In an Exclusive Interview with Lehren, Mukesh Rishi enlightens about his experience of collaborating with Rakesh Roshan, Hrithik Roshan & Preity Zinta in the mega hit movie, Koi... Mil Gaya. The actor also shares the actual reason for playing villainous characters on screen instead of opting for romantic roles in films.
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00:00 Rakesh Roshan is a very simple director.
00:02 I found him to be a very easy, calm director.
00:06 He is more of a villain.
00:08 You must have thought that I should also become a hero.
00:10 I am good, everything is fine.
00:12 Hey, serious!
00:14 When there are such roles like Hrithik,
00:17 then he likes to be in his own mood.
00:20 It becomes a requirement that you should be in that mood.
00:28 Sir, you have become Inspector Khan in 'Koi Mil Gaya'.
00:32 In that film, the magic of the spaceship from space to earth,
00:38 people think that your body and height are like a buffalo.
00:42 But you are the only one who can see it from space.
00:45 That's why he landed in Kasoli.
00:47 No, it doesn't happen like that.
00:49 It doesn't happen like that.
00:51 He landed and we did the investigation.
00:53 You went to the jungle and did the investigation.
00:55 We saw that the place was on fire.
00:58 The sequence was like this.
01:00 Then we found out that
01:02 some people had landed and one of them didn't return.
01:08 This is a investigation.
01:10 It is not necessary.
01:12 I was an inspector, so it was an investigation.
01:14 We showed the place where he landed.
01:16 Everything was on fire.
01:18 I showed the marks on his feet.
01:20 It was in my hands.
01:22 He was the lead.
01:24 We trace where he is and who he is.
01:26 That's the story.
01:28 That's how it was.
01:30 Sir, you worked with Ritik Roshan and Rakesh Roshan.
01:34 Because there was a director and an actor.
01:36 What was the rapport and bond with them?
01:38 How was it?
01:40 Rakesh Roshan is a very simple director.
01:42 Sir, why?
01:44 This is his quality.
01:46 Sir, it is a quality but...
01:48 No, every actor has an approach.
01:50 I have given him a lot of advice.
01:52 I found him to be a very easy and calm director.
01:58 Sometimes, the actors in my film and his film
02:02 feel that they should do whatever is required.
02:06 They feel that they should do this and that.
02:10 They feel that they should do whatever is required.
02:14 Sometimes, many actors try to do this.
02:18 Sometimes, they don't need these things.
02:20 There is an inspector.
02:22 How much liberty can he have?
02:24 If we think about it,
02:26 the approach of an inspector is like this.
02:28 He tried to do the same.
02:30 He believes in these things.
02:32 Sometimes, his words also make us feel that
02:34 this experiment is meaningless without any reason.
02:36 "Okay, I will do this and that."
02:38 "Okay, I will do this and that."
02:40 No.
02:42 So, if he does what he was told to do,
02:44 then it is immediately okay.
02:46 So, he is a director who has a lot of freedom.
02:48 It is immediately okay.
02:50 So, his approach towards actors is very simple.
02:54 So, there is no pressure
02:56 that you are working with a famous director or actor.
03:00 This reflects your personality.
03:02 It has a positive effect on new people.
03:06 You feel free.
03:08 So, that quality is there in him.
03:10 Sir, how was your experience with Hrithik Roshan sir in the same movie?
03:14 Was Preeti Jinta also there?
03:16 Yes, Preeti was also there.
03:18 Sometimes, we used to eat together.
03:22 Because Rakeshji liked it when everyone ate together.
03:26 There were two cars, but everyone used to eat together.
03:30 It used to happen.
03:32 So, we used to get a chance to eat together.
03:34 And, there is a lot of free time.
03:36 I might not have it, but Hrithik might have it.
03:38 Because, Hrithik has more scenes.
03:40 So, he used to get involved again.
03:42 And, when there are such roles like Hrithik,
03:48 then he likes to be in his own mood.
03:50 Because, playing a character and doing it differently,
03:56 becomes a requirement that you should be in that mood.
04:00 You should not get out of that.
04:02 You should not become Hrithik.
04:04 This happens with actors.
04:06 So, the role he was shown in that movie was like that.
04:10 It was not a straight role.
04:12 So, I think, he used to be in that role.
04:16 But, whenever he used to meet people,
04:20 he still used to say hello.
04:22 Sir, it might be that, it has been a long time
04:24 that you have made Krish 4.
04:26 So, maybe we can see you in that movie.
04:30 It is a good thing that we made it.
04:32 Because, it is a kind of film that can take you forward like James Bond.
04:39 It is a product of that level.
04:42 So, we make it.
