Actor Rohitashv Gour is a familiar face in the TV industry, best known as Manmohan Tiwari from &TV's Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain. In a recent chat with Lehren Retro, he shared insights about his early days, his journey into acting, and his experiences in TV and film. He also discussed his unique bond with director Rajkumar Hirani. Let’s explore this engaging conversation with Rohitashv Gour.
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00:00So I got the back of the mind that I want to go into acting only.
00:06So this started in my childhood from school only.
00:09I had decided, although my father didn't want me to, but I had decided.
00:14If the actor is not smart and he doesn't catch the character, then he will drown.
00:19No matter how much the writer uses his imagination, he will be left with nothing.
00:23That's why it is said that casting should be apt.
00:26So the biggest demerit of democracy is that it is very difficult to pass laws here.
00:33The law will be presented, then the opposition will fight in the parliament,
00:38they will not want the bill to be passed.
00:41When I came, they didn't even let me stand in films.
00:44Because hero, heroine, villain, that's it.
00:56Namaskar, I am Rehan Hussain and you are watching Lehren.
00:59Rohitash Gaur is with us on the small screen to win people's hearts with his acting.
01:05We will talk to him in today's program,
01:08who has gained popularity in every home through Bhabhi Ji Ghar Par Hai.
01:15Rohitash had started his career from childhood.
01:19Sir, welcome to you first.
01:23How has this journey of your career been so far?
01:28It has been a very beautiful journey.
01:30The beginning of this journey was with Rang Manch.
01:33Like every powerful actor has a role in Rang Manch,
01:38so it was in our life too.
01:40And it was my good fortune that the family in which I was born,
01:45I got the acting talent in inheritance.
01:49My father, Sudarshan Gaur, used to do Rang Manch in Shimla.
01:52My mother was a very good actress on the Nagpur stage.
01:55Both my sisters are musicians.
01:58One is in instrumental music and the other is in vocal music.
02:02So the whole atmosphere of the house has been artistic.
02:05So it would be right to say that I got that Rang Manch or acting talent in inheritance.
02:10So Papa Sudarshan Gaur used to have a theater company in Himachal.
02:14Akhil Bharatiya Kalakar Sangh,
02:16under which we used to do theater and Rang Manch in Himachal.
02:21Then Papa started a drama competition in Shimla,
02:24which is still going on by the All India Artist Association.
02:28Papa is no more in this world, only me and my wife Rekha take care of it.
02:32So this time it was 69th.
02:35Next year it will be 70 years.
02:39So in a way, our whole family is connected to Rang Manch.
02:42But it was amateur, amateur Rang Manch.
02:46But I took it professionally.
02:48Means I went towards professional Rang Manch.
02:50So I applied for National School of Drama from Shimla.
02:54Where I was fortunate that I got admission.
02:57Then I did a course there for 3 years.
03:00Then for 6 years I worked as an actor in NSD Repertory Company.
03:04I did a very high class professional theater.
03:07I would like to know a little about your childhood.
03:10Did you decide from the beginning that we will go in this field?
03:15I decided this from the beginning.
03:17You know that there are houses in school.
03:20So we had houses like Red House, Green House.
03:23So I was in Blue House.
03:25So when there were house-wise activities on Saturdays,
03:28there was poetry competition, singing or mono acting etc.
03:33So we used to participate in it very enthusiastically.
03:36And I used to enjoy it a lot.
03:39So I don't know what my third eye did in my mind,
03:42that only then I realized that this is my field.
03:46I want to go in this only.
03:48Then one of our teachers had made a play called Adhikar Ka Rakshak.
03:52In which my role was appreciated by the people of the school.
03:56So my back of the mind came that I want to go in acting only.
04:01So this started in my childhood from school only.
04:04I had decided.
04:06Although my father didn't want, but I had decided.
04:09I saw in one of your interviews that you said that
04:12as soon as I was born, that thing developed inside me.
04:15Yes, absolutely.
04:17And when I was 3-4 years old, I used to react a lot to the rhythm.
04:22Like when a song is playing, my hands and feet used to react to the rhythm.
04:28And gradually when I was in 7th or 8th grade, I started singing as well.
04:33So in singing and in this, I was very fond of reading good poems.
04:38Like if Hindi is good, then reading poems, then remembering it.
