For the first time ever in history, Chakraborty Siblings, Mimoh (Mahaakshay) Chakraborty & Namashi Chakraborty team-up together for an exclusive podcast with Lehren. The actors elaborated about their father Mithun Chakraborty’s struggle days, cinematic journey and his hustle to earn the megastar tag. The guys made candid confessions about their mother Yogeeta Bali's role as an actor in reel life & a parent in real life. The Chakraborty Brothers also opened up about their family secrets, love life, film career & the functioning of Bollywood in today’s times. Watch the most unfiltered interview hosted by Senior Most Journalist Bharathi S Pradhan, only on Lehren Retro & www.lehren.com.
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00:00:00 Interestingly, I do like someone but she told me because I liked Animal, I'm a red flag.
00:00:06 So, Vanga, you're coming in the middle of my relationship.
00:00:12 Have you read anything about your mom's past, your dad's past?
00:00:15 They're both so very colourful, let me tell you.
00:00:17 If he got as many chances as Abhishek bhaiya, he would rock it.
00:00:22 So, I think he is an untapped actor who unfortunately Bollywood is still not taking seriously.
00:00:29 Good actor, even after you're no longer a superstar, good human being, sorry, will always give you longevity.
00:00:35 Because people appreciate niceness.
00:00:37 You can't, sorry my language, you can't be a dick.
00:00:40 Salman bhai will tell you, he was shooting for Radhe, I had just wrapped Bad Boy and I went to meet him at Mehboob.
00:00:45 And I went and touched his feet and I can say this in camera, he said, "Fuck off."
00:00:50 Hi boys.
00:00:56 Hello ma'am.
00:00:57 You know, I've known your parents even before they got married or they met each other.
00:01:01 Wow.
00:01:02 Wow.
00:01:03 That's a long, long time ago.
00:01:05 Yes, yes, I knew Yogita Pinky.
00:01:08 Yes.
00:01:09 And Mithun of course, even when he was Rana Rai and stuff like that.
00:01:13 He had wanted to be a villain, no, first.
00:01:16 Then he had come in the industry, so that's why his name was Rana Rai.
00:01:19 So, that's an easy 45-50 years.
00:01:20 50 years, easy.
00:01:22 Wow.
00:01:23 Half a decade.
00:01:24 Yeah, I mean that's how long I've known your family.
00:01:26 Wow.
00:01:27 How is dad? Because you went and met him recently.
00:01:31 He did.
00:01:32 You went, okay. You went to Calcutta and met him.
00:01:34 Yeah, he is absolutely fine. It's just that his diabetes, he was not taking care of it honestly.
00:01:39 And it was a good thing to go and do all the checkups.
00:01:42 And you know, once you go into the hospital, they tell you to do all the checkups.
00:01:48 So, we did that and touched all the vitals, everything is normal.
00:01:52 It's just that he has to now be very conscious about what he eats.
00:01:56 Because, you know, after a certain age, you've got to maintain all of that.
00:02:00 Don't combine it.
00:02:01 No, no, no. You're fine, mom. You're fine.
00:02:03 So, that was the only thing, but then, you know, everything just blew out of proportion and
00:02:07 it became a Chinese whisper where somebody is telling something, you're hearing something, you're reacting.
00:02:12 Yeah, we heard he had a stroke and things like that.
00:02:15 He's back at the shoot already.
00:02:17 That's true.
00:02:18 With everybody's love and blessings.
00:02:19 And yes, I want to thank, since you brought it up, I want to thank everybody.
00:02:22 Because everybody was just pouring so much of love to the family.
00:02:26 Absolutely.
00:02:27 So, this shows that how much love he has gained.
00:02:30 So, thank you.
00:02:31 Thank you for everyone for giving your love and blessings.
00:02:34 And how do you as a family handle it when you hear something about a health scare of your dad?
00:02:38 Well, for me, I think, Bharti, the most important thing for me is whether I got scolded in the morning.
00:02:44 Daddy's safe. So, the day dad got well, he called me and scolded me.
00:02:48 He told me that I'm a loser. So, I said, everything is fine now.
00:02:51 He's alright.
00:02:52 He's fine. We are ready to roll.
00:02:53 That's kind of his alarm clock.
00:02:55 And I'm very happy. Keep shouting at me, dad, all the time.
00:02:59 So, touch wood, touch wood. Yeah, but it was like I wanted to be there.
00:03:03 I mean, we all wanted to be there.
00:03:05 And in fact, he was, dad was saying, don't come, I'm fine.
00:03:08 You know, dad being the Bengal tiger that he is, he's like, no, nothing has happened to me.
00:03:13 But I wanted to go for my own comfort, honestly.
00:03:16 Mom and Amushi also, Maddy, my wife, they were packing bags.
00:03:19 But then I only said, let me just go for a few days. Let me see how he is.
00:03:23 And then once he got discharged, he went back to work and I flew back.
00:03:26 Oh, OK. OK. So, this is from the horse's mouth.
00:03:30 Horse's mouth. He's fine.
00:03:32 Thank you. Thank you very much.
00:03:34 You mentioned Maddy, your wife. That is my real self.
00:03:37 How did you meet her?
00:03:38 It was arranged love marriage kind of a thing.
00:03:41 Yeah, because like how you give association with mom and dad.
00:03:45 Maddy's parents, Sheila David, Sheila mom.
00:03:48 So, I have worked with her in a film called Hamilton Palace back in the day, right up to Jimmy.
00:03:53 So, I knew her since then.
00:03:55 And her father, Subhash Sharma, he was with dad in FTI, in Pune.
00:04:01 He was in the direction department. Dad was in the acting department.
00:04:05 They did a film together.
00:04:06 Yeah, yeah, he did. He directed dad in a film called Tere Pyar Mein.
00:04:09 Tere Pyar Mein. Back in the 70s.
00:04:11 So, there is a long association between the two pals.
00:04:14 Yes. And I knew Maddy. I mean, me and Maddy always knew each other.
00:04:18 Like, you know, on and off. And we were friends.
00:04:20 And then, you know, when it was time, one thing led to another and we just kind of merged.
00:04:25 You don't think it's too early in your life to get married.
00:04:28 No, no. Perfect time. I'm touching 40 in a couple of months and I'm quite very happy.
00:04:33 We're touching six years since we got married. Yes.
00:04:36 And I think after a certain point, it's very important for a husband and wife to become very good friends.
00:04:43 And we have become those friends with each other.
00:04:46 Okay. So, that's a six years.
00:04:48 Yes. You know, you grow. I think even after 10 years, you ask me this question, we'll still be growing.
00:04:52 So, I think growing with each other is very important in a marriage.
00:04:56 I'm kind of hinting to him.
00:04:58 We haven't heard anything from him but we'll come to you now.
00:05:02 Sure, sure. I'm waiting.
00:05:03 Just one question to you. Madhusukh continues to be an actor.
