“Burn The REAL Ravanas Of Society”: Actress Geetanjali Mishra On Crimes Against Women
Geetanjali Mishra, known for her role as Rajjo in & TV's "Happu Ki Ultan Paltan," speaks out on crimes against women in an exclusive interview. The actress urges the government to take strong action and calls for an end to these heinous acts. Watch now for her powerful insights.
Category
✨
PeopleTranscript
00:00For me, my house matters, my needs matter, my being a woman or a man doesn't matter.
00:05If you need medicine at midnight, I'll go.
00:08I can't go wearing a bulletproof jacket, right?
00:10Why are we burning Ravan's statues?
00:12If we are burning Ravan's statues in the name of evil,
00:16burning Ravan's statues in every city,
00:19then burn one such Ravan, so that another Ravan doesn't get ready.
00:23God hasn't created a different world for fools and criminals.
00:27They are the ones who are created between us.
00:29So, for their family, I might be wrong. I apologize.
00:32But, as a woman, I think this way.
00:39Hello, I am Rehan Hussain and you are watching Lehren.
00:42For this conversation, we have a guest with us today,
00:45whose serial, Happu Ki Ooltan Paltan Chhote Parle, is quite famous.
00:50And people like to watch it because
00:53the lead actress of this character,
00:55Rajjo Akka Geetanjali Mishra is with us.
00:59Geetanjali, welcome. Namaskar to you first.
01:02Namaskar.
01:03Namaskar to the viewers of Lehren.
01:06I have been following you for a long time.
01:08I think I have been watching Lehren since the days of school and college.
01:13After a long gap, I got a chance to come to Lehren again.
01:16So, I think this is a great honor in itself.
01:21You have seen all the old videos and you have told us about them.
01:25How would you describe Lehren's achievements?
01:28Sir, it is said for the media that everyone salutes the rising sun here.
01:35Like you coming here and setting up so much for a small interview,
01:40coming with such a team, I think this is the secret to your success.
01:44All the time I have met you,
01:47it felt like we have known each other for a long time.
01:49So many things are in harmony.
01:52How would you describe your speciality?
01:54Are you like this or did you become like this because of the character?
01:58No, I think a person's basic nature cannot be changed.
02:05So, it is in my basic nature.
02:07I am like this with everyone.
02:09I keep doing this and that.
02:11From the energetic first scene to the last scene, 12-14 hours.
02:15And you have to present yourself as you are not yourself.
02:19So, that energy should not be dropped.
02:22That is why we have to generate a different mental energy internally.
02:27So, you are going to have a lot of fun today because Rajjo ji is with us.
02:31We are talking that it has been almost a year since you came to this show.
02:37How do you see these one years?
02:39What kind of chemistry have you formed with Yogesh Tripathi ji,
02:41Happu's character or with Hemani ji?
02:46Share your experience of one year.
02:49Yes, Happu's written pattern has been completed for 5 years.
02:54I have been here for a year.
02:57I have been here for a year.
02:58And this one year, as sir said, I am a little bit like a millionaire.
03:03I don't know about others, but I feel like I have been here from the first day.
03:08And nothing has changed much.
03:11It is a matter of yesterday.
03:12When we go to do the first scene, it feels like this is our first scene.
03:15It is the first scene of the episode, it is the first scene of the show.
03:18And in the last scene, it feels like we have known each other for years.
03:22So, we just read the pages.
03:26Nothing else.
03:27The book.
03:28This book is the same as it was.
03:29So, the ladder of popularity that was there, this show has increased it even more.
03:33The love of the audience that you have brought to this show especially.
03:37So, what would you say about that?
03:39The Geetanjali that was there earlier,
03:41has this show made Geetanjali more mature or a little bit more?
03:46Yes, I will definitely say this.
03:48You have asked a very good question.
03:50Because I have been in the industry for 12-15 years already.
03:55And I have acted in different kinds of roles.
03:58I have played different kinds of characters.
04:00This is the first time I am doing comedy.
04:02So, comedy is not as easy as it seems to be.
04:08Comedy is a very serious business.
04:10To do this serious business, you have to boast a lot.
04:14And you have to work very hard for it.
04:17You have to work hard internally.
04:19Because it is a little difficult to deliver something by controlling your emotions.
04:27But yes, because it is said that team work.
04:29The team that is with you, Yogesh ji, Himani ji,
04:33and the kids that you have shown in the family, there are other members too.
04:37Their support is such that they hold each other's hands and form a line and come with the character.
04:44So, I have matured.
04:47I have not matured like this, but I have matured from here.
04:52So, how do you see yourself in this character?
04:54Rajjo, when you came, there were a lot of challenges.
04:57Because the previous actress had set an example for this character.
05:02So, how did you face the challenges?
05:04Did you do extra preparation, which you are known for?
05:08Like you have worked in many serials.
05:11And especially for this role, what extra effort and preparation did you do?
05:15See, the most difficult task for this role was that you had to wear someone else's shoes.
05:22And they say that you have to walk.
05:25So, if you have to walk, you have to take a step first.
05:28And you know that stones are going to come first in that.
05:32Kamna Pathak, who was playing Rajesh's character before me.
05:38The show had already been 4 years.
05:40The show itself is very popular in North, especially in North-West.
05:43Because the setup of our show is shown in Kanpur.
05:47And Bundelkhandi is our language.
05:50So, the conversation between Jhansi to Kanpur, the tone, all this is shown.
05:56So, the biggest task was the language first.
