In this exclusive interview, Tamannaah Bhatia, Jimmy Shergill, and Avinash Tiwary talk about their upcoming movie Sikandar Ka Muqaddar, set to release on 29th November. The actors share insights into their roles, behind-the-scenes experiences, and the pressures they face while working on such an intense project. Watch as they discuss their characters, the making of the film, and what audiences can expect from this thrilling new release.
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00:00The first day we were shooting, it was a robbery sequence.
00:04We had already done the shooting.
00:05He was in the character and as soon as the rehearsal was over
00:12and the cut was said, I said hello.
00:16There was no response.
00:18I said, he is in the character, let him be in it.
00:22Then everything got normalized.
00:24Then maybe he said hello, I might not have seen it.
00:27Thankfully, over the period of the last 5-6 years,
00:31I have been blessed with very amazing characters.
00:35In 2 days, I came to know that she has done 150 films.
00:38And Tamannaah madam has done 100 films.
00:42And I think I haven't even done 5,
00:44so I will sit in front of both of them.
00:46The national crush, Kripti Dimri.
00:49What have I done?
00:50I have written the biopic, Bhabhi Tu.
00:53You know, I have so many thoughts,
00:57but now that he is sitting next to me,
00:59I really want to give a good one.
01:00Are you feeling the pressure now?
01:01Yes, I will definitely message you and tell you.
01:05The title of your biopic is Sikandar Ka Mukaddar.
01:08And I am its director.
01:10The cast I have with me today is Sikandar Ka Mukaddar.
01:14And how do I praise them?
01:17They are talented artists.
01:19They are actors.
01:21Jimmy Shergill and Avinash Tiwari.
01:23Applause.
01:25I have tried to rhyme a little.
01:29So, first of all, most welcome to Delhi.
01:33Your film is amazing.
01:36Watching the trailer, I am getting goosebumps.
01:44You are working with Neeraj Pandey.
01:46And his films have such high expectations.
01:49Especially when I am with an actor like Jimmy Shergill.
01:52So when I saw the trailer,
01:54I read a lot of comments below it.
01:56People are eagerly waiting.
01:59When will the movie come?
02:00And we should binge-watch it on that day.
02:02Everyone should watch the whole day.
02:04Show it to friends.
02:05And one commented that it is my anniversary that day.
02:09And thanks for this gift.
02:11Wow.
02:12So, this is the response your trailer is getting.
02:17You both have already worked with Neeraj Pandey.
02:21So, how was the experience?
02:23Especially when you both met.
02:28Was there any incident that made you say yes?
02:32Our first meeting was a little weird.
02:37Because I was dubbing in the pass.
02:41Neeraj called me and said,
02:43let's have coffee together.
02:45I said, okay.
02:46In a little time, I will be through.
02:49I can come.
02:50I was supposed to head home.
02:51But then,
02:52I said, I will come down.
02:54I will have a coffee and rush.
02:55So, I came.
02:56I sat.
02:57She said coffee.
02:58Coffee came.
02:59In that time, Avinash came.
03:02At first, I kept looking at him.
03:04I said, in Khaki, this person is very...
03:07I mean,
03:09a little dark complexion.
03:12And very desi type.
03:14This guy seems to be completely English.
03:16He is speaking in English.
03:18He is doing everything in English.
03:19I said, he is a very good actor.
03:23And we sat down.
03:25And then,
03:26Neeraj said,
03:28this is Avinash.
03:30And then,
03:31there was a pin drop silence for 5-7 minutes.
03:34No one was saying anything.
03:36Avinash said,
03:37no, no.
03:38I was thinking,
03:39I should say something.
03:40This and that.
03:41And,
03:43why that silence was there,
03:45I still don't understand.
03:48Sir, I understood a little.
03:49I think,
03:50you also were not aware that I was going to come.
03:53Something like that.
03:55I wasn't aware that you were there.