00:05:08 She is working in… Anupama is a huge hit.
00:05:11 Absolutely.
00:05:12 And everybody knows her because of Anupama. Does she continue working?
00:05:16 She… The best thing about Maddy… Yeah, the best thing about Maddy is that she knows how to balance it pretty well.
00:05:23 Like today also she's at the shoot. There are days when she's not shooting because with daily soap, nothing is decided in advance.
00:05:30 Everything happens at that time. Like when she comes back from shooting, the next day we get to know…
00:05:36 Sorry, we get to know that night whether she's shooting the next day or not.
00:05:39 So, take the next day or not.
00:05:40 Yes, exactly. So, it's a very frickle-frackle kind of a thing. But she balances it very well.
00:05:46 So, I really enjoy her being my wife and also being Kavya and Anupama.
00:05:52 It's just that you know, today it's a very outdated question to even ask, is she going to continue working after Maddy?
00:05:58 This sounds so… It doesn't even sound right to ask the question. But your mom gave up, you know, that's why I asked.
00:06:05 Because she gave up working after Maddy.
00:06:08 No, no, because whenever we ask mom, mom always said that she just wanted to be a housewife.
00:06:14 Like mom's intention was that for me, my pets and my family.
00:06:19 They should be her priority.
00:06:22 And when it comes to Maddy, Maddy in fact found Anupama after we got married. After like two or three years after we got married.
00:06:30 Yeah, and I support her. And there are times when I think Namoshi will also agree, when we go out together as a family,
00:06:37 and there are people who recognize her, you know, then I'm like, you know, I'm so proud to be her husband.
00:06:42 Because all what she's earned is because of herself, you know, her tenacity and discipline, dedication.
00:06:47 It's not easy going on set every day, reading those 10, 10 page lines of dialogue and performing.
00:06:54 Exactly, and being so loved by the audience. Like I have seen it myself, like, you know, whether it's air hostesses,
00:07:00 whether it's people working in, you know, retail shops, fans, they just come and they say, Oh my God, we're such a big fan of yours.
00:07:06 So it's really a proud feeling to stand next to her, to know that, oh, I am her husband.
00:07:11 Which is actually today's person. Today's man is like that.
00:07:15 I wish all men should be like that. Always, always support your missus.
00:07:20 So, if you could go back in time, you would have asked your mother to continue working.
00:07:26 In fact, I keep telling her that we want to work with her. Now, Namoshi is an actor. I'm an actor. My brother in Korea, Ushmai Rimmo, in LA, he's a writer, director.
00:07:35 My sister is an actress. My dad's an actor. My wife is an actress. My mother-in-law is an actress. My father is a director.
00:07:41 Now, the only person we are waiting is mom. Honestly, it's my dream to work with her in this.
00:07:47 There just might be a comeback. You never know. Even if it's for one project, one scene, I'm okay.
00:07:53 Great, that's lovely. We're all looking forward to it. And how come, Namoshi, we've never heard anything about your personal life?
00:08:01 I think, not at all. Actually, I was dating someone and those articles came, but we broke up.
00:08:09 So, I don't think there is any reason to talk about her right now. I'm not a secret lover. I just think I'm very personal.
00:08:14 I think, say only what's important. And honestly, Bharti ma'am, in today's day and age, relationships can break within days, months.
00:08:22 Marriages break. So, I prefer not to talk about it much. When something solid happens, of course, I'll talk about it.
00:08:28 But right now, you're cooking? Interestingly, I do like someone. But she told me because I like animals, I'm a red flag.
00:08:37 You like a male animal for your red flag. So, Vanga, you're coming in the middle of my relationship.
00:08:43 We gotta put a note out to her. Send him a DM and say, you know, Vanga is to blame. Vanga is spoiling all the girls.
00:08:50 The relationship goals have changed. He's coming between. He's spoiling love stories.
00:08:56 All the good guys are like, they have to be bad, you know. Yeah, so that's being a bit of a problem.
00:09:02 Okay, okay. Vanga, he's noticed. Tell me, your dad and mom, do you see, we've heard a lot about both of you talking about your dad.
00:09:13 Do you see your mom's films, her old films? Both of you? I've seen like three, four, but I've only seen the ones she's done with dad.
00:09:20 I somehow can't watch her romancing Rajesh Khanna or Vinod Khanna or Dharamji. I get very awkward.
00:09:26 My God. But I don't mind dad romancing anyone. I think I've grown up watching him. He's very chauvinistic, right?
00:09:32 He's shy. I'm shy. I'm shy. I get very shy looking at my mom romancing other men because mom stopped working.
00:09:39 So, I did not know much of her acting. So, watching dad was very, I've been watching him since childhood.
00:09:45 But I get a little awkward when I see mom. I don't know about him. I get awkward.
00:09:48 No, in fact, if you had asked me this question five years ago, I would have given the same answer. Okay.
00:09:53 But now, they are friends. But your wife is working. Yeah. And you know, the best thing about like in the internet age
00:09:59 where Google can just show you pictures, old pictures, retro pictures. Absolutely.
00:10:03 I didn't realize how pretty my mom was. Like she is pretty, but she was dropped at gorgeous back in the day.
00:10:09 You know, no wonder dad fell for her. So, I'm like, you know, dad was not the only one.
00:10:15 You know, she had a lot of people. She keeps telling us. Now we've become friends.
00:10:20 I also say, oh, you know, mom, that thing you had. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, stuff like that.
00:10:24 Yeah, yeah, absolutely. So, now though, like, especially for me, it's like I'm an open book to her. I've always been.
00:10:29 Okay. So, I talk about each and everything like under the sun. So, mom has now become that person for me.
00:10:36 There's no filter when it comes to her. So, she tells you, if you ask her about her past, that's not what she tells you.
00:10:42 Of course, of course. Have you read anything about your mom's past, your dad's past? They both were very colorful, let me tell you.
00:10:47 Well, I think you are the right person to ask. Ma'am, I'm so present in my colorful present.
00:10:54 I'm not getting much time to go in the past, but I think when you are a superstar like Mithun Chakraborty or a heartthrob like him or a star like Yogita Bali,
00:11:03 you're ought to have a life that has color and in the media world, everything is written about.
00:11:08 So, I think it's very natural if I hear something about you. But how do you feel? I mean, as children, did you react badly to it?
00:11:15 Not really. Or you didn't read it when you were children? Well, I don't think we read it because we were living in Ooty, we were in a very different DA.
00:11:22 But you read things about all actors. So, you were able to take it. So, it's not like your mom's films, that I don't want to hear about mom's past, but dad's past is okay.
00:11:33 Not really. I think we are okay on both. The romance on screen is a little awkward for mom, but there's no problem in hearing about the past.
00:11:41 They had a past, it's alright. Everybody does. We grew up in that environment. We grew up in that environment where all of this is just daily routine.
