Anees Bazmee’s Explosive Revelations: On Feroz Khan, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 & Madhuri Dixit Surprise!

6 months ago

Anees Bazmee, one of Hindi cinema's top directors, is busy shooting Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3. He promises surprises with this new film. In an exclusive Lehren Retro interview, Bazmee shared that Feroz Khan filmed Welcome while hiding a serious illness. Watch this revealing conversation with journalist Bharti S. Pradhan on Lehren Retro.

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00:00:00 Do you have Madhuri Dixit in your mind, in your script?

00:00:03 Let me tell you one thing, I have never made a film in such a way that we have written a Bible, we cannot shake it.

00:00:09 It grows a person and a basic structure is right on screen.

00:00:14 But sometimes something happens, sometimes something happens, you never know.

00:00:17 Anish, what is this?

00:00:20 I said, sir, what happened?

00:00:22 Where is my dialogue? It is a fantastic dialogue.

00:00:26 What is Anil Kapoor's secret for survival for so long?

00:00:32 He loves himself too much.

00:00:34 If you ask me what is my hobby, I don't have any hobby.

00:00:37 I don't have any friends.

00:00:39 Did you have to talk to Akshay that I am not making this with you?

00:00:44 He is such a big star, he is such a big star and such a big actor that whether he is making a film or not,

00:00:51 he will not get any benefit, I mean, others can get a loss, not him.

00:00:55 Anish ji, it is so good to see you.

00:01:03 I was very worried, what accident happened to you?

00:01:07 No, no, I will tell you that I went to 5-6 cities to see the location of this film.

00:01:13 Bulbulai.

00:01:14 Bulbulai, yes. So I was in Punjab, I was in Baroda and as per my habit, I jump from here to there.

00:01:21 So, we were in a river, there was a stone, there is another stone, so I jumped from there too.

00:01:28 So I did everything everywhere, I never got hurt.

00:01:32 And when I reached Kolkata, I fell on the carpet of my hotel.

00:01:38 Oh.

00:01:39 So I think that precautions…

00:01:42 Means, where you jumped, nothing happened.

00:01:44 No, where I jumped, where I took a risk, where I should not do everything, I did that.

00:01:49 And I was normal and no problem happened.

00:01:52 And this is the first time that happened in my leg.

00:01:54 And that was also a very sad thing that very less time was left for my shooting.

00:01:58 So I was little worried for the shooting, what will happen, what will not happen.

00:02:01 Next day I got a surgery done, it was a major surgery.

00:02:04 Surgery?

00:02:05 Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:02:06 Then I sat on a wheelchair, shooting started in a few days and I started my shoot.

00:02:12 So you started in a wheelchair?

00:02:14 I think that I have done all the shooting on a wheelchair.

00:02:19 So Bhool Bhool Aaya 3 has been made with a director on a wheelchair.

00:02:23 Yeah, but my leg is fine now.

00:02:25 Then I started working on a stick, now I am doing without a stick too.

00:02:29 So the film has started now and a little shooting has been done.

00:02:32 But the remaining shooting, I think, will be done with peace and quiet.

00:02:36 Okay, I am glad.

00:02:37 You know your Bhool Bhool Aaya 3 is so much in the news.

00:02:41 And not because of the director in a wheelchair, but because of your casting.

00:02:47 Yeah, casting is, Bhool Bhool Aaya 3 is better than 2,

00:02:55 bigger, more horror, so in every way it should be bigger than Bhool Bhool Aaya 2.

00:03:01 And we tried our level best to do the best for this film.

00:03:06 So we did that, in which Kartik, well he did a great job in the last film too.

00:03:11 In this, he has a different form, it will be fun to see him.

00:03:15 Then Siddhi Devaraj did a great job, she is a very good actress.

00:03:20 And apart from that, Vidya Balanji.

00:03:23 So after watching the first film, I liked her acting a lot.

00:03:27 She is a good actress and I always felt that she does such a good job.

00:03:31 So in this film I thought, let's talk to her.

00:03:35 And luckily for us, we told her, she liked it a lot.

00:03:38 So we are working and we are very excited.

00:03:40 Because she was not there in your second instalment.

00:03:43 Yeah, in the second one, Tabuji was there.

00:03:46 And you must have seen how well Tabuji has done.

00:03:50 There are very few actors like her.

00:03:53 And I was very happy working with her, it was fun.

00:03:57 But I am having the same experience with Vidya.

00:04:01 Although this was a quick shooting, it was a surprise.

00:04:06 I felt that this shot and this dialogue was not like that.

00:04:09 As she said, she is doing such a good job.

00:04:11 So that is a feeling.

00:04:13 And did you feel a little hesitant because you did not take her for the second instalment.

00:04:20 So was there a little embarrassment when you went to her?

00:04:22 I think all these actors who are matured and know how to work, can work.

00:04:28 They know what is the vision and what is needed.

00:04:32 So there was nothing like that.

00:04:34 And I do not know Vidya ji from today.

00:04:37 I have known Vidya ji since that time.

00:04:39 I mean, I have a very old friendship with her.

00:04:42 Really?

00:04:43 Yes, I made a film.

00:04:44 But where?

00:04:45 I have done a very small work.

00:04:46 I made a film, I said thank you.

00:04:48 It is a coincidence that I have written something for all the actors in the film.

00:04:56 I had written a film for Vidya ji, but when I needed her thank you, I called her.

00:05:04 And she said okay.

00:05:08 And it was just a guest appearance, only for 2-3 days work.

00:05:11 And I did not have any friends at that time, I did not work.

00:05:15 Despite that, she worked in the film.

00:05:18 She worked.

00:05:19 Nice, and she did a very nice job.

00:05:21 So my friendship is going on.

00:05:23 And these are all the people who know when, where and what should happen.

00:05:27 And today when I thought that Vidya ji will come in this film, it was very good.

00:05:31 And she was very happy.

00:05:33 You know Bhool Bhoolaiya, the first was directed by Priyadarshan.

00:05:39 And the second one came to you.

00:05:41 So how did that happen that now Bhool Bhoolaiya has become Anish Bajne's property.

00:05:46 You have got ownership of it now.

00:05:48 This property is of Anushan Kumar.

00:05:50 I understand of course, but what I mean is now it has gone gradually from Priyadarshan to Anish Bajne.

00:05:58 So how did this happen?

00:06:00 What happens is that we directors are a little innocent.

00:06:04 We are happy when our name is written, a film by Anish Bajne.

00:06:10 But till the time that film is released, naturally there is a different attachment with it.

00:06:15 And there is a different passion.

00:06:17 We work with a lot of hard work.

00:06:20 And as far as Priyadarshan ji is concerned, I think he is a very beautiful director.

00:06:26 I don't know how much work he has done.

00:06:28 And the first film that he made was an iconic film.

00:06:32 When I saw the film, I liked it so much.

00:06:34 In that all the people did a very good job.

00:06:36 Like Akshay ji, Vidya ji and all the other people.

00:06:39 And Priyadarshan ji's work was very good.

00:06:41 So when he approached me in this film, I was very sure that I didn't want to make a psychological thriller.

00:06:50 You had made Deewangi and Nandakar.

00:06:52 Yes, that's why.

00:06:53 Because the difficulties I faced in that film.

00:06:55 Because the film was very beautiful.

00:06:58 Ajay Devgn is still praised.

00:07:00 And all the people who have seen the film said that it doesn't seem that the person who made the film

00:07:07 who made a romantic film like Pyar Tohna Daya, No Entry, Welcome.

00:07:13 The films that I have made, it was a quite different genre for me.

00:07:18 And I enjoyed making that film.

00:07:20 But this is the truth that when such films are made, it is a pressure on a different mind.

00:07:27 So I made the film.

00:07:28 And because this film was a big hit, our first Bulbulaiyaan.

00:07:33 That's why I didn't want to put too much pressure.

00:07:36 Not pressure, but competition.

00:07:38 And I felt that I won't be able to do it very differently.

00:07:42 When we make films, franchises, it is very strange that you have to make a film like that.

00:07:49 But you didn't make that film.

00:07:50 So you are going on a very razor edge.

00:07:53 That there are problems in both places.

00:07:56 So I decided that there should be horror and comedy.

