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Mumbai, Maharashtra: In an exclusive interview with IANS, actress Vidya Malavade opened up about her new vertical series Scam 2024: The Digital Arrest Story, where she played the role of Priya and the reason she took this project. She also shared a personal incident where her house help lost all her savings to an online scam, which made the show even more relatable. Talking about her first experience with the vertical format, she said that she was initially apprehensive about the fast-paced shoot but enjoyed working with four cameras simultaneously. She also believed that shows like this can create much-needed awareness about digital arrest scams. Vidya also reflected on her journey since 2003, and also opened up about the everlasting love for Chak De! India which recently completed 19 years, and the special place her character Zeenat from Mismatched holds for Gen Z. She also shared her take on social media trolling, stating that other people's opinions reflect their mindset and should not define you. Towards the end Vidya talked about her upcoming projects including Mismatched Season 4 on Netflix and more.

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00:00Vidya ji first of all welcome to INS
00:02Thank you very much
00:04Shukriya
00:04And Vidya ji first of all you will know that
00:07Scam 2024
00:08The Digital Arrest
00:09What was the biggest reason for you?
00:14I think that the story is very relevant
00:17My part was very good
00:19And
00:22Literally
00:23This is literally
00:24Every 6 minutes
00:27Everyone is scam
00:29So
00:30If there is so much relevance
00:32It has also been in my home
00:35Which is why it is a story that is the need of the hour
00:39Madam, as you said that you have been in your home
00:42So what exactly happened to you?
00:45How did you get into these scams?
00:47My 15-year-old house help
00:49It was a shame
00:53It was a shame
00:53It was a shame
00:57As one day
00:59He went to his ATM
01:00Then he went to his home
01:02And he called me
01:03And said that
01:03He doesn't get out of bed
01:05But the money is unparalleled
01:07He doesn't get out of bed
01:09But what does it have been needed?
01:10So I said, if there is money, then why won't it go out of the bank?
01:15So we were looking at the ATM card or something.
01:21But when I saw the passbook, I found out that there was nothing left.
01:25There were two installments, scammers, and all the money.
01:32I didn't know anything, because it was done for 10-15 days before.
01:34It was done for the bank account.
01:42But the whole bank account was empty.
01:46When we talk about the vertical series, you have done OTT,
01:49you have also done the theatre and film.
01:54When you talk about the vertical series, do you see something new?
01:58Or do you see something that attracted you to the vertical format?
02:01Or do you see something new?
02:02I think there were a lot of proposals coming to the vertical.
02:08But I was convinced that there wasn't any jump.
02:14But when this scam came to me,
02:18the small town boys, I know Arjun and his mother,
02:22they were very well.
02:24They were very very good.
02:25And this was their first project.
02:28Mera bhi the first vertical project.
02:30It was a nice to know,
02:34I know these people and they will do something nice.
02:38Story TV app is making really good shows.
02:45And you know, you know, that you watch Test Cricket and you like it.
02:51And you also like team members.
02:55So, this is the same thing.
02:58The film was 3-3 hours.
03:00Now, it's been 2 hours.
03:03There are series, you know, you can watch every episode of 10-10 hours.
03:07You can see every episode of the 1-1 minute episodes as you are watching the Reels.
03:15What is the difference in working style? How much time do you shoot shoot?
03:24I think that was my biggest disappointment.
03:27How will it be?
03:29I don't remember how many pages of 90 pages I remember.
03:31How will it be for 3-4 days?
03:38As an actor, how will it be?
03:46I don't want to compromise my skills.
03:49You have to do it and finish it and finish it.
03:53This is not my approach.
03:56I am very interested in it.
03:58But when it comes to the set, for a half minutes, it will be released.
04:01Because everybody is so well aware that what is happening.
04:06If you shoot a general normal series and scenes,
04:10you will have to do it before.
04:14You will have to do it before.
04:24I think that the episode of the 1 minute episodes will end in 1 minute.
04:30And I was thinking, I don't know how to bring the line.
04:33But it has been done.
04:34I don't know how to bring it.
04:35But it wasn't a challenge at all.
04:38It was actually a lot of fun.
04:41You know, they have to do it.
04:49Yes, it is about the last 10 minutes.
04:52I always feel any more than that.
05:01Thanks for social media.
05:01We have to support the support of the social media.
05:02How much of our social media?
05:03How much of it is available?
05:03I would like to support great support.
05:08We need to support the support of the LinkedIn community.
05:08How much of the digital media are available?
05:09When we were doing this before, we had made 4 reels.
05:14Those reels have reached 7-8 million.
05:17And so many people have commented on it,
05:19that it has happened to me, and it has happened to me.
05:22So, this is what it is.
05:24Now, how do you save it?
05:28This is your awareness for defective.
05:30Ma'am, if you talk about character,
05:32are you coming from positive and negative shade?
05:35What do you say about it?
05:40Positive and negative,
05:44but Priya is the protagonist of course in this show.