00:11:51 And I think we empathize with all the other actors and people of the film fraternity because that's something you have to, it's like an undisclosed part parcel of your career.
00:12:04 No, both had a marriage also. Both had a film marriage behind them, which is par for the course.
00:12:12 Exactly. So, that all doesn't matter. What matters is that how they are to us. And as parents, I think it's just been wonderful, isn't it?
00:12:23 Yes, absolutely. All the four of us have been blessed. I mean, I can't imagine Pinky having four kids and being so content about it.
00:12:32 That's mom for you. Four kids, biologically and ten kids, which are animals, a dog. So, that's 14 kids.
00:12:40 As of now, she's a mother of 14. It might grow again. We never know.
00:12:46 So, her animal kingdom is something different from Vanga's.
00:12:49 Yeah, yeah. Like Vanga's gonna have like three, four versions of that. We have 14, including us.
00:12:58 Tell me, out of your dad's movies, which ones are your proudest to? I'm sure you have individual choices.
00:13:07 Mine is Pulo Rangar. And the reason it's so dear to me is because I remember he used to take me to many trials of that film.
00:13:16 Trial show hota thi the. So, I used to go to many trial shows. And I always, like the second half when he becomes this vengeful, you know, soldier of God.
00:13:27 That really showed me what a hero is. You know, like you're making the rights from the wrongs.
00:13:35 And from being somebody who's kind and caring to becoming a soldier of justice. I think that really gave me this wow factor when I saw him on screen.
00:13:44 So, definitely Pulo Rangar is my number one film. Yeah, I mean, we share the love for Pulo Rangar.
00:13:50 I think that's one of his best films. But I'm a bigger fan of his artwork, like art house cinema, like Tahadir Kotham, Rigya, Swami Vivekananda's National Award.
00:13:59 I thought he was spectacular in Gudiya, the Gautam Ghosh film. I loved him in Marinatnam's Guru.
00:14:05 Because I'll tell you one thing, he also hasn't done this. I have seen every single released film of my father. Yes.
00:14:11 Yes, including Gunda. I have seen every film. So from Rigya to Kabuliwala, I have seen every released film of Mithun Chakraborty, even if it is a cameo.
00:14:22 Everything. Yeah, 384 films. All of it.
00:14:25 What did you learn from watching your dad's films?
00:14:29 That he was a self-made man. His films did not have big production banners necessarily. He didn't have superstars, heroines all the time.
00:14:39 He did not have the biggest budgets all the time. So I think he is the definition of an outsider in the film industry.
00:14:45 I think his filmography proves that. And how to be earnest and honest in your work.
00:14:51 Doesn't matter whether it's a, as he said, a big budget film or a cameo or maybe just a passing shot.
00:14:58 Do anjaane. Whether it's that. He was, since day one till even today, he has always been very honest with his work.
00:15:07 And that I think something I learned even today. Even when we go to work, that's something we learn that you never compromise.
00:15:14 Whatever the project may be, always give your 100%.
00:15:18 Absolutely. As a father, what's he like? Is he strict? Is he mean? Is he indulgent? He is an Indian advisor.
00:15:27 All of that. So while growing up, super strict. Never petrified. Terrified.
00:15:32 You petrified? Oh my God. I think if my dad just said, hey, and we would be like, yeah.
00:15:37 Even if he, today also when he comes in the room, we all stand up. Like it's psychological.
00:15:42 Like for me, even if he comes, I'll get into attention mood. And he's pretty chill now.
00:15:47 But it's just that growing, as he said, while growing up, it was such a fear. Because he was hardly around.
00:15:52 Because he was always working. And intimidating, no, his personality?
00:15:56 Even today, he's extremely intimidating. That's the aura. He's not as a person, but aura, like you say.
00:16:05 And also, I think there is tremendous respect for my father in my family. Not just us, or mama, or bhabhi.
00:16:12 Even his sisters, our extended family, because he has come from, I'll tell you an interesting story.
00:16:17 I was promoting Bad Boy and we had to go to Calcutta. And I said, as soon as I land, I want to go to your first house.
00:16:23 Where you were born. Dadu-dadi are no more. Bless them. Bless their soul.
00:16:28 And Bharti ma'am, that house does not even have sunlight coming in.
00:16:33 He lived in that place and I went there, I got so emotional, I broke down.
00:16:38 And I realized, where there is no light, I saw a dream from there.
00:16:43 And to conquer the entire film industry, to become the biggest superstar of Russia till date,
00:16:50 I think you need guts, courage. And I think the respect I have for him as a human being is of utmost level.
00:16:58 Because I have seen where he literally comes from. There was a gutter that was entering that building.
00:17:04 Unfortunately, that building is still the same. It's a two-story building.
00:17:08 And I was telling Vijay uncle, our manager of, you know, he's been with dad since day one.
00:17:12 I know Vijay. Vijay Upadhyay. Vijay Upadhyay, you know.
00:17:15 How can a man from this place come and conquer the country? And he's like, because he had hunger.
00:17:22 He had passion and he had nothing to lose. So, when I went to his actual house, I was even more in awe of my father.
00:17:30 Because it's very difficult to come from there and to become what he's become.
00:17:34 You know, I'll tell you two stories about your dad. One, I'm sure you heard many times.
00:17:38 That when he won the national award and a lot of media people went to interview him.
00:17:43 He used to say, "Fehnde mujhe khana khila ho, phir jo interview chahiye le lo."
00:17:47 Because he had no money in his pocket, he had an award, but he didn't have money in his pocket.
00:17:52 Have you told your dad, Vijay? Yes, yes. I remember that.
00:17:55 And the second thing is when he was shooting in Ooty for Putul Guha's film.
00:18:00 Putul Guha, okay. Yeah, Dulal Guha's, that film, Vidraathi.
00:18:05 And there was a little urchin on the road who was near the gutter side doing something.
00:18:14 He called me and said, "Dekha mera flesh vekte." Wow!
00:18:18 He's saying, "Mera flesh vekte." You know, he actually identified himself with that little urchin and said, "That's where I've come from."
00:18:27 He never hid it.
00:18:29 He reminds us every day that life is meant to be full of gratitude instead of always complaining about more.
00:18:37 That's what we learn from him and mom. That the glass is always half full.
00:18:43 Be grateful that you have a glass. Forget about the water. You have a glass. I think that's the first step for gratitude.
00:18:50 Coming back to your question about how he was, as I said, when we were young, he was hardly there.
00:18:58 Because today we realize that he was not there because he was working for us.
00:19:02 He was not just not there because of him. He was not there for us.
00:19:06 And even today, even right now, he's shooting in Kolkata because for us.
00:19:11 Everything he does from the morning he gets up till the time he sleeps is for us.
00:19:16 And today because we have come of age and we understand not just the legacy of Mrityunja Gavarti,
00:19:23 but also the respect of the father in him, of the husband in him, of the brother in him, of the son in him.