05:59Because I was born in Mumbai.
06:01My roots are from Banaras.
06:03But the language was the biggest task.
06:08So, it took some time to get used to it.
06:11But yes, it's done. Now it's much better.
06:14Another thing, I feel that in the last 15 years, I have done all kinds of acting.
06:20It's not that I didn't do comedy. I did.
06:22But not like this.
06:25So, what should I do so that I get a kick myself?
06:29So that I get some input in the show.
06:31What is Rajesh's identity?
06:34Every person has their own existence, their own basic nature.
06:38So, I felt that I should add a little bit of Gitanjali Mishra's energy.
06:44I should make it a little more alive.
06:46So, I, like Jhandri used to say, Rajesh.
06:50So, I said, let me put it in your mouth.
06:54So, I felt that it should be said in a very subtle way.
06:58Now, if I make it a little more alive, how will it be?
07:02I will put it in your mouth.
07:04Move, I don't want to talk.
07:07So, it's the effort of an actor, how you present it.
07:10Absolutely.
07:11So, I feel that our viewers are very intelligent.
07:17It's not that old.
07:20They know everything.
07:22On top of that, we have so many options.
07:23So, you quickly change the channel.
07:27That's why it's important to add a little liveliness.
07:30So that once the entertainment stops, people say, what did he say?
07:33They watch the repeat again.
07:34So, the actor has to work on this repeat.
07:38And that's what I tried to do.
07:40So, the actor or actress is like water.
07:44Whatever color you put in, if you put tea powder, it will turn into tea.
07:47If you put coffee, it will smell like coffee.
07:48So, it's like that.
07:50In such daily shows, there is also a character of the writer.
07:54Very big.
07:54How does he write it and how does the actor adopt it?
07:58And how does he present it to the audience in his work culture?
08:02So, this challenge of the writer's writing,
08:05when the actor puts himself in it,
08:09then when he presents it to the audience,
08:11how much preparation and effort is involved in it,
08:15what would you like to say in that regard?
08:18Sir, I feel that,
08:20if I say what's in my heart,
08:22then the biggest contribution is that of the writer.
08:25Because the writer is that person,
08:29if I say it in a broad sense,
08:31then the writer is a young mother,
08:35who imagines someone,
08:40and writes a character, a character, a story,
08:43thinks about it, gives it a shape.
08:47And the actor,
08:48he conceives the writer's thought,
08:53what he has written, what he has thought.
08:55So, conceiving and delivering someone else's thought,
09:00this is the job of an actor.
09:01And it's difficult, it's not that easy.
09:06But if I, as a writer,
09:07as far as I can think, or the way he has thought,
09:09any character, as an actor,
09:12I get a chance to do that.
09:13And I can do it 10%,
09:15so I feel that I have done a great job.
09:18Conceiving and delivering is a very difficult task.
09:22Because,
09:23this is completely,
09:26taking pride in it,
09:28living it for 9 months,
09:29and then delivering it.
09:33After that, how it will be nurtured,
09:35and how it will come out,
09:36depends on the audience.
09:38So, our job is to take pride in it,
09:40deliver it, and nurture it.
09:42So, now we are at the stage of nurturing,
09:44and we are in that process.
09:46And the success of the show,
09:49is credited to the audience.
09:51If we are really doing well,
09:54if we are being nurtured well,
09:55if we are successful,
09:57then that credit goes to the audience.
10:01Absolutely.
10:02There was a time when working in films,
10:04was seen from a very different perspective.
10:06Whether it was a boy or a girl.
10:09There was a time when,
10:10people didn't know the directors or producers,
10:13who wrote the films.
10:15But now, things have changed a lot.
10:17People have started recognising writers,
10:19actors and actresses.
10:22The cast behind the scenes,
10:24has also started recognising them by face.
10:27So, the way of working,
10:30has changed with the times.
10:31How do you see this,
10:32that everyone is making their own identity?
10:35Look, I feel that,
10:36I am lucky that I am not in that era,
10:38where people didn't recognise your existence.
10:42People only knew you as a particular character.
10:45You have said a very good thing,
10:47that today, we know the writer,
10:49the director and the producer.
10:51When we talk about a film or a concept,
10:53we say, who directed it?
10:54Yes, that's right.
10:56Sometimes, it happens that,
10:58we go to see a concept in the name of a writer or a director.
11:02So,
11:04if you look at it right,
11:05they are getting their credit,
11:07which is very important.
11:08The credit also goes to the audience,
11:10because now, the audience has become so sensible that,
11:14they know, this is a good actor,
11:17this is a sensible director,
11:19this is a producer.
11:20They invest money in such places,
11:24where there is worth.
11:26So, the one who has the credit, should get it.
11:29And they are getting it, which is a very good thing.
11:31Things have changed with time,
11:32and this is a beautiful change.
11:34We would like to know about your life.
11:37Where did you start?
11:39Did you decide in the initial stage itself,
11:42that you would come in this field,
11:43or acting, or you wanted to become something else?
11:45No, no, no, not at all.
11:47Never, never.
11:48I never wanted to become an actor,
11:49because,
11:51I,
11:53it's a different thing that,
11:54I was born in a big city like Mumbai,
11:56but my roots are in Banaras.
11:57And,
11:59the family I come from,
12:00is a middle class,
12:01below middle class, I would say.
12:04I come from a Brahmin family,
12:06where,
12:06even today, there is a tradition of the veil.
12:08So, it's not forced.