00:08:00 And the combination of horror and comedy and the chemistry between the two is very beautiful.

00:08:05 And we worked on that.

00:08:07 And then I was always worried that children don't come in horror movies.

00:08:14 Family films don't happen.

00:08:15 And I always make family films.

00:08:17 So then I made that kind of horror that the children were so scared that they got a little scared and watched the movie.

00:08:25 So that means there was this little bit of a hesitation from you when you got this offer from Bulbulaiyaan.

00:08:32 It's not like you wrote and told Bhushanji that I want to do it.

00:08:38 No, no, no.

00:08:39 You got the offer.

00:08:40 We were working on the story of this film from a long time.

00:08:43 With some other name.

00:08:45 It was not like Bulbulaiyaan.

00:08:47 We were working.

00:08:48 And when we felt that it was making very good.

00:08:51 And if this thing is added to it, then it can be a very good commercial decision.

00:08:56 And when we started working on it, it felt like no.

00:09:00 It doesn't even feel like we did it on purpose.

00:09:03 It was a very natural flow.

00:09:05 So we did this kind of thing.

00:09:07 So then you went to Bhushanji.

00:09:09 No, no, no.

00:09:10 I have worked a lot with Bhushanji and Murad bhai.

00:09:13 They are my friends.

00:09:14 And I have also worked with Bhushanji.

00:09:16 I made his film 'Ready' which was a very successful film.

00:09:20 So they approached me and I said yes, it will be fun.

00:09:24 Because it was my script.

00:09:26 As far as hesitation is concerned, it is every film.

00:09:30 When someone approaches me, I have to think a lot.

00:09:33 Because what is it, when your only purpose is not to make a film.

00:09:37 You have to make a film that people remember, your name is attached.

00:09:42 People have a lot of expectations from you.

00:09:44 So you have to be a little conscious.

00:09:47 So now it is not that whatever film is offered, yes, let's make it.

00:09:51 No, you can listen a little, think a little, understand, take time.

00:09:55 You can sit at home, you can sit comfortably in the office.

00:09:57 What is the hurry and what is the need to make films?

00:10:00 So whatever you make, make it with all your heart, with all your passion, with all your intensity.

00:10:04 And make it with all your satisfaction.

00:10:06 And try to make it, make it by believing that no, we are making something very, very good.

00:10:12 Then the result after that, that is in the hands of the audience and God.

00:10:16 But yes, if the result is not what you have thought.

00:10:20 Then at least you have to have a peace and satisfaction.

00:10:23 It is important that I have given my 200% in this film.

00:10:27 What else was there?

00:10:28 I did some kind of reduction in hard work.

00:10:30 This feeling should not come.

00:10:32 What are we listening to that Madhuri Dixit is also there?

00:10:36 I am also listening like this.

00:10:37 So many things are related to this.

00:10:42 But yes, let me tell you this much.

00:10:44 The actors who are happening, we have announced them.

00:10:48 And who does not want to work with Madhuri?

00:10:50 She is such a brilliant actor.

00:10:52 And I will be very happy if I get a chance to work with her.

00:10:56 Now we are making a film.

00:10:58 The people who are shooting with people, the people who have signed, we have announced.

00:11:02 So is Madhuri Dixit in your mind, in your script?

00:11:05 Now I am writing the film.

00:11:07 See, I have never made a film in such a way that we have written a Bible, we cannot move it.

00:11:14 That grows a person.

00:11:16 And a basic structure is right, screenplay is right.

00:11:19 But sometimes something happens, sometimes something happens, you never know.

00:11:22 So you are not ruling it out?

00:11:23 No, no, no, not at all.

00:11:25 Not today, not tomorrow, not the day after, I have to work.

00:11:28 I am talking about Bhool Bhaiya 3.

00:11:29 I don't know.

00:11:30 You don't know.

00:11:31 I thought your script is ready because your film is going to come out on Diwali.

00:11:34 It is going on, our shooting is going on, it is going on continuously.

00:11:36 And now the shooting is left, we have done a lot, a lot of shooting is left.

00:11:40 So in that, anything can happen.

00:11:43 Anything, anything can happen in Bhool Bhaiya.

00:11:46 Because I have also heard that Akshay Kumar will also be there.

00:11:50 Yes, see this can also happen.

00:11:51 I have also heard this.

00:11:52 I have heard that Naseer Bhai is also there.

00:11:53 Yes, Naseer Bhai.

00:11:54 So I don't know.

00:11:55 And as far as Bhool Bhaiya is concerned, I think anything can happen anytime and it can

00:12:00 seem shocking.

00:12:01 But there should not be any surprise on it that yes, this is the world of Bhool Bhaiya

00:12:05 3, this can happen.

00:12:06 So you are keeping all your cards open.

00:12:08 Yes, yes.

00:12:09 You have been close to your chest but everything is open.

00:12:13 Okay.

00:12:14 So let me just go back a little bit to Bhool Bhaiya 2 when you took the town.

00:12:21 Little bit you said you hesitated because it is a psychological thriller.

00:12:27 Why was that hesitation there?

00:12:29 Because I felt that they have made such a beautiful film on psychological thriller

00:12:34 and if I do it further, it will be very difficult to make such a beautiful film.

00:12:39 That is why Priya, Darshan Ji, Akshay and Vidya did a beautiful job and it was a beautiful

00:12:45 film.

00:12:46 So I wanted to do something a little different.

00:12:49 That was the reason.

00:12:50 You can't make the same thing.

00:12:52 Let me tell you that when I made No Entry, it took so much time to make No Entry 2 just

00:12:58 because what next, what to do, where to take it to a different level.

00:13:02 So today the third film that I have made, if you say competitively, yes we did it a little

00:13:07 in front of the audience but in 2 years.

00:13:09 I feel that people's memory is also getting less now.

00:13:12 So now in memory that it was a beautiful film, so it will be beneficial.

00:13:16 But there was no other reason to do that.

00:13:19 The reason was only that we got a beautiful story.

00:13:22 So it is a very beautiful story and we are enjoying like anything.

00:13:27 And not only me, I think my entire unit and everybody is very excited and very happy.

00:13:36 So I think…

00:13:37 What is your, what do you think is that one thing which is going to make such a difference

00:13:42 to Bhool Bhai?

00:13:43 It's very difficult to tell one thing.

00:13:45 Lot of things are there.

00:13:46 And when you see the film, then you come to know that this is why Anish was saying this.

00:13:51 There is very beautiful music, very beautiful writing, I think the performance is of a different

00:13:57 level, there are dialogues.

00:13:59 If you see the taking of this film, I feel that I have made so many films but some of

00:14:05 them are different, some are different.

00:14:08 So we all are excited.

00:14:10 So when you made Bhool Bhula, did you speak to Priyadarshan Ji?

00:14:15 Priyadarshan Ji called me.

00:14:18 So nice of him.

00:14:20 And I think there are very few people in this line who are very happy.

00:14:26 I know Priyadarshan Ji from a long time and he knows that I like him a lot.

00:14:32 So when you know that a person likes you a lot, then you have to work hard to not like

00:14:38 him.

00:14:39 So he knows that I respect him a lot as a filmmaker and I like him as a person.

00:14:46 So he called me himself and said Anish I am so happy that you are making this film because

00:14:51 it is a good responsibility, a big responsibility and I am very sure that you will make a very

00:14:56 good film.

00:14:57 So I said thank you sir.

00:14:59 It is his love.

00:15:01 That's very nice.

00:15:02 Did you have to talk to Akshay that I am not making this with you?

00:15:07 No, I keep meeting Akshay Ji.

00:15:09 I am very close to Akshay Ji.

00:15:11 And we are still planning something.

00:15:13 Maybe we will do it.

00:15:15 I have made two very beautiful films with Akshay Ji which I think will be remembered

00:15:20 for my life and for his life as well.

00:15:23 Singh is King and Welcome.

00:15:25 So I have the same equation, the same friendship, the same love and the same love with him even

00:15:29 today.

00:15:30 And when the film was being made, so naturally the producers and all these people, we used

00:15:35 to meet them and these were all their decisions.

00:15:38 If you ask me, I always want to work with Akshay Ji because he is a damn good actor and

00:15:45 we have a lot of friendship, a very good environment and I am very happy to work with him.