00:19:30 You know, he's so many things more than just the actor and the superstar. For him, for us, he's always that.
00:19:35 So we see beyond all of that. And as you said, like there's so much of admiration for the man.
00:19:40 Like when I compliment him, I don't compliment the father. I compliment the man.
00:19:45 Because the man is what completes.
00:19:48 So he used to scold you too?
00:19:50 Yes, of course. Dad's advice is to keep a practical approach every time.
00:19:58 Don't be in a bubble. Do it. Give your 100%. But don't expect that you'll get 100%.
00:20:06 We as human beings, we feel that if we are giving our 100%, we deserve it back.
00:20:10 But life doesn't work that way. Life will work the way it has to work.
00:20:14 And he reminds us that every day. That whatever you have to do, do it with sincerity.
00:20:18 But don't expect that anybody owes you anything.
00:20:21 So that's his approach. He's always kept us very grounded and always reminded us that nothing is special about anything.
00:20:31 Everybody is special and everybody is not even special.
00:20:34 Tell me, your dad, compared to a lot of his contemporaries, is still going very strong, touch wood, touch wood everywhere.
00:20:43 What do you think is the reason for his longevity as an actor?
00:20:47 Because he doesn't have the best of voices. He doesn't have Amitabh Bachchan's face voice.
00:20:53 He is not as handsome as the Kapoor boys were.
00:20:58 And he even ran away to Ooty in the middle of his career.
00:21:02 Nobody does that.
00:21:04 Nobody just packs a bag and leaves.
00:21:06 He's done crazy things.
00:21:08 And still touch wood, like I said, his longevity is something else.
00:21:13 So what do you think is the reason?
00:21:16 I think you yourself have given the answer, ma'am. It's the craziness.
00:21:20 And what Namushi said, he is the biggest example of an outsider coming and setting their mark.
00:21:28 It's a very sad topic today, where me, we and him both face this nepotism tag.
00:21:33 But dad is the ultimate anti-nepotism superstar, who came from nowhere.
00:21:39 Back then, of course, today in our woke culture, it's very shameful to even talk about skin,
00:21:45 the color of your skin and your ethnicity, which of course should not be entertained.
00:21:49 But back then it was a basic norm. He was called the purple hero.
00:21:53 He used to tell me stories that he used to call me purple because of my complexion.
00:21:58 And I was a guy from Bengal who couldn't speak Hindi. And there were dominant forces in the industry already.
00:22:05 So being an outsider and coming and putting a mark and putting such a big dent.
00:22:10 So that is something I think that's what's still going for him. Being the ultimate outsider.
00:22:15 I also think Bharti ma'am is goodwill. There is something I have learned in this film industry,
00:22:20 having done one film, is that your reputation consolidates your status.
00:22:25 So even today, Jackie Shroff, Jackie Dada, love you, who may not be the finest actor,
00:22:30 he has tremendous amount of goodwill and respect. My father, again, multi-talented actor,
00:22:35 but his goodwill is extreme. Just the other day I was coming, although it's not work related,
00:22:40 I come, I travel by auto rickshaw and a person recognized me.
00:22:44 And he said whenever I was upset in my hometown in Uttar Pradesh, I used to watch Mithun movies.
00:22:49 And I'm speaking like a fan. He's like nahi, because Mithun da jo bhi bolte the, it used to touch my heart.
00:22:55 So a man who has goodwill even in Hinterland and the industry, I don't think that can limit you.
00:23:01 And destiny is also a thing. But I think my father's goodwill is the utmost reason of his longevity.
00:23:07 Because without naming anyone, there have been greater actors, better actors who are no longer active.
00:23:12 Goodwill plays a very big part. -Dad keeps saying that being a superstar and being a bad person,
00:23:23 destiny will favor you to some extent. Being a bad actor and a bad superstar, destiny will never favor you.
00:23:30 But being a good actor, even after you're no longer a superstar, good human being, sorry, will always give you longevity.
00:23:37 Because people appreciate niceness. You can't, sorry my language, you can't be a dick all the time.
00:23:43 Just because you are somebody. But who are you? Nobody has ever told you.
00:23:47 This is just a job. That's all it is. It doesn't give you special status.
00:23:52 People love you. But people love you because you give them what he said. You give them value.
00:23:57 Like this guy, the man whom Namoshi met, dad in a way helps him to feel better.
00:24:03 So, he owes dad the love. So, that doesn't make you special. It just makes you more responsible.
00:24:09 That's what we have seen. -So, when you, Bad Boy didn't do well, and it was a sad case because it just went on and on and on.
00:24:18 And then COVID came. So many things that set it back. What did that tell you?
00:24:23 Well, actually ma'am, strangely enough, Bad Boy is Raj Santoshi's first film that he has finished in 65 days.
00:24:30 We didn't face any problems. Rajji shot the film in a very good pace. COVID stopped our shoot.
00:24:35 So, we only had songs left. But because of COVID, we couldn't shoot the songs until a year.
00:24:40 And the songs were shot in 2021, all of them. And 22 we had to wait because releases were too many.
00:24:47 And 23 we released the film. My father from the very first day told me that this is a super duper hit subject.
00:24:54 Because it was a Telugu blockbusters remake. But if it gets outdated, if it gets delayed,
00:25:00 the audiences might not respond to it as positively as when planned.
00:25:04 It was a 2021 release, but it's released in 23. It not doing well has nothing to do with the merits of the film.
00:25:11 We had a very ruthless exhibition of the film. Our exhibitors gave us one show, two shows for one week.
00:25:18 And the film only ran for two weeks all over India. And there was barely 500 screens for the film.
00:25:23 And strangely enough, those 500 screens were house full till Tuesday.
00:25:28 Even in a city like Mumbai, they were reporting house full shows. People were laughing, enjoying.
00:25:33 But exhibition was so limited that it did not reach many people.
00:25:37 So, the merits were completely different to the fate of the film. But my father loved the film.
00:25:44 But when it didn't do well, were you depressed and did he get you out of it?
00:25:49 I don't get depressed over hits and flops. I'll tell you why. Because Bharti ma'am, before Bad Boy,
00:25:54 I have struggled to get a single film on my own for three years. I have gone to Warsaw, to Aramnagar,
00:26:01 to every single audition in the city, which I was eligible for and stood in line for hours to get myself a job.
00:26:08 For me, the day I signed Bad Boy, I was happy. The day Rajji said roll camera action, I was happy.
00:26:14 I saw myself on the big screen at the premiere. I already won. The box office weight is not in my hand.
00:26:20 So, I never feared. Of course, I was sad that the film didn't do well. I was not depressed.
00:26:25 I only felt bad for my producer who believed in me so much, who put so much money on me.
00:26:30 Amreen, his daughter, was the heroine. Rajji, Himesh Reshammiya gave such beautiful music.
00:26:35 I felt bad for them. But personally, I was not depressed.
