00:04S.T.A.R.S.
00:35My friend Josh was asking about she's leaving tonight, or are you five days in Brazil?
00:40Yeah, I was thinking about her.
00:41Because every time on my phone...
00:42She was like...
00:49I saw that joke.
00:51I saw that joke.
00:57I thought she was really good.
01:02I thought that too, I was thinking, oh yeah, look, I don't know.
01:04It's got a good idea.
01:04I think this is so right now.
01:11Wow.
01:12That's good.
07:13I'm playing this social activist. She's from Jaipur. It's inspired from a real character again.
07:25Somebody who gets so genuinely involved in Samri Devi's case that she kind of loses out on her personal life
07:38because of her...
07:41...involvement in this whole issue. Because this character that I play, Shobha, she kind of brings Samri Devi into this
07:51working for the rural development programs.
07:57And because she's the one who brings her into this, gets her out of her home,
08:04...that you go and go to the village and go to the village and work.
08:12And because she has to pay a price for that, you know.
08:17So, this character that I play, this woman, she feels kind of responsible.
08:22She would have been alright sitting in her home and look what she's going through now.
08:29So, she feels very committed to her, to the cause, the battle that Samri Devi is fighting.
08:36But in the process, she loses out on her marriage, you know, sort of goes on the rocks.
08:41I realized one thing, that getting the right actors for the right role is half the battle, or maybe more
08:48than half the battle.
08:49I was very fortunate that every person I visualized in the characters, everyone, I got the right, my first choice
08:56in every one of them.
08:57And that was really, rarely it happens.
08:59Sometimes you know that that person is not the right choice, but since, because of other constraints, you can't get
09:03the person.
09:04In this film, first and foremost, the key person for me was Nandita Das.
09:08And I knew that I never thought of any other actress for that role, I only thought of her.
09:13And I said, once she says yes, then only I'll announce the film.
09:16Then only I'll make up my mind that I'm making this film.
09:18Otherwise, I worked on the script, I did the research, I got everything done, but I didn't announce the film.
09:23I actually never announced the film, I just shot it.
09:27But, I said, I will not even mentally think that I'm doing this film, until she says yes.
09:31So, after she said yes, things started falling in place.
09:34But then I knew that I wanted Raghuvi to play her husband, because it was a rural character.
09:38I knew I wanted the villains to be somebody different from what you normally see.
09:42I wanted them to have that rural quality to them, but at the same time, the menace and so on.
09:47And then, just things started falling in place.
09:49I took a lot of actors from National School of Drama background, so that they would have the sensitivity and
09:55the ethos
09:55to work, to mold themselves into the character, as opposed to the character becoming them.
10:02And most cases where you take stars, no matter how much the star tries, their stardom becomes their biggest bane.
10:12It is something which, people can't see somebody beyond that.
10:16You know, it's the unfortunate part of stardom, you know.
10:19But by the same token, it gives you other perks, so I'm sure there are people who don't mind that.
10:23But then you can only play the same character again and again, because you are really playing that star, not
10:29the character.
10:30In my film, there was no such thing, there was no such baggage.
10:33Every character who played the role, didn't have that baggage of stardom on them.
10:39And therefore, they could blend into the character.
10:42And that's why, I think that's the main strength of the movie, is the right casting.
10:45and then my teaching background programs.
10:51These girl bikesulled the stages.
10:59They can be found on the stage.
11:03And they ask, Man, how many times do it within center of the thumbnail?
11:05You need lights?
11:09Yeah, that's why.
11:11Now in front of the terminal to torture cameras.
11:21Thank you very much.
11:43This was the one that was here.
11:45I was in one of the best videos,
11:54from the background of the street.
11:55That's still cool!
12:06I saw a lot of pictures in the kitchen.
12:07I'm happy to see you all the people!
12:07The mom is like,
12:08you're listening to the Shin-Yone,
12:10and I can't see you.
12:11She's ready for everything.
12:11I can't see you all the time.
12:11I can't see you.
12:11I can't see you.
