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Mumbai, Maharashtra: In an exclusive interview with IANS, actor Prammod Sanghi opened up about his upcoming film Udta Teer, revealing what excited him most about playing Arjun. He spoke about the intense preparation he underwent for the role and recalled a particularly challenging action sequence from the film. Sanghi also shared key learnings from working with star actors like Vijay Sethupathi in Farzi and Prithviraj Sukumaran in Daayraa. He highlighted the major difference in working styles between South and Hindi cinema, satirically noting that 'in the South, you get to sleep after lunch'. Further in the conversation, he talked about his experience of working with established stars like Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor Khan. The actor also expressed his desire to become one of India's most memorable negative leads across languages. Towards the end, Sanghi shed light on his upcoming projects with actors like Emraan Hashmi and others, and spoke about his experience working on a high-stakes thriller series that marks Hrithik Roshan's debut as a producer.

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00:01Pramujji first of all welcome to INS
00:03Thank you
00:04And Pramujji, first of all you will know that
00:07Urtah Tirma and Arjun's character personally
00:09What kind of thing is exciting?
00:12Because he speaks less and speaks straight
00:16He is a patriot who
00:19When he sees his country
00:23He acts and doesn't waste time
00:26And I feel that he connects with my human life
00:31Urtah Tirma and Arjun's ATS
00:33For his body language and aggression
00:36Why did you prepare for your preparation?
00:41I have done Kuldeep Sashi
00:43If you know Tiger Shroff
00:45He did martial arts
00:48I had done my whole body transformation
00:50For this work
00:53For this work
00:54I have pictures and the whole journey
00:56That how in 60 days
00:58Actually in 30 days
00:59There was a whole transformation
01:01In the morning
01:02I would do strength training
01:02And in the evening
01:04I would do martial arts
01:05So that was the preparation
01:08For your physical training
01:10Is there any action sequence for this film?
01:12Is there any action sequence for this film?
01:16Yes
01:17We have shoot in a cinema
01:19Liberty cinema
01:20In the moment
01:22Inside the cinema
01:24And
01:25Because it was closed for many years
01:28So there was a lot of suffocation
01:30And this was right in the peak
01:32In the last few months
01:33So it was very intense
01:35And very difficult shoot
01:37But thank God for the training
01:40It went like a breeze
01:42To understand Arjun's temperament
01:44Do you have observed your references in real life?
01:49Well I think
01:50That was an observation
01:52I am
01:54Somebody who follows a lot of action stars
01:57In the beginning
01:57He was Bruce Lee
01:58Then
01:59I decided to do this hair style
02:01Then
02:02Jason Statham
02:03So
02:03From that point of view
02:05I think
02:06You know
02:07Ye toh actors ki baat hai
02:09But
02:09Even
02:10Real life heroes
02:11Were someone
02:12Who I have always looked up to
02:14Like Dara Singh sahab
02:15When it comes to India
02:17And
02:17Yeah
02:18I think
02:19These were my role models
02:20You have made Farzir, Rana, Naidu, Asur and Daira
02:23Very different projects
02:25So
02:25How does your approach change with each character?
02:29Every time
02:30It changes
02:31Because
02:31You know
02:34If
02:35If
02:35You know
02:37I play a
02:38NIA officer
02:39Who is a paramilitary commander
02:41Who is a paramilitary commander
02:42His mindset
02:44How does his weapon carry in public
02:46All that matter
02:47He speaks a lot
02:48He speaks a lot
02:50In
02:51I play
02:52Vasu
02:53Who is a reporter
02:55Again
02:55Very observant
02:57A very strong personality
02:58Who
02:58Who
02:59Pi
03:01And
03:02He speaks
03:05A very strong personality
03:06Which
03:06When
03:07That
03:08He speaks
03:13Some
03:14He speaks
03:19He speaks
03:20Who
03:21was a Govan, you know,
03:25who helped tourists,
03:27who was such a character,
03:29a very bright character.
03:30So I went all out.
03:33I didn't need to contain anything in it.