12:11Respectfully.
12:12But, I come from such a family,
12:14that we don't even have Maya Puri here.
12:17So, film and serial,
12:19these are far away.
12:20Yes, but where I used to live,
12:22the building, the premises where I live,
12:26there are a lot of people from the industry who live there.
12:29So, coincidentally,
12:30they work in this show.
12:32He is an actor, he is a director,
12:35he is a costume designer,
12:36he is a jewellery designer.
12:37In such places,
12:38most of the time, there is a team of technicians.
12:41So, coincidentally, I came here.
12:43And,
12:44they say that,
12:44when you don't have your own will,
12:45God's will is the best.
12:48So, the same thing happened with me.
12:49I never thought that I would become an actor.
12:51I didn't even want to become an actor.
12:52This is the most important thing.
12:55But,
12:55coincidentally, I was brought in front of the camera.
12:58And then, God said,
13:00I am the director,
13:02and I am also a writer on such a screen,
13:03whose,
13:05no one can decline.
13:07So, where would your career have gone,
13:08if you hadn't come here,
13:10to become an actor?
13:11I didn't get a chance to think about it.
13:13To be honest,
13:15to be honest,
13:17I wanted to do some business.
13:19Especially, my,
13:23my daily routine,
13:24or the family environment,
13:26in that,
13:28even at home, TV was very less.
13:29We only saw Mahabharat, Ramayana,
13:31similar shows,
13:32Chandrakanta,
13:33similar shows,
13:34or some historical,
13:36mythology,
13:37show,
13:38or some historical,
13:39such things,
13:40which gave me some knowledge.
13:42So, such things used to run in the house.
13:44In the name of entertainment,
13:46I think,
13:47I was very young.
13:50I must have seen,
13:52a show in the name of entertainment,
13:54Shreeman Shreemati.
13:55Yes, that was of our house.
13:57The whole colony used to watch it at home,
13:59so, we used to hear,
13:59that such a show runs.
14:01The one at home,
14:02the one upstairs,
14:03the one outside,
14:04it was a comedy show.
14:06So, I never thought about it.
14:08When did you face the camera for the first time?
14:10Or, did you get any such offer?
14:12Where was the turning point?
14:14In 2008,
14:15in the beginning of 2008,
14:18January,
14:19December,
14:19January,
14:19I think,
14:21December 2007,
14:22or January 8,
14:24I faced the camera for the first time.
14:27And that too coincidentally,
14:28like I said,
14:29the colony where I used to live,
14:30there were a lot of technicians living there.
14:32So, I have a friend,
14:33Seema Chaudhary,
14:34and she is in the direction.
14:35Today, she is the director.
14:37So, she casted someone,
14:41I was a replacement.
14:42The whole thing of being a replacement
14:43has been associated with me since childhood.
14:46So, she casted someone,
14:47but she did not reach the time.
14:50And,
14:51see,
14:52in this field,
14:53the commitment matters a lot.
14:56And,
14:57especially,
14:58the actor's replacement is very less.
15:00Because,
15:00it will be of the technicians,
15:02but the actor's replacement is very less.
15:03Because,
15:04an actor is given a name,
15:05a family is given on screen.
15:07It is the character of a story.
15:10So,
15:11that person did not reach the time,
15:13so,
15:14coincidentally,
15:15my friend,
15:16at that time,
15:16he was not a casting director.
15:18The associate director of the direction team,
15:21he used to do the casting,
15:22of small characters.
15:24So, your story is completely filmy.
15:26Absolutely filmy, sir.
15:27I am not from a filmy background,
15:29but my story is completely filmy.
15:31So, it was just a coincidence.
15:33And,
15:34it happened.
15:35After that,
15:37I never struggled,
15:38to be very honest.
15:40I did not even try.
15:41It is said that when God
15:44wants to take you to a certain path,
15:46then,
15:47things
15:48keep getting worse.
15:50So, it was the same with me.
15:51I never tried.
15:51I never struggled.
15:52I never went to ask for work.
15:54I did one thing,
15:55and there,
15:55like,
15:56I am talking to you right now.
15:57I met you,
15:58I met him,
15:58I met him.
16:00Here.
16:01Then,
16:02he recommended a name,
16:03and he recommended a name.
16:05Did you ever have a rejection for a big show?
16:08Yes, I have been rejected,
16:11and that rejection was for a long time.
16:13Which show was it?
16:14It was Balaji's show,
16:17Balaji Telefilms.
16:18I do not remember the name of the show.
16:20I think it was,
16:20Desh Mein Nikla Hoga Chand,
16:21or,
16:23Jis Desh Mein Hai Chand,
16:24something.
16:25I do not remember.
16:25Aditi Gupta and,
16:27Harsha Chopra did that show,
16:29for which,
16:30I was cast,
16:31and,
16:32as a lead.
16:33And I went there,
16:34and as soon as the contract was signed,
16:36I was blocked for 30 days.
16:37And,
16:38at that time,
16:39it was in 2008-2009,
16:41I think it was 2010.
16:42At that time,
16:43I was blocked for 30 days,
16:44and,
16:44I used to hear stories,
16:45that on Balaji's set,
16:46some actor fell unconscious,
16:48and,
16:49this happened,
16:50that happened.
16:50So, I was scared to death.
16:52No, no, no, no,
16:52I do not want to be blocked for 30 days.
16:54And,
16:54I do not want to work for 30 days.
16:55Then,
16:55I will not get a leave.
