 Hello. Hey, how are you? Thank you so much for for sitting down and chatting with us We actually originally had met just very briefly at the and grizzly medium The premiere so a fan of mine had sent me recording of you mentioning that you had met me for that for the We were with we were with men man, please Yeah, man, please was even my Business manager at that time and she was also a fan subs manager. So I remember meeting a couple of Americans Yeah, but I had no idea Who you were or what you do? I was thinking maybe it was must must be fun sub one of the American collaborators Because he was working extensively in the west as well. Yeah Yeah, well we it was it was more just a brief hello So I'm not it not shocked that you'd only remember two white guys that makes total sense But uh, I'm so glad we uh get to sit down and talk to you We've been a big admirers years since the first actual indian film we ever saw in Movie theater because we've been watching indian cinema for almost two years now Uh, but the first one we ever saw in theaters was gully boy And obviously everything about that film we loved, uh, yeah, I don't know if yeah Yeah This is fascinating. I mean Yeah, so it's amazing the uh, we loved everything about that film you included you jumped off the screen at us immediately Uh, when we saw that and obviously we've explored you more and now we just watched Mesa part season two, which was absolutely incredible. So we'll get into that But first we want to know how did you originally become an actor? I want to know become an actor I think it was the childhood fixation with the big screen and all the magic that happened and all the way the way women react to it or Any any and all of those reasons Uh, but it always looked like a very distant Distant picture. It doesn't look like it's an accessible one for somebody who doesn't come Or comes from a background like mine. We are business family Uh, nothing to do with the movies In fact, it is something that is crowned upon Within the community. Yeah, so So I harnessed I harbored that dream within my heart closely for I guess a few years before I Even and I tried various other jobs And failed at them miserably to even to to understand Not this is not what I like doing and I I applied at the film institute The there's a very prestigious film and television institute of India in Pune Which is probably the best film institute in Asia right now And a very old 60 year old institute. So I went to that applied at that film school and I I didn't get the seat But that but the experience of being there for four days and learning a bit about acting Uh made me feel very good. So I went back to Hyderabad and I started learning theater And I was doing stage four a year and then I applied again and that's how I got my Got a seat at fdi and that and that's when I started learning Acting seriously But it was uh, it was it was like almost like coming out of the closet kind of a situation where you feel like Go and tell your parents that you want to be a So I love the fact that you said you went and auditioned didn't get the seat But immediately just went back to Hyderabad and continued to study and then went back again You didn't have any discouragement at all. You just felt like great Learning process and now I'm just going to move forward and I'll come back you at the time. That's how you felt No, uh, that so I I've tried various jobs and failed at their miserably Right, uh, but failures didn't hit me But not getting that seat hit me hard and I had to it took a couple of months to gather myself up Okay, and and then I started finding a solution To the to the problem because I tasted that blood Yes Yes, yes around 80 80 other actors trying to fight for those 20 seats And that was the the last rejection you ever got as an actor, right? Um, I you I have a suspicion that you have a fairly still young career so far. You're still fairly new in terms of People knowing about you even though you've been in for obviously a few years now But I have I have a feeling It started it started around the same time for both of us last two years ago. Oh, yeah It's not a boy, right? Yeah, because I changed the thought I was working before that's why No, no, no, um Yo, yeah, of course Anytime My suspicion is that you you've had a career similar At least currently of how no was started out He we interviewed no was and he said originally Everybody wanted to hand him a gun instead of a girl in terms of the roles Uh, have you had a similar? Career path that people wanted to start doing that and and and why do you think that that is? Yeah, they had they wanted to hand me a girl And not the gun. Oh, gotcha So that happened with pink Yeah Yeah, we saw that one. I had a A very violent scene with a girl Uh with another lovely actress. Yeah, and soon after that I started getting offers of Putting me in a car in a room, you know Go down in a junkyard, you know Yeah, where something to do with putting me in a space with a girl to really traumatize her. So Yeah, yeah So you said just a second ago things things really changed as I imagined they would the exposure that gully boy gave you Was really a big