00:00Stories related or centred around neurodiversity is very rare on the television, we have not seen much but this show
00:07touches up on a topic which is so sensitive and so sweet also at the same time. Do you think
00:12the audiences today are ready for unconventional stories on this whole show?
00:16I think it's high time that they should be ready because stories like this don't come really often. It's been
00:24one and a half weeks, show on Eruga on 29th of June and people are liking it, people are accepting
00:30it which is beautiful.
00:32So I think now we are in India, especially in India, a lot of people I know, they don't know
00:37what really autism is. So to know about it and to understand the sensitivity of it, we should watch the
00:43show. We need to learn about it and we need to approach people who are autistic with a little more
00:49kindness, inclusion and acceptance.
00:54Almost same. Whatever she said, she has said the right things. That is what I also feel. I also feel
01:02and my character also feels in the show that, you know, overprotective bhi nahi hona chahiyeh.
01:07You should give them some space, some wings to, you know, fly and sometimes more care, intensive care or more
01:21protection is dangerous. It can, you know, hinder your progress.
01:30So when we talk about television, you know, I think it reaches places where nothing else can reach, TV shows.
01:37Do you think that acts like an added responsibility on the show because it needs to educate as much as
01:42it needs to entertain?
01:43Of course, it does. But we also believe and our makers also believe that entertainment without awareness or message is
01:52incomplete.
01:53Yeh hum sabki sooch hai, hum actors ki bhi, humare producers ki bhi. So it is a good thing that,
01:59you know, we are not running behind just entertaining people.
02:03If we are able to spread the awareness also, that's great. It's an added advantage.
02:12See, what he said is absolutely right. I agree with him. But I think by the end of each and
02:17every episode, if we can change the perspective, I think it's a great victory for all of us.
02:24Same if we can start the conversation around this topic. I think again it's great.
02:29I think we both take the immense pride in the fact that we have a show around this topic. Of
02:43course, at the same time, we both have that responsibility on our shoulders.
02:48But I, yeah, I think, yeah, that's it.
02:53But do you think that this would actually help in opening the plug gates for inclusion more on the small
02:58screen?
03:00See, times are changing. Gone are those days when people used to watch only kitchen drama or they were looking
03:05for something, saas, bahu types.
03:07People also want to watch new concepts. And makers are also making new concepts. And we actors are also open
03:15to do new things.
03:17So there are going to be a lot of concepts, you know, which are going to be different than they
03:22used to be.
03:23Ours is one of them.
03:26And I think, yeah, there will be a lot of other shows also which will, you know, makers will get
03:33inspired by watching shows like these.
03:37But tell me, Ante, you guys have like this whole expertise in TV. You've done like so many shows. You
03:41have so much of experience.
03:43Why is that when we watch a TV show and it starts off on a very good note, it has
03:48a topic to talk about and then ends up, you know, in a saas bahu saga?
03:52Why does that happen? And will this happen to this show as well?
03:56I highly doubt it will happen to this show. I hope so not because the story is very different.
04:01But then at the end of the day, we are serving to this mass audience and we are seeing the
04:08ones that they want to watch.
04:09That is why I think it was a lot of time. In 2008 or 2009, we were watching other channels
04:13about autism and it took us 16 years to make a show like this.
04:19And I think, uh, saas bahu, hum tabhi dikhate hai jo, see, time change ho raha hai, apko time ke
04:27saat change honne ki bhaat zaroorat hai.
04:29Of course, there's this part jhaan pe saas bahu drama bhi chal raha hai, but at the same time, people
04:33are accepting Juhi Mui so beautifully.
04:35They are, they are, they are accepting her with open arms and open heart and that is exactly what we
04:40want because these are not two typical hero, heroine characters.
04:42They are very different. They have their own flaws. They have their own world and how they come together and
04:47see the world in a very different perspective.
04:49But he is bare a man. I think abhi tak tosh loog bhaat zyada pyaar kar rahe hai aur mujhe
04:53jitni umeed hai, mujhe nhi rakta hai, it will turn into that typical saas bahu saga.
04:57Yeah, yeah, even I think so. Aisa kuch nhi honne waala hai. Because if it happens in the concept, we'll
05:03lose its charm.
05:05And, uh, I think makers are also very clear about this, that it won't happen. It won't.
05:12You've been in the industry, again, like I said before, that you've been here for so long.
05:16What, according to you, as per you, are the cliches on team day? You would want not to happen anymore?
05:23What? Clichees. Ah, there are so many.
05:31Why, uh, I mean, shadi ho gai achanak se.
05:35Namak zada daal diya. Namak, uh, woh, kisne namak daal diya, kisne chana zada upal diya.
05:42All these things, you know, those have already stopped, I guess.
05:47Eh, mahi, mai bhaati ho, hio, hi, time badal gaya hai, log badal gaya hai, log ki choice badal gaya
05:51hai.
05:51So, kafi sari chizhe change hui, and I think it's for good.
