In this freewheeling chat with Brut, actor Ashok Pathak speaks about life before and after he made it big with Panchayat.
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00:00They forgot my name and they know that I am Vinod.
00:02If someone asks you who gave you the hammer,
00:06don't take my name.
00:08My name is Vinod.
00:10In 2011,
00:11I sold 1,40,000.
00:21I sold cotton and cotton.
00:24I was in 9th grade.
00:27I travelled at least 30-40 kms.
00:35I did theatre for 10 years in Haryana.
00:37I did my diploma from Bhartendunath Academy
00:42in Dramatic Arts.
00:44While living there, I came to know about a film,
00:47Shudra The Rising.
00:48It's auditions are in Lucknow.
00:49Because the academy is in Lucknow.
00:54So,
00:56I gave my first audition there.
00:59I was selected for that film and it was shot on stock.
01:03It was in 2009 when I was leaving the drama school.
01:08I had a very good end part.
01:14It was 4-5 minutes long and it was a single shot.
01:17It was my first audition and I succeeded in it.
01:22And I got selected for that film.
01:28I'm talking about my first earning.
01:32I earned it in 9th grade.
01:34I used to sell cotton.
01:38I earned 100 rupees on the first day.
01:44In 2011,
01:46I sold 1,40,000.
01:52After 2-3 months of coming to Bombay,
01:57I did an ad for Domino's Pizza.
02:01It was a 2-day job and I earned 1,40,000 rupees.
02:06My father didn't earn as much as I did.
02:10I thought that I'll get 1,40,000 rupees.
02:13But I was about to faint.
02:16He's looking at you, Vinod.
02:18I did a character and people loved it.
02:23Everyone loved it.
02:26They forgot my name and they wanted me to be Vinod.
02:30It's a good thing and it makes me happy.
02:33I think that I can do a lot of things.
02:39I'm a great actor and I can do a lot of things.
02:45I can do a lot of roles.
02:48Please don't put me in that category.
02:51I can do anything.
02:52So, I've suffered some losses.
02:56People think that I can only do this role.
03:04I have a lot of well-wishers.
03:05Everyone called me and said,
03:08Ashok, where are you going?
03:10You've got the result of your hard work.
03:13You're a great actor.
03:16But they don't understand what I'm doing.
03:23My mother...
03:27I don't know.
03:32Yes.
03:33Sorry.
03:35Do you need a tissue?
03:38It's dirty. Sorry.
03:40It's okay.
03:42Sister Midnight was a learning process for me.
03:47It's a dark black comedy.
03:50Radhika and I are the main characters.
03:58She's an amazing actress.
04:00She's amazing in this film.
04:04She's amazing in this film.
04:07It was an amazing experience.
04:09We were at the premiere yesterday.
04:12The way people appreciated the film,
04:16it was amazing.
04:18People were standing.
04:20I couldn't understand myself.
04:23Can anyone like this film so much?
04:27I think people were standing for 10-15 minutes.
04:31They were clapping.
04:33I've never seen anything like this.