change for your career It did it just uh gave me Uh, it put me in the forefront It it it was a face or a name that was not recognized Anywhere or probably one person in a hundred Uh, something like that but with that film it suddenly became a sensation the fate the film became a very big success Therefore it also penetrated deep into the culture Or of the of the music and the films here in india Yeah, so So that helped and soon after that I saw a tremendous, uh interest in my, uh, newfound Uh, what do you call it? Uh identity talent, um How did you actually get involved with gully boy? What was the casting process like with zoe? Uh, so it was through an audition. I was called to come and read the part of moin And uh, I read the part with the casting directors a couple of scenes. I played them played out, uh, the scene in the jail And the scene uh Uh at at the ground I guess no at at the At at the garage where he comes and he says you're making these kids work And uh, ask them to try making them use uh As settlers and stuff to which uh moin retaliates We tested for these two scenes And after a couple of weeks I got a call back saying that the director wants to meet you And I was headed to uh bandra, uh where the office is, uh And just about like 10 minutes away before I was reaching the place I I get a call from the casting director saying that oh, we forgot to inform you that uh, you will have to do the scenes again So I was like, oh I don't remember two weeks ago I And uh, there was that so I went through the scenes in my phone quickly And I was thinking this is a meeting where the director will meet me and decide Whether I have the energy to carry the role or not Uh, but it turned out to be a screen test. I walked in and uh, there was very brief. Hello. Hi and soon after that She took a camera as well I And she started shooting, uh, she's like are you ready? I said, uh, yes And then she started shooting the scenes and uh, and it wasn't the space I was sitting across the table like a meeting room table and I was just, uh Uh, finding a new way to do the same thing and uh And I remember I showed the audition of the the the trailer of this film called monsoon shootout, which was Uh, either just about to release or had just released with no eyes right and I want I wanted to impress her that uh, I'm just not a not a Uh, you know a newcomer. I have done a feature film before So she she showed barely any interest in it and she just like the meeting ended I went back home and It took a long time for them to come back and and uh, and locked me for the part. I guess they had more options Yeah, that's the worst part Was it a similar process to get the role for pink? Was it like you go craft casting director director screen test? Or was that a different process? It was it was the same process for pink as well Yeah, uh, but that one was I I tested in the afternoon and the evening I was locked So, oh wow, that's fantastic Yeah, that's like a commercial audition. That was like we want to go That's great. What was it? I was so surprised because I I I don't hail from Delhi Which is north of india. Yeah, and I'm from the south or mostly from the south and I felt that I did a terrible job in that audition because I don't know the accent so well But apparently they liked it. So it's nice. Yeah, and that in that weird sometimes You go in you nail an audition and you feel like you got it and they don't cast you Then you go do something and you're not really happy with it and you book that job. What in the world? Yeah Yeah What was it like, um, obviously we're we're big fans of uh, renveer working with somebody that, um Let's use the word eccentric and that much energy. Obviously that role was obviously very subdued for his normal Energy, but what was it like working with uh, renveer? I saw I saw the the the the The renvi that we all know of At the rap at the rap party, which is the end of the shoot. Okay through the course of the shoot He was he was really channelizing murad The character he was playing he was totally within the zone and and really restrained and and beautiful and and He was trying to imbibe everything every possible element Of the space of the people of the costume Of of everything to to to bring a unique performance, which he did Yeah Yeah, and that was my next question regarding working with him was not just how he was in between because I would imagine What you said that that he had to maintain that smallness all of the time because he's such a big person He also seems to be a very Go ahead And he was coming right after padmavat. Yeah Right He also seems to be when you're doing scene work with him He seems to be a very giving actor somebody who your work is is improved upon because you're working with someone That's giving you so much. Is that your experience with him? He's a that kind of an actor where you feel good about who you're working with I mean, obviously, I don't want to you can say no, he sucks. It was awful But he seems like he's a very generous actor Yeah, and I've mentioned this before as well because it just not giving he's also Very interested in receiving as well So therefore anybody who wants