00:15:49 So we kept meeting in between and we kept meeting even then.

00:15:52 So this thing never came that how can I not meet him?

00:15:55 I think it is a very small thing for him.

00:15:57 For him actually it is.

00:15:58 He is a big star, he is a big star and he is a big actor that whether he is doing a film

00:16:03 or not, he cannot take any loss.

00:16:05 I mean others can take a loss but not him.

00:16:08 Also I think they also understand that this is filmmaking.

00:16:12 You have to go with what suits the character.

00:16:14 Absolutely.

00:16:15 Absolutely.

00:16:16 They all understand.

00:16:17 I have told you this earlier also.

00:16:19 All actors are very matured.

00:16:21 They understand.

00:16:22 But did you take a long time to decide on Kartik Aryan to take on such an iconic film?

00:16:26 No, no. I took one second because when I saw his film Pyar Ka Panchnama, I have a habit

00:16:35 that when I see people's work and I like it, I look for their phone numbers and call them.

00:16:41 Okay.

00:16:42 I think that it is better to do it.

00:16:44 Appreciation.

00:16:45 Yes.

00:16:46 So I praised Kartik a lot and he was very happy.

00:16:49 So that equation was there since then.

00:16:51 Since then.

00:16:52 So after that I was shooting in London and he was shooting for some other film and we

00:16:57 were staying in the same hotel.

00:16:59 So we used to meet in the morning while going for shooting and at night.

00:17:03 So I don't know.

00:17:04 I always liked Kartik.

00:17:06 And when I was told that Kartik, I said why not.

00:17:11 I didn't take a single second.

00:17:13 So it was suggested by the producers?

00:17:15 Yes.

00:17:16 I was going to do a film with Kartik earlier.

00:17:19 Okay.

00:17:20 So they knew that Anees is a good twin with Kartik and Anees likes him a lot and there

00:17:27 won't be any problem.

00:17:28 So they said let's take Kartik.

00:17:30 I said yeah fantastic.

00:17:31 Next time he came in my office, we met and we had a very loving picture.

00:17:35 It was fun.

00:17:36 Lovely.

00:17:37 And I think for Kartik, his life has become a very important film, this Bulbul Unha Tu.

00:17:43 Important means it was the most important film of his career so far.

00:17:49 Yes.

00:17:50 Yeah.

00:17:51 I mean because you know especially the atmosphere.

00:17:53 It was a very bad atmosphere.

00:17:55 Films were not running.

00:17:57 And I'll be very honest, even I was very scared.

00:18:01 What will happen?

00:18:02 Everything was flopping.

00:18:04 People started saying that people will not go to the theatre after leaving the house.

00:18:08 Exactly.

00:18:09 In 2022.

00:18:10 Yes.

00:18:11 Now they will watch it on OTT.

00:18:12 OTT is a great platform.

00:18:14 And a lot of beautiful work is going on on it.

00:18:16 And I have seen a lot myself.

00:18:18 I mean all the series and whatever I have seen in the pandemic, I think if it wasn't for OTT, I would have gone mad.

00:18:24 This much.

00:18:25 But the film's screen, the magic of sitting with people on a big screen and watching a film, that magic is different.

00:18:34 And people started saying that people will not watch films in the theatres.

00:18:39 So we were also very scared because when you give a film of your life for 2-3 years,

00:18:45 you work so hard, so naturally the result is very important.

00:18:48 And I will never say that making a film is important for me.

00:18:52 And after that I don't worry if the film runs or not.

00:18:55 No.

00:18:56 If I say that, I worry.

00:18:59 I think people have a lot of expectations and we should live up to those expectations.

00:19:04 And I am very happy if the film runs or not.

00:19:08 So yes, I get very disturbed.

00:19:11 It's a different thing that I forget that very quickly.

00:19:14 But yes, I get disturbed.

00:19:16 When you work very hard on something and when it doesn't happen, I feel what has happened.

00:19:22 So in 2022, we had a lot of films that flopped.

00:19:26 Big films, which had a lot of expectations.

00:19:29 Like Vikram Vedha, even Brahmastra was disappointing.

00:19:33 Then you had big films like Jayesh Bhai, Sambar, Prithviraj, Circus.

00:19:39 So many films, lots of films came and just dropped, dropped, dropped.

00:19:44 So when your Bhool Bhulai came, I think only Kashmir Files and Drishyam 2 had done well in that year.

00:19:50 So your film that came, that was a commercial, big film.

00:19:56 I mean, how do you think it did?

00:19:59 It just stood there.

00:20:01 And it was Kartik Aaryan solo.

00:20:03 Yeah.

00:20:04 You know, it didn't have any, it had a franchise and it had Kartik Aaryan solo.

00:20:09 And that also with a big question mark.

00:20:11 Because people were used to Akshay Kumar, they were used to Manjulika, Vidya Balan.

00:20:17 They were used to that, you know, all that.

00:20:21 So, you know, you just surprised everybody.

00:20:25 But what did you feel?

00:20:27 I was very, very happy and relieved actually.

00:20:31 Because people bought it.

00:20:33 Even our producers and everyone said that you guys saved the film line.

00:20:36 So I said, don't say such things.

00:20:38 The film line is very big and we are a very small part of it.

00:20:41 Yes, you can say that when people gave so much love to this film and it became such a big hit,

00:20:48 then everyone had hope that it's not like people stopped coming to the theatre.

00:20:53 No, no, no.

00:20:54 If the film is like this.

00:20:55 It proved that.

00:20:56 Yes, this one thing I think will always be connected with this film.

00:21:00 That people's hopes were fulfilled by this film.

00:21:03 That it's not like people will not come to the theatre.

00:21:05 If you make a good film, people will come.

00:21:07 And the people who gave love, I was very happy and very happy.

00:21:11 And I felt that we got the fruit of our hard work and got a very good fruit.

00:21:18 Yes, yes.

00:21:19 And Kartik was much happier than that.

00:21:22 Because it was a very, very important film.

00:21:24 It was a very important film for Kartik, for Murad bhai, for everybody I think.

00:21:28 I mean everybody.

00:21:29 What is it about Kartik that you like repeating?

00:21:33 Number one, I feel it's a little easy for me to work with him.

00:21:38 I like it when it's easy to work with him.

00:21:41 The people I have worked with and repeated with, Nana Patekar.

00:21:45 I did three films with Nana Patekar.

00:21:48 And he's supposed to be a little sunky.

00:21:50 People say that.

00:21:51 But I feel that if they have the clarity that the film I'm doing,

00:21:56 the way I'm immersed in it,

00:21:59 maybe a little more than 5% of the people know him, like the director says.

00:22:03 So, he's, yeah, yeah.

00:22:05 So I feel that when an actor realizes,

00:22:09 he feels that no, we are in a safe hand.

00:22:12 And he's making a good film, he's doing a good job on my character.

00:22:15 So there are so many problems.

00:22:17 I worked with Nana ji, I don't know how many times I worked with Anil ji.

00:22:20 Such a good actor, such a big actor.

00:22:22 But there's no problem.

00:22:23 And no, sir, not like that, let's do it like this.

00:22:25 Okay, fine.

00:22:26 Not like that, let's do it like this.

00:22:27 Okay, fine.

00:22:28 So I worked with Akshay ji, I worked with Salman bhai.

00:22:31 With so many people.

00:22:32 I mean, there must be a lot of people with whom I worked.

00:22:35 There must be a few people with whom I didn't work.

00:22:37 So, Kartik is a sensible actor, I feel.

00:22:40 He's sensible.

00:22:41 Sensible.

00:22:42 He knows what the requirements of this scene are.

00:22:45 And if you say something to him, he listens, understands.

00:22:48 And, a big plus point of this, I'll tell you,

00:22:51 Kartik, he's a very hardworking guy.

00:22:55 He works very hard.

00:22:56 He works day and night.

00:22:58 So that passion, if you work so hard, then God will give you the fruit.

00:23:03 What is, what is, is it his emotive acting, is it his dialogue delivery, is it his dancing, what is it?

00:23:11 I think everything.

00:23:12 Like, the thing about dance, the last song he did in that film, he worked so hard.