03:36There was a video with your partner
03:38and the students here
03:39with their students.
03:44So how was your experience
03:46and what did you learn from them?
03:48How to be humble?
03:51The first shot was our first shot.
03:57And we had to chase someone.
04:01And after that,
04:02I can never forget that
04:04that the man took a plastic chair
04:06and asked me,
04:08Pramod sir, let's sit.
04:11He was so humble even after being such a huge star
04:15in South.
04:15One week before,
04:17I saw his master.
04:18You know,
04:20Similarly,
04:21when it comes to Prithviraj sir,
04:23I think I got him straight on the set.
04:25And he was absolutely in character.
04:28You didn't feel like
04:31that someone else could do this.
04:33Very to the point,
04:35remembering how things are.
04:39And when you're doing a scene with 70 people,
04:42there's a lot of disturbance.
04:44But when an actor like that is supportive of what you're doing,
04:48you can take your performance.
04:51Where can you take your performance?
04:52Raj N.D.K. and Rana Naidu.
04:55How did you experience your experience with Rana Naidu?
05:00I think it was with Karan Anjuman sir.
05:06Both had very different experiences to be very honest.
05:11Farzee was a very long commitment.
05:13In fact,
05:152016
05:18I have heard this story from Raj N.D.K.
05:21I also heard this story from Raj N.D.K.
05:22I also heard this story from Raj N.D.K.
05:24So,
05:25I have a very different relationship from the script point of view itself.
05:30You know.
05:32And,
05:32the author of Hyderabad,
05:34when he was going to make a film.
05:35So,
05:37I wanted to show his whole dialogue in Hyderabad.
05:41So,
05:41it was a very beautiful experience from that point of view.
05:44And,
05:44I had the whole script,
05:49just getting an opportunity to play that character itself was amazing.
05:54Whereas,
05:54Rana Naidu,
05:56because it was an action world,
05:58and I didn't get any action in there.
06:01I got a different character,
06:04a big Rangila.
06:07So,
06:08yeah,
06:09there were two different,
06:10you know,
06:11Poles apart,
06:11which is called Mustara characters.
06:14In South and Hindi industry,
06:17what do you think of the difference in South and Hindi industry?
06:19That,
06:20in South,
06:21I get to sleep.
06:22After lunch,
06:24you get a half an hour siesta.
06:27You get a lot of things.
06:29You know,
06:29and it's a very nice thing.
06:31You know,
06:31the ones that are working here,
06:32and the ones that are working,
06:34they take a nap after eating a 15 minute.
06:38That's it.
06:39You know,
06:40and,
06:41they just come back refreshed.
06:45Whereas,
06:46when it comes to Bombay,
06:47it's a very amazing thing that people are super professional,
06:50very hard-working,
06:52very hard-working.
06:53I have not heard of someone on the set,
06:55I have not heard of someone on the set.
06:57You know,
06:58whether it's your job or your partner,
07:01people are very empath with each other.
07:04and,
07:04and,
07:05one of the things we care about,
07:06ultimately,
07:07what matters is,
07:09that,
07:09that,
07:09that,
07:10that,
07:10that,
07:11that,
07:11that,
07:11that,
07:12that,
07:12that,
07:12that,
07:12that,
07:12that,
07:12you know,
07:13you have worked on and your partner.
07:18Why do you do the same thing as the start of your partner?
07:22how do they do the same thing as the start of your partner?
07:25How do you see that?
07:26I think that,
07:28I think that everyone,
07:29the feeling of each other,
07:30that we are all the stars.
07:33I think that,
07:34the good thing that everyone is,
07:34is the same thing in the form of our partner.
07:35is that,
07:35all of us were just three years of together,
07:38that we are already done,
07:38and it all was around the COVID-19 pandemic,
07:41so that,
07:42everyone valued that,
07:43each other's time and I think Shahid really looked up to the directors and with Kareena
07:51ji also, she looked up to Meghna ma'am and when you set them, she gave me the respect
08:01of a co-actor. So it was a very good experience working with both of them.