to receive more has a tendency to give as well Because that's how we are designed Psychologically, you know So he he not only made sure that he gives me a lot, but there were there were times when When The discussion was such that we start We we shot the master with short close-ups We shot two shots and then they came they came my close-up of the same scene And it was late in the night. We were all tired. So I was like, can we start at the middle somewhere? And he was like, no, no, we start from the top Why do you want to why do you want to waste the opportunity? I said, but He's like, what are you going to do with that energy? Take it back home and do what with it? That's great. Yeah You obviously in your young career, you've got to work with some absolute massive heavyweights in terms of big B. Noah's trippity Tapsy Ranveer Rithik like That's that's that's insane. That's do you Is it is it as insane to you like to be able to in this short amount of time already be in contention with Those absolute massive heavyweights as an actor. Is it ever intimidating working with any of these people? I think once you work with Amitabh Bachchan, then you're sorted for life. Yeah That's then nobody can intimidate you. Yeah makes sense because he's such a smooth operator On the set He comes from a experience of 50 years that he he leads from the front and you learn from him And he makes it comfortable for you and then this is it for you and then you are not starstruck Or you're not intimidated after Amitabh Bachchan He's like modern brando Very good comparison. So obviously We were really happy when we saw that season two of merge of probe was going to include you in the cast And spoilers for who anybody who hasn't seen season two yet Second season of Merzapur put pause right here We'll probably get into some spoilers But uh, we would love to know how you became involved with uh with that as our first question Uh gully boy released on 14th of feb 2019 I was signed Uh for Mirza poor on 20th of february Ha ha Really that's great Did they just did they just hire you off the off the off the tape of gully boy Yeah, they just they just held my hand in this and I we are we are getting your double rows in season two like, okay That's fantastic That's fantastic and So like I said spoilers Um go away for a while if you haven't seen season two and go watch it. Um Yes, what was it like? Um one Acting with yourself. Was it uh intimidating for you? Well, what were the challenges of uh being in twin roles and actually having to act with yourself Uh I thoroughly enjoyed the process because The first thing that we would do When I go to the set and when we when we were shooting my my scene If I go with the director and the cameraman and I design the scene as to Uh the the junior the senior will say these things look at senior. Uh, I have to design the entire exchange of the look the exchange of the energy First uh and then watch it then what I sit here and do something then I sit there and do something Um And then I leave get ready as one of the brothers come back Work with the other actors shoot that side and everybody stays there Everything is marked the camera can't move Nobody can move every plate every utensil every spoon Which is on the table stays the way it is I go back change into the other brother Come back and finish the scene. Uh, so this was the technical side of the performance But but the emotional side of Of it was to maintain a very distinct sense of energy about both these brothers and within the within say the next 10 minutes I'll have to change that From one brother to the other brother. Yeah Which took bit of a learning for me because it was new A great great deal of help came from uh from the makers who were closely monitoring Uh, because it's the same person with the same voice In fact at one point in the show if you've noticed, uh, it's the same outfit. Yeah And same hair and and and no there's no there's no real distinction in terms of physicality Except for left-handedness and the right-handedness and yeah And in small details, uh, yeah So it was mostly uh the way they would respond to uh to information emotionally differently Was the main uh question Yeah, uh, was it Difficult because i'm assuming you're not ambidextrous ambidextrous Was it difficult at times whenever the hand that you are not dominant in that you had to kind of force yourself to use more Was it was that difficult at all? Or was it easy to know it was No, it was a lot of fun Okay shaking hand with this For the older brother and shaking and we just kept all of these small small Stuff like it at the sugar cane stall. I use the left hand to take because he's the older brother It's his stronger arm Left arm, uh, put the put the other guy's hand in the in the sugar cane Yeah, juicer Yeah Yeah, it was it wasn't difficult because I was also I enjoyed such things because on a shoot for 12 hours You're barely shooting for four hours. Yeah, I also figured it out. You know, yeah. Yeah. Yeah Yeah, and I I have a two-part question about the role. I think I know the answer to one um, but and by the way The technical aspects some of the subtle things that were