04:44 But, he does not make it in a hurry.
04:47 This is a big quality of his.
04:50 Whenever he wants, whenever he has heard a story,
04:54 that there are such gatherings.
04:57 So, when something becomes good,
05:00 when he sees something good,
05:02 he makes it good.
05:03 Then only he does not rush people.
05:07 This is his quality.
05:09 Because, he is stable in all ways.
05:12 So, he does not need it.
05:14 If he has to work with Hrithik, then Hrithik is available for him.
05:18 So, I think this is a very good combination.
05:20 Sir, as we know, you did modelling in the beginning.
05:23 You were very good looking.
05:25 You are still good looking.
05:26 And, height is very good.
05:27 Color is very clean.
05:29 So, you did not think, like everyone wants,
05:32 that I would also come as a hero.
05:34 I would make the heroine sit behind the bike.
05:36 And, spread my arms in the snowy mountains.
05:39 You are more in the role of a villain.
05:41 You must have thought, I should also become a hero.
05:43 I am so good. Everything is fine with me.
05:45 Hey, Gambhir!
05:47 No, nothing like that.
05:49 The biggest thing in that is that I am not from a filmy background.
05:53 And, I had taken a lot of risks before coming in films.
05:59 Sir, please tell openly.
06:01 I was in the business of my family.
06:03 I was in Bombay, I was in Jammu.
06:05 I came to Bombay after completing my studies from Jammu.
06:09 So, I could not do business with my family.
06:13 Our work was there.
06:15 So, I went abroad.
06:17 I did some fashion shows there.
06:20 And, I came back there again.
06:24 And, I did not have that, what do you call it,
06:30 that I should take some other risk.
06:32 Because, for so many years, you think,
06:37 this is not right, this is not right, this is not right.
06:39 It is not like that.
06:41 And, the second thing was that I was honest about the feeling that was inside me.
06:45 There was no point in going against it.
06:48 I would have been confused if I had a filmy background.
06:53 Or, I would have seen it, or met the heroes.
06:56 It was not like that.
06:58 So, the power that was being created inside me as an actor,
07:04 there was no heroism in it.
07:08 It was a kind of development inside me.
07:13 And, I never lied to anyone for that.
07:16 So, sometimes, when I used to go to meet people,
07:20 there was always a confusion in their office.
07:23 Because, at that time, my combination was rare, according to the films.
07:30 I had small hair, and I had a sports look,
07:34 my cheeks were like that.
07:37 And, at that time, there were no such villains,
07:41 nor heroes.
07:42 Hero means, he did this kind of hair,
07:45 and villain also had big hair.
07:47 It was not like that.
07:49 And, I never discussed it,
07:54 nor did anyone say, "When you go, go like this."
07:57 Nothing like that.
07:59 One thing was certain, the audience would think that the actor is an actor.
08:04 I mean, it happens, that he looks like he knows.
08:10 Now, where he would fit, they would not understand.
08:14 Neither they could see him as a hero, nor as a villain.
08:18 So, I came to know about this later,
08:21 I did not change anything.
08:23 I did what I had.
08:27 I had the hunger for that,
08:29 I had the fire for that.
08:30 I did not make any changes in that.
08:33 And, even today, I feel that I did the right thing.
08:37 Yes, sir, totally.
08:38 You were always evergreen, you were constant.
08:40 See, what happens is,
08:43 when you change yourself, then problems arise.
08:48 You have to be constant somewhere.
08:50 It is the requirement of the industry,
08:53 that there should be a particular kind of hero.
08:56 Today, all the definitions are over.
08:59 It is simple.
09:00 Anyone can be an actor.
09:02 So, those things were very strong.
09:07 And, ultimately, what happens is,
09:10 someone has to choose you.
09:13 Then, he will prepare you,
09:15 he will spend money on you.
09:17 So, your thinking cannot match his thinking.
09:22 If you are thinking the opposite.
09:24 So, it is better that the one who is going to buy you,
09:27 thinks about you,
09:28 that in which role he will fit.
09:30 If you go in that mold, then it will be better.
09:34 Because, you do not have the right,
09:36 that when the buyer says,
09:38 "I will do this", then do it.
09:40 Then, where will your luck take you?
09:42 It may be good, it may be bad.
09:45 So, I did not have any thought of doing all those things.
09:51 That I can do this, it was not like that.
09:53 That I can dance, it was not like that.
09:56 So, whatever was happening, I accepted it.
09:59 And, the same, what God calls as luck,
10:03 He made me do the same.
10:06 I think I did the right thing.
10:08 Yes, you were 100% successful in that.
10:11 (Music)
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