Mumbai, Maharashtra: During an exclusive interview, actress Shruti Deshpande discussed her experience playing Inspector Agni Srivastav in 'Naqaab' alongside Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Shaura Siddiqui. She talked about the challenges of portraying an authoritative police officer, the energy of live theatre and her biggest learning from Nawazuddin- presence of mind during unexpected technical glitches. Shruti also reflected on identity, experimentation, networking, social media’s influence on casting and the challenges newcomers face in the industry. She opened up about her journey from HR consulting to modelling, dancing, theatre and acting, her aspirations to create globally recognised cinema and the importance of perseverance, craft and consistency.
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00:00First of all, welcome to INS.
00:02Thank you so much.
00:03The most attractive in this concept was that this is a crime drama.
00:20It is one and a half hour and there are three characters.
00:24There is an investigation by Inspector Agnish Ravastaf.
00:27There are three suspects, which is Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who is an icon from the industry.
00:32They are playing.
00:33And there is one victim, her daughter Shora Siddiqui.
00:37It is a very tight play.
00:38There is no point at all.
00:40It is a play draw.
00:41The most interesting thing was that this was a balance.
00:48Because an icon of the industry is involved.
00:51And we are showing this in the three cities.
00:53It is very difficult because in the theatre there are many actors.
00:57There are three actors in the theatre.
01:00I think that was the most interesting thing.
01:08I think that was an interesting and gripping part.
01:12I think that was an interesting and interesting part.
01:16What was the biggest conflict in your character?
01:19What was the biggest?
01:20What was the biggest conflict?
01:20What was the biggest conflict?
01:21The biggest conflict was that,
01:24I will tell you about the plot.
01:26But one conflict was that he is an inspector.
01:30And it is quite the opposite.
01:32I am in my normal life a very happy-go-lucky, very flamboyant person.
01:37Agnish Srivastava is a very stern, strict and straightforward inspector.
01:42The biggest conflict was that,
01:44he knew that the one who murdered him,
01:47he is right to murder him.
01:49But then he has to arrest him.
01:50Sometimes they say that,
01:53the truth is true and the truth is true.
01:56And sometimes police have to give the truth.
01:59They have to give the truth.
02:00When they know that,
02:02what happened,
02:03what happened,
02:04what happened,
02:04what happened,
02:04what happened,
02:04what happened,
02:05what happened,
02:05and that reality is true.
02:08But then,
02:09when you have to arrest him,
02:10for duty,
02:11there is a big conflict.
02:13It is a conflict of a police inspector
02:15versus a human being.
02:18How did you portray this character in the stage
02:20how challenging it is for you?
02:22Especially with the live audience.
02:26It...
02:27It was challenging
02:28because it was our rehearsal.
02:31You know that,
02:32in the industry,
02:33we have about 30 plus years.
02:35This character,
02:36Agni,
02:37has to dominate her at one level.
02:40Because she is investigating.
02:41She is an officer.
02:42So she has to be really strong.
02:44So,
02:45for me,
02:45the most challenging part was that,
02:47I had to figure out
02:48how to make her strong character,
02:51that she has to dominate the suspects
02:53in this way,
02:54that the investigation is truthful.
02:56Because,
02:56in the theatre,
02:57no one doesn't see this.
03:01Of course,
03:02light and sound matters.
03:03But,
03:03the reality of doing is on stage.
03:05The drama creates.
03:07The dominance of the character,
03:10authority of the character.
03:11I think,
03:11that was the most challenging part.
03:13And then,
03:14that was the end
03:14in the end,
03:15I was able to maintain
03:16a lot of feedback,
03:16because I got a lot of feedback.
03:18For the character,
03:19to understand,
03:20you have a lot of questions.
03:22Because,
03:22in the theatre,
03:22you have a great reaction to the audience.
03:25Right.
03:25So,
03:25what is the audience's energy
03:26to your performance?
03:29100%,
03:30100%
03:30100%
03:31100%
03:32100%
03:33100%
03:33100%
03:34It's called
03:35The Greatest Show on Earth.
03:36In that,
03:36I am also singing,
03:38acting,
03:38dancing.
03:40There were 4 shows over the weekend.
03:42The show was 5 p.m.
03:43yesterday.
03:44In that,
03:45the audience was full.
03:46It was very energetic.
03:47So,
03:47when the audience is laughing,
03:49reacting to us,
03:50reacting to us,
03:51we also have that energy.
03:52We also have that energy.
03:53We also perform more crazy.
03:54But,
03:55in the second show,
03:56the audience was 70%.
03:58So,
03:59we had to add more energy.
04:01Sometimes,
04:01we were thinking,
04:02oh,
04:02we will laugh now.