16:57What will happen at home?
16:59I did not think about all this.
17:02So, did you reject it yourself?
17:04No,
17:05I rejected it at that time,
17:06and,
17:06I regret that I rejected it.
17:09And,
17:09after that,
17:11there is another rejection in life,
17:13which,
17:14wherever I used to go,
17:16like,
17:17I used to get work on your recommendation.
17:19I used to work as well.
17:21But,
17:21when there is a different kind of role,
17:24there is a time,
17:24when you start,
17:26and then,
17:26you move forward step by step.
17:28So, in the beginning,
17:30I did not have an idea to become an actor.
17:32I did not think about it.
17:33I did not have any planning.
17:34I did not have any education.
17:36I did not have any information.
17:37So,
17:38whoever said what,
17:39someone said,
17:40you want to be a sister here?
17:41Okay.
17:42You want to be a sister-in-law here?
17:43Okay.
17:44Will I get this money?
17:45Okay.
17:45I never thought about it.
17:48So,
17:48this is how it goes.
17:51Once,
17:51I got an offer for a very big show.
17:53Again,
17:53Balaji Telefilms.
17:55I have been there.
17:56And,
17:57I gave an audition.
17:58The audition was very good.
18:00There were about 35-40 people there.
18:03And,
18:04everyone applauded.
18:05It was very good.
18:06After that,
18:06there is a step-by-step.
18:09There is a general audition.
18:11Then,
18:11there are people of a higher level.
18:13When there are final auditions,
18:15everything was good.
18:16The creative director there,
18:18the decision-maker,
18:19as we call her,
18:20said,
18:21it will be final after this.
18:22So, she said,
18:23no,
18:23her face is like a typical crying daughter-in-law.
18:26How can she be negative?
18:29That's it.
18:30Rejection.
18:33The sad part was that,
18:34she rejected me.
18:35And,
18:37all the applause was lost.
18:40After that,
18:4215 years later,
18:45on this date,
18:46the first thing that comes to my mind is the production house.
18:49So, whenever something bad or wrong happens to you in life,
18:54learn it and move on.
18:56Assume that something good has happened.
18:59The person who rejected me said that,
19:01her face is like a typical positive woman or girl.
19:07It feels like she can always represent the daughter-in-law of the house.
19:11What will that negative character do?
19:14Like Komolika.
19:17Today, the same production house called me for a negative.
19:19And, I have done three shows with them.
19:22As a negative.
19:23Not only that,
19:24I have done many other shows where I played a negative character.
19:28People in the industry know me for being a negative character.
19:32If we talk about your show,
19:33whether it is Saudhan India or Crime Patrol,
19:35you gained more fame because of that.
19:37The different roles you played in those shows,
19:41or the chance to show your talent in acting,
19:45the scope you got,
19:46I got that more.
19:47Yes.
19:48What will you say about that?
19:51The show Saudhan or Crime Patrol,
19:55especially Crime Patrol,
19:57is an investigation-based show.
19:58It is not a comedy show.
19:59It is not a daily soap drama.
20:01It is not created.
20:03It is not fiction at all.
20:05An unfortunate incident has happened,
20:10which should not have happened in the society.
20:12But, it has happened.
20:13It is a part of our society.
20:16So, it is given an awareness.
20:20Because, not everyone reads the newspaper.
20:23Not everyone watches TV.
20:24And, many times,
20:26if there is something going on in our house,
20:31we switch it off.
20:32We have small children.
20:33We don't know how it will affect them.
20:34How will they take it?
20:36So, the crime series that has come in the industry,
20:39especially Crime Patrol,
20:41they wanted to spread awareness.
20:43And, it was an investigation-based show.
20:46So, one incident was given a negative character.
20:49With only 10% changes,
20:51there was a name for the character.
20:54A place.
20:56So that, whoever has gone through this,
20:58whether it is a culprit or victim,
21:01they don't get an enhancement.
21:03Or,
21:04they don't get a lot of recognition.
21:07So, the place and the name were changed.
21:08The names of the characters were changed.
21:09That's it.
21:11We were a part of that narrative.
21:14The effort was that,
21:18whoever has gone through this,
21:19if I am playing the role of a victim,
21:21or a culprit,
21:23what will be their mentality?
21:25Why did they do this?
21:27Or, what did they think before doing this?
21:29These 3-4 things were taken care of.
21:32And, I have been very lucky.
21:34Or,
21:35the audience accepted me so much.
21:37Or, they understood that whenever I played the role of a culprit,
21:40they considered me a culprit.
21:41And, when I played the role of a victim,
21:42they considered me a victim.
21:44So,
21:46I got a lot of recognition from that.
21:48And, when an incident is based on the truth,
21:52people are more focused.
21:54People want to know
21:56what happened? Why did it happen? How did it happen?
21:59And, the way to represent it,
22:01with twists and turns,
22:03Crime Patrol only did that.
22:05I think I became popular because
22:08negative characters got more enhancement.
22:10Bad things get more popularity in our society.
22:14So,
22:15I didn't like this population
22:17or this popularity.
22:18I didn't like either of them.
22:19I got it from negative characters.
22:22Most of the people think that
22:23the negative characters that I have played,
22:25they are the same.
22:27OTT is a platform nowadays.
22:30Artists are getting a different platform to work.
22:33People are getting jobs too.
22:34What used to be limited to TV and films,
22:37has now become another platform.
22:39It has become a means of employment.
22:41At the same time,
22:43Crime Patrol and Southern India were also there.