done when you when both characters were in frame Were absolutely so beautifully technically people don't I don't think realize who understand the craft How difficult it was for some of those shots where you're both brothers in the same frame and it was beautiful Um, I it sounds like this this this was scripted always as one actor Playing both characters. Is that true? I guess I guess I don't know much about what went behind The maker's mind to create this. In fact, it's one of my curiosity poster released to find out Why they have written these characters and and what was what was the reason and and I think we should Try to get you to find out. Yeah I love that they chose you and I I love the choice you made and I'm assuming it was a conscious choice That you didn't make them definitively Different in their appearance and what Corbin and I loved that that the choice to make these brothers just Different by the the nature of their energy and just their personality and you succeeded Was that your choice to keep them just basically just let them look the same but have a completely different energy Yes, that was the only way we were working that was the only direction We were trying to work towards because we've seen enough Double roles where there are probes being used and and like a a mole to be very loud Yeah, or a complete difference or a size or something like that But they had exactly said hair length To to the clean shaven to the same earrings to the same and at one point same outfit Which is actually true. I have a couple of friends who are twins couple of I know two boys who are twins and I know two girls who are twins And between these two pairs I can tell The girls apart, but the boys I can't and I've been I've known them for for a few years. I can't tell them apart And I get confused between The both of them and which I wanted to keep even in this I wanted to Because they sound just like each other I didn't want to use a different voice I just didn't want to I wanted to handicap myself or restrict myself in terms of physicality But I try to understand how we can emotionally respond differently. Yeah. Yeah, did you Did you watch any other performances by any other actors throughout cinematic history that also played twins? Like one of our favorites is Tom Hardy and legend. He played twins in in that film. I I I missed that film I should I should Revisited but for this particular film I I for Mirza poor. I had not God gone back and and seen something but but somewhere during I think somewhere during the time I was either finishing it or or Or while shooting or maybe after I call I don't remember but I was blown by Gulshan's performance in mud for that thing with that is a film called mud for that thing with that In which Gulshan, they were here. This is really phenomenal actor. We have here played Played the twins, but they were remarkably remarkably different looking Twins like one had full beard one was clean shaven. They're distinctly different But but the play between the two siblings was was smashing to watch Yeah, but recently after I shot Mirza poor and very recently I saw I know this much is true by Mark Ruffalo I haven't seen that one Yeah, and that has been the most profound piece of Of of melancholy melancholy Melancholy performances ever On on on the screen. I mean that that show broke me into pieces and it doesn't let me breathe And such a such an inspired performance by Mark Ruffalo He's playing a twin brother and one of them is a schizophrenic And it's it's a it's a downwards. It's a downward spiral into tragedy You look it up. Amazing. I'll look it up. Yeah, we love him. He's a great actor great actor now Yeah, he's a great actor. Is is your process Somewhat the same with each role as an actor or does it change depending upon the need? I just interested in how you go about creating a character If there are some Things which are constant and then there are some things which are varying From film to film the constants are To get the region the language the culture The the social and economic placement of the character right every time I try to understand If the character comes from a certain background and from some certain region has to sound That he belongs to that space and therefore it needs a bit of a work In terms of your oratory skills you or your voice or your book or accents because I'm good with accents I'm not good with languages. I can't I can't learn languages easily But with accents I can have especially the Indian accent um So I try to sound I try to bring the the elements these elements every time And and then the the added pressure of not doing something that you've done before So I discard all the possibilities there And then we create something new from there. So if I have say use a certain gesture before And it is it is widely recognized As a gesture and it is also part of my personality. I try to not use it Choose something else and these are these are very conscious choices. Otherwise you will go back and do If you have to do it subconsciously you still do Something that you've done before or that comes naturally organically inside you. Yeah, you have to And I don't