05:48What happens with her?
05:49We think, as I said,
05:51that it is my house help.
05:55Priya comes from a very well-educated background.
05:59She is in a managerial position in the firm.
06:03I think, it's a very difficult conversation.
06:05What happens with her?
06:06Because during the time of running,
06:11we are doing five things at a time,
06:14and you are also working on a phone,
06:16like Priya was doing,
06:18or doing something else or cleaning,
06:20a bell should also be calling,
06:24whatever,
06:25we do not do anything at all.
06:28So, in that one heart,
06:29In your heart, something happens like unawareness. Basically, not being aware is the whole thing.
06:39First, you don't understand what happened to me.
06:43Shame comes from your family. Obviously, everybody is upset. So are you.
06:50Shame comes from guilt. You don't understand what happened to you.
06:56You are so intelligent.
07:00And from there, Priya's journey, after a vulnerable girl,
07:07the strength of her, the courage of her,
07:14the courage of her, the courage of her, the courage of her,
07:18what she did and what she did and what she did.
07:26She has become an example.
07:27But she has brought all of them out of this network or this scam.
07:46How are you satisfied with your journey?
07:50Listen, I always look at the glass half full.
07:53So, I feel like it's been a long time for me.
07:57I feel like it's been a long time for me.
08:01No one has been a long time for me.
08:02No one has been a long time for me.
08:05So, I surrender my life.
08:08So, I surrender my life.
08:10So, what's happening is good.
08:13If you think it's not good now,
08:16then stop a little bit.
08:18Because when you look inside,
08:21you feel like everything is okay.
08:24So, even if one is going through the worst phase of your life right now,
08:29give it time.
08:30Because everything is for a reason.
08:34That you are growing,
08:35that you are getting blessings.
08:37I always say that lessons are blessings.
08:41So, everything is okay.
08:44I couldn't have written it better.
08:46So, whatever he has written,
08:47we are very well with it.
08:48Ma'am,
08:50when you talk about your career,
08:52you have two characters.
08:53I mean,
08:54it's a remembered character.
08:55And many people have liked it.
08:57One is Vidya's character,
08:58who was in Chakde.
09:01And one is Zenith's character, ma'am.
09:04Everyone wants to know that my wife is like this.
09:07So, what do we say about that, ma'am?
09:09That's really sweet.
09:11Nobody told me.
09:12But,
09:12everyone wants to know that their wife is Vidya.
09:16Vidya's mother.
09:16But, anyway.
09:21I think,
09:22I think,
09:24I always say that Chakde is like a blessing that never stops giving.
09:27That film,
09:29when we were shooting,
09:31I didn't know that it was so iconic.
09:35We were just playing hockey,
09:38shooting was going on,
09:39and we made friends,
09:42and we were just laughing.
09:44And,
09:44we were just laughing.
09:45and,
09:45and,
09:45and,
09:45and,
09:50and,
09:50and,
09:56and,
09:57and,
09:57and,
09:57and,
09:58and,
10:03and,
10:05and,
10:06and,
10:06and,
10:06and,
10:07and,
10:07and,
10:15and,
10:16and,
10:18and,
10:19So that's quite something. So like I said, Chakde is just a blessing that never stops killing.
10:25And I think that 35 plus people...
10:29One more thing I would like to add.
10:30It's been 19 years for Chakde, so you did a celebration?
10:36So today is my birthday.
10:40So it's going to be a celebration.
10:43It's going to be a celebration in the sense that we are our group and we have to meet.
10:47So I think next year, 20th year...
10:49I think it was 18 years this time.
10:52So next year, but we are all planning to go away somewhere.
10:57All of the girls are all over the world.
11:02So it's probably difficult to live in everyone together.
11:07I was also in Jodhpur.
11:09But at some point, I think that all of the girls are going to spend a weekend around the 10th
11:19of August.
11:20And we all have to see a film.
11:23I think it will happen in the next year.
11:27Soon.
11:28So what I was saying is...
11:30I think everybody is 35 plus.
11:33I call Vidya Sharma India today.
11:36And 13 plus Gen Z and Alpha now.
11:41They call me Zenath.
11:43So it's just...
11:45I'm just really grateful.
11:47Zenath has become everybody's comfort character.
11:50And now we have also finished the final season.
11:51So we have a very soon shot shot.
11:52So you will see season 4 we will see what Mismatch came out.
11:55Is there a plan that we call out in 20 years?
11:59Is there a plan that we call out in 20 years?
12:00Or would we call out in Sharukhsar?
12:05I don't know.
12:07Is it that we call out in Sharukhsar?
12:20Yes.
12:20I love the audience of Zheenath's character. Do you remember any special response from fans?
12:30I think there are so many special responses.
12:34I didn't know when people were talking about it.
12:38When it was released, there was no Instagram or social media.
12:43We were talking about the film and people.
12:49I remember a very old auntie who said to me,
12:55you saved India.