22:44Artists didn't get a job anywhere.
22:47But, they used to get a job there.
22:50So, how do you see the OTT platform?
22:52Especially, the way the content is being criticized,
22:56especially, the youth are being harassed.
23:00So, what is your opinion on that content?
23:04Look, there are two questions.
23:05First, as far as employment is concerned,
23:07I think it is very good that everyone is getting a job.
23:11You mentioned that
23:12Crime Patrol and Southern India didn't get a job anywhere.
23:14They used to get a job there.
23:15They got a job because they didn't want a hero or a heroine.
23:19They wanted characters.
23:20They wanted realism.
23:22They used to show realistic things.
23:23They wanted real faces.
23:25They didn't want acting faces.
23:27So,
23:30for someone who has never done anything,
23:31everything is new.
23:33So, his reaction will be natural.
23:35Now, when I have done the same thing 10 times,
23:37there will be a difference in my reaction
23:38and the reaction of someone who has never done anything.
23:40Maybe that's why they got a job in Crime Patrol or Southern India.
23:43The means of employment was open.
23:45But what happened after that?
23:48After that, all those people lost their jobs.
23:51Okay?
23:52So, this is wrong.
23:53Why?
23:53Because you gave them a platform.
23:55It is not a platform to sustain.
23:59It is not a platform to sustain for a long time.
24:01But the one who has worked here,
24:03then his hopes are fulfilled.
24:06And when he doesn't live up to his hopes,
24:08his hopes are not fulfilled,
24:09then,
24:10sometimes,
24:11not everyone is capable
24:12or not everyone is mentally strong
24:16to accept it.
24:18So, I feel that this was wrong in a way.
24:20And,
24:22may God be with him in the future.
24:25As far as the content and OTT is concerned,
24:28Sir, if we talk about work in OTT,
24:31there is a lot of content.
24:32Today, there are so many OTT platforms.
24:34Something new is being made everywhere.
24:36New things are being made in a new way.
24:38Concepts are being made.
24:39Realistic concepts are being made.
24:43I mean,
24:44the things that are not accepted in television or films,
24:47OTT is focusing on that.
24:49Maybe that's why,
24:50so that the audience attracts.
24:52And it is quite successful.
24:54So, is there any danger on TV
24:57that the audience will go there and the audience will be less here?
25:00So, will there be any effect on the serials or the viewers?
25:03Absolutely.
25:03So, do you see this as positive or negative?
25:06In a way, it is negative, Sir.
25:08It is negative because,
25:10first of all,
25:13the content of the TV,
25:1590%,
25:16I am talking about 90%,
25:1890% is a huge amount.
25:21It is family-oriented content.
25:22Absolutely.
25:23Okay?
25:23Even though we have shown net sarees in it,
25:25but we have shown sarees only.
25:26I mean, we want to preserve our culture somewhere.
25:30We are showing nuclear family,
25:31but we still talk about grandparents.
25:34We show a family where there is a joint family.
25:37If there is no joint family, then there are neighbours.
25:39There are people around who have give and take.
25:42With which we are gradually moving away.
25:44So, you are moving ahead of our culture and our culture.
25:47Yes, ahead.
25:48So, television is keeping it together.
25:51It was keeping it together and it is still keeping it together.
25:53If I talk about my own concept,
25:55Hapu's Uttar Pratap family, where there is a mother-in-law too.
25:57Father-in-law is not in this world, but he is still there.
26:01Okay?
26:028-9 children have been shown.
26:04There are 9 children.
26:05There is a police officer.
26:06And the transfer of a police officer,
26:08I mean, it is a very common thing to transfer in a government job.
26:11It has been transferred somewhere.
26:12People ask me, why do your 9 children speak 9 languages?
26:15Brother, first of all, let me explain to my viewers,
26:18if you are applying the same logic,
26:19then apply this logic too, that there are 9 children.
26:219 children.
26:22I was pregnant.
26:23And when I was pregnant,
26:24maybe my husband had been transferred to Haryana somewhere.
26:26So, my daughter was affected by Haryanvi.
26:28She was playing with the children.
26:29She started speaking Haryanvi.
26:30She came to its base.
26:31Like I speak Marathi.
26:33People don't speak Marathi in Karnarpur.
26:34They speak it in UP.
26:36Anyway.
26:38So, moral of the story is this,
26:39that our base matters a lot.
26:44What is happening in the OTT platform is that
26:46there are distances between us and our family.
26:49I will talk about myself.
26:50Because every person should see it from their own perspective.
26:53Like, my show starts at 10 at night at home.
26:56The TV is on from 10 to 10.30.
26:58And we all watch Abbo's Ultron.
27:01But after that,
27:02many times I couldn't watch it.
27:06So, I switched it on and I am watching it in my personal space.
27:09Many times, there are guests at home and I am watching it after 2 hours.
27:12So, it's good in a way that the content is available for me.
27:14But in a way,
27:16especially teenagers,
27:17their attraction center is something else.
27:22The things that we say,
27:23a closed fist is worth a lakh, if it opens, it's worthless.
27:26So, the closed fist that parents refuse,
27:28they say, don't watch this, it has bad words,
27:30it has this, that, it's not good for you.
27:33When we were in a joint family, we had that fear, that shame.
27:36Now, there is a lot of content on OTT.
27:38So many platforms have come to us.
27:40There are a lot of free OTTs available.
27:42Where you have to pay money,
27:44still, whether it's a child or a parent,
27:47we have to buy.