look at the monitor. So I have to uh, I have to Be mindful of what I'm doing at the same time lose myself in the scene. So it's a bit of an exercise Also, it takes a bit of an experience to to to get this right. Yeah Yeah, um on one of my favorite scenes in season two, um was the I guess it was a pre sex scene that you had uh with a good too. Um I get uh, but yeah gulu. Sorry. Uh, I mispronounce everything But yeah But um, I we loved that scene and we thought it was really beautifully well done Riding acting wise and everything was what was probably your most Difficult scene for you to shoot in in in filming a musical I think all the scenes but both the brothers are there. Uh It takes a bit of a It can be a little overbearing because most of the actors are really the co-actors that you're working with Are tied to the space because because I have to play the both the parts and they have to wait Uh, and sometimes you feel responsible for them And so that can play play a role sometimes but uh, it's I would say the the banter between uh munna uh, and the senior tyagi and uh Sharad where they're sitting and they're enjoying a drink and then they get into Yeah, uh, Well, they're a little fight back which is like a yo mama. Yeah Yeah, yeah, yo papa. Yeah, so And what can you tell us? Uh, because we know Part of you will be in uh season three. So do you know anything about season three? Uh, and and when uh, what what's gonna go on there? Uh Nobody knows right now. We're all at the mercy of the makers. Yeah, uh, and the platform But uh, but it's a it's a hugely popular show and I don't see it Not happening, but to answer your previous question the scene that you were talking about with gulu Uh, was it you talking about the scene where she asked, uh Tyagi to whip her. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that was that was uh, That was I think a very interesting choice, uh for for gulu's character. Yeah If you if you observed in season one her introduction Uh, is she's sitting in a library And she's reading an erotic book. Yep. And in that erotic book There is description of oh, yeah I forgot about that part. Yeah. I yeah, I didn't remember that specific thing. Wow Even even even I had no idea about it. I was told. Yeah After we started that it's actually a gulu her character's Uh, uh of eroticism So so it was an interesting choice for for that character But I also it was interesting to see somebody like the junior tag tyagi in that space because yeah below Right, right very foreign for him. That that was a completely improvised moment where She says hit me a hit. She says hit and then Tyagi being tyagi That was improvised Yeah, that was that's that was improvised Yeah, I told the maker that I think when she's during the rehearsal night. She says hit I said Because he doesn't know about yeah, he's read note read the literature. She would she knows This guy probably not even kissing any other woman. So Right, right. It's hilarious. Now. You said you watched obviously some of the playback To understand what was going on as you you played the twins Do you typically like to see Playback or dailies or do you even watch your performances after they go up on the screen? No Yeah Not the playback not on the on the set monitor and in particularly this case All of this was done in the post So there was no way I could tell if the scene is working or not. It was it was all Left to the makers to figure that out And you see it very rarely in the first couple of days Of of a new character. I like to go and see a a non a non hectic or a non Emotional shot of my character just to see if the look is working, right? Yeah, uh, yeah and Because all these aware once I get aware of of Of a few things. I think it it it it controls the performance. I like it to be free So I I try my best to not look at the shot. Yeah. Yeah The miss upper is is known for just getting great actors Not huge stars to be part of their show at least in the first two seasons They've known for just getting like the well established Really talented actors like yourself and everybody else in the cast Who would you like to see in season three? I have a couple names. I would love like, you know, vj ras Nawaz, you know a bunch of these types of actors Who would you like to see bring on to the cast in season three? Uh, I think vj ras is a great addition Yeah, we've been we've been uh, we've been hearing him in the trailers in the promotions everywhere because they're using his voice at these Such a genius, uh, and such a cool character. Yeah, uh, somebody I personally am a fan of and and And and it's so happy that we were playing father and son In in in the other show suitable boy. This really is the same way. You know the same day Yeah, uh No, I think that's going to be a great addition. But uh, uh, arms are wide open We welcome anybody who comes in welcome anybody. Yeah So now now obviously your career has spanned you've done theater You've done motion picture and you've done television series Do you have a preference as an actor or are they just completely different things that you can't compare to one another? I've never managed to compare One with the