film so many films,
13:36what do you say about it?
13:37Do you think it's a lot of criticism?
13:42It's a lot of criticism.
13:43It's a lot of criticism.
13:43If you have a phone, you are already a critic.
13:46If you have a critic and you have a critic.
13:49And it's a lot of criticism.
13:50I don't think it's a lot of criticism.
13:53I don't think it's a lot of criticism.
13:54You're watching and you're putting your opinion.
13:57So, put it.
14:00But as a maker, it's our own.
14:04Our work is to make a good film.
14:06And give people a good film.
14:07If you feel good,
14:10I feel good,
14:11I feel good.
14:12I can't make you like me.
14:15Or like my film.
14:16I can only try.
14:18Can you like my film?
14:19And hope that you like everybody's work.
14:21Because the film is not one person's work.
14:24Lightboy is also working.
14:26Technician is also working.
14:26There are a lot of people's work.
14:28So, I think,
14:30if you like my film,
14:31people like me.
14:32If you want to play on social media,
14:33what games are playing or not,
14:36it's my understanding.
14:39and I hope that when we have done a good work,
14:44we have done a good work.
14:45So, we have done a good work.
14:46We have done a good work.
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