12:57I was thinking, what did I do?
13:00I wrote it in the script.
13:03But people are so confused.
13:06It was shocking.
13:11But I felt really, I didn't know.
13:14I couldn't understand what I was feeling.
13:16That people are so happy.
13:21People are so confused.
13:24It's just wonderful that they can create something like that.
13:30A film scene or whatever.
13:34I have so confused.
13:35I think, all of them have written so long, long, long, long love letters saying that Zheenath, our comfort character
13:43is.
13:43I remember that in season 2, I have a dialogue that is something like that
13:55I have a shot that I jump in a swimming pool and save a girl, a Simran character
14:10So, my voice over is that the kids are asleep but don't want to help
14:18Something like that
14:20And I think there was one letter that I got from somebody
14:26Which said that when the scene was going and when they heard the line
14:34She paused and said that I was just staring at a blank wall for 10 minutes
14:40Saying that this is how she has been
14:46That sometimes even when you have so many people and friends and everything
14:50You are still dealing with so much alone
14:54And you know, you just have to put your hand out and you can get help
15:00And that's really, really again relevant for the generation of not just today but for everybody
15:08Just put your hand out and you will find comfort characters everywhere
15:12And if not around you then just get help because there are doctors for us
15:18Take care of your mental health is what I am trying to say
15:21So, if you are talking about social media
15:25You are very active in social media
15:28You have a post on Instagram
15:28Sometimes you have a post on Sadi and some yoga
15:31Sometimes you do have a post on yoga
15:32So what do you say?
15:33How much help from social media is from social media?
15:37I feel like that a lot of people
15:40Social media is very good for some
15:43It's an evil
15:44But I feel like that it's a sort of self-discipline
15:50Because if you have to scroll for 5-6 hours
15:53Then you have to get your entire day
15:55But if you have to use what you want
15:58To use it
16:00Not that it is really beneficial for you
16:06Like everything else in life as well
16:09So all I would say is don't get used
16:11Use it because it's a very nice tool
16:16To
16:18I mean, I don't think that
16:19Before Instagram
16:23You would know that I am a yoga teacher
16:25I am doing practice for 20-25 years
16:27I am doing practice for 15 years
16:31I am learning
16:33So, people only know that
16:34Because of social media
16:37And I think that there is
16:39All kinds of things
16:40Like I have said, my love for Saris
16:43Is because of social media
16:45Also, my projects are all
16:47Yes
16:47There is a relevance
16:49Which is nice
16:50You know that I am
16:52In wellness
16:53You know
16:56Healthy eating
16:57Health consciousness
16:59So, yeah
17:00That's all because of social media
17:03I am talking about
17:04I am talking about social media
17:06That it is the fact that
17:07As a matter of truth
17:07This is that many actresses
17:09Troules are seen
17:10They are seen after the delivery
17:11They are seen after
17:12They are seen after
17:13They are seen after
17:14They are seen after
17:14They are out of shape
17:14And what you will say about it
17:17Maybe is that it is also
17:18That it is not true
17:20To be the mother of someone
17:21That it is true
17:22It is not true
17:23From any angle
17:24Yes
17:27See, the thing is, there are two aspects to this.
17:29One is that you are writing something.
17:33If you are writing something about me,
17:35then it has no bearing to me.
17:39Your thoughts, that you will write.
17:42So, for me, it is your problem.
17:45First of all.
17:47What you see in me is just a reflection of you.
17:50Simple.
17:51If you are wrong, then you will write it.
17:54If you are looking good,
17:56then it is also in you.
17:58That's why you are looking.
18:00Second thing.
18:01Richa and Chadda.
18:02Lovely, lovely Richa.
18:04I said something which I have to say.
18:07Chandu chandigaadh mein baeht ke,
18:09aapke baare mein joe wikhra hain.
18:11You should not learn a difference.
18:14Simple.
18:15That's his choice, right?
18:17I don't know anything about it.
18:18I don't know anything about it.
18:20Having said that,
18:23it is not,
18:25I mean, I feel,
18:29jenki yeh soch hai,
18:30jenki yeh soch hai,
18:30jenki yeh likhe ke,
18:31for a pregnant lady,
18:34who's just given birth,
18:36unke lihe yeh,
18:37agar kuchh likhha jai,
18:38to,
18:40aap sooche ke,
18:41jenki joki yeh,
18:42jenki yeh,
18:42jenki yeh yunh hiitkh raha hea,
18:44jenki yeh.
18:44It's just like,
18:46it's toxic.
18:48So stay away from it.
18:50And lastly,
18:51what are your future predictions?
18:53And what are your messages
18:54to your fans?
18:55I would like to say that Scam 2024 Story TV app has been released, it's doing very well, it's a
19:03great show.
19:04It's my first article, so please, you should download the story TV and watch Scam 2024.
19:11Besides, Mismatched has come soon on Netflix, season 4, our fan is Susan.
19:17And another film called Abrish, will come soon.

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