04:42Then standing with mom and dad and speaking in front of them.
04:45So these things came in my body from childhood only.
04:48So this was your initial phase.
04:51And after that when you moved forward in studies,
04:54or went to 10th or 12th grade,
04:56were you going towards science or did your father want you to study science?
05:00Yes, absolutely.
05:01My father wanted me to go into science.
05:03Because my father, although he was from Rang Manch,
05:06but he used to say that there is no money in Hindi Rang Manch.
05:10You will not get employment here.
05:12For employment, you will have to work.
05:14And for this, if you take arts, no one will ask you.
05:17At that time, science students and art students were big.
05:20So he got me into science in 11th grade.
05:23Be it a doctor or an engineer.
05:24Yes, be it anything.
05:25So he got me into science.
05:27So I was in a bad state.
05:28That year, I was in a lot of trouble.
05:30I didn't even understand maths.
05:32Neither chemistry, nor bio.
05:34I said, dad, where did you trap me?
05:37So I had a physics professor, Mr. A.D. Arora.
05:40So he got me into it.
05:42He said, this artist, where are you trapping him?
05:44So he used to play with us.
05:47We used to live in the same city, Kalka.
05:49So he started a dramatic club and we used to play with him.
05:53He explained it to my father.
05:55Gautam, you are sending him to the wrong field.
05:57He is an artist, don't make him a scientist.
06:00So it was a great coincidence that I failed in 11th grade.
06:06I mean, I failed and I celebrated it.
06:10I said, thank God.
06:12It was the first time you celebrated it.
06:14Yes, I celebrated my failure.
06:16Then my father said, take whatever you want.
06:19So I took Economics, History and Political Science.
06:24And I topped my class.
06:26Then my journey started from there.
06:30Then I went to college.
06:32I took part in youth festivals.
06:34I was declared the best actor at the university level.
06:38We were in Kurukshetra University.
06:40Zonal, Interzonal University.
06:43We were very active in theatre.
06:46As you said, you inherited your father's acting skills from the theatre.
06:53But there must have been a point when you decided that
06:59all these things are happening.
07:02Now you should study.
07:04For example, you decided to join NSD.
07:06How did that happen?
07:08In Shimla, the Language, Art and Culture Department...
07:12...organized a theatre workshop.
07:15Some teachers from the National School of Drama came to teach.
07:19It was a theatre-oriented workshop.
07:22We realized that theatre is not just about performing.
07:27It is also about studying.
07:29Modern Indian Drama, Classical Indian Drama, World Drama...
07:33...Costumes, Make-up, Scenic Design, Set Design.
07:36It is all about studying.
07:38I came to know for the first time that it is all about studying.
07:41Mr. J. N. Kaushal, who was a professor at the drama school...
07:46...told us to apply for NSD.
07:50He told us that we might get accepted.
07:54I got a good feedback from him.
07:57I thought he was right.
07:59I applied for NSD.
08:01Graduation was over.
08:03I started my professional acting career.
08:06I learned and studied professional acting.
08:12I joined the NSD Repertory Company.
08:15I got a salary after joining the drama school.
08:19After getting a degree...
08:21Although I came to Bombay, the situation here was not good.
08:26My professional acting career started in National School of Drama.
08:31I was selected from Shimla.
08:34I have read many people and they have said in their interviews...
08:39...that after getting a degree from NSD, they joined the drama school...
08:44...so that they can improve their acting skills.
08:49Like Mr. Hemani Shivpuri and Mr. Govinda Namdev.
08:54They did Rang Mandal for 10 years after getting a degree.
08:59What is your view on this?
09:02Is it better to develop yourself after getting a degree?
09:08As soon as I passed National School of Drama...
09:12...this was in 1989.
09:15I came to Bombay.
09:18As soon as I came to Bombay, it was the era of DD1.
09:23There was no Zee TV or Star Plus at that time.
09:26Suddenly, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Chanakya, Bhuniyad...
09:31...all these serials were a hit.
09:33People started seeing careers on TV.
09:36There was a lot of crowd here.
09:39People came from small cities.
09:4112-13 episodes of serials were being made.
09:44There were long queues for that.
09:46Govinda Namdev and I used to stand in one line to struggle.
09:51I used to live in Chawl in Santa Cruz.
09:56I was Sanjay Mishra actor and Vineet Kumar actor.