00:23:18 Now see, people liked it so much.

00:23:20 As far as comedy is concerned, the scenes he did, people liked the comedy.

00:23:24 So I think, if, like the climax, it was very new and very different for him.

00:23:29 He had never done anything like this, that he possessed.

00:23:32 Now, the way he did it, the way we shot it, the way he explained it, the way he spoke,

00:23:37 the way he reacted, I think he's a director's actor.

00:23:42 Directors know what to do, and if he has the tuning, he'll do a great job.

00:23:47 That's true.

00:23:48 So, you mentioned that you were not, when a film doesn't do well, you feel bad about it.

00:23:53 That actually, anybody will feel.

00:23:54 So did you feel bad when Welcome Back did not do so well?

00:23:57 I'm not saying that Welcome Back didn't do well.

00:24:01 Our expectations were low.

00:24:03 Because Welcome was a big, big hit.

00:24:05 If you compare it to Welcome, you can say that it was a low-budget film.

00:24:10 But, you see, the three-day beginning, the collections,

00:24:16 before that, there had never been a film by John Abraham.

00:24:19 It was 50-55 crores in the beginning, in three days.

00:24:22 And I think, the film that makes 100-125 crores, yes, our expectations were 200 crores.

00:24:28 That's a different thing.

00:24:29 But I still feel that it was a very good film.

00:24:33 Nanak ji was very good.

00:24:35 Even today, there are so many people who call me and say, "John was very good in that film."

00:24:43 So, I didn't feel bad about it.

00:24:45 I liked the film.

00:24:46 People enjoyed it.

00:24:47 And whatever money we had invested, we used it equally.

00:24:52 And the film was a success.

00:24:54 So, you're not disappointed in Welcome Back?

00:24:56 No, not at all.

00:24:57 You don't think you went wrong in that?

00:24:58 No, no, no.

00:24:59 I'm so sure that the first film, Welcome, was a great film.

00:25:05 It was very different.

00:25:06 I was very happy.

00:25:08 I made the film in a different mood.

00:25:10 Sometimes, what happens is, the mood in which we're making the film,

00:25:14 I often feel, I always say, "Look at my set, come here."

00:25:20 It's a picnic.

00:25:21 There's no tension.

00:25:22 And people are very happy.

00:25:25 And they work very peacefully.

00:25:27 So, in Welcome, Gaffar was a very big producer of Feroz's father.

00:25:34 When he came and saw that there was Feroz Khan, Nana, Anil, Akshay, Katrina, Malika,

00:25:43 and there were two actors.

00:25:45 And they were sitting and they were having a great time.

00:25:48 They were laughing.

00:25:49 They were chatting.

00:25:50 So, I told him, "Anil, this atmosphere."

00:25:54 I saw it on Manmohan Desai's set years ago.

00:25:57 And today, it's here.

00:25:59 So, I was very happy.

00:26:01 I said, "Okay, he's so senior. We respect him so much."

00:26:04 Gaffar brother.

00:26:05 Gaffar brother has worked a lot with Manmohan Desai.

00:26:07 I've been a big fan of Manmohan Desai.

00:26:09 I wrote a film for him.

00:26:11 Diwan-e-Mastana.

00:26:13 So, I was very happy.

00:26:15 And I said, "What's the matter?"

00:26:16 He said, "There's no tension."

00:26:18 I forgot to see it at the time.

00:26:20 I go there, there's a lot of tension.

00:26:22 Even if there are one or two actors, there's a strange atmosphere.

00:26:25 So, I think making a film in that atmosphere.

00:26:27 So, I try that when the film is released,

00:26:30 even after 10, 15, 20, 25 years,

00:26:32 when people associated with it have to talk about the film,

00:26:35 or when they talk about it,

00:26:36 they smile on their faces and say, "It was a very good journey."

00:26:39 I think the journey of Welcome Back,

00:26:42 it was not as good as the first film.

00:26:46 And that was very important for, at least for me.

00:26:50 People like me, who are very happy,

00:26:53 and people who work in a very good mood,

00:26:56 if they have a good atmosphere,

00:26:59 then we sometimes do wonders.

00:27:02 Yes.

00:27:03 Aneesh ji, I wanted to ask you something.

00:27:05 You are the person who directed No Entry.

00:27:09 You're the one who directed Welcome.

00:27:12 Yes.

00:27:13 Your directors at that time,

00:27:16 like Priyadarshan ji, David Dhawan, or whoever,

00:27:21 they are not in the running today, but Aneesh Bhasmi is.

00:27:25 No, I will tell you.

00:27:27 There are many seniors than me.

00:27:30 And they made very good films,

00:27:32 even with David.

00:27:34 I think I have written 14, 15 films for them.

00:27:37 They have made 45 films.

00:27:39 Sometimes I joke with them,

00:27:41 "What else do you have to do? Sit and enjoy."

00:27:44 But it's their hobby, making films.

00:27:46 They are still starting.

00:27:48 And Priyadarshan ji, I don't remember how many films he has made.

00:27:52 Maybe I have never made so many films in my life.

00:27:55 So they are very lucky people.

00:27:57 They have played a very long inning.

00:27:59 And even today, they are relevant.

00:28:01 It's not like people don't want to work.

00:28:03 Even today, if you say, "Priyadarshan ji is the director,

00:28:06 so the actors and the other people, they are very interested."

00:28:10 "Oh, Priyadarshan ji is doing it."

00:28:12 I think, yeah, it's true that they are not doing as much work as before.

00:28:16 And that is, I think, out of their choice.

00:28:20 It's not like they have less work.

00:28:23 It's not about less work.

00:28:25 We have seen some of their latest work,

00:28:28 and it's not been as good as their earlier work.

00:28:30 It happens.

00:28:31 Sometimes films are made according to their style,

00:28:36 sometimes they are not.

00:28:38 And there is no such formula.

00:28:40 It can happen at any time.

00:28:42 Actually, my question is, what is it about Anis Bazmi

00:28:45 that has made him survive these generations?

00:28:48 I am just, I mean, there are a couple of things.

00:28:51 I work with a lot of passion.

00:28:54 Okay.

00:28:55 I can say that the passion and the passion that I have,

00:29:00 not just me, all my people say that Anis Bazmi…

00:29:03 For example, I was shooting of Bhool Bholeya 2.

00:29:08 And we were doing the climax.

00:29:11 And I started at around 8 in the morning,

00:29:14 and I had to pack up at 8 in the night.

00:29:16 But I got so involved in the scene,

00:29:19 and the shooting was going on till the morning.

00:29:21 So when I was sitting on the chair at around 7 in the morning,

00:29:27 and I was nodding,

00:29:28 I said to someone, "Hey, come on, make tea for Tabuji.

00:29:32 Tabuji, ready."

00:29:34 So Tabuji said, "Come here, sit."

00:29:36 So he made me sit.

00:29:38 He said, "Anis bhai, what is this?

00:29:40 I saw your passion and energy at 8 in the morning,

00:29:45 and it's been 24 hours."

00:29:47 I'm still seeing the same passion.

00:29:49 So I feel that I am very happy when I am on the shoot.

00:29:52 And if you ask me what my hobby is, I don't have any hobby.

00:29:57 I don't have any friends.

00:29:59 If I have an office, I don't have any work,

00:30:02 I come here and watch films from all over the world.

00:30:05 What films in the world haven't I seen?

00:30:08 So my passion, my hobby, everything is a film.

00:30:13 So I wake up, sit, sleep, and wake up for a film.

00:30:16 And I understand that.

00:30:18 If you discuss with someone else,

00:30:20 my knowledge will be as good as a layman.

00:30:23 Whether it's politics or sports.

00:30:25 In sports, cricket, yes, I definitely love.

00:30:28 I watch it sometimes.

00:30:29 I used to watch it a lot before,

00:30:31 but because of my passion for films,

00:30:32 I can only watch the highlights of 15 minutes.

00:30:34 I can't watch the entire 20 overs.

00:30:38 So I'm like that.

00:30:40 So I'm only interested in films that are my honesty,

00:30:43 my passion, my hard work, my passion, my hobby.

00:30:48 So in that, it was the same before and it is the same today.

00:30:52 And I feel that as long as I have this,

00:30:54 I would like to live like that.