27:48You are allowed limited things in families.
27:53Even then, you have questions.
27:55But the free content,
27:57specially,
27:58they have all the products.
28:01And you are allowed to watch anything?
28:04There, just to say, are you 18 plus?
28:06So, is there censorship on OTT?
28:08Sir, I want there to be censorship.
28:10But generally, if my opinion is heard,
28:12I will say that there should be censorship.
28:14And along with that,
28:17I don't know if I am wrong or right.
28:19But as you just asked a question,
28:20coincidentally, this came to my mind,
28:22that,
28:24this question mark,
28:26that 18 plus,
28:27are you a kid?
28:28Adult?
28:29What is this scale?
28:31How will you be able to decide?
28:32I can even lie, right?
28:35So,
28:36like everywhere in our bank accounts,
28:37there is a link here and there,
28:39something is there,
28:40that you have to give information.
28:41Similarly,
28:42that particular person,
28:43whoever is special,
28:45if you get information about him,
28:46if you are,
28:48what do you say,
28:49so thoughtful,
28:51that what are you showing to whom?
28:54So, for that,
28:54you should have a specific arrangement.
28:56So that it is confirmed,
28:58that who is watching.
28:59Absolutely.
29:00Regarding women's safety,
29:01I have a question.
29:01Whatever the government does,
29:03they give priority to,
29:05to educate the girls,
29:06to move forward,
29:07or regarding women's safety,
29:08to make strict laws,
29:10that they should be safe in their workplace.
29:12But, every now and then,
29:13there are some incidents in the country,
29:14that make us feel ashamed.
29:17Especially, if we talk about the Kolkata rape case,
29:19or recently,
29:20in Badlapur,
29:21what happened to two innocent girls.
29:23So, what would you like to say on this?
29:25What do you mean,
29:25the governments that are coming,
29:27are they saying anything?
29:28Are they not doing anything?
29:29Or,
29:29are they hesitating to make laws?
29:31After all, why is this happening?
29:33Those incidents are happening again and again.
29:35Sir,
29:37this is a very important question,
29:39and also a very deep one.
29:41Anyone can have a daughter.
29:42Educating the daughter,
29:44and saving the daughter.
29:45Yes.
29:46Okay?
29:48And, you must have seen many slogans,
29:50that all the governments have come,
29:51or all the parties,
29:53some say,
29:53educate the daughter,
29:54save the daughter,
29:54some say,
29:55educate the daughter,
29:56save the house,
29:57right?
29:57Some say,
29:58two children,
29:58is the best.
30:00So, there are many such slogans.
30:02The problem is,
30:03our life,
30:04and our daily needs,
30:07our daily needs,
30:10have stopped only at slogans.
30:12It's not that the law hasn't been made.
30:13After the Nirbhaya case,
30:14the law has been made.
30:15The fast track has come to court.
30:17How many followers have there been?
30:20The law has also been made.
30:23Things are happening.
30:24It's just that they are not happening fast.
30:26The speed,
30:28the speed of the laws.
30:30It's a heinous crime,
30:32that in Kolkata,
30:34whether it's a doctor's case,
30:36or a case in Badlapur,
30:36or X, Y, Z.
30:37How many?
30:38Priyanka Reddy's case?
30:40The one in Bangalore?
30:41Yes, yes.
30:42Okay?
30:42We talk about an educated society.
30:44So, an educated society,
30:45is not just about a girl,
30:46or a boy who has become a doctor.
30:49That's not it.
30:49The society is also educated.
30:51We are in a developed society.
30:52So, the thought of a developed society,
30:56is a thought of a developed society.
30:57That if a girl goes out after 10 pm,
31:01she gets raped,
31:02she gets attacked,
31:03acid attacks.
31:04This is a sign of a developed society.
31:06It's not a developed society.
31:08So, educated or uneducated,
31:11it doesn't make a difference.
31:13It makes a difference with your thoughts,
31:14with your mentality.
31:15So, our mentality,
31:16is becoming more and more like an animal.
31:20If,
31:21I feel that the law that has been made,
31:23I mean, this is my personal opinion.
31:26I'm not addressing any party,
31:27any organization,
31:28or any individual.
31:32My personal opinion is that,
31:34as a woman,
31:35as an educated,
31:37conscious woman,
31:39as a responsible Indian citizen,
31:42as a taxpayer,
31:44I have children at home,
31:45I have a mother,
31:46I have a sister,
31:47I have friends.
31:49So, I feel that,
31:52the law that has been made,
31:54the constitution has been made a long time ago.
31:57It was translated in 1952.
32:03We got freedom in 1947.
32:06But we are not the same.
32:07We have advanced by 70-75 years.
32:10But, the system has evolved,
32:11there has been development.
32:15It wasn't like this before.
32:17But now, when it is being revealed,
32:20it is being made open,
32:21then why isn't it being shut down openly?
32:25The punishments that are being given,
32:26it's not like people haven't been punished.
32:27They have been punished.
32:28The accused have been caught.
32:30It's a different thing to be accused and convicted.
32:32It's a different thing to be criticized.
32:33But why is it limited to just criticism?
32:36If I am a criminal,
32:38I have committed a crime,
32:39I am accepting the crime,
32:41the crime has been proven on me,
32:43for example,
32:45by the court,
32:46by the law,
32:48then shouldn't I also be punished?