04:04Or,
04:04at this point,
04:05the audience will stop.
04:07Or,
04:07it will turn off.
04:08And,
04:08the energy will impact us.
04:11The same thing in the US.
04:12There were 9 cities.
04:13All cities were different.
04:15For example,
04:16the show was Houston.
04:18And,
04:18the show was Dallas.
04:20People were amazing.
04:22People were laughing,
04:22playing.
04:23Because,
04:23Nakaab is a comedy also.
04:25It's a crime drama and comedy.
04:27So,
04:27when people were laughing,
04:28we were also enjoying it.
04:29We were also enjoying it.
04:30We were also enjoying it.
04:31We were also enjoying it.
04:31We were enjoying it.
04:33We were enjoying it.
04:33We were enjoying it.
04:35But,
04:36some places,
04:37like New York,
04:38New Jersey,
04:39the audience was a little subtle.
04:41So,
04:41they didn't laugh so much.
04:43So,
04:43our energy was also impacted.
04:47Nakaab,
04:48one way,
04:48it shows that
04:49people are hiding behind their own feelings.
04:54So,
04:55in your real life,
04:56what do you see in your real life?
04:58I mean,
04:59what do you see behind their own feelings?
05:02What do you see behind them?
05:04I think,
05:05I think,
05:06that everyone is wearing a mask.
05:08William Shakespeare said,
05:09that we are all merely players,
05:11and the world is a stage.
05:39So,
05:40that's what I feel.
05:41I think,
05:43what do you think about it?
05:44What is it?
05:45What is it important to you doing?
05:47What is it important to you?
05:50What is it important to you doing?
05:53there was an incident
05:55we were showing in chicago
05:58technical glitches
05:59in the theatre
06:00around 1000 people
06:01there was a mic off on stage
06:05and sir's mic off
06:07and there was an audience
06:09shouting
06:10mic mic we can't hear you
06:13and it's very distracting
06:14in the theatre if you perform live
06:17and hear from the audience
06:19because they didn't hear
06:20then sir had to increase
06:21his projection
06:23one point was that an actor can speak
06:26at that point
06:27we were also supporting our volume
06:29because theatre is all about presence
06:32but after one point
06:33he had to go to the mic
06:35he went backstage
06:38it was the first time that theatre
06:40I was doing it for 5 years
06:41I knew that now
06:42this is my responsibility
06:44at some point I improvised
06:47then we had to handle it
06:48with a technical glitch
06:49a small break
06:50and we all came back
06:52but
06:52that presence of mind
06:54in acting
06:55you can retake on the screen
06:57but in that moment
06:58we had to balance
06:59that okay
07:00there was a technical glitch
07:01plus
07:02we had to handle it
07:03and we didn't see it
07:04that something was wrong
07:06I think
07:06the biggest learning
07:07was
07:09presence of mind
07:10an amazing
07:11that I experienced
07:12together
07:13was
07:15the experience
07:17did you
07:18even
07:19quality
07:20or acting
07:21do you have to do something
07:39We had a good give and take
07:41So I think I have seen her grow
07:43She was like a younger sister for me
07:45Towards the end
07:46So this is the second question
07:49What is your similarity
07:51Sir is a very unique actor
07:55He puts something new in every thing
07:56He puts something new
07:57He cuts something
07:58So sometimes I see that streak
08:01He will also cuts something
08:02He will just remove it
08:04In the industry
08:06In the new commerce
08:06But the conditions are tough
08:09But the industry is welcoming
08:11And the new actors
08:14Yes
08:16If I give the truth
08:17It is not welcoming
08:21It is very
08:22It is very
08:24Because OTT has come
08:25It is not that opportunity
08:27But you have to make your place
08:29You have to make your place
08:30You have to make your place
08:32It is not only for audition
08:34I realized that
08:35In the industry
08:36You know someone
08:37And until that point
08:39When you reach the point
08:40When the luck strike
08:41You get a right director
08:42And he says
08:43Yes, I think
08:44For this role
08:45Until you have developed
08:47Your craft
08:47Because I know
08:48I have done a lot of years
08:49I have done a few projects
08:52I have done a lot of years
08:53But I have done a lot
08:54I have done a lot
08:54So I know
08:54That
08:56I don't welcome
08:57And you have never really arrived
08:59So
09:00The point is
09:01That
09:02You have to really work hard
09:04You have to be ready
09:05So
09:06Nobody welcomes you
09:09How much is the experimentation
09:10How much is it
09:11How much is it
09:12How much is it
09:12How much is it
09:13How much is it
09:14How much is it
09:16How much is it
09:16100%
09:20As an actor
09:21You have to explore
09:22You have to explore
09:23Different parts of your own
09:24Parts
09:24When you do characters
09:25For example
09:28Like I told you
09:29I am a very vibrant person