10:00He is my batchmate of National School of Drama.
10:02Was Govinda Namdev also your batchmate?
10:05No, he was my senior.
10:08We used to live in Shastri Nagar.
10:11It was a small room.
10:15One day, a landlord came and asked us to sleep on the terrace.
10:22Today is my son's birthday.
10:25We started rolling our bedsheets and went upstairs to sleep.
10:31There was a sea-page from the tank.
10:33A plane used to pass through Santa Cruz.
10:36We slept all night.
10:38When I woke up in the morning, my bed was wet.
10:40I had a spondylitis attack on my back.
10:42It was very bad.
10:44Sanjay Mishra and others were trying to wake me up.
10:47I could not understand.
10:49The doctor told me that the humid weather here would not suit me.
10:52I should leave this city for now.
10:55So, I left.
10:57My father asked me to join National School of Drama Repertory Company.
11:02He said that I would continue to practice.
11:04An actor has already trained.
11:07He needs to practice.
11:09It is not that you have trained and become a hero.
11:12The experience of Rang Mandal was the practice after my training.
11:19I met people there.
11:21I met Saurabh Shukla, Himani Shivpuri.
11:24Govind Namdev was there at that time.
11:27There were many great actors at that time.
11:30Vijay Raj came later.
11:32Mukesh Tiwari, Srivardhan Trivedi.
11:35All of us used to do theater together.
11:38We used to get paid in the evening.
11:41So, it was a means of earning.
11:43It was a means of earning and it was a good practice.
11:45I am benefitting from it today.
11:47I came back in 1997.
11:50Bombay was in the second inning.
11:52Zee TV started.
11:54Zee TV was the first to start.
11:57I used to do Zee TV's serial, Mujhe Chand Chahiye.
12:00Satish Kaushik and Raja Bundela used to do it.
12:03From here, my TV started.
12:05So, Satish Kaushik and Raja Bundela did your first serial.
12:08It was my first production.
12:10I did a lot of commissioned serials in Delhi.
12:13I used to do a lot on terrorism.
12:15I did all that.
12:17But here in Bombay, the work that started at a professional level,
12:20Raja Bundela and Satish Kaushik did it.
12:23You have done so much work on films and TV.
12:27But if we talk about TV,
12:29the serial that has made you famous,
12:32like Chidiya Ghar, Laapata Ganj or Bhaviji Ghar,
12:36the talk of these three serials,
12:39Blockbuster Kamyavi,
12:41people still like it at home,
12:43what do you think is the USP behind it?
12:46Was it a topic other than leaks?
12:48Or was it family-oriented?
12:50Or was it a comedy?
12:52People liked it.
12:54What do you think is the USP?
12:57When TV started,
12:59there was a change.
13:01All of a sudden, TV actors
13:03started getting the status of stars.
13:05That was done by Ekta Kapoor.
13:07Saaj Bahu serial,
13:09Kyuki Saaj Bhi Kabhi Bahu,
13:11that was a completely different thing.
13:13In such a situation,
13:15when these family-oriented serials reached their peak,
13:18people suddenly turned towards comedy.
13:22Although comedy has always been around,
13:25it was very difficult to become a hit.
13:28When people turned towards comedy,
13:30Laapata Ganj,
13:32which was based on Sharad Joshi's Vyanga Rachana,
13:35came with Ashwani Dhir,
13:37which was liked by a lot of people.
13:39It was a satire on the social system.
13:41All of a sudden,
13:43Kaujiya's Office Office,
13:45all of a sudden,
13:47it was a well-played character.
13:49People started enjoying it.
13:51They said,
13:53this is not a family-oriented serial.
13:55There is a message in it.
13:57It is being done in a very sarcastic way.
13:59So, this comedy trend started.
14:01So, Laapata Ganj,
14:03Chidiya Ghar,
14:05and now Bhabhi Ji Ghar Par Hai,
14:07became a trendsetter.
14:09I used to think that this serial would last only for 3 months.
14:12All of us used to think that.
14:14Because its content was such
14:16that we thought that people might
14:18take it to the police station.
14:20A neighbor is in love with another neighbor's wife.
14:22He is in love with his wife.
14:24So, people will say that this is not our culture.
14:26This is this.
14:28Maybe they will reject us.
14:30This has also been criticized many times.