00:26:40 You had a song in that with your dad? I had asked with him.
00:26:44 Yeah. What was that like? There is a track called Janna Be Aali, which Himesh has sung for Himesh bhai.
00:26:50 It was a dream come true. And he came to Hyderabad. He surprised me. We were shooting in Ramoji Film City.
00:26:56 And they were like, "A big star is coming after lunch." And I had an idea. Of course, it's him.
00:27:01 And then he showed up. And when he came on set, he was so professional. Bharti ma'am, it was no longer beta beta.
00:27:08 She was like, "I am ready. Prepare the hero. I don't want a retake." So, we were in a mess when he came on set.
00:27:14 And all the choreographers, Piyush, Shazia were shivering. But as soon as the take happened, he relaxed.
00:27:21 And I think working with him, I realized what it is to be a one-take artist.
00:27:25 Because dancing with a disco dancer can only compliment you. And it was a fun song. So, it was a great show.
00:27:32 -Okay. So, you enjoyed that? -Enjoyed it thoroughly. -Okay. Tell me, between the two of you, who is better at Mithun's moves?
00:27:41 -Him. -Dad only. -See, that way, only him. -That way, only him. -Of course, he is unmatched.
00:27:46 -Goat is the goat. -Goat is the goat. -The Gators of Old Town will be the Gators of Old Town.
00:27:51 -He is a goat. -But there are goat kids too. -I think I am not being biased because he is my brother.
00:27:58 But when I saw Bad Boy, when you said Janabi Ali and everything, like I say this very proudly and I am very proud of this.
00:28:05 Namoshi Chakraborty in Bad Boy, Meemo Chakraborty in Jimmy. Meemo Chakraborty in Jimmy was 4 on 10.
00:28:11 Namoshi Chakraborty in Bad Boy was 9 on 10. Like I am saying this out of the 15 years of experience I have had.
00:28:17 Like what I am today, he was in Bad Boy. That confidence, that sheer easiness into the character.
00:28:23 The way he performed, the fluidity of one actor. And see, doing comedy is not something which is easy.
00:28:31 You think that just falling on a banana peel will be funny. It's not. And today audiences are very smart.
00:28:37 They catch if you are trying to force something. And as you said, when we were at the premiere and people were laughing,
00:28:43 they were laughing because the performances were so well. Besides him, all the other actors as well.
00:28:48 But when I was just looking at Namoshi Chakraborty the actor, like if you compare that actor to Meemo Chakraborty in Jimmy,
00:28:55 it's like the difference between the earth and the sky. You know, with the confidence and the sheer, like just,
00:29:00 it was like, I keep telling him and I keep telling everybody also, it didn't look like his first film.
00:29:06 At all. From any angle, it doesn't look like it's his first film. Because it looks like it's a lot of years of experience.
00:29:13 You know, today I can say that for me because I have learned now after so many years. But he already was that in Bad Boy.
00:29:20 So when it comes to the dance moves and everything, on the first film you're dancing with the goat and you're matching toe to toe with him.
00:29:27 So I think that was a feat. Even for us. It was like, oh, this is like that OG moment, you know, like you get to see two generations together.
00:29:34 Yeah, yeah. Me, my mom, Maddy, we all were watching it and the premiere. This is like that OMG moment.
00:29:41 Yeah, yeah, yeah. You also have had a lot of ups and downs because Haunted was a big hit.
00:29:49 That was the first, what was it? 3D, stereoscopic 3D. Stereoscopic 3D, first one.
00:29:57 And it did very well. And I remember watching it, you know, talking to you at that time also. And but after that, you had a couple of films that are stalled,
00:30:05 a couple of films that didn't do well. You did a film called Jogira, Jogira Sara, in which you were not the hero.
00:30:14 You were the Lallu. Literally my name, my character's name was Lallu. Yeah, the character was Lallu.
00:30:20 But so how have you been through all the ups, downs, not the hero, this, that? Now it's cinema.
00:30:26 Like as I said, if you would ask me this question five, seven years ago, I would have had a very different answer.
00:30:32 But now it's like, you know, as I said, this is a part and parcel of life. And tell me one thing.
00:30:37 He mentioned that he had gone to Warsaw for all the auditions. I have gone and done auditions myself.
00:30:43 I have stayed in line. I've waited for my name to be called out just like him. But besides me and him,
00:30:48 there are so many other boys and girls who have the same dreams and same hopes, same aspirations, the same rejections,
00:30:55 the same failures, the same question marks in their ability. Didn't I get selected because I'm bad?
00:31:02 It's not true. Today I've understood that this is a part and parcel of every actor's life in every part of the world.
00:31:09 If you go to Spain and audition for Money Eyes, you can get a stand-by there as well.
00:31:15 You go to Argentina, you go to Japan, same way it is everywhere. So this is a part and parcel of every actor's life.
00:31:22 I've been telling in all the interviews I do, that the moment you decide to be an actor, remember your best friend is going to be a rejection.
00:31:28 That's my life advice. Don't take it to heart. Just because you didn't get that role, doesn't mean you're a bad actor.
00:31:37 He was just not meant for that role. He was meant for bad boy. I was meant for Jogira Sarada.
00:31:42 I went and auditioned for that. I got the part. Like how I'm doing Haunted again with Vikram sir after 13 years.
00:31:48 He could have thought about it right after Haunted. But the time was right right now.
00:31:53 And that's why we're doing it.
00:31:55 What's it like doing Haunted again with Vikram?
00:31:58 It's amazing. So much of expectations and hopes coming out of that.
00:32:02 Because the two of you hit.
00:32:03 Yes, exactly. You mentioned it. The songs and the horror and the story.
00:32:08 This time we're going a notch up ahead. We're going with 3D, 4DX, augmented reality.
00:32:13 So it's like, because even Vikram sir says that there's a lot of writing in the sequel.
00:32:18 So we want to give it more jump scares, more horror, more love and romance.
00:32:23 So it's a good package.
00:32:25 Okay, and you're excited about it?
00:32:27 Hoping for the best. Let's just say.
00:32:29 Will that be out this year? 2024?
00:32:31 We're planning maybe end of the year or early next year.
00:32:34 Because there's a lot of technical things which keep going in augmented reality.
00:32:39 It's not that easy to shoot. He's seen the set. It's completely new.
00:32:44 In India, it's something very new. So it takes a lot of precision to take one shot.
00:32:49 So the poster also takes some time.
00:32:51 I'm going to ask Vikram to give me a step.
00:32:53 You have to.
00:32:55 So what's happening in your life? Not personally, like professionally.
00:32:58 Well, I have been blessed to be under the guidance of Bhatt sir.
00:33:02 So Mahesh Bhatt and me, we are collaborating on a film.
00:33:06 It is a script that Bhatt sir loves and he wants to produce it.
00:33:10 So that's my immediate next project. Again as a hero, fortunately.
00:33:14 So that's happening one by one.