other But the but the but the euphoria of watching uh, your work being Loaded on big screen is unparalleled and uh And When you when you see that everything that you do on screen has a response In a in a hall full of 800,000 people it does something and And it's deeply overwhelming and uh, so nothing can match it right now Say a thousand people were reacting to me in a one single screen movie theater We get that in our messages and instagram stories and twitter right now So it's it's changed. Uh, it's formed, but we we still get the response Yeah, but but to feel the energy in in a in a house who are full A theater full of people is unparalleled at the same time if your film is not working. Oh that energy A whole different energy it's a collective morning of the makers they sit in the And they're like oh my god Well, that didn't work We are released Friday out of cater sunday, so yeah Or or you go to a premiere of a hindi film that doesn't have subtitles and you don't speak the language That's something some people do That's what we did I think I think you're in a great space because if you don't like the film you can always say I wish I had that I wish I had that privilege Yeah, because I beat to these these screenings where the film sucks and I just don't know how to be What to do with my hands and and And most of the times the makers are standing right at the door to greet everybody and I'm like, oh, we'll avoid this one Yeah I wish I could I could say that I don't know the language so You are now very seasoned in the ott platforms um mizapur Yeah, but like you have suitable boy. I think she was my first release. She suitable boy and mizapur Um, and so you've done more than most I'm six eight months old You're just a little baby. Yeah, but do you do you see a big difference in um Because there was a quote I saw on an interview where you said, um, I think it was art has no boundaries, which is a fantastic statement Um, do you feel like that's more true at least currently in the ott platforms? Uh, and do you see it changing in the in the um, at least the censorship of the the films that can go into the theaters Art has no boundaries when I say that it uh, it it it translates it doesn't require Uh, anything like like how we are taught as actors that emotions are transparent if If I feel the pain Somebody who is watching it could also feel it or if I break into a laughter Even if you're not finding it funny you'll just smile because it it it it translates it it It uh, it flows from one to the other Just the same way art also translates and it flows from one to the other It doesn't require you to have a knowledge of language culture background or any of these things but to answer your question about what it is that the axis of of your work is instant Is convenient at the same time readily available across several countries and regions. So that's right Barrier the the platform the streaming services are breaking for you. Okay. Yeah Uh, but uh It was the case with movies also, but it took it it took some films to go there Uh as a wide release and some of them stayed and then there are some of them very specific Uh releases which are meant for festivals And they go and become the ambassador of their country in various spaces. Yeah Sorry, I got lost No, that's okay. That's okay Another question that's related to the same subject is, you know, one of the things Corbin and I've discovered in the past two years Is just this this depth of really beautiful talent of actors and actresses in Indian cinema And very few have either wanted or actually had the opportunity To do a lot of work in American cinema the way that Irfan has or taboo has or like Priyanka now has or Ali Yeah, yeah, exactly. Ali. Yeah Yeah, Ali has is that something as part of your dream for yourself as an actor Is that something you would like to do? Are there American Movie makers directors actors that you're like, yes part of my career goal is I want to do American films or is that one of those things if it happened that would be great No, it is part of it is uh, not just part of the dream, but it's also Part of a plan I want to make it happen. Uh I'm just taking my my time uh to to to get into the thick of things here I also want to learn a little more about acting. Uh, so that could also happen parallelly especially In a good institute in America Mostly character character related work Yeah, and bit of writing. So I want to learn more I feel like uh, it's been a few years since I've not had real training again So I think I need to brush up my skills all over again at the same time There are incredible amount of uh, I mean great number of of directors that I deeply admire paul thomas anderson um Yeah, one of my most famous uh, most favorites the the themes that he has in his films resonates very deeply with me and uh Ang Lee and And and then there is yes, I mean there are so yeah, I can't even the the the director of civil lining playbook Oh Yeah, um David Russell And host of I mean deep inspiring uh, uh filmmakers who who moved me Um, so yeah, let's see what happens. So I don't know what's in store But but definitely I do want to work not just in