00:30:55 The day I felt that no, I have done enough,

00:30:59 and God has been very kind,

00:31:02 it's not necessary that I should always work.

00:31:04 But as much as I work,

00:31:06 I feel I have to do it with love, with happiness.

00:31:09 Do you think you have been a writer?

00:31:12 In so many films, even with David Dhawan.

00:31:15 So do you think that has helped you as a director?

00:31:18 Yes, definitely.

00:31:19 Because I feel that if you are a writer,

00:31:21 you understand the story of a film.

00:31:23 What is this?

00:31:24 How well can you present the story of a film on screen?

00:31:30 And a writer understands his character more,

00:31:33 understands the situation more, understands the expression more.

00:31:36 So I feel it is a great help.

00:31:38 If I wasn't a writer,

00:31:40 then maybe my films wouldn't have had that depth,

00:31:43 that fun, maybe that much.

00:31:45 I won't say that the writers who are not directors,

00:31:48 they are some very good directors,

00:31:51 who are basically not writers.

00:31:53 Or maybe their name doesn't come on the screen.

00:31:55 But I'm sure that when they sit in the office,

00:31:58 and there is a discussion,

00:32:00 then the writer must have a lot of suggestions.

00:32:03 So I feel that understanding the story is very important for a writer.

00:32:08 And the writers who are good,

00:32:12 they become good directors.

00:32:14 And the good directors, they are themselves good writers.

00:32:17 They are good writers.

00:32:19 You said that you were not too disappointed with Welcome Back.

00:32:24 But you didn't do the third edition.

00:32:26 No, for that reason, ma'am.

00:32:28 I was a little busy.

00:32:30 I have a very good friendship with Feroz Bhai.

00:32:33 He approached me.

00:32:35 And if I had time, I would have made something.

00:32:39 But I was doing my lot of other films.

00:32:41 I had a plan.

00:32:43 So I couldn't do it because of the lack of time.

00:32:45 So it's got nothing to do with you.

00:32:47 No, no, welcome.

00:32:49 Welcome is out of your system.

00:32:51 I hope and I wish that the Welcome 3 is a very good film and it goes on.

00:32:55 They all are my friends.

00:32:57 Whether it's the director Ahmed,

00:32:59 or Feroz Bhai, all the actors.

00:33:02 So all my good wishes are with them.

00:33:05 No entry, you are, we've been talking about it last, I think, 5 years we've been hearing.

00:33:11 Boney's been talking, you've been talking.

00:33:13 But when is it going to come out?

00:33:16 I mean, when are you going to start work?

00:33:19 I think Boneyji has said that by December or January, we will start.

00:33:23 But that he was saying before Maidan.

00:33:25 Now that Maidan has not done well, is that going to affect?

00:33:28 If there was another producer, I would have definitely had this doubt in my mind.

00:33:32 What after Maidan?

00:33:34 But I know he is a superman.

00:33:37 Boneyji.

00:33:38 Boneyji could do anything.

00:33:40 And he can shock the world.

00:33:43 We had thought like this, but what has happened?

00:33:45 So I have a very old relationship with Boneyji.

00:33:48 I think I know him from 40 years when I was assistant with Raj Kapoor.

00:33:52 I know him since then.

00:33:54 I have a very different love for him.

00:33:56 And I have a different faith in him.

00:33:58 He is such a person that he can do anything.

00:34:01 I think so.

00:34:02 And the way he has made films, it's not easy.

00:34:05 Whether it's Roop Ki Rani or Mr. India, he is a very good man.

00:34:10 And he has a very big hobby.

00:34:14 No, I have to make, no entry.

00:34:16 So I am sure that he will find a way.

00:34:19 I am with him.

00:34:20 I was always with him.

00:34:22 And I will be with him.

00:34:24 He is a friend first, then a producer.

00:34:27 And you are very confident that Maidan, the flopping of Maidan,

00:34:32 because that was a big loss.

00:34:33 So you don't think that's going to set back No Entry?

00:34:38 There is a difference, if there is a big loss.

00:34:41 And I believe that people were saying that it's a good film.

00:34:45 Very good film.

00:34:46 I liked it.

00:34:47 I heard this.

00:34:48 You didn't watch it?

00:34:49 I didn't watch it because of my shoot.

00:34:51 But it's a very good film.

00:34:53 I am definitely going to watch it.

00:34:54 So all the people I met, they praised it.

00:34:56 And I felt weird that after so much praise, a film, anyway.

00:34:59 Yes, but there is a loss.

00:35:01 And like people say, it's a big loss.

00:35:05 So maybe if there was someone else in his place, he would have broken down.

00:35:07 And would have thought, he is a fighter.

00:35:10 He is a fighter.

00:35:11 Yes, he is a fighter.

00:35:12 And I don't think.

00:35:14 You can't keep Boney down.

00:35:15 No, no, no.

00:35:16 He is not.

00:35:18 He is not made of clay.

00:35:20 There was a little bit of a misunderstanding between him and Anil over the casting.

00:35:24 I heard that.

00:35:25 Yes.

00:35:26 Exactly.

00:35:27 But you haven't talked to Anil about it?

00:35:28 I have talked to both of them.

00:35:29 See, what I am telling you, Boney ji is a very good friend of mine.

00:35:31 Anil ji is a very good friend of mine.

00:35:33 So I have worked a lot with Anil.

00:35:35 Correct.

00:35:36 And I am still going to do it.

00:35:38 So Anil ji was very much involved in the first film.

00:35:42 Not only as an actor.

00:35:44 He was there for me.

00:35:46 He would say, what do you want to do?

00:35:48 And it was his film.

00:35:51 He would say, and the truth is, he did such a beautiful work.

00:35:54 People had praised his character so much.

00:35:57 And they had enjoyed it so much.

00:35:59 So naturally, they were like, why am I not in that film?

00:36:02 But what is it, see, as far as I know these two brothers.

00:36:06 They are brothers.

00:36:07 They love each other a lot.

00:36:09 So the anger between them can last for a few days.

00:36:15 That of course.

00:36:16 They are too close to.

00:36:18 I thought that they will both deal with each other.

00:36:21 I don't want to talk to them.

00:36:23 You don't need to.

00:36:25 No.

00:36:26 Immediate.

00:36:27 I think both Anil ji and Boney ji, they don't need anybody.

00:36:32 They have to, they will meet each other.

00:36:34 They will work it out themselves.

00:36:36 But Anil ji, is this a little bit of a problem area?

00:36:42 When you are making a sequel and you don't repeat the actor from the earlier.

00:36:47 Yes, ma'am, see, the first film we made, there was Salman bhai, Anil ji, Fardin did a great job.

00:36:53 All the girls were superb.

00:36:55 So naturally, if I had the chance and I could, I would have made the film in the same way.

00:37:02 But sometimes they say, what do you want, but you can't have anything.

00:37:07 So whatever it is, but now we are making it with them.

00:37:11 And now I have made my mind that this is the best for this film.

00:37:15 As a maker, I have to believe this.

00:37:18 And as far as Varun is concerned, Varun does a great job.

00:37:22 I have also seen Diljeet's film.

00:37:25 I think he is a great actor.

00:37:27 And Arjun is there, there are other people, 10 girls.

00:37:32 And the way this film is written beautifully.

00:37:35 You have written that too?

00:37:37 Yes, I have written it.

00:37:38 And there are a couple of people with me.

00:37:40 So I have written the film.

00:37:42 And the kind of film it is, I think we will enjoy that film and people will enjoy it.

00:37:48 It will be as entertaining as the earlier No Entry.

00:37:53 I think it will be a little more.

00:37:57 Because if you write a film again after 10-15-20 years and it is the same,

00:38:01 then what is the use?

00:38:03 I think it has been written better than that.

00:38:06 People think that if there are no such people, then what will happen?

00:38:11 So this is your job, that whatever you have, how to make use of it,

00:38:17 what can you do best.

00:38:19 Anil ji, I have heard Boney Kapoor say that he thought that this required younger actors,

00:38:27 different fresher actors.

00:38:29 Therefore the subject, the way it has turned out, he thought Diljeet was correct

00:38:34 and Arjun and Varun have a good chemistry etc.