14:34But people took it in a very
14:36hand-to-hand and broad-minded way.
14:38We didn't know this.
14:40But today, it is going on.
14:42So, the basic thing about it is that
14:44people started liking comedy.
14:46A lot.
14:48People like it when people
14:50consider it to be connected to themselves.
14:52Chidiya Ghar or Laapata Ganj.
14:54Some things were happening
14:56so that the public could relate to it.
14:58And the most important thing is the writing.
15:00The language.
15:02If the language is too literary,
15:04it won't reach the common man.
15:06Talk about their language.
15:08So, there are some puns in this.
15:10Like, go play in the fields.
15:12What are you doing, fool?
15:14Like we talk in our homes.
15:16The language of the house.
15:18Boy, this, that, come here.
15:20I caught this. I caught that.
15:22The things that happen in the
15:24common neighborhood are put in this.
15:26I am telling you,
15:28there is a lot of hand of the writer in this.
15:30And the language that Tiwari is speaking,
15:32or Bhabhuti is speaking,
15:34or the boys of the neighborhood are speaking,
15:36they are of different kinds.
15:38They are of different types.
15:40Is there anything called culture or not?
15:42This is spoken in offices these days.
15:44In political circles,
15:46leaders are speaking to each other.
15:48Like, when Lalu Yadav and Nitish Ji
15:50got together for the first time,
15:52both of them hugged each other
15:54and said, we caught it right.
15:56When a writer writes a dialogue,
15:58or a dialogue,
16:00or when he writes a subject,
16:02there is an effort from the actor
16:04as to what else he can put in it.
16:06Yes, yes.
16:08So, in all these things,
16:10like Bhabhi Ji is at home,
16:12like Shobhangi Ji is at home,
16:14or you are at home, or Bhabhuti Ji is at home,
16:16so behind all this,
16:18the effort of an actor,
16:20how much does it matter?
16:22There is a lot of effort of an actor.
16:24The actor is the one who keeps him alive.
16:26If the actor is not smart,
16:28and he does not catch the character,
16:30then he will drown.
16:32No matter how much the writer
16:34uses his imagination,
16:36he will remain stuck.
16:38That is why it is said,
16:40that an actor should be smart enough
16:42to think that this character
16:44can make Tiwari Ji cry.
16:46Yes.
16:48This depends on the casting.
16:50So, thanks to Manoj,
16:52our Santoshi Ji,
16:54who cast me in this.
16:56When he was writing me,
16:58he wrote me and told me
17:00that you are doing this role.
17:02If we talk about the screen,
17:04then you can understand the chemistry
17:06on the screen,
17:08whether it is Bhabhuti Ji's chemistry,
17:10or yours, or Bhabhi Ji's,
17:12or the other two characters,
17:14whether it is Tillu,
17:16or other characters.
17:18What kind of relationship
17:20do you have with all of them?
17:22We have a very good relationship.
17:24We love each other a lot.
17:26We have completed 24 episodes.
17:28Unfortunately, that day,
17:30not everyone was there.
17:32But we have a very good chemistry.
17:34We do a lot of pranks, jokes,
17:36and on set,
17:38we do a lot of improvisations.
17:40Like the writer has written,
17:42but we also add on to it.
17:44Like Anoop Upadhyay
17:46is doing the role of my uncle.
17:48He does 50 improvisations.
17:50We do it.
17:52Hapu Singh Daroga does a lot of improvisations.
17:54So, we have a very good chemistry.
17:56That's why it's going on in the 10th year.
18:00If there was no bonding,
18:02then it would have been very difficult
18:04Sometimes,
18:06if you leave an actor's show,
18:08or his replacement
18:10also comes up,
18:12why did he leave it?
18:14Does it affect the TRP of the show
18:16or the future days of the show?
18:18In the beginning,
18:20it definitely affects.
18:22Because you have been
18:24seeing that face for so many years.
18:26Suddenly, that face is not there.
18:28Suddenly, there is someone else.
18:30So, it does affect.
18:32The co-actor also
18:34gets affected.
18:36Because suddenly,
18:38he has to work in another
18:40song and put it
18:42in the same old song.
18:44So that it stays in rhythm.
18:46Time is also wasted in that.
18:48Time has to be given.
18:50Because the character in front
18:52has a lot of pressure.