08:16Well, to be very honest, to be very honest, I am very grateful for this thing.
08:21Because when I was in this path, I felt like I was going to be a typecast.
08:29As I was listening to people, I would say, you are going to get the police or the villain
08:36role. But I think it all changed. Because as I did the first skit, comedy, and I think
08:46that it was the most challenging thing. As I crossed that path, I am so grateful that the
08:54most of them, whether it be Anurag Kashyap ji, Kennedy or Meghna ma'am, I have played
09:00both of them as a reporter, but they are both poles apart. But the other players, Pramodh,
09:09Pramodh and Arjun, they are very different from each other. They are both soldiers. So I think
09:18I am just, at this point, very grateful that I am getting so diverse opportunities and I
09:24am just open to working. So whatever it comes to me, if the story makes the difference, I
09:31would jump on to that character.
09:33Do you think that OTT has created interesting opportunities for characters and actors?
09:39Absolutely. I think even the films have taken the first time, like Ota Thir, there were
09:48films driven only by the leading man. But when you watch the trailer, you get to see all the
10:04characters that are giving justice to every character possible. And this start was
10:11from OTT. So I think, yeah, very thankful that OTT started this trend.
10:16Usually, sometimes, it happens that character actors complain that they don't get to
10:21live in hotels, where there are stars, or they don't get to eat the food, where there are
10:27two stars. So, have you ever seen that in South or in South or in other industries?
10:32Very grateful. That's never happened. Thank God. In fact, you know, at the path,
10:38they are the ones who are staying, they have kept us, they have treated us, they have
10:44treated us, they have never felt that you are a character actor or a small actor. I think
10:52that's what happens with people. But I've been very grateful to be working with such
10:58productions, such directors and such co-iters.
11:02Have you ever seen that the vanity van is a small one, or the big actors have been
11:07a big vanity van? Have you ever seen that in hotels?
11:11I mean, look, I'm 6-foot man. The way I can play, the way I play, the way I play.
11:18I feel like a coffee shop is the place of making it. And when I go to work, I'm not
11:25going
11:25to sit in vanity. I don't want to be on the floor. I have to be on the floor,
11:28not to be on the floor, not to be on the floor and to be on the floor. So I
11:32think
11:32what you get is very good and I'm thankful for that.
11:36Do you want to say yes in your career what kind of rules do you want to say in your
11:40career?
11:42I definitely think that when you come to Bombay, when you see that I have no acting,
11:50someone says that I am a leading man.
11:54But my mind is that I am the most remembered negative leads across all the languages.
12:04And whatever I have acquired skill sets now, like action, languages, dance,
12:16I have all the opportunity to explore.
12:19So that is what I am gunning for.
12:22And to reach there, whatever I am getting, where my test can be,
12:30I have all the opportunity to do.
12:31What would you like to see from the audience to promote Sanghi's actor?
12:39Yes, there are 3-4 more releases.
12:42After that, Pratik Roshan Ji's first production, Storm.
12:48Then there is a show on Netflix, Coke.
12:51These are all the information on IMDB.
12:56And Imran Sir is coming back with a romcom, which is coming to Netflix.
13:03So these are all the 3 immediate projects.
13:08And I am continuously working on this project.
13:11You have said that as a producer,
13:14you are the first production of Arishti Roshan.
13:17So how do you explain how you work with them?
13:19How are you producers?
13:20Amazing!
13:21Amazing!
13:22It was very fun.
13:23In fact, I don't want to talk more about it.
13:28I think I should watch that show.
13:31With all the people who are working with them,
13:34it will be very fun.
13:37Lastly, what would you like to give a message to fans?
13:38What would you like to do?
13:39Okay, please.
13:41Theaters and Jaya Teri.
13:43Watch films.
13:45Like you have to have entertainment.
13:48We also have to have you.
13:50And if there is no small actor,
13:54I think you all have to watch it.
13:57You have started this money.
13:58And thank you for continuing to watch us and acknowledge us.

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