32:51And when I have committed a crime socially,
32:54I have committed a crime openly,
32:57there is chaos in the cities,
33:00in the houses, in the villages.
33:01People, their daughters,
33:02I mean, even today, in 2024,
33:05if the girls, after 10 o'clock,
33:07I am not talking about the big cities,
33:08I am talking about the small towns and cities,
33:09there are also girls who study.
33:11In today's date,
33:11the girls from the smallest states
33:14are representing the country.
33:17If I talk about such places,
33:18the parents are still afraid
33:20that the child will not come home at 9 o'clock,
33:22even if he has gone for shooting,
33:23what do you call it,
33:25for rifle training,
33:26for being an athlete,
33:27to represent the country,
33:29or to get some household items.
33:32It depends,
33:32if I am the only one in my house,
33:33I will go alone, right?
33:35I won't go with my family.
33:37For me, the things in my house matter,
33:39my needs matter,
33:40it doesn't matter if I am a woman or a man.
33:45So, I am alone in my house.
33:47If you need medicine at midnight,
33:49I will go.
33:51Now, I can't go wearing a bulletproof jacket, right?
33:55I don't know where, when,
33:56what attack will take place.
33:59And the attackers never think
34:01which caste you belong to,
34:02which religion you belong to,
34:03because that is a distorted mentality.
34:05That is a dirty mentality.
34:07They have so much greed,
34:09that they don't have the capacity to think.
34:13And if we talk about the law,
34:15the way the law system is working,
34:19I feel that it needs to be
34:20increased by 100 times.
34:22And it needs to be done openly.
34:24It is being said again and again,
34:25that the law of Saudi Arabia,
34:27the death penalty,
34:28that law should be brought here too.
34:31Ritesh Deshmukh just said
34:33that the law of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj,
34:35in his time,
34:36that law should be brought.
34:38So, are you supporting this?
34:41So, are you supporting this?
34:45So, are you supporting this?
34:48Absolutely.
34:50I am in complete support of this, sir.
34:52I feel that if the death penalty
34:55I feel that if the death penalty
34:58is brought openly,
35:01no doubt,
35:01there are some regulations
35:03in the law system,
35:05but if it is brought openly,
35:06then even if it is only 5%,
35:08the mentally disturbed people,
35:09the sick people,
35:10will also be affected.
35:13And if this does not happen,
35:16then I had posted,
35:17that if this does not happen,
35:19that I, the culprit,
35:21who commits a heinous crime like rape,
35:28is proven to be a culprit,
35:30is known,
35:31is known through investigation,
35:34even after the investigation of the court,
35:35even after that,
35:37we do not know
35:39for how many years
35:40we will keep him in jail,
35:42think, understand,
35:43and then declare that he has been hanged.
35:46Where, when, why?
35:48We do not know.
35:50The common people do not know.
35:51So, until it is not done in front of the eyes of the common people,
35:53it will not be done openly.
35:54If we cannot do this openly,
35:56then our thousands of years of history,
36:01which is called mythology in today's date,
36:04which means myth,
36:06means we are living in a myth,
36:07then why are we burning Ravan's statue?
36:09If we are burning Ravan's statue
36:10in the name of evil,
36:12in every city,
36:15then burn one such Ravan,
36:18so that no other Ravan is ready.
36:20We will have to do this.
36:21What happens is,
36:24sorry, the woman inside me woke up,
36:26but actually,
36:30Nirbhaya case happened.
36:33In her investigation, we came to know that
36:35a 15-year-old boy,
36:37who was called juvenile by the court,
36:38who was called juvenile by the court,
36:41a 15-year-old boy,
36:43can think that
36:46I cannot even speak so harshly,
36:50right?
36:51A woman can break a bottle
36:53and put it in her body.
36:55Such a culprit,
36:56such a distorted mentality can exist.
37:00So, how did she become a juvenile?
37:02She became innocent.
37:05How can she be innocent?
37:07The punishment that the court gave her,
37:10even after that,
37:13even after that, she committed a crime, right?
37:15I wish we had given her a little more harsh punishment.
37:20I think this is my personal opinion.
37:22I may be wrong.
37:23I may be wrong for the...
37:27If she is a culprit, then she must have a family too.
37:29She didn't come from anywhere.
37:31She was born in this world.
37:33God didn't create a different world for fools and criminals.
37:37They are the ones who live among us.
37:40So, it may be for their family.
37:41I may be wrong.
37:41I apologize.
37:43But, as a woman, I think this way.
37:48Ma'am, you also speak Marathi very well.
37:50Yes.
37:52Did you get any offer to do something in a different language,
37:56especially in Marathi?
37:57Yes.
37:58Have you done it yet?
38:00No, I haven't done it yet.
38:01I didn't even get an offer.
38:04But, I would like to do it.
38:05Because, you should try different flavors.
38:09Yes, ma'am.
38:12People who work in the South don't know the language there,
38:14but they are still earning their name.
38:16You know Marathi very well.
38:20Yes, yes.
38:20I mean, most of the Maharashtrians...
38:22Yes.
38:23Luckily, when you speak a language,
38:27most of the people don't know its tone.
38:30Every language has a specific tone.
38:34So, I'm blessed that I was born in Mumbai.
38:36And, I have a lot of Maharashtrians in my neighborhood.
38:39The level of interaction is great.
38:41So, I have the ability to write as well.
38:45I can read as well as speak.
38:48So, I have a good grip on Marathi.
38:50I hope that I can sing a song in Marathi.
38:53I don't have a grip on Kali Bhojpuri.
