In a recent interview with Shreya Chaudhary, a cast member of "Bandish Bandit" season 2, she discussed the pressure she faces to live up to expectations and the decision she must make between being a pop singer or a classical musician in real life. Next, she revealed the producer or director she would love to collaborate with, and last, she talked about OTT channels that let newcomers get an even playing field.
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00:00I don't know about pressure as much but I was very excited.
00:09Tamanna Sharma is a character that is very close to my heart and initially I've never
00:13done a season 2 or a sequel of a project before.
00:16So initially I was a little nervous in terms of okay I have to remember all the back story
00:21and the context and everything that we had created in season 1.
00:25But thanks to our creators Anand and Amrit, they really held our hand through everything
00:29and what I realised is that the day I kind of sat down for the first workshop, I realised
00:35that Tamanna will always be a part of me for the rest of my life because obviously it's
00:40a very special character and I was just very excited to get to play her again especially
00:46her arc in season 2 was very exciting for an actor.
00:51So yeah and just very grateful for all the love that she's getting in season 2.
01:00You know even I used to first think that you know how like to pick between genres so I
01:07like this over this but slowly through the prep of Bandish Bandit season 2 especially
01:12like Tamanna Sharma went to music school, Shreya also went to music school and I realised
01:16that I love music period you know there is a beauty to every genre be it pop music, be
01:23it western classical, be it Hindustani Shastriya music because in all genres there are 7 Suris.
01:32For example in Hindi Shastriya Sangeet we have Saregama, in western we have Do Re Fa So.
01:37So you know I feel it all stems from one foundation and then of course it's you know dependent
01:44on my mood that at this time I want to listen to this and at that time I want to listen to that.
01:48So I don't think I can ever pick.
01:54Yeah actually the entire IBC that you see in season 2 was shot over about 10-15 days
02:02and they were a night shift and that was quite tricky for all of us but hats off to the team
02:09actually our crew because that was a massive set and all the actors of season 2 were present
02:16then but they managed it somehow beautifully and I think if you even when you watch the
02:22show you realize that the way it's written only that no matter how tired all of us were or even
02:27if we were hungry the songs the atmosphere at that point was such that we used to actually
02:35feel that we are on a live you know concert and there used to be an audience that was so lovely
02:42like you know live interaction I could see people clapping and grooving to the music so I feel like
02:48you know we used to just come to life when we when we used to reach set and even the costumes and
02:53the lighting the way it's shot everything just contributed to that and there was a lot of hard
02:59work that was put in. We had a huge army of teachers behind us that were present on set and that
03:06was so beautiful because they used to stand behind the camera and we are taking shots at 2 in the night
03:11and they are standing there and just like checking lip-sync is fine, this is fine, this is fine and just
03:16seeing that excitement because of their love and passion for music I think ignited something
03:21in all of us so it was one of the most memorable times of season two.
03:30I would really dream of reworking with Imtiaz sir, Guneet ma'am, Anand sir. They have been amazing
03:40you know reasons for me to feel motivated and you know and taught me a lot. I've learned a
03:47lot from them just working with them so I really hope I get to collaborate with them again.
03:56What makes me think I'm the perfect fit? I think you will have to ask Anand sir. I just
04:03tried to give it my best. Sir was very kind, he really gave me a lot of time during the audition
04:10process. Before the workshop, before I was even locked, I had gone for an audition first with the
04:14casting directors which was casting day and then sir called me I think after two rounds and he
04:19really gave me like you know couple of hours, took me through the entire backstory of Zara,
04:25made her from a one-dimensional character to a three-dimensional character which was so nice
04:30for me to play with as an actor and that's what continued even in the workshop like he kept the
04:35only you know one of the main things that Baman sir kept telling me is that make her three-dimensional,
04:39make her three-dimensional and she's a very empowered character and she's like you know any
04:44like today's girl of India, she represents all of us and just her equation with say Avinash
04:51Tiwari's character, with Baman sir's character is so beautiful so I can't wait for people to watch it actually.
05:01Oh absolutely, I feel very grateful that very early on in my career I got to work with
05:06an Imtiaz sir or a Guneet ma'am or an Aseer sir or an Anand and an Amrit, now Baman sir,
05:13there are very few who are as lucky I feel to work with people not just who are stalwarts in their
05:19industry but who are also giving as human beings you know who are patient, who are there to answer
05:25any question that you have, who go above and beyond for example recently now having worked
05:30with Divya ma'am and Sheeba ma'am much more closer in season two, there were a lot of times when they
05:35would you know kind of just in conversation without you know making me feel small, they
05:41didn't have to do that, there was no difference in their scene but for me that was a little
05:46you know, they would see me feeling a little under confident so they would tell me something
05:51without directly you know saying that do it like this, just a little bit of feedback here and there
05:56and I feel I'm eternally grateful to all of them so working with them I think has been
06:02the best thing that could have happened to me.
06:09You know for me right now I don't like to concentrate on these kind of debates,
06:14I'm an actor and I'm seeking an audience, the medium doesn't matter, I've done I think all
06:19forms now, I've done short films, I've done an OTT, I'm hoping to do films, I've done
06:27advertisements, I've done theatre when I was in school in college, stage is what I mean so I feel
06:33for me right now I'm not thinking about what is the medium, this that, I just want to concentrate
06:38on my work and what my character is and what's the script so yeah.