00:38:37 It is very good.

00:38:38 But was this idea his or yours?

00:38:41 Because you are the director.

00:38:43 I am the director of the film.

00:38:45 The film was being made the same way as before but it could not be done for any reason.

00:38:49 So naturally we have to think something.

00:38:51 That we have worked so hard on that film and I feel it is a great effect.

00:38:55 It should not be wasted.

00:38:57 So I was always with Boney ji.

00:39:01 Boney ji asked me to do something like this.

00:39:03 I said yes.

00:39:04 He said, ok, let's not do this.

00:39:06 So I am basically a producer's director.

00:39:09 I face a lot of trouble if the producer has a loss or something.

00:39:13 So I stay with him as far as my efforts can go.

00:39:16 So it's suggestion came from him and you were fine with it?

00:39:20 Yeah, because I am a writer.

00:39:23 So if a film is for something and I have to make it work, I can make it work.

00:39:29 Is Arjun in the film because he is the producer's son or because he fits the role?

00:39:33 No, no, see what it is.

00:39:34 I have worked with Arjun.

00:39:36 He did a very beautiful work of my film, Mubar.

00:39:40 He is a good actor.

00:39:42 Many times it happens that some films work and some don't.

00:39:45 When I worked with Fardeen, people asked me, why Fardeen?

00:39:50 I said, why not Fardeen?

00:39:52 Oh, he is such a great actor.

00:39:54 So the difference is that why and why not.

00:39:58 So people might think, why Arjun?

00:40:01 And I feel, why not Arjun?

00:40:03 Ok, ok.

00:40:05 So you are being very diplomatic.

00:40:07 Not diplomatic.

00:40:08 You are not saying he is there because he is the producer's son.

00:40:10 He did a very good job.

00:40:12 He will do a good job in some of his films.

00:40:14 And the kind of character he is, you will see.

00:40:16 He will do a good job.

00:40:18 People will like it.

00:40:20 Ok, ok.

00:40:21 If you say so.

00:40:22 Yeah.

00:40:23 I said the same thing for Fardeen.

00:40:25 He said, but it is a comedy.

00:40:27 I said, he will do a great comedy.

00:40:29 Because he is, what he is thinking about you and how to do it.

00:40:33 It is magic.

00:40:35 I feel that when we are on set, when the actors are dressed up,

00:40:43 and something comes up, a person starts thinking.

00:40:46 And my improvisation works well.

00:40:49 I noticed one thing about your films.

00:40:51 Even though No Entry, a subject like that had something to do with extramarital affairs, etc.

00:40:57 You are never vulgar.

00:40:59 Your films are just never vulgar.

00:41:02 I believe that I always want to make a family film.

00:41:06 Because when I watch films, I want to have a wife, I want to have daughters.

00:41:12 I have three daughters, Mashallah.

00:41:14 18, 25, 30 years old.

00:41:16 So I have daughters, I have their children, I have sisters.

00:41:20 So I shouldn't feel awkward.

00:41:22 And I feel that without that, I can survive and do it well.

00:41:28 I feel that the shortcuts, the double meaning dialogues,

00:41:32 you need to use them when you haven't done much else.

00:41:37 I am a good writer.

00:41:39 I can think, let's say this dialogue.

00:41:42 So in the first version, there was an extramarital affair.

00:41:45 The girl was a prostitute.

00:41:47 What's your name?

00:41:49 Bishop Vibhashya.

00:41:51 But you see, in the whole film, even her,

00:41:54 she doesn't have any vulgarity.

00:41:57 In the last, I made a scene on purpose, it was small.

00:42:00 I think I could have avoided that scene.

00:42:02 My story wouldn't have mattered.

00:42:04 But I made a small scene where the girl's husband is in a coma.

00:42:10 And the girl needs every day, 20, 25, 1000 rupees to treat her husband.

00:42:17 So all the fun you've seen with that character,

00:42:20 suddenly you feel that he's such a great actor, such a great character.

00:42:24 So in making the character great and making him bad,

00:42:30 I think it is a one scene job.

00:42:32 How do you do it?

00:42:34 So in the film, that scene, I did it only because

00:42:37 I felt that no, she could have been a good girl. Why?

00:42:42 And everything else in the film is good, so I have to do this in the last.

00:42:47 Okay.

00:42:48 So it is actually a director's medium,

00:42:51 but I think the writer is very important.

00:42:54 And if he's the same, then nothing like it.

00:42:56 Writer is the most important.

00:42:58 Now tell me, every person who is associated with a film,

00:43:01 whether it's a director, an actor, a music director, a lyric writer,

00:43:06 anybody I mean, they have some idea of what we are going to do.

00:43:11 The scene with the actor, it's a different thing to fix that.

00:43:16 I do this, I do that.

00:43:18 The director thinks, DOP knows this shot.

00:43:23 Everybody knows.

00:43:24 There is only one writer, who knows nothing,

00:43:27 there is a blank paper, and you have to fill it.

00:43:30 And that blank paper, you are alone, and it's a lot of isolation.

00:43:34 It's not like you are sitting in a meeting and writing.

00:43:36 You have to sit in one place, forgetting the whole world.

00:43:39 And when you sit in that isolation and see that paper,

00:43:43 then you believe me, that paper looks more dangerous than Manjulika.

00:43:48 (Laughs)

00:43:49 Good. That's true. Yes.

00:43:52 Does this entire writing, etc, that you have,

00:43:57 can it be traced back a little to your father, because he was a poet?

00:44:00 I think that whatever I have done today,

00:44:05 there is a lot of contribution of two people.

00:44:08 My father, who was a great poet,

00:44:10 a great poet, a good poet, Abdul Hameed Nairang Basmi.

00:44:14 And he, I spent my entire childhood with him.

00:44:18 He was very fond of poetry, so I used to go with him.

00:44:21 After that, all his friends, all his friends,

00:44:24 they were all poets.

00:44:26 And they used to sit together, and recite poems to each other.

00:44:29 So I used to stay with them till 2-3 in the night.

00:44:32 In Gujarat?

00:44:33 No, I was in Bombay.

00:44:34 I was born in Gujarat, I must have been there for 6-8-10 months,

00:44:38 when my father came here.

00:44:40 So I spent my entire life here in Bombay.

00:44:43 And after coming here, he used to go to poetry classes.

00:44:47 I used to stay with him till 2-3 in the night.

00:44:50 I used to get him the cigarettes he needed,

00:44:52 like he needed 5.

00:44:53 So I think that environment,

00:44:56 I spent my childhood and youth in that environment.

00:44:58 The interest I developed in that,

00:45:01 so at a very young age, I had read all the Diwan.

00:45:04 Whether it was Ghalib Sahib or any other,

00:45:06 I had read a lot of books.

00:45:08 So I couldn't study much,

00:45:11 but I read so much that now,

00:45:13 when educated people sit with me,

00:45:15 they say, "Raneej has read a lot."

00:45:17 So I think that's very important,

00:45:19 that I have read a lot,

00:45:21 and I have sat with a lot of great people.

00:45:24 They say that sitting with a person who is intelligent,

00:45:27 who is a master,

00:45:28 sitting with him for a day,

00:45:30 is equivalent to reading books for a year.

00:45:32 So I spent 3-4 years of my life with Raj Kapoor.

00:45:36 So the other person is Raj Sahib.

00:45:38 The passion and passion for film lines,

00:45:41 I got that from him.

00:45:43 And the writing,

00:45:45 the delicacy of writing,

00:45:47 I got that from my father.

00:45:49 So I think,

00:45:50 whatever I can do for a little time,

00:45:53 for that, both of them are very big,

00:45:56 I mean, they are responsible for me.

00:45:57 Actually, I was going to ask you about Raj Kapoor.

00:46:01 Since you worked with him,

00:46:02 will you just sum him up for me in a few sentences?

00:46:06 What did you learn from him?

00:46:07 What kind of person was he to work with?

00:46:09 Tell me something we don't know about him.

00:46:13 I think that,

00:46:15 so much has been said about him,

00:46:17 one small thing can be said,

00:46:19 that he was great.

00:46:21 In everything.