18:54And when a new actor comes,
18:56there are challenges for his replacement.
18:58There are many challenges for him too.
19:00So, he has to prove
19:02those challenges.
19:04But if we talk about this show,
19:06all the replacements
19:08have been proved.
19:10This is the fate of this show.
19:12I don't know in which
19:14Nakshatra it started.
19:16The boat sank in the Majdhar,
19:18then it sank,
19:20then it started floating.
19:22So, this is the fate of the show.
19:24I agree with you.
19:26Look, Mr. Malkhan left
19:28after a year.
19:30He was such a famous character.
19:32First, Shilpa Shinde
19:34left after a year.
19:36Then, 5 years later,
19:38Soumya left.
19:40Then, another character came
19:42in the role of Soumya.
19:44Then, a third one came.
19:46But still, people are
19:48balanced.
19:50How much do you miss Mr. Malkhan?
19:52We miss him a lot.
19:54We haven't been able to find
19:56someone to play him.
19:58That's why we are working on two characters.
20:00He used to improvise
20:02so well.
20:04First, he was from Delhi.
20:06So, he had a good understanding
20:08of the streets and neighborhoods.
20:10He used to use
20:12a lot of terms.
20:14He used to use
20:16a lot of words.
20:18So, we miss him a lot.
20:20He suddenly
20:22left us.
20:24We couldn't understand him
20:26for 6 months.
20:28We were shooting at night.
20:30Our scene was being shot.
20:32We said, let's meet tomorrow.
20:34But he didn't come.
20:36In the morning,
20:38we found out that
20:40he was playing cricket.
20:42He left.
20:44You helped him a lot.
20:46We helped him a lot.
20:48Soumya Tandon
20:50helped us a lot.
20:52Junaifer ma'am,
20:54Shubhangi ji, Asif ji,
20:56Soumya Tandon
20:58ran a campaign.
21:00All the TV actors
21:02helped us a lot.
21:04The channel helped us a lot.
21:06We saved his house.
21:08There is a report.
21:10Hema Committee's report.
21:12You might know it.
21:14In Malayalam film,
21:16there was a committee
21:18on women's exploitation in 2017.
21:20Now it has been revealed.
21:22The report has come out.
21:24How women in the film
21:26and TV industry
21:28can make a new law.
21:30The Kerala government
21:32is an aggressor.
21:34There is rape in Kolkata.
21:36In Badlapur,
21:38there is a rape with girls.
21:40Regarding women's safety,
21:42on set or
21:44in any working place,
21:46what is your view?
21:48Should there be a strict law?
21:50Or should the government
21:52change its view on women's safety?
21:54The question arises again and again.
21:56In Saudi Arabia,
21:58there is a strict law.
22:00The accused of rape
22:02should be punished severely.
22:04What is your view?
22:08My view is
22:10similar to the rules of Saudi Arabia.
22:14There should be such rules
22:16so that the cases of rape
22:18should not be delayed.
22:20The decision should be made
22:22quickly and harshly.
22:26If there is no fear,
22:28it will not end.
22:30There is no crime in Saudi Arabia
22:32because there is a fear of the law.
22:36There are many merits
22:38and demerits of democracy.
22:42The biggest demerit of democracy
22:44is that it is very difficult
22:46to pass a law here.
22:48The law will be presented
22:50and then the opposition
22:52will fight among themselves
22:54in the Lok Sabha and Parliament.
22:56They will not want the bill to be passed.
22:58There should be some laws
23:00in which both sides
23:02agree with each other
23:04that they accept the law.
23:06There is a tendency to take credit here.
23:08If he passes,
23:10he will take credit.
23:12No one loves the country.
23:14No one cares about
23:16what is happening with women.
23:18The fight for their seats
23:20is more important for everyone.
23:22This strict law should be
23:24just like those countries.
23:26It is a quick decision
23:28and no more life imprisonment.
23:30They should be hanged.
23:32We all agree with this.
23:34We have put this on Twitter many times.
23:36There should be Saudi rules here.
23:38Especially for these small children
23:40We have seen this in Kolkata.
23:42There are so many things
23:44that do not come to the forefront.
23:46We are able to see this
23:48because of social media.
23:50Otherwise, so many things
23:52would have happened.
23:54There should be strict laws
23:56for this.