uh in hindi cinema But I want to work in multiple languages within india at the same time. I also want to work in the west. Yeah, absolutely um, what is uh one thing, um That you would like to see change in indian cinema I think uh the the discussion around the numbers Uh of of how much money a film is earning on per day and the second and the third day Absolutely, that that that that that just You know played such a big small sport Uh in the way we discuss uh the stories and the films It just became about uh, how much money a film is earning. Therefore, it's good or not, you know, right, right, you're not I mean, I'm so glad and I'm like For god's sake, we've not heard this for six eight months last six eight months. Nobody's been discussing figures I don't know what those guys who used to constantly tweet about uh the box office numbers how their life is shaping out right now. Yeah, but uh Oh Yeah And part of the reason why the streaming services work better is because they don't discuss the numbers Yeah, of how many people are watching how much money they are making because yeah, none of the audience is business Yeah, it's not the point of the film like Yeah, it's no we we talk about that all the time We talk about the fact that we don't understand why people will say this movie is great Because it had good box office numbers It makes no sense on an artistic level at all grant We don't understand it's a business. You need to make money, but we agree with you We would love to see more appreciation of the art form not just this it made that amount of money Paul thomas anderson's films don't normally make a lot of money Or block them or say terrible things about them But say something apart from saying that this film is two crores and this film are 20 crores. This is like This is no conversation around Yeah So I'm glad we've not heard just for last six eight months. Yeah. Yeah, it is a good thing So I'll get two part two part question similar in that regard to what is if you can single this out What's your favorite thing about acting and what's your least favorite thing about acting? Oh I I don't know. What's my favorite thing about acting? Uh apart from it's become a way of life and the only single thing I feel like I can do Uh A decent job in Uh, I've I've suffered like I just like just getting a clump plumber to go and fix much to call a plumber to come and fix my uh Toilet can become such a big task and and in cracking these complex characters far easier for me. So Yeah, I feel yeah Just getting day to day activities done becomes a task And when I'm shooting I feel like I'm on a holiday because I'm constantly in the mode of creation and I enjoy that Uh, what is the least favorite thing? I think when I'm not working I I often I often used to tell that uh, when people used to say so you should take a holiday I said the when I'm shooting it's holiday when I'm not shooting and looking for work is actually work Yep, yep Do you actually do you come to uh? Well, I mean before the pandemic. Do you come to la often? Do you have an agency out here already? No, not yet. Okay. I've not been to la. I've been to new york Uh, my film monsoon shootout premiere there in 2013. So I was Uh, I was in new york for for a week ten days, but uh But I am talking to some people to figure something out. Yeah Well, if you ever come to la, uh, look us up, we would be glad to take you around, man Uh, I want to uh, thank you so much for talking to us. I'll finish this off with a little bit of rapid fire Uh questions for you. Just dumb questions. They make no sense. Um, coffee or chai? Uh, it depends on the food that I'm eating with Uh, I'm eating what food, uh, sorry, it depends on the food that I'm having the coffee or the tea with What's your favorite food? Um, uh home cooked vegetarian food Favorite alcoholic beverage I like gin It works very well And Yes Absolutely. Yeah, uh, your favorite hollywood film Oh my god difficult to choose one Choose a couple that's fine. Yeah, you could choose five. It is the first ones that come top your head some of your favorite films the master Okay, yeah Yeah, and uh, uh good fellas yeah King of comedy Oh, yeah Any haul Gotcha from And uh the godfather like everybody else Actually on that, um Just quick Did uh Going away from the rapid fire. Uh, you said king of comedy which we talked about who in india should play The joker if it was ever to be remade I think you would be a fantastic choice. Is that a is that a role you would ever you would love to play? I would imagine Oh man, I would totally stick my teeth in it. Yeah Absolutely, I think you'd be fantastic favorite indian film any region favorite indian film any region Uh one thing too much Oh, yeah with that earphone Uh Favorite indian director Mr. Motwane I don't think we I don't think we made uh uran uran was fascinating new tera. Oh, okay. Yeah. No, we know him. Yeah, we know him. Yeah, sorry Yeah, we're we're done. Um Favorite hollywood director. Is it paul thomas anderson? Yes, yes, uh And your favorite hollywood actor Robert De Niro That's a very common Theme with a lot of the actors we've talked to from india Robert De Niro Al Pacino