03:57And Neeraj sir called me and said,
03:59there is a story idea.
04:00Do you want to discuss it?
04:01I think he said the same thing to him also.
04:03He was sitting and I walked in.
04:05So, I thought they were already having a meeting.
04:08So, I shall wait.
04:09Sit down.
04:10He is also wondering.
04:11No, he had told me.
04:12That I was going to come.
04:14No, no.
04:15Not about you coming.
04:16But, he had told me that you are doing the film.
04:20And, whatever.
04:21So, maybe he had it in his mind
04:23to probably,
04:24just,
04:25if there is a director,
04:27he wants to see two people sitting together.
04:31That,
04:32how will this pair be made?
04:35What is it?
04:36What is not?
04:37So, maybe those 5-7 minutes.
04:39Silence.
04:40We were waiting for him to say something.
04:45So, this was the first meeting.
04:47Which was a little weird.
04:48But, when you reached the set,
04:49Tamanna will also be with you.
04:51The rest of the cast will also be there.
04:53So, how was it then?
04:54Did your mind change a little?
04:56After that,
04:57we had a lot of look tests,
04:59and readings,
05:01and everything.
05:02We had a lot.
05:03We had a lot.
05:04Because, Neeraj,
05:05the type of director he is,
05:07he likes to
05:09do a lot of readings,
05:11and be very clear before we go on set.
05:13So, once we go on set,
05:15then the work becomes like butter.
05:18Because his shots are very long,
05:20the sequences are very different,
05:23the way he shoots.
05:25So, we had
05:28met a lot of times
05:30because of these look tests,
05:32and readings,
05:33and everything like that.
05:34Tamanna ji had a little,
05:35that I had met him 2-3 times before,
05:38on different screenings,
05:40and everything.
05:41Hello, Hi types.
05:43And the first day we were shooting,
05:45it was a robbery sequence.
05:47We had already done the shooting.
05:49His first day,
05:51all of us together,
05:52the robbery sequence,
05:54and
05:55he was in the character,
05:58and as soon as the rehearsal was over,
06:01and the cut was said,
06:03I said, Hello.
06:06There was no response.
06:09There was no response.
06:11I said, he is in the character,
06:13let him be in it.
06:15And
06:17after that,
06:19slowly, slowly.
06:21Yes?
06:22Then you understood his ignorance,
06:24that now she is in character.
06:26Character, yes.
06:28Then everything became normal.
06:30Then he must have said, Hello.
06:32I must not have seen it.
06:35Okay.
06:36So,
06:37Avinash,
06:39your name is Sikandar in the movie.
06:42Sikandar,
06:43the name becomes a little heavy.
06:46In this,
06:47you have a senior actor with you,
06:49and a director like Neeraj Pandey.
06:52So, how much pressure did you feel,
06:54that you have to justify your name,
06:56you have to justify your character,
06:58and
06:59your name is movie centric,
07:01your character is also the same.
07:03So, how did you feel at that time,
07:05when you used to perform the scene?
07:07Thankfully,
07:08over the period of
07:09last 5-6 years,
07:10whatever work I have done,
07:12I have been blessed with very amazing characters,
07:15and their names.
07:16So, I don't think there was any pressure.
07:18I think,
07:20once the decision was taken by Neeraj sir,
07:23I trust him so much that even if,
07:25if he sees it,
07:28then there shouldn't be any problem.
07:30So, I didn't feel any pressure.
07:32There was a huge amount of excitement,
07:34because I have been wanting to work with him,
07:36for the longest time.
07:37We got a chance to work in Khaki,
07:39when he was the showrunner of the show.
07:41But I keep saying this,
07:43that I wasn't very sure,
07:44that if I would do that show.
07:46In fact,
07:47I don't think,
07:48that I have the capability to do it.
07:50It was him,
07:51who made me believe,
07:52that I could take it on.
07:53So,
07:54I don't know,
07:55how to quantify that value,
07:56that he added to me.