00:46:23 I mean,

00:46:25 in making films,

00:46:27 his passion,

00:46:28 the way he made films,

00:46:30 and,

00:46:31 maybe few people don't know this,

00:46:33 that his image in films,

00:46:36 that yes, yes,

00:46:37 no, he didn't have that image in shooting,

00:46:39 what we have seen,

00:46:40 our souls were shivering with him.

00:46:42 Not just mine,

00:46:43 all of us assistants were shivering.

00:46:45 Because,

00:46:46 if something bad is happening in the scene,

00:46:50 something is happening,

00:46:51 he used to say,

00:46:52 by the way, there are 300 people at the shooting,

00:46:54 and to ruin this work,

00:46:56 only one person is needed.

00:46:58 So, if that one person is seen,

00:47:00 then there is no goodness.

00:47:02 So, that was his image.

00:47:04 And,

00:47:05 we were very scared,

00:47:07 and we were very suspect.

00:47:09 Because,

00:47:10 for many months and years,

00:47:12 we used to think,

00:47:14 that we are sitting with him,

00:47:15 is he dreaming?

00:47:16 Suddenly he is seeing a long dream,

00:47:17 and he wakes up,

00:47:18 or not, or something.

00:47:19 It was a dream to work with him.

00:47:20 What did you learn from him?

00:47:22 Everything.

00:47:23 Everything.

00:47:24 Mainly,

00:47:25 where to keep the camera,

00:47:27 forget that,

00:47:28 passion.

00:47:29 The passion with which he used to make films,

00:47:32 the passion with which he used to make,

00:47:34 how hard working he was,

00:47:36 he used to sit like this,

00:47:38 and do this,

00:47:39 and do that.

00:47:40 In the cottage.

00:47:41 But, what used to go on in his mind,

00:47:43 so, all those things,

00:47:45 even I,

00:47:46 at the shooting,

00:47:47 I don't speak with a lot of passion,

00:47:49 that I am doing this,

00:47:50 not like that.

00:47:51 But, I have to do this.

00:47:52 But,

00:47:53 I don't want to show off,

00:47:55 but I know what I am doing.

00:47:57 You know, you have worked with some unique people,

00:47:59 and with some regular people.

00:48:00 Absolutely.

00:48:01 So,

00:48:02 Raj Kapoor,

00:48:03 would you also say that you learnt,

00:48:05 the music sense that he had?

00:48:06 Oh, my God!

00:48:07 He had such a great music sense.

00:48:09 Such a good music sense.

00:48:11 Because you also have a good music sense.

00:48:13 I think that,

00:48:14 with him,

00:48:16 the 3-4 years that I spent in life,

00:48:20 it helped me a lot.

00:48:22 It helped me a lot.

00:48:23 Maybe, I wouldn't have been able to do that much.

00:48:26 I will be very honest.

00:48:28 And, did you also acquire this little sense of music from him?

00:48:31 100%.

00:48:32 That the importance of music in a film.

00:48:34 Because, in my films,

00:48:35 the songs have always been very good.

00:48:36 Whether it was 'Pyaar Toh Hona Hi Tha',

00:48:38 whether it was 'Welcome',

00:48:39 whether it was 'Neon Tree',

00:48:40 whether it was 'Sing is King'.

00:48:43 So,

00:48:44 whenever I have done a very passionate work,

00:48:47 whenever I sit in front of the producer,

00:48:48 the music has always been good.

00:48:50 I always tell the music director,

00:48:51 that I am not a taan singer,

00:48:52 but I am a taan singer.

00:48:54 If I don't like the song,

00:48:56 then,

00:48:57 it won't work.

00:48:58 Correct.

00:48:59 Correct. Yes.

00:49:00 So, I think,

00:49:01 and, see,

00:49:02 I have taken many songs,

00:49:03 and I have rejected many.

00:49:05 I think,

00:49:06 maybe,

00:49:07 leaving 1-2 songs,

00:49:09 the ones that I didn't like,

00:49:10 the songs didn't work.

00:49:11 So, I think,

00:49:12 I am on the right track.

00:49:13 Right.

00:49:14 Another person,

00:49:15 unique person you have worked with is,

00:49:17 Firoz Khan.

00:49:18 Very few directors today,

00:49:20 who have worked with him.

00:49:22 What was Firoz like?

00:49:24 I had a very good friendship with him.

00:49:26 He was such a sweetheart.

00:49:27 I got along very well with him.

00:49:29 As a director.

00:49:30 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:49:31 He was so innocent.

00:49:32 How did you meet him?

00:49:33 He called me,

00:49:35 because he saw,

00:49:36 'No Entry'.

00:49:38 And he loved the film.

00:49:39 Oh, Fardeen.

00:49:40 Because of Fardeen,

00:49:41 he was so lucky,

00:49:42 that he saw my film.

00:49:43 So,

00:49:44 he liked Fardeen's work,

00:49:46 and the whole film.

00:49:47 So, he called me for a dinner,

00:49:48 and,

00:49:49 I went,

00:49:50 I was very happy.

00:49:51 I was always a fan of him.

00:49:53 I have seen so many of his films,

00:49:55 I remember his dialogues.

00:49:56 And he was shocked.

00:49:57 That Anees,

00:49:58 you remember all this?

00:49:59 So, naturally,

00:50:00 he felt,

00:50:01 that how much,

00:50:02 so I said,

00:50:03 Sir, you have done such a beautiful work,

00:50:05 and I am a fan of yours.

00:50:06 So, we had a very good,

00:50:07 friendly environment.

00:50:09 And when I was doing this film,

00:50:11 I felt that,

00:50:12 Nana ji and Anil ji,

00:50:14 they are so naughty.

00:50:15 His father.

00:50:16 Uday Shetty and Majnu bhai,

00:50:18 who can be their boss,

00:50:20 except for Khan sahib.

00:50:21 But,

00:50:22 Khan sahib,

00:50:23 was not working at that time.

00:50:25 I believe,

00:50:26 that he had a little awareness,

00:50:27 about his illness.

00:50:28 And he had not told me anything.

00:50:30 He was making excuses.

00:50:32 No, no, this, no, this, no, no.

00:50:33 And I was behind him,

00:50:34 that no sir,

00:50:35 you have to do this,

00:50:36 you have to do this,

00:50:37 you have to do this.

00:50:38 And somehow,

00:50:39 I was able to convince him,

00:50:40 I am so happy.

00:50:41 And he did the work,

00:50:43 and,

00:50:44 see,

00:50:45 that role was not very big.

00:50:46 There were four scenes,

00:50:47 in the film,

00:50:48 and climax.

00:50:49 But,

00:50:50 that role was big,

00:50:51 because,

00:50:52 the persona,

00:50:53 that he had,

00:50:54 if,

00:50:55 if,

00:50:56 if he was not there,

00:50:57 I would not have been able to do the music,

00:50:58 which was played from the plane.

00:50:59 So, I did the background.

00:51:00 Okay,

00:51:01 when we did the background,

00:51:02 there was a villain's entry,

00:51:03 the music was playing.

00:51:04 Tata, tata, tata, tata, tata, tata.

00:51:06 Then I said,

00:51:07 why so much noise and noise?

00:51:09 His biggest song is,

00:51:11 Laila mein Laila.

00:51:12 So, I said,

00:51:13 remove everything.

00:51:14 As soon as Khan sahib's photo comes,

00:51:16 the same music plays in the background.

00:51:17 Tata, tata, tata, tata, tata, tata.

00:51:19 I have seen so much noise,

00:51:21 in the theatre.

00:51:22 He had a,

00:51:23 a lot of fan following.

00:51:25 Yes.

00:51:26 His personality was different.

00:51:27 Absolutely.

00:51:28 And,

00:51:29 that role was big,

00:51:30 because he had done it.

00:51:31 And,

00:51:32 it was a great memory,

00:51:33 working with him.

00:51:34 I had a very good time with him.

00:51:36 And,

00:51:37 not only me,

00:51:38 I think all the actors.

00:51:39 You never,

00:51:40 you never felt that he was sick?

00:51:42 There is greatness,

00:51:43 I have seen such people,

00:51:44 I did not let it be felt.

00:51:45 It is not that,

00:51:46 he is not in pain.

00:51:47 But,

00:51:48 to keep his pain to himself,

00:51:50 and on shooting,

00:51:51 no one should know.