09:31I have played the inspector
09:32Agni Srivastav
09:33Played
09:34He is an external person
09:35But when I play the theatre
09:37I am doing another play
09:38In that
09:39I am doing art
09:41I am playing a journalist
09:43I am playing an air hostess
09:45I am playing a bhakt
09:46I am also doing a sexy dance sequence
09:51I am also playing a regular person
09:57A common woman
09:57So I think
09:58I am playing a lot of characters
09:59That is a lot of fun
10:01If you do one thing
10:03It happens that
10:04You have to be typecast
10:05But if you are not doing an experiment
10:07Then what is it
10:10Acting
10:10Acting
10:11You just need to play with water
10:16You have to play with an inspector
10:17Yes
10:18So usually women
10:20Cops
10:21Can we identify with women
10:24Can we identify with women
10:24Cops
10:25Your favourite
10:27Cops
10:29I really liked Tabu and Drisham
10:32And I also liked Rani Mukherjee and Mardani
10:35I think
10:36Yes
10:37I think
10:37She was brilliant
10:38So
10:39What kind of quality
10:40Do you have to play with other people
10:42Cops
10:43Look
10:44So
10:46We live in India
10:48So
10:48Already
10:50So
10:51There is some
10:52So my father is an army officer
10:53My father has 36 years served in army
10:56He was a black cat commando
10:58Psychologist in SSB
11:01I have seen the army officers
11:02Ladies
11:03And
11:04I have seen the police inspectors
11:05And
11:05I have seen the police inspectors
11:06For this role
11:06I observe the police inspectors
11:10The reality is that
11:11We have a feminine side
11:12Very strongly
11:41The
11:51It doesn't matter what your gender is. I think that matters.
11:56If you want to give a performance oriented role, what do you want to do?
12:06I am doing all the performance oriented role in 5 years.
12:17I have done a Tamil film called Yuvan Robin Hood. I was second lead.
12:23I come in as a very glamorous woman and then I turn out to be an undercover agent.
12:28That's a commercial project. It's an action thriller.
12:32I don't know why I feel very good in cop. I have played Inspector Swati Patal on Amazon Prime.
12:40I have done two commercial projects. I want to explore more roles.
12:46I have played an actress called Padma Nayar in a short film called Existence, which was in the film festivals.
12:52I played an athlete. I had a very short show before.
12:55I have played an athlete. I have played an athlete.
12:58I have played an athlete. But honestly speaking, you need to do any theater.
13:01You need to do any theater. You need to do any theater.
13:03Because I have understood that what you can see is grow.
13:06When Rakesh Baby Sir is performing in Prithvi theater,
13:11I have played an athlete.
13:13But what the audience can see and how the audience can see is that level has changed.
13:18So commercial project is equally important.
13:21No matter what you can say, only theater or theater doesn't matter.
13:24Commercial projects are so important.
13:25The question is about social media, everyone wants to talk about social media from the
13:32audience.
13:34Social media follow-ups in the gate, the director and producers are asking about actors.
13:41Do you feel like your hands are short for social media?
13:48Yes, it is short.
13:49Like in the casting, there are not 1 million followers of your entire 1 million followers
13:57or I have close to some 96,000 followers on Instagram
14:01and that is why I am known as the dancing anchor for 9 years
14:04apart from acting, I am known as the dancing anchor
14:08so I am doing a lot of shows
14:09because I am singing, dancing, anchoring
14:13I am doing it for 9 years
14:14I have been doing it in 7 countries
14:15so I have been doing so many shows
14:17so people follow you
14:20plus my content is very viral
14:22because people have not seen this concept
14:24that there are also anchors
14:25and people have danced with it
14:28so my hashtag is dancing anchor
14:30I have put that work
14:31so the following came from it
14:33so I created that song
14:36so I am a dancer
14:38but I am an artist
14:40so I am not the idea that I will create content
14:42I will create a content
14:43for the people
14:43for the following
14:45I am doing my art
14:46and I am displaying it
14:48and people follow me
14:49but the point is
14:51when I get casted
14:52and when people tell me
14:53oh
14:54you have not touched 100k
14:56or 200k
14:57so there is not so much following
14:58so there is not so much marketing
14:59and then when they forget all my art and craft
15:03then there is a pinch
15:04because
15:06when did this happen?
15:12and then there is not so much marketing
15:14you're not going to play
15:14just so I am not going to play
15:15the acting that you try to do
15:17all the work
15:17so you have to do that
15:19in a way
15:19about the competition?