07:57And then,
07:58from there on to,
07:59getting a chance to be directed by him,
08:01I remember,
08:02it was very sweet,
08:03that he had called me in the office,
08:05and he said,
08:06when you left,
08:07what else was going on,
08:09everything was fine.
08:10So,
08:11he said something like this,
08:13he thought of a story,
08:15listen,
08:16tell me,
08:17how does it sound?
08:18So,
08:19and he just,
08:20in two minutes,
08:21started saying the lines.
08:23I think,
08:26the first five minutes of the film,
08:28he kind of described,
08:29and I said,
08:30and then,
08:31the film takes off.
08:32And then,
08:33the film takes off.
08:34What do you think?
08:36And,
08:37the start,
08:38the seed he told me,
08:40that got me so excited,
08:42I said,
08:43I want to know.
08:44The 15 years,
08:45that you hear in the trailer,
08:46I want to know,
08:47about those 15 years,
08:48and what really happened.
08:49So,
08:50I was very curious,
08:51I said,
08:52sir,
08:53this sounds very interesting to me,
08:54I would love to read it.
08:55And,
08:56he was kind enough,
08:57to send a script,
08:58which,
08:59was hardly 45 pages,
09:00if I'm not wrong.
09:01And,
09:02the last four,
09:03five pages,
09:04we both didn't get.
09:05It's a,
09:06anticlimax,
09:07the climax of the film,
09:08was not given to us.
09:09It was only,
09:10when closer to shoot,
09:11that he happened to,
09:12share the,
09:13last five pages,
09:14of the script.
09:15And,
09:16so,
09:17for me,
09:18it just started off from there.
09:19This belief in him,
09:20the trust in him,
09:21the fact that,
09:22I really thoroughly,
09:23enjoyed the script,
09:24that I read.
09:25And then,
09:26the beauty of,
09:27working with,
09:28an actor like,
09:29Jimmy Shergill,
09:30and Tamanna Bhatia,
09:31I mean,
09:32these are just blessings,
09:33to come in.
09:34One,
09:35who,
09:36for so many years,
09:37I mean,
09:38in these two days,
09:39I have come to know,
09:40that he has done,
09:41150 films.
09:42And,
09:43Tamanna Madam,
09:44has done 100 films.
09:45And,
09:46I feel that,
09:47I haven't even done five,
09:48so,
09:49I should sit in front of,
09:50both of them,
09:51with respect.
09:52They've been veterans,
09:53they've been out there,
09:54playing this game,
09:55for such a long time.
09:56And,
09:57I hope that,
09:58their game doesn't get spoiled.
09:59That's the only feeling,
10:00I had,
10:01that I need to step up,
10:02and be good enough,
10:03to at least,
10:04stand in the same frame,
10:05with them.
10:06Okay.
10:07As you said,
10:08that you're working with,
10:09Jimmy Shergill.
10:10You just got to know,
10:11that he has done so many films.
10:12I mean,
10:13I didn't know,
10:14150 films.
10:15Whenever,
10:16I've interviewed you before,
10:17Jimmy,
10:18you're very serious.
10:19His aura,
10:20is very serious.
10:21Very,
10:22sophisticated,
10:23point to point,
10:24he seems to talk.
10:25You worked on the set,
10:26how did you like it?
10:27He's a little funny,
10:28he does pranks.
10:29We talked about the beginning,
10:30that we didn't talk for the first 5 minutes.
10:31Yes.
10:32Not 5 minutes,
10:33it was more than that.
10:34It took us 5 minutes,
10:35but at that time,
10:36he wasn't less than 20 minutes,
10:37very honestly.
10:38Because,
10:39I was sitting,
10:40between the two seniors.
10:41After that,
10:42slowly,
10:43I was also slowly,
10:44opening up.