00:33:16 And who's going to direct it?
00:33:18 The director as of now is a lady called Shureta.
00:33:21 Who has been the writer of Sadak 2, Haunted 2 and 1920.
00:33:25 That's happening. But apart from that, we have just launched our production house.
00:33:29 I was just coming to that.
00:33:30 Myron Movies. We are the producers.
00:33:32 Tell me the spelling.
00:33:35 M-Y-R-N-D.
00:33:37 M stands for Mithun, Mimmo and Madalsa.
00:33:40 Y stands for Yogita.
00:33:42 R is for Remo, my brother. N is for me, Namashi.
00:33:44 And D is Dishani, my sister.
00:33:46 So that equals to Myron Movies.
00:33:48 That's why Myron of course.
00:33:50 And because it's a fusion of all, that's why even our tagline is 'We make movies for all'.
00:33:55 Because everybody's names together.
00:33:57 So we wanted that anybody and everybody can come to us and pitch their ideas.
00:34:02 And you never know something might come from somewhere.
00:34:05 Because it just takes that one moment in history.
00:34:07 It's that one punch from Muhammad Ali.
00:34:09 It's that one speech from Martin Luther King.
00:34:13 It's that one march of Gandhi.
00:34:15 So these small moments in history which create a ripple effect.
00:34:19 So we believe in that.
00:34:20 We believe that you need to start somewhere.
00:34:22 Take that first step and just see how the light emerges.
00:34:25 So how did it take birth?
00:34:28 Well I have been meaning to be a producer all my life.
00:34:31 Because Bharti ma'am, a lot of people don't know this.
00:34:34 I was a writer for 9 years for IMDb.com.
00:34:37 I have written over 3000 write-ups for IMDb.
00:34:40 I was a professional writer for them from India.
00:34:42 And I have only watched movies ever since I finished high school.
00:34:46 I didn't do anything else.
00:34:47 I used to watch 3 movies a day.
00:34:49 And because I love movies so much, I wanted to create my own.
00:34:53 Our brother Usme in fact won the Best Director award at the age of 20.
00:34:57 At Canada International Film Festival for a film of his.
00:35:00 And then he moved to LA.
00:35:02 He became Hollywood.
00:35:03 My sister went to Hollywood.
00:35:04 So it was me, him, bhabhi, mummy, daddy.
00:35:06 I took a decision to make.
00:35:08 I took a decision for this production.
00:35:10 So this production was actually your idea?
00:35:12 Yes. Absolutely. I will take full credit also for this.
00:35:14 It is his brainchild.
00:35:16 And all of you went along with it.
00:35:19 We all are playing our parts but he is the boss.
00:35:22 Thank you.
00:35:24 So how much is Mitruch Akruwati involved in this?
00:35:29 Well, I made a short film.
00:35:31 The first one is called Bahara Chaman Prakash.
00:35:34 Which translates in English as Come Out Chaman Prakash.
00:35:37 It stars me and Amol Gupte and Himani Chawla.
00:35:40 It was my script, my screenplay.
00:35:42 I got a writer. She wrote it for us.
00:35:44 And we made the film.
00:35:45 And I made it on my own bad boy money.
00:35:47 Wow.
00:35:48 I shot it and then I showed it to him.
00:35:50 And he was gobsmacked.
00:35:51 He was like, wow.
00:35:52 What a beautiful film and such a different character for you to play.
00:35:56 It is going to stream very soon online.
00:35:58 Will it be on YouTube?
00:36:00 It will be on YouTube and it has already been to Bengaluru International Short Film Festival.
00:36:04 Which is India's only Oscar qualifying festival.
00:36:07 And it was screened there last August.
00:36:09 We got a fantastic response.
00:36:11 So when dad noticed that yes, there is knowledge and sensibility.
00:36:15 That's how Myran Movies has come into play.
00:36:17 And we have just wrapped our second short film called Titli.
00:36:21 With new actors which is directed by Swapnil Raje.
00:36:24 He is a first timer.
00:36:26 And we have just wrapped our second short film.
00:36:28 Oh, so you have already begun production.
00:36:30 One is complete.
00:36:31 Second just got done on Monday.
00:36:33 One is already shown.
00:36:35 And the third one is happening.
00:36:37 Is that going to be a feature film?
00:36:39 So I will tell you exactly our plan of action.
00:36:41 Phase one is short films.
00:36:43 So two are done.
00:36:44 One has already been screened at festivals.
00:36:48 The other one has been just shot.
00:36:50 The third one is happening in March.
00:36:52 And from April we are starting our own original series.
00:36:55 Myran original web series.
00:36:56 So phase one is short films.
00:36:58 Phase two is web.
00:36:59 And phase three is feature.
00:37:01 So you have it all planned.
00:37:03 And we are in no rush to give multiple announcements.
00:37:06 One step at a time.
00:37:08 Slow and steady.
00:37:09 Lovely.
00:37:10 And is there any particular place like maybe an email idea.
00:37:15 Something you would like to give our listeners.
00:37:17 So that people can send in ideas.
00:37:19 Yeah, of course.
00:37:20 And it's on my Instagram in fact.
00:37:22 And everyone watching, my executive producer Shrikant.
00:37:26 He is the one who does this.
00:37:28 For Myran Movies, for all your emails, email at Shrikantw@myranmovies.com.
00:37:34 Send all your pitches.
00:37:36 Send every single idea you have ever had.
00:37:38 Just one suggestion.
00:37:39 If you send us remakes, we will delete your mail.
00:37:43 We don't believe in remakes, rip-offs and plagiarism.
00:37:47 We only want original content.
00:37:49 And what a fabulous mantra to have.
00:37:53 We want to be original.
00:37:55 That's something Bollywood has never been.
00:37:57 So now we can try to make that happen.
00:38:00 Somebody has to bring the change.
00:38:03 Why not start now?
00:38:05 You know I find both of you such a contrast.
00:38:08 He of course, everybody knows that he looks like Mithun.
00:38:13 Carbon copy.
00:38:14 There have been photos, I think it was during the songs of Bad Boy or during the promotions.
00:38:20 I remember there was one silhouette shot of him.
00:38:23 Which I thought it was dad.
00:38:24 I was like, "Oh, what does dad look like?"
00:38:26 He's like, "It's me."
00:38:27 You know, he's telling me it's me.
00:38:28 So like there are times when I've been dumbstruck.
00:38:30 Like who's who?
00:38:31 Like it's even the way he is, his mannerisms, his profile.
00:38:35 It's like, it's literally dad again.
00:38:38 You know, it's that way.
00:38:39 And you are a carbon copy of Yogi Tabar.
00:38:42 Carbon. Copy paste.
00:38:44 Same old.
00:38:45 There was a very funny review of Jimmy.
00:38:48 We won't quote the journalist.
00:38:50 She said, "I went to watch Mithun Chakraborty Jr. I got Yogi Tabar Jr."