15:21you think about how
15:21the competition works?
15:23I think about the competition
15:24100%
15:24I believe
15:25I do not think
15:27about the event
15:28because
15:30I speak especially
15:31I speak very candid
15:31and to be very honest
15:33yes auditions matter
15:35because it looks like this character
15:37will not be able to do it
15:38but that audition you get
15:40that audition is not tertiary characters
15:43which is not a small one
15:45but in a film
15:47there is a lead
15:48there is a supporting
15:49there is a tertiary
15:50there are junior artists
15:51those lead characters
15:53those main primary
15:54meety roles
15:55they are getting
15:56those people who know
15:58those people who know
15:59those who have a good circle
16:00and there is no fault
16:01it may be that
16:03my friend is the director
16:05and he knows that
16:06I have theatre so many times
16:07so he will ask me
16:08but I don't say that
16:10you take me
16:11I say I want to audition for this role
16:13so I think
16:14a lot of auditions are circulating
16:16which are basic roles
16:18and the big primary roles
16:21they are able to reach
16:23who actually know
16:25the filmmakers
16:25the producers
16:26so an important circle
16:28is very important
16:29that is why
16:29people come and live in Mumbai
16:31as well
16:31as well as the level
16:33of social media
16:34and people are working on another
16:35network
16:36so you can live here
16:37and become an actor
16:38what is necessary to live in Mumbai
16:39I think
16:42is the only reason that
16:43is going to have a
16:47name of the police
16:53I think
16:55yes
16:56I
16:56know
16:59that is
17:00the first time
17:07Mumbai
17:07I go to the
17:07I think
17:09I think
17:09as well
17:09In my interview, it was a meeting with a producer of a music video.
17:15He said that there will be a music video and a potential feature film.
17:20I was just new here and when I was talking, he told me, let's hang out in the evening.
17:28So I was blanked.
17:30I said, you should do the work.
17:32So he was not doing the work.
17:34He was focused on the work that he was focusing on, let's hang out in the evening, let's have dinner,
17:37come to my place.
17:39So I said, sir, he was my age.
17:43So he was not such a big man.
17:46I said, sir, let's see.
17:47If this is the work criteria, then I'm not interested.
17:52And if it's not, then you say, let's talk.
17:56So he was very like, oh, you're in the heart.
17:58Because no one is doing this openly, but this is happening.
18:01And you have to be very careful that you, because there are a lot of people who do it.
18:06And I'm not blaming anybody.
18:10But I'm just saying that there are a lot of people who go out there.
18:13So your choice is that you're dealing with it.
18:16But now the casting couch is not so openly, but it's underlined.
18:22And sometimes there are requirements written.
18:24With compromise, without compromise.
18:26When you get forward, etc.
18:28Which is very crazy, because this is very open.
18:32But people can make a choice now.
18:51I think I'm going to be very satisfied with this point today.
18:56Because I was a human resource consultant.
18:59A fortune, I was in the top MNCs.
19:04I used to be a human resource consultant with Deloitte.
19:07And then I got into modeling and dancing.
19:10And then I got into acting.
19:12I've been training for FTI teachers for two years.
19:15There's a drama line called Academy in Pune.
19:18I'm doing theater.
19:20I've been here for two years.
19:21I've been working from Pune in Pune in two years.
19:24I've been doing a Tamil film, an Amazon web series.
19:29In Prithvi Theater, Kala Ghoda, Rang Shankara, Rang Sheila, Neeta Mukesh Ambani Cultural Center.
19:35I've been doing theater shows here.
19:37I've been doing theater with Nawazuddin Siddiqui.
19:40I think that's enough for two years.
19:42I'm just like a horse.
19:43I'm just like a horse.
19:45Continuous.
19:45Because I was doing whatever I was doing.
19:47Because I've been giving up a lot of my dance studio in a lot of my life.
19:51We live far from our parents.
19:52I was doing whatever I was doing.
19:54I'm doing that.
19:55And I'm doing it.
19:55So I'm satisfied with my journey.
19:57And until I'm not become a top-notch actress now, not just in Bollywood, but globally.
20:04Until I have a name.
20:06My dream is to create cinema.
20:08Not just act in cinema.
20:11I have a passion to make stories like Pulp Fiction.
20:16In Mali, these are the classic films.
20:17The classic cults have been made.
20:19The Godfather.
20:20The Gangs of Air Sephora.
20:21Or even Life in a Metro.
20:23I feel that a lot of movies are great.
20:25I really like the movies.
20:26I want to make movies produce one day.
20:28And act in it.
20:29To create cinema.
20:30The history of cinema.
20:31That's my dream.
20:32What do you want to give me a message?
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