10:45But,
10:46his overall energy,
10:47when you sit by him,
10:48and you start talking,
10:49you realize,
10:50it's such a,
10:51calm,
10:52sweet,
10:53laid back person,
10:54that,
10:55this useless,
10:56drama,
10:57all of us,
10:58also actors,
10:59I just feel that,
11:00most of us,
11:01have so much,
11:02of projection,
11:03of who we are.
11:04That,
11:05we are like this,
11:06like that,
11:07the image,
11:08and I don't know,
11:09so many words,
11:10that I use around.
11:11To see a man,
11:12who is absolutely secure,
11:13and laid back,
11:14about,
11:15he's like,
11:16I've seen it,
11:17been there,
11:18done that,
11:19kind of a vibe.
11:20It only adds,
11:21so much security to you.
11:22You take that,
11:23confidence from him,
11:24that,
11:25I don't need to be anything else,
11:26to be part of this industry.
11:27You know,
11:28I can just be myself.
11:30That's the kind of calmness,
11:31and joy,
11:32that this man has brought.
11:33And,
11:34someone who's blessed with,
11:35one of the most amazing smiles,
11:36that I know.
11:38That's true.
11:39He's still smiling.
11:40Such a smiling face.
11:41It's beautiful.
11:42Anyways,
11:43movie is all about heist.
11:4560 crore,
11:46diamonds are being stolen,
11:47in the movie.
11:49So,
11:50if 60 crore,
11:51diamonds,
11:52are found by one of you,
11:53Yes.
11:54So,
11:55what have you thought,
11:56what will you do,
11:57with those 7 crore diamonds?
11:58I mean,
11:59if it's 60 crore,
12:00what will I do?
12:01I mean,
12:02my life is going on,
12:03I've studied in a bank,
12:04I'll invest it somewhere,
12:05if someone needs it,
12:06who are close to me,
12:07if I can do something for them,
12:08then I'll do it.
12:09Otherwise,
12:10you keep on building,
12:11what you have,
12:12and use that money,
12:13to reinvest.
12:14I mean,
12:15in a very basic way,
12:16this is what I'll do.
12:177 crore,
12:18doesn't seem like a big amount,
12:19in a way.
12:20Yes,
12:21it can be.
12:22I mean,
12:23if I make a film,
12:24nowadays,
12:25the budget of films,
12:26is going up to 500 crore,
12:27that I want to make,
12:28a very big film,
12:29that too,
12:30in 60 crore,
12:31is not being made.
12:32No,
12:33documentary films,
12:34can be made,
12:35small films.
12:36Films,
12:37can be made,
12:38with a phone,
12:39so,
12:40anyway.
12:41Jimmy,
12:42what will you do?
12:43I don't know,
12:44what I'll do.
12:45Okay.
12:46This,
12:47if thing,
12:48I don't understand.
12:49So,
12:50give it to me,
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13:40Wow.
13:41Did you have to think so much?
13:42Yes.
13:43I would want to.
13:44You should go ahead.
13:45I'll come up with the answer.
13:46You go ahead.
13:47I'll give it to you.
13:48Give me some time.
13:49Okay.
13:50Let's talk about your director.
13:51If you have Neeraj Pandey.
13:52I'll think about him till then.
13:53Yes.
13:54This question is for both.
13:55If you make a biopic on Neeraj Pandey,
13:56what will the title be?
13:57The longest shot ever.
13:58Nice.
13:59See how quick.
14:00Okay.
14:01Okay.
14:02Okay.
14:03Okay.
14:04Okay.
14:05Okay.
14:06Okay.
14:07Okay.
14:08Okay.
14:09Salman Khan.
14:12Tiger.
14:15Brother.
14:16Tiger.
14:17Tiger.
14:18He has a lot of names.
14:19And the national crush, Tripti Dimri.
14:23If you make one on her.
14:32By tea,
14:33The only thing that I can think of is
14:36One thing that I can think of is…
14:38You used to make tea, right?
14:40Yes, sir. All the teas I have made in my life…
14:47Quick, quick.