00:38:54 So she was confused if she liked the film or not.
00:38:56 That was a very confusing review.
00:38:58 Like is she actually giving me a cuss word or is she complimenting me?
00:39:01 I'm still figuring it out. 16 years later.
00:39:04 It's a mystery. We need to make a movie out of that.
00:39:06 Absolutely.
00:39:08 That's original content right there.
00:39:10 You know, question. Absolutely original.
00:39:12 So are you different in nature also?
00:39:16 Personalities?
00:39:17 I'll be very honest with you.
00:39:18 My source of inspiration is my brother.
00:39:21 I think life can be difficult.
00:39:25 Life can be easy and life can be cruel.
00:39:29 My brother has gone through all of that.
00:39:30 I think he was born to a superstar.
00:39:32 He has the potential to be a superstar.
00:39:35 But the industry is too busy favoring other star kids.
00:39:38 If my brother, I can say this on record,
00:39:41 got as many chances as Abhishek sir,
00:39:44 my brother would be a superstar.
00:39:46 Today, I can say this with confidence.
00:39:48 Unfortunately, people look at
00:39:51 Jimmy as a bigger flop than perhaps a big production film when it fails.
00:39:56 Because they want to see,
00:39:58 "Okay, this one has not worked.
00:39:59 So let's treat him as someone who can do better."
00:40:02 But our flop is still our flop.
00:40:04 You know what I mean?
00:40:06 If he got as many chances as Abhishek bhaiya,
00:40:09 he would rock it.
00:40:11 So I think he is an untapped actor
00:40:14 who unfortunately Bollywood is still not taking seriously.
00:40:17 Then Jogi Rao, you mentioned,
00:40:19 he stole the show and he's working with a star vault like
00:40:22 Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sanjay Mishra.
00:40:25 These are tremendous actors.
00:40:26 And to stand tall in an unconventional supporting part,
00:40:30 that just says it all for him.
00:40:32 I came out and met you.
00:40:34 Yes, I remember.
00:40:36 I was so shocked.
00:40:37 I said, "Lalur's Nemo?"
00:40:40 I hadn't even thought it.
00:40:42 I couldn't even equate it with you.
00:40:43 But what happened with Bad Boy,
00:40:45 same, that exhibition problem.
00:40:47 Yeah, that's right.
00:40:49 That was quite a nice film.
00:40:51 It was quite a wacky, nice film.
00:40:52 It was a very good, fun, enjoyable film.
00:40:55 Yeah, I found Jogi Rao quite a nice film.
00:40:57 It was crazy.
00:40:58 And I remember,
00:40:59 I think it's like, I take it as a joke,
00:41:02 Salman bhai also told it,
00:41:04 but it was very, very wise words he said.
00:41:07 He was like, I had gone to the shooting of Pathan,
00:41:10 no, not Pathan,
00:41:11 Sultan.
00:41:12 Sultan, sorry.
00:41:13 I was on the sets of Sultan.
00:41:14 He had called me to come and chill with him.
00:41:16 You know, bhai, you know, he's all love.
00:41:18 So, he's talking after pack up to all his,
00:41:21 all the younger generation who were shooting.
00:41:23 So, he was telling them that
00:41:25 there was another star kid in the thing.
00:41:27 I want, out of his, sir's respect,
00:41:29 I won't take his name.
00:41:30 So, he was giving him advice.
00:41:32 See, you're getting it easy.
00:41:33 Look at him.
00:41:34 You know, he's not even been given a chance to struggle.
00:41:38 And yet, he's standing here.
00:41:40 So, those words really hit me.
00:41:42 I'm like, you know, this man gets me.
00:41:44 Bhai does that.
00:41:45 And he's respecting it.
00:41:46 Yes.
00:41:47 Bhai sees that.
00:41:48 Like, bhai will see that,
00:41:49 and be like, oh my God.
00:41:50 He's a very sensitive person.
00:41:51 Yeah, like, that's why he's Salman Khan.
00:41:53 But then, that's what Namoshi says, you know,
00:41:55 that's all his love.
00:41:56 I really appreciate that.
00:41:58 But, see, I think the question which you asked is that
00:42:01 we are so contrasted because
00:42:03 there are things which I learn from him
00:42:05 even though he's my younger brother.
00:42:06 Like, you know, him taking this bold move of starting a production.
00:42:09 I would have never done that, honestly.
00:42:11 I'm like, I'm like, I'm,
00:42:13 I have now gone into that phase where I'm in the pool,
00:42:17 but I'm floating.
00:42:18 And he's swimming.
00:42:19 You know, see, you know what I'm saying?
00:42:20 I'm like, I'll float in the river
00:42:22 because I am more in the floating process.
00:42:24 Because I'm like, I'm,
00:42:26 I'm not going to get affected by things.
00:42:28 And he's like, even he doesn't get affected.
00:42:31 Like, the way he took the failure of Bad Boy,
00:42:34 I was 1000 times more depressed for Jimmy
00:42:37 because I was shown the stars
00:42:39 and I was shown the moon and the planets.
00:42:41 And then the Monday on Jimmy,
00:42:44 everybody's phone numbers changed
00:42:46 and the cheques bounced.
00:42:47 And I was, what, 23, I think, 23, 24.
00:42:50 So, I had no clue what life was.
00:42:52 But then him taking it with such stride
00:42:55 and as he said, you know, he did not get affected.
00:42:58 But I was completely devastated.
00:43:00 So, I learned from that from him.
00:43:02 And somewhere we kind of lean on each other.
00:43:04 I learned things from my brother who's in LA.
00:43:06 Like he, like Namoshi and Remo
00:43:09 are like the institutions of films for me and Dishi, my sister.
00:43:13 My sister is an admirant book reader.
00:43:15 So, I take advices from her to read books.
00:43:18 Because I take lessons from her of reading books
00:43:21 and lessons from Namoshi and Remo to which films I watch,
00:43:24 working in Haunted today has been such a big easy task for me
00:43:28 because it's augmented reality.
00:43:30 So, see where it's connected.
00:43:31 That, okay, this film required this kind of a performance.
00:43:34 And because it's completely green screen,
00:43:36 like even when I'm walking, there's nothing there to look at.
00:43:39 There are actors who completely get blocked by that.
00:43:42 But because you see how we co-ercively help each other.
00:43:46 I think that's the process.
00:43:49 I used to bully him a lot.
00:43:51 -Equally. -Equally.
00:43:53 We used to beat each other all the time.
00:43:55 But he's older, didn't he bully you?
00:43:57 He did. I did.
00:43:58 He used to bully all of us.
00:43:59 Even in school, he used to bully my friends also.
00:44:02 Look at the contrast of life.
00:44:04 He's now the calmest man I know.
00:44:06 Sometimes I wonder if, you know, I think people change so much.
00:44:09 Where did you bully him?
00:44:10 I was there.