23:58It is very shameful
24:00what has happened in Kolkata.
24:02There are so many crimes
24:04happening in Delhi.
24:06People still do not understand.
24:08There should be strict rules
24:10for this.
24:12Both the parties
24:14should come together
24:16and fight for their seats.
24:18There are many other laws.
24:20I believe in
24:22one country, one law.
24:24There should be
24:26one law in every country.
24:28There should be population law.
24:30We are not getting employment
24:32because of population.
24:34We should control it.
24:36What is good
24:38and beneficial for the country
24:40should happen.
24:44Let's talk about films.
24:46You had a good relationship
24:48with Raju Hirani.
24:50How did you
24:52connect with him?
24:54When we came to Bombay,
24:56Raju Hirani was making
24:58a serial for DD1.
25:00It was a story
25:02about a village and a city.
25:04A family
25:06was living in the city.
25:08I was with Sanjay Mishra
25:10and Saurabh Shukla.
25:12Raju Hirani was directing it.
25:14He had auditioned for it.
25:16His audition
25:18had a condition
25:20that the dialogue should be
25:22a bridge dialogue.
25:24By chance, we had played
25:26in a drama
25:28directed by Ranjit Kapoor.
25:30It was called Khabsurat Bahu.
25:32Khabsurat?
25:34Yes.
25:40I gave him a speech.
25:42He liked it a lot.
25:44That is how
25:46I became friends with him.
25:48The entire pilot
25:50was discussed
25:52with me
25:54on how to put it in this language.
25:56A song was written
25:58which Saurabh and I sang.
26:00That serial of that director
26:02was never passed by Doordarshan.
26:06I still remember it.
26:08That is how
26:10I became friends with him.
26:12Then he started
26:14a trend of star bestsellers
26:16for Star Plus.
26:18He made a beautiful
26:20star bestseller named
26:22Sena Medal.
26:24I played a Sikh
26:26regiment leader.
26:28He liked it a lot.
26:30That is how he got the film
26:32NFDC.
26:34You were called
26:36Jimmy Shergill
26:38in Munna Bhai Wala Kista.
26:40Yes.
26:42When he was writing the story,
26:44he used to tell me that
26:46I will give you a good role.
26:48I had an audition.
26:50Since the film
26:52was going to be
26:54commercialized,
26:56they wanted the faces
26:58of the market.
27:00That was a good thing.
27:02Jimmy Shergill did a good job.
27:04But I didn't get that role.
27:06That was because
27:08my face was not popular.
27:10You were associated
27:12with his other films as well.
27:14I am always associated with him.
27:16Later on, we got very busy
27:18with TV.
27:20The most important thing
27:22about films is that
27:24it is our daily routine.
27:26There are a lot of
27:28adjustment problems.
27:30Either I become
27:32a freelancer.
27:34I didn't have the circumstances
27:36to become a freelancer.
27:38I had to earn money
27:40and take care of my family
27:42in a place like Bombay.
27:44So, I was busy with TV.
27:46You were also
27:48seen in Dunky.
27:50Yes, I was called in Dunky
27:52Did you miss 3 Idiots?
27:54No, I did all the casting
27:56for 3 Idiots.
27:58You can see my name in it.
28:00So, you were not seen on screen
28:02but you were in the credits.
28:04Yes, I was with them.
28:06I will stay with them
28:08and will stay ahead as well.
28:10We will do a good job.
28:12You will see us
28:14in a major role.
28:16You said that you have
28:18many other projects.
28:20A good thing
28:22has happened with
28:24Prabhu Kripa.
28:26There was an adjustment
28:28because there were
28:30scattered dates.
28:32Vipul Shah is making a film
28:34Hisaab.
28:36We are doing that film
28:38with Shefali and
28:40Jenny Pilawat.
28:42You must have seen
28:44that they have
28:46published it.
28:48Earlier, there were only films
28:50then came TV and now
28:52OTT has come.
28:54People are getting
28:56more work.
28:58To save their place,
29:00people have to
29:02give good things
29:04and good content.
29:06If we talk about content,
29:08especially OTT,
29:10there are many questions
29:12about it.
29:14What do you think about it?
29:16Is TV
29:18threatened by OTT?
29:24TV is not threatened
29:26because it is still
29:28going home.
29:30If we see in Kalka,
29:32TV is still on.