05:54Ya, those high drama scenes jahan pe ap chila rahe hai hai, round rolli chal rahi hai, zoom, zoom, zoom,
06:01zoom ho raha hai.
06:02Woh sab, kai jaga abhi shayad hota ho ga, lekin, kafi change a chuka hai,
06:08aur woh cliches wapas nahi ane chahiye, ye, mein chahun ga.
06:11But also, hain, jaisi, aapnada dekh nahi ka, humara jo perspective bhi change ho te hai.
06:16So, ye, I think shows ke chaz a reality shows also has a big form of consumption for us.
06:21You've done a reality show.
06:22My question to you is, do you think that reality show today is a bigger factor for, you know, being
06:27relevant or being noticed more?
06:29Because hum TV say hi TV actors ko jahan te hai, but hum ek reality TV chap kisi ko dekhte
06:35hai, we know the person personally.
06:36So, do you think it makes a TV actor more personal for the audience and does it make it more
06:42relevant, do they become more relevant?
06:45I don't know about the relevance factor, but of course, why do we love watching BTS as in behind the
06:51scenes?
06:51It's because we want to know more about them.
06:54Today you know Juhi, today you know Sayyam, but what Isha is and how she behaves or how Vijendra behaves,
06:59you will only get to know when you're watching them on a reality show because there's no filter, there's no
07:04character, it's just you.
07:06So, I think kafi different, different chise hain mujh seh, relevance ka rahi pata mujhe,
07:12but I think that also they like that, oh who Isha is or what she wears or how she dresses
07:16up, what she eats and how she behaves.
07:19Toh uske ek factor hain, of course, reality shows ke ek alag audience hain, kafi sayre reality shows a rahe
07:23hai hain, different, different uspeh.
07:25But then acting is a different thing altogether, it's a different ball game altogether.
07:30What do you think, like as a viewer, because you've not done a reality show here, as a viewer, do
07:34you think you feel more connected to an artist on screen who's probably seen a BTS off or a reality
07:40show?
07:41I know people who really like your work, who are your fans, they want to know more about you, there's
07:48social media, there's YouTube, BTS, you guys also show us, you take our interviews, you make a bridge between us
07:59and the fans.
08:01So these are a few sources from which they can know more about us.
08:07Yeah, of course, reality is something different, they know a lot more about you on that.
08:14Fortunately, unfortunately, I have yet not explored that area.
08:19Do you want to?
08:20Yeah, I know.
08:22But I have been busy acting and acting is something I really love and if I have been given choices
08:31between, whenever I'm given choices between fiction and non-fiction, I've always chosen fiction.
08:38I was approached for some non-fiction shows, but that time I was doing something else.
08:46Never say never is the attitude that I have, maybe later, but yeah, what attracts me more is fiction.
08:55Last question, since you've already done a reality show, the reality show that we are watching right now are getting
09:00way more bolder.
09:02What do you say about that?
09:03What do you mean, as in?
09:06They're getting way more bolder.
09:07I don't know if you've seen Lock Up or if you've seen other shows.
09:09They're way more bolder than what Big Boss was.
09:11So, of course, it's a Netflix, it's a OTT, this thing, so they have more freedom, be it the scenes,
09:18be it the language.
09:19Yeah, I'm talking about language.
09:19Language, see, I'll tell you something now that you have said that we want to know more about a person.
09:25Yeah.
09:26The abusive language, I think, how many people talk about it.
09:29And when you are doing a show, in fact, it's just that it gets edited out, they beep it.
09:35It's not like, oh, we're all saints.
09:36People do talk like that, people are very different to what they are on screens.
09:41I think that's all right, people are still loving it.
09:43They are watching Alliance, they are watching Lock Up, they are watching Big Boss.
09:48So, that's the difference of OTT, that there's no restriction on anything, right?
09:54I think that's all right, right?
09:56You guys are loving it, we're talking about it, that's all they want.
09:58Also, last question, women of all ages swoon over you, they're surely like you.
10:04No, that's so sweet.
10:05And do you ever get like complimented by, like, do people come up to you and say,
10:09oh, yeah, this is so very cautious, it's so nice.
10:11Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
10:15I don't know that much, I don't see much comments, I don't know that much.
10:21Now that you have said it, yeah.
10:34On this, I would say, yeah, I enjoy the female fan following, because being a guy,
10:41if there's no female following, there's no female fans, I don't think so that a career
10:47graph will go up, so that should happen, and thank you so much, I have a lot of love
10:53and respect for you all, keep loving me the same way.
10:55Great, it was lovely speaking to you guys, before we wrap up, anything you'd like to
10:59say, both of you?
11:00Please watch our show, Jui Mui, Monday to Friday, 9.30 on Colors and Hotstar.
11:07It's a very good show, the concept is really good, performances are good, all actors, all
11:14our technicians are doing a great job, television peh yeh, is tarah ka show, meinne khud baut
11:20time baat kiya hai, toh I would love the audience to watch it, you know, please, please support
11:27us, and watch our show, and make it a hit.
11:31Thank you, thank you, thank you so much.
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