are the are the the favorite actors of Pacino De Niro Brando Hoffman. Both Hoffman philistimer Hoffman Dustin Hoffman. Yep, uh, and then with over jack Nicholson Uh from the from the new lot, uh, I would say I've deeply moved by uh by early work of rango's length and uh But I think somebody like uh say Uh I mean I have A separate place in my heart for uh, philip simon hoffman. Yeah So the way we love him it's just uh He was one of those actors who would disappear. Oh, yeah when uh Uh In the screenplay and come out only when he's required to and then hide back uh One of the very very, uh He never wanted to shine Never wanted to uh, you know, uh, whatever the rule is required Uh, whatever the rule required him to be Uh, he's imagined. He made us imagine it in in his way. You know, he uh, yeah He never had a false moment is what we like to say is we've never seen anything We've ever seen of his work. He's never had a false moment. He's always been wonderful. Yeah, he's very similar to the actor Another actor that I'm uh, I'm completely awestruck every time I watch him is benicio del Toro uh I mean, uh, when I was getting very small parts in indian films Uh I used to watch his film because he had also done A lot of small parts at the beginning of his career and he was so good He would make the scene work. Uh, he would uh, he would do something Within that moment which became special every time. Uh, I don't know if you've seen the film called swimming swimming, uh, swimming with sharks No, I've heard of it, but I've never seen it I mean, he's playing a secretary who at a hollywood studio who just answers phone Uh and he's He has one scene where he's giving the job to the new guy who's the main guy In the story. He his job is to hide over the job To this new boy and you have to see how he's owned that scene and how I'll look it up. Did you see have you seen sicario? Of course I have seen Making sure Even the the What was that film the iconic film the usual suspects? Yeah, yes He is phenomenal in that film. Yeah, he's a great actor and your favorite indian actor besides yourself No, no, I'm not my It it's a very close time between ifan khan and nothing would be in shock. Yes Yeah Yeah, those are uh, they especially um That that's necessarily and especially of the the actors we've talked to him He is like the thesbian that most actors look up to in terms of indian cinema That's he's like the he was one of the um, I'm guessing the people who Broke new ground in terms of what you could do with acting in indian cinema And so yeah, he's his name comes up all the time Yeah, he was he was a torch bearer. He started showing us what to do I mean ifan saab you're fun, of course. Yes Naseer saab and we are learning from ifan saab So it it passed on the torch that naseer saab started Bearing it passed it on to uh the generation later on. Yeah Well, I want to thank you so much for talking to us man Well, I've wanted to talk to you since probably gully boy because we we loved it so much So we are very excited for for your future of your career In terms of indian cinema and in terms of hopefully we'll see you in some hollywood films along with A bunch of other really talented indian actors, but we have so looking forward to season three and uh rick go ahead Yeah, and obviously corbin said this already at whatever point you get to los angeles This is where we live. We would love to see you in person Bio a gin and tonic or what other form of gin drink you'd like to have And we are we're rooting for you and please let us know. Oh, that's one of the other quick things Is there anything immediately coming up that your fans and stupid babies should know that is coming up for you? That we should know about a project Son of a boy Okay, so there is one show which is uh, probably one of the most Unique concept that uh, anybody's ever created in india Uh, do you know, uh, it's made by the by the bunch of people who Who are associated with films like tumbard and ship of theses um, uh So it's a mockumentary and a sci-fi And uh, and I play a I play an An officer from the future Who was investigating a murder? by a self-driven car What what's it called? Murdered by a self-driven car Yeah, what's it called? Yeah It's a tentatively titled okay computer Okay, is it coming out next year? It's it's going to come out early next year. I guess I don't see it on your it's not even on your imdb yet No, it's not there anywhere. It's closely guarded. This is the first time i'm talking about it. That's awesome Awesome, we've shot we've shot it and it has Some incredible actors in it And it has uh, are you allowed to reveal? No, i'm not okay That's all right, we'll keep our eyes okay right now the working title is okay computer Yeah, and radicare isn't it? Oh Does that mean it's a does that mean it's a netflix film? Uh, I think it's on hotstar hotstar okay Well that that sounds fantastic I can't wait to uh to watch that. Um, so all best of luck to you and your career man stay safe And uh, thank you so much for talking to us man Yeah, thank you cobin and thank you rick man. I'll come and see you in la soon. Thank you. Yes. Thank you Have a good night. Bye. Bye