14:48The tea one?
14:49Yes, the tea one.
14:50It will be the tea one, but…
14:52No, again.
14:53No?
14:54Please allow me.
14:55My brain is not functioning at all.
14:57It's the AQI of this city.
14:58You have two pendings.
15:00I am coming.
15:01This will go to Jimmy.
15:02What?
15:03You tell me, what biopic will be on Tripti Dilli?
15:05What biopic? Bhabhi 2?
15:09I was guessing that this would have come to your mind.
15:11Okay.
15:12The Queen of Bollywood.
15:13Kangana Ranaut.
15:19Think about it.
15:22You have given the title?
15:23I have given for two.
15:25No, but you tell me something apart from this.
15:27You have given the title.
15:28Am I stupid?
15:29Queen of Bollywood is the same.
15:31Everyone has given that title.
15:32But if you get a biopic…
15:33No, I haven't given.
15:34Queen of Bollywood.
15:35Okay.
15:38You tell me yours.
15:39What will you give?
15:40Kangana Ranaut.
15:44Organized Chaos.
15:48Jimmy, you tell me.
15:52What will I say?
15:53I don't know.
15:54It's not coming to my mind.
15:56Okay.
15:57Your co-actor Tamanna Bhatia will be with you.
15:59What will be the title on her?
16:02Yesterday, she said it with her own mouth.
16:04Now.
16:06She wants her autobiography to be called Now.
16:12Now.
16:13Okay.
16:14Wow.
16:16Wow.
16:17Nice.
16:20You also have two pending.
16:21You have to tell about Jimmy Shergill.
16:23Yes.
16:24Think about it.
16:25Till then, I will ask one.
16:27Irrfan Khan.
16:29Irrfan Khan, who is no more.
16:31If a biopic is made on him, what will be the title?
16:35Legends of Forever.
16:39Okay.
16:40So, there is one last remaining.
16:42Jimmy, you tell me.
16:43What do you want if your biopic is made?
16:45What should be the title?
16:47Like you said in the trailer.
16:50Sikandar Ka Muqaddar.
16:52Biopic title.
16:53I don't want a repeat of the same.
16:54It was
16:56The Man Who Hated Ifs.
16:58Ifs.
17:01Okay.
17:03I am interested.
17:05What will Avinash say?
17:06You know, I am getting so many thoughts.
17:09Now that he is sitting next to me, I really want to give a good one.
17:12Now, you are feeling the pressure.
17:13Yes, this is when I am feeling the pressure.
17:14I ask you whether you feel the pressure or not.
17:17This is also time bound.
17:19So, I feel the pressure.
17:20And I also see that my mind is absolutely not throwing anything on me.
17:24So, allow this blackout moment for me please.
17:27Let it go.
17:28No, I will definitely message you and tell you.
17:33You can message below the trailer.
17:35Sure.
17:36Comment.
17:37Here it is.
17:38This will be the title of Jimmy sir's biography.
17:41I had a lot of questions.
17:43I had a lot of questions.
17:45I did a lot of research throughout.
17:48But it is time bound.
17:50He could not do anything.
17:51But it was very interesting.
17:52I am glad.
17:54You are feeling better now.
17:55Yes.
17:56Ultimately, I got what I wanted.
17:59Thank you very much.
18:00Meeting you all.
18:01And in this movie, I want to say Jimmy Shergill's instinctive Hindi word.
18:09Please say it once.
18:11Do you know what that word is?
18:13I heard it from Jimmy.
18:14Do you know what that word is?
18:16I heard it from Jimmy.
18:17If you say it, she will repeat it.
18:18Yes.
18:20What do you call instinct in Hindi?
18:23Moolviti.
18:24Moolviti.
18:25My Moolviti was saying that if I come here, I will be fine.
18:28Great.
18:29I am perfectly fine.
18:32So sweet.
18:34Thank you so much.
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