38:56So, I will try.
38:58I feel that I will get an offer for Marathi through you.
39:02I read that you decided not to get married.
39:08What's the use of getting married?
39:11All the jokes are on marriage.
39:12All the men joke on their wives.
39:16So, there must be something wrong.
39:19Anyway, I'm just kidding.
39:23Yes, but I don't think marriage is so important in life.
39:28Is there a reason behind it?
39:31There are many reasons.
39:34But, one important reason is that
39:38the priority in my life is my two sisters.
39:41And, they need me more.
39:46They need their mother more.
39:47So, the basic nature of a woman is her mother.
39:53Caring, sacrifice, and acceptance.
39:58When she accepts someone from her heart,
40:00whether as a mother, sister, daughter, or wife,
40:05she accepts them wholeheartedly.
40:09So, there were some problems in life.
40:11Now, I have accepted those children.
40:14So, this is my first priority.
40:15I feel that if I get married and plan my children,
40:18which is a natural process,
40:21then my focus will divert.
40:25So, have you adopted your sister's children?
40:28Sir, again, it's a matter of law.
40:31Our law is very strict here.
40:34According to the law,
40:37I'm not married because I don't have a lot of property.
40:42And, I'm less privileged under the law.
40:50So, I can't legally adopt them.
40:56Okay.
40:57But, it's okay.
40:59You don't always need a position to fulfill your duties.
41:04Yes, yes.
41:05A position doesn't make a person great.
41:07So, it's okay.
41:10I'm a mother.
41:11And, I'm a happy mother.
41:12And, I'm raising two good-looking, good-nice,
41:16I mean, beautiful kids.
41:19I feel that they are...
41:22When they say that an aunt is like a mother,
41:29I feel that I've achieved something in life.
41:36I'm talking about my personal life.
41:38Let's talk about the controversy that's going on right now.
41:41You've presented a new Geetanjali to the public.
41:46How did you work with Yogesh?
41:50It's very difficult.
41:51How do you handle it?
41:53Yogesh is very energetic.
41:57He's been around for five minutes.
42:00He's very energetic.
42:02And, he's a very spontaneous actor.
42:03There are two types of actors.
42:05One is a method.
42:07They set it beforehand.
42:08That they'll say this and that at this place.
42:11And, the other is spontaneous.
42:12You said this, I said that.
42:13They talk about conversations.
42:16So, it's fun to work with them.
42:17And, it's also very difficult for you.
42:19When I came in the beginning,
42:21he was adjusting with me for five to six days.
42:23I was adjusting with him.
42:25And, it was very difficult for me.
42:27Now, our scenes are like this.
42:29We joke and say, let's do it like water.
42:33Now, we read the content of the scene.
42:35What's the topic?
42:36What's the basic moral of the scene?
42:40We understand this.
42:41After that, they say something, I say something.
42:43And, we have to give a full break here.
42:47It happens like this.
42:48First of all, they are very over-expressive.
42:51Their expressions, I mean...
42:53If you look at them carefully, you'll laugh.
42:56So, I have to control myself a lot.
42:58And, I look at them and talk to them.
43:01It's fun to work with them.
43:03Himani is a well-trained student of NSD.
43:05She has graduated from there.
43:07So, it must be fun to work with her.
43:10How she works.
43:11Absolutely.
43:13Yes, she's not only my mother-in-law in the story,
43:14she's also my mother-in-law in real life.
43:18So, I learn a lot from her off-screen.
43:21How professional you should be.
43:24How professional you should be to give and take.
43:28And, on the set, during the scenes as well.
43:31When she talks in general and reads,
43:34she's different.
43:35And, she's different in action.
43:37This was said about Sridevi.
43:38It was said about Sridevi that...
43:42As soon as the camera is on, and there's action,
43:44she becomes completely opposite.
43:46Himani ma'am is also like that.
43:47As soon as there's action,
43:49she becomes different from Himani Shivpuri.
43:53The Himani Shivpuri that I know before the action,
43:57and the one after the action,
43:59she's completely different.
44:00So, every day,
44:02we have a different NSD training.
44:05Do you want to say something to the viewers?
44:09What do I say to the viewers?
44:10The viewers always tell me.
44:13If there's a dialogue for this show...
44:16There are a lot of dialogues for this show.
44:17Generally, I keep saying,
44:18don't be sad, you come.
44:19We didn't live up to your expectations,
44:22so don't be sad, you come.
44:24That's what I'll say.
44:26By the way, I wish good luck to Lehre.
44:29To travel for such a long time,
44:32is a huge achievement in itself.
44:35And, I hope that Lehre keeps working like this.
44:38And, I get to interact with you like this even after 10 years.
44:43I wish you all the best.
44:45Thank you so much for inviting me to your show.
44:49You talked to me too.
44:51I liked it too.
44:53It's said that a trained actor,
44:56or any trained person,
44:58from any field,
45:00who comes with training,
45:01from KKK to post-graduation,
45:04interacting with them,
45:05no knowledge without college.
45:06So, interacting with them,
45:08and interacting with a learner,
45:11makes a lot of difference.
45:12So, I'm blessed that,
45:14I got to interact with you very precisely.
45:17We had a beautiful conversation,
45:18and,
45:20the journey was good.
45:21May it continue.
45:23Thank you so much for talking to Lehre.
45:26This was actress Geetanjali Mishra,
45:27who was talking to us.
45:29Namaskar.
45:30Namaskar.