00:44:11 I think Bhabhi has tightened him up.
00:44:13 It's been six years since he's tightened up.
00:44:16 There's a nine year difference?
00:44:17 -Eight year difference? -Eight.
00:44:18 -Eight, eight. -Eight, eight.
00:44:19 -That's quite a lot. -It's four with Remo.
00:44:22 Eight with him.
00:44:23 And thirteen with Dishi.
00:44:24 No?
00:44:25 And Dishi and Remo are in LA.
00:44:28 Los Angeles.
00:44:29 So they don't want to come and...
00:44:31 They're Hollywood, no. They're completely over.
00:44:32 They're Hollywood.
00:44:33 Dad's okay with that?
00:44:34 Yeah, yeah.
00:44:35 Yeah?
00:44:36 They moved in 2017.
00:44:38 But how did they land there?
00:44:40 I mean, all your life is here.
00:44:42 Studying and all that.
00:44:44 I think one of the reasons, I'll tell you why I'm so grateful,
00:44:47 my sister went to LA is I got to meet Al Pacino because of her.
00:44:50 -How? -So, Dishi is a theatre actress in LA.
00:44:53 And Pacino came to see the show because she's a Lee Strasberg student.
00:44:57 And I met Pacino, my acting god, because of her.
00:45:00 And I told him I'm so-and-so's sister.
00:45:02 And he was so generous to say I've seen her play.
00:45:05 -How nice is that? -And this was like weeks and months.
00:45:08 Perhaps maybe he had forgotten, but he was very nice.
00:45:11 And that was the greatest day of my life.
00:45:13 -Did you take a picture? -I did.
00:45:14 You have to take a picture.
00:45:15 -A hundred percent. -Really?
00:45:16 A hundred percent.
00:45:17 I told the entire world I met Al Pacino.
00:45:19 Everybody at Soho House that day knew.
00:45:21 Thanks to Dishi.
00:45:22 I took use of my nepotism.
00:45:25 I was her brother.
00:45:27 Do you really want to talk about nepotism?
00:45:29 Is that... it doesn't exist, does it?
00:45:32 Of course it does. What is this?
00:45:34 What is this?
00:45:36 These are two boys who were...
00:45:39 struggled men who had...
00:45:41 Still, still.
00:45:42 Still struggling with grace.
00:45:44 Okay.
00:45:45 Now that we make fun of our struggles.
00:45:47 Now we keep laughing at...
00:45:48 You can afford your struggle.
00:45:50 Yeah, like you know there are times when I'll go...
00:45:52 That's the difference.
00:45:53 Yeah, like I'll go for a project.
00:45:55 And then I'll go for an audition.
00:45:57 And then he'll ask me, mom will ask me, "What happened?"
00:45:59 "No, they shortlisted me."
00:46:01 Then I told them I'm not taking it.
00:46:03 Like what?
00:46:04 Like every other day.
00:46:05 So now we joke about it.
00:46:06 Because we've gotten so immune to the process.
00:46:09 I'm like, "This works." You know.
00:46:11 They're like, they're certain as we keep calling them.
00:46:14 They're certain gods.
00:46:16 You know, not just producers and directors.
00:46:18 But there are other people who...
00:46:20 Like the producers and directors get a bad rep.
00:46:22 But even besides them and below them, above them.
00:46:25 There are these certain gods who control the dietary of everything.
00:46:29 So we're like, you know, it's about rubbing their ego the right way.
00:46:32 Otherwise you don't.
00:46:33 And even if you rub the ego the right way, they're like, you know.
00:46:35 Oh, we will not take him because he is his son.
00:46:38 We will not take her because she is his or her daughter.
00:46:42 Just to show that we're better.
00:46:43 We're like, okay, when we have to come, we will.
00:46:45 If we don't have to, we won't.
00:46:46 Aren't you fortunate kids?
00:46:48 We are.
00:46:49 Oh yeah.
00:46:50 Absolutely.
00:46:51 You are.
00:46:52 Absolutely.
00:46:53 110%.
00:46:54 If you ask us that if we would want to...
00:46:56 Be anybody else.
00:46:57 Yeah, never.
00:46:58 Never ever.
00:46:59 You know.
00:47:00 In fact, I was telling this to mom and Namusheev the other day.
00:47:02 That I wouldn't give up this life for anything else.
00:47:05 Ever.
00:47:06 You know, not even the...
00:47:08 Like the king of England.
00:47:09 Never.
00:47:10 Never.
00:47:11 Because this life with this family, I think this is...
00:47:12 I have come to a place where everything is fine the way it is in my life.
00:47:17 My pets, my wife, my brothers, my sister, my mom, dad, my in-laws, my house, my gaming, my movies.
00:47:22 Everything is set.
00:47:23 I don't want to change this for anything in the world.
00:47:26 And you have 14 dogs.
00:47:27 Yes.
00:47:28 14, right?
00:47:29 Yeah, 14.
00:47:30 Oh wow.
00:47:31 We got three new additions.
00:47:32 Actually 15 if we calculate LA, then it's 16.
00:47:34 16.
00:47:35 We have two in LA.
00:47:36 And we have now three here.
00:47:38 Dad's...
00:47:39 New.
00:47:40 You know, by the way, dad duped us.
00:47:41 He was...
00:47:42 Yeah.
00:47:43 Like recently he called me.
00:47:44 He was in Kolkata.
00:47:45 He's saying that, "Mimo, we're making a hotel in Bangalore."
00:47:46 Dad is making.
00:47:47 Next to the airport.
00:47:48 So he's like, "You know, people are coming from Bangalore.
00:47:49 You have to give them the file."
00:47:50 I'm like, "Okay."
00:47:51 Just, I'm like, "He's giving me a task, so I have to do it."
00:47:52 3.30 in the afternoon, the bell rings and there's this...
00:47:53 Basket?
00:47:54 Yeah, basket.
00:47:55 I'm like, "What is this?"
00:47:56 He's like, "Dada sent it."
00:47:57 Then I see there's a bulldog inside.
00:47:58 Oh.
00:47:59 Yes.
00:48:00 Bulldog?
00:48:01 Puppy.
00:48:02 And he was so scared in the house and we called him.
00:48:03 His name is Bro.
00:48:04 I'll share a picture.
00:48:05 Yeah.
00:48:06 Yeah, yeah.
00:48:07 There's a picture of Bro.
00:48:08 Yeah, so we're like, "Okay, a new dog has come.
00:48:09 We need to make the others, you know, set with him."
00:48:10 A week later, 10, no, 2 weeks later, again the same call comes and again I've forgotten
00:48:11 about it.
00:48:12 I'm like, "Yeah, you know, I need to do."
00:48:13 Again, there's another...
00:48:14 Another one in a basket?
00:48:15 Basket with two small mini pomeranians in it.
00:48:16 So, we're like, "Oh, no.
00:48:17 We're not going to make it."
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