29:34Whatever you say.
29:36There is a little
29:38OTT because of
29:40mobile.
29:42OTT has
29:44many
29:46experiments.
29:48There are many
29:50good contents.
29:52There are many good web series.
29:54They are
29:56going towards real.
29:58Acting is real.
30:00Dialogue part is real.
30:02Cinematography is real.
30:04Writers are looking natural.
30:06There is no need of acting.
30:08They are just doing it.
30:10It is like a life.
30:12I like it very much.
30:14It is very beautiful.
30:16There is one thing
30:18that is happening.
30:20In some web series,
30:22some content
30:24is being forced
30:26to attract
30:28youth.
30:30There is
30:32some vulgarity
30:34which is giving a wrong message.
30:36If there is a need,
30:38if there is a web series
30:40in which there is a need,
30:42then it is fine.
30:44If you force it,
30:46it is too much.
30:48I think a censor will come.
30:50It is happening.
30:52It is true.
30:54Since OTT came,
30:56has the way of
30:58working of artists
31:00or work culture
31:02changed?
31:04It is changing.
31:06The concept of acting
31:08is changing.
31:10As an actor,
31:12we are going towards
31:14natural things.
31:16Earlier, we used to do
31:18loud and exaggerated things.
31:20This is a comedy.
31:22We used to present
31:24emotions in an intense way.
31:26Now, there are
31:28underplayed things.
31:32We are going towards
31:34international standards.
31:36Delhi Crime,
31:38Shivali Ma'am,
31:40and many other actors are doing well.
31:42There are many more web series.
31:46We are going towards natural things.
31:48There are many changes in acting
31:50as per the times.
31:52If our actors
31:54don't bring themselves to that level,
31:56then we will be outdated.
31:58We have to match
32:00our standards with them.
32:02I am doing it.
32:04We would like to know
32:06about you and your family.
32:08How do you balance your life
32:10with your children
32:12and your wife?
32:14It is difficult.
32:16If we get holidays,
32:18we go out.
32:20Otherwise, my wife is upset with me.
32:22She complains that
32:24I don't take her out.
32:26My children complain the same.
32:28Recently,
32:30we got 6-7 days off.
32:32But,
32:34it is difficult.
32:36Would you like to tell us
32:38about your first meeting?
32:40Yes, with my wife.
32:42My wife's name is Rekha.
32:44Rekha Santani.
32:46She is a Sindhi.
32:48You know that
32:50all of us actors
32:52face a lot of problems
32:54in our marriages.
32:56No one wants to give
32:58their daughter to us.
33:00In small cities,
33:02they don't consider it as a profession.
33:04Earlier, it was.
33:06Now, it has changed a lot.
33:08At that time,
33:10we were like,
33:12what else do you do?
33:14How do you earn money?
33:16Tell us.
33:18We were playing a play
33:20with IPTA Bombay.
33:22We were not playing big or small games.
33:24My batchmate was not directing.
33:26Rekha is a scientist
33:28in a research institute.
33:32She came there
33:34after her job.
33:36Just to explore
33:38herself.
33:40Nowadays, girls
33:42explore themselves.
33:44She used to do costumes.
33:46Bineet Bhai said,
33:48Rohitash, you also get married.
33:50All the batchmates are married.
33:52I said, what can I do?
33:54I am 38-39 years old.
33:56I told her,
33:58let's meet.
34:00She said, okay.
34:02I said, call her.
34:04Rekha came.
34:06She said, hi sir.
34:08I said, talk to her.
34:10She said, how can I do that?
34:12I said, she earns.
34:14If you can't take care of her,
34:16she will.
34:18We started
34:20talking to each other.
34:22We became friends.
34:24She asked me, what do you want to do?
34:26I said, right now,
34:28I want to get married.
34:32My mother and father
34:34used to come here
34:36because of the cold in Shimla.
34:38They came here.
34:40My parents met
34:42their brother-in-law.
34:44We got engaged in 15-20 days.
34:46We got married
34:48in 15 days.
34:50He agreed.
34:52She is from Bombay.
34:54She knows.
34:56She is an advanced student.
34:58She said, okay.
35:00You keep working.
35:02I am already working.
35:04As soon as she came into my life,
35:06I got a call from Dr. Chandraprakash Devedi
35:08for a film called Pinjar.
35:10As soon as we got engaged,
35:12we went to sign
35:14the contract in the same clothes.
35:16This is also a coincidence.
35:18When I had an elder daughter,
35:20I got Lapataganj serials.
35:22When I had a younger daughter,
35:24I got this.
35:26This is how it happened.
35:28What about your children's education?
35:30Will they be able to
35:32handle your legacy?
35:34No.
35:36My younger daughter
35:38wants to study law.
35:40My elder daughter
35:42is in this field.
35:44She is studying
35:46in a very big school.
35:48She is in RADA.
35:50Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.
35:52She has been selected.
35:54She is studying acting.
35:56In London.
35:58Let's see
36:00where her fate takes her.
36:02But the way
36:04everything is growing,
36:06I think there is a lot of work
36:08for these children.
36:10We need very smart and good children.
36:12Have you ever had to face
36:14criticism or a project
36:16that this character
36:18is not for you?
36:20Did you perform well?
36:22Yes, of course.
36:24Many times.
36:26Many times, I was told
36:28that I have a shooting tomorrow.
36:30I got a call last night
36:32that I couldn't do it.
36:34I was assigned to another actor.
36:36This is a part of me.
36:38I don't know
36:40what game it is.
36:42I don't understand
36:44what it is.
36:46But it has happened many times.
36:48How satisfied are you
36:50with your career
36:52so far?
36:54Have you achieved
36:56what you wanted?
36:58No, not yet.
37:00But I am satisfied
37:02because
37:04God has
37:06done so much
37:08for me that
37:10even if I become freelance,
37:12I don't have any problem
37:14to survive.
37:16I am so thankful to
37:18television and TV.
37:20If it wasn't for TV,
37:22we would have been
37:24big actors.
37:26Or we would have left
37:28Bombay.
37:30When I came here,
37:32we didn't even perform
37:34in movies.
37:36It was a bad time.
37:38Thanks to television,
37:40at least we have our own homes.
37:42We come by car.
37:44We meet people.
37:46They take photos of us.
37:48They take our autographs.
37:50When I was shooting for Hisaab,
37:52you won't believe
37:54that people were
37:56coming to see me.
37:58We were shooting
38:00in a temple.
38:02It was a spectacle.
38:04Did you get to see
38:06any madness in your films?
38:08Yes, I got to see it in Shimla.
38:10The girl was hysterical.
38:12She started holding her hand.
38:14She hugged me.
38:16My wife said,
38:18leave her.
38:20She started crying.
38:22This is what happened in Shimla.
38:24This is also a kind of
38:26Indian spectacle.
38:28They love you a lot.
38:30They beat you a lot.
38:32You said that
38:34when you were a child
38:36you used to get
38:38a new zeal.
38:40You sang a few songs.
38:42Can you sing a few lines
38:44for the audience?
38:46We did a play
38:48called Hapsurat Bahu.
38:50It was directed by Ranjeet Kapoor.
38:52There is a song in
38:54his brush dialect.
39:06Tu Mero Bajo Gramo Phon
39:08Balam Main Teri Tavaiya Re
39:10Teri Tavaiya Re
39:12Balam Main Teri Tavaiya Re
39:14Tu Mero Bajo Gramo Phon
39:16Balam Main Teri Tavaiya Re
39:18Teri Tavaiya Re
39:20Balam Main Teri Tavaiya Re
39:22Tu Mero Bajo Gramo Phon
39:24Balam Main Teri Tavaiya Re
39:26Chadhade Baje Upar Moe
39:28Sunadun Aala Dola To
39:30Sond Bakasma Kaske Apni
39:32Lagad Suiya Re
39:34Lagad Suiya Re
39:36Tu Mero Bajo Gramo Phon
39:38Balam Main Teri Tavaiya Re
39:40Balam Main Teri Tavaiya Re
39:42Ah!
39:44This is a folk touch.
39:46What message would you like to give
39:48to the audience?
39:50I hope this show will continue
39:52and you will reach
39:54the heights of fame.
39:56A message for the audience.
39:58I would like to convey
40:00the love and affection
40:02that you have for us.
40:04We have completed
40:062400 episodes.
40:08We will continue
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40:12We will make you laugh.
40:14We will bring
40:16good content
40:18and progress
40:20with time.
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40:28talking to us.
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