00:51:52 He had cancer.

00:51:53 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:51:55 And, after that,

00:51:56 he went to America.

00:51:58 Yeah.

00:51:59 For treatment.

00:52:00 And, he went,

00:52:01 I mean, he stayed there.

00:52:02 He stayed out of the limelight,

00:52:03 after that.

00:52:04 And, see,

00:52:05 his interest too,

00:52:06 you see,

00:52:07 I was shooting,

00:52:08 in Australia.

00:52:09 And, I got a call of,

00:52:10 Khan sahib.

00:52:11 He was dubbing here,

00:52:12 for,

00:52:13 Welcome.

00:52:14 In that,

00:52:15 in the scene,

00:52:16 I had cut a dialogue.

00:52:17 So, he called me,

00:52:18 Aneesh,

00:52:19 what is this?

00:52:20 I said,

00:52:21 Sir, what happened?

00:52:22 Where is my,

00:52:23 that dialogue?

00:52:24 It is a fantastic dialogue.

00:52:25 Who cut it?

00:52:26 So, I said,

00:52:27 Sir,

00:52:28 I cut it.

00:52:29 I said,

00:52:30 what?

00:52:31 That dialogue was cut?

00:52:32 What did the editor do?

00:52:33 Do one thing,

00:52:34 Sir,

00:52:35 that will happen,

00:52:36 you write it.

00:52:37 So,

00:52:38 see,

00:52:39 so much interest.

00:52:40 Yeah.

00:52:41 Right.

00:52:42 So,

00:52:43 so much interest.

00:52:44 Yeah.

00:52:45 Another,

00:52:46 slightly crazy person,

00:52:47 Firoz was not crazy,

00:52:48 but,

00:52:49 Nana Patikar?

00:52:50 He is a darling.

00:52:51 He is such a nice person.

00:52:52 He is so easy to work with him.

00:52:53 He is so easy to work with him.

00:52:54 He is so easy to work with him.

00:52:55 He is so easy to work with him.

00:52:56 He is so easy to work with him.

00:52:57 He is so easy to work with him.

00:52:58 He is so easy to work with him.

00:52:59 He is so easy to work with him.

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00:53:01 He is so easy to work with him.

00:53:02 He is so easy to work with him.

00:53:03 He is so easy to work with him.

00:53:04 He is so easy to work with him.

00:53:05 He is so easy to work with him.

00:53:06 He is so easy to work with him.

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00:53:13 He is so easy to work with him.

00:53:14 He is so easy to work with him.

00:53:15 He is so easy to work with him.

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00:53:17 He is so easy to work with him.

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00:53:19 He is so easy to work with him.

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00:54:46 He is so easy to work with him.

00:54:47 He is so easy to work with him.

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00:54:49 He is so easy to work with him.

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00:54:51 He is so easy to work with him.

00:54:52 He is so easy to work with him.

00:54:53 He is so easy to work with him.

00:54:54 He is so easy to work with him.

00:54:55 He is so easy to work with him.

00:54:56 He is so easy to work with him.

00:54:57 He is so easy to work with him.

00:54:58 He is so easy to work with him.

00:54:59 He is so easy to work with him.

00:55:00 He is so easy to work with him.

00:55:01 He is so easy to work with him.

00:55:02 He is so easy to work with him.

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00:55:04 He is so easy to work with him.

00:55:05 He is so easy to work with him.

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00:55:07 He is so easy to work with him.

00:55:08 He is so easy to work with him.

00:55:09 He is so easy to work with him.

00:55:10 He is so easy to work with him.

00:55:11 He is so easy to work with him.

00:55:12 He is so easy to work with him.

00:55:14 Salman comes when he wants.

00:55:15 Salman comes when he wants.

00:55:16 And when he comes, then he is there.

00:55:17 And when he comes, then he is there.

00:55:18 And when he comes, then he is there.

00:55:19 And when he comes, then he is there.

00:55:20 And when he comes, then he is there.

00:55:21 And when he comes, then he is there.

00:55:22 And when he comes, then he is there.

00:55:23 And when he comes, then he is there.

00:55:24 And when he comes, then he is there.

00:55:25 And when he comes, then he is there.

00:55:26 And when he comes, then he is there.

00:55:27 And when he comes, then he is there.

00:55:28 And when he comes, then he is there.

00:55:29 And when he comes, then he is there.

00:55:30 And when he comes, then he is there.

00:55:31 And when he comes, then he is there.

00:55:32 And when he comes, then he is there.

00:55:53 And when he comes, then he is there.

00:56:15 And when he comes, then he is there.

00:56:41 What would you like to tell me about what is Anil Kapoor's raaz for survival for so long?

00:56:48 He loves himself too much.

00:56:50 He loves himself.

00:56:51 He loves himself too much.

00:56:53 And the person who loves himself too much, he will see how he is looking, what he is doing, and he is very disciplined.

00:57:01 There are many people who love themselves too much, but they are not disciplined.

00:57:04 They think that I have to get up and I have to go to the gym, but I have to drink two packs at night.

00:57:10 I drink two packs and I don't open my eyes.

00:57:12 I say, "No, I will go from tomorrow."

00:57:13 He never comes tomorrow.

00:57:14 You have to do what you have to do from today.

00:57:16 And Anil ji will not do it from today.

00:57:19 He will do it from now.

00:57:20 So, I have seen so much difference.

00:57:22 He doesn't sleep until 12,000 steps are done on the watch.

00:57:26 He is like that.

00:57:27 And all the good ones who look good today and all the people who have done so much work today,

00:57:33 they want to work with them.

00:57:36 So, I am making a film now.

00:57:38 I said, "No, you have to do it."

00:57:39 I am not able to see anyone else in this role.

00:57:41 So, this is a big thing.

00:57:42 That after so many years, after doing so much work, people want to work with you.

00:57:46 You are so fortunate actually.

00:57:48 So, that hobby of theirs, the hard work they do, the diet they take care of, the exercise they do,

00:57:56 the films they refuse to do, that no, I will not do this, I will not do this, I will do this.

00:58:00 So, all those things are not one thing.

00:58:03 Yes.

00:58:04 What about Akshay and Salman?

00:58:06 Tell me about both of them.

00:58:07 Akshay ji is a very punctual person.

00:58:12 We have a little tension in working with him.

00:58:15 Because if he is speaking at 7, then he will be there at 7.

00:58:18 Okay.

00:58:19 And we do not have the habit of waking up at 7 or 6.

00:58:24 So, we have to work hard.

00:58:26 That no, we are doing this film, now we will have to become a bird, a bird or a pigeon and wake up early.

00:58:32 So, that is it.

00:58:33 It is a big thing, I feel very good that they come on time and finish the work.

00:58:38 Sometimes we are more relaxed with Salman bhai.

00:58:42 Salman bhai will come at 12, he will eat food, but he will stay till night.

00:58:47 I have done schooling with Rashid Kapoor, where we used to work 24 hours.

00:58:52 We used to work at night.

00:58:54 So, I feel very good that if the shooting is from 2 in the afternoon,

00:59:00 but now every actor is different, according to that we have to work,

00:59:05 that let's do this and it is fun.

00:59:08 It is not like that if you break your routine and work, it is a lot of fun.

00:59:12 So, the fun I get in shooting with Akshay ji,

00:59:15 I have to believe that I had fun with Salman bhai.

00:59:19 Did you ever talk to Salman about not doing Noor and Tree sequel?

00:59:23 No, because I have a lot of friendship with him.

00:59:26 We have so much love and friendship that if he has to tell me something, he tells me.

00:59:35 If he doesn't tell me, I never tell him.

00:59:37 It makes no difference to him.

00:59:38 No, no, no. I met him a week ago.

00:59:41 So, whether we do the film or not, it doesn't make a difference to our relationship.

00:59:47 You were saying in between that you are making a film with Anil,

00:59:52 Madhuri I Want Her to be a part of the film.

00:59:56 How many films are you going to make?

00:59:58 I want to make 10-15 films.

01:00:00 Greedy.

01:00:02 Because I have done so much work,

01:00:06 I have such a beautiful story, what should I do?

01:00:08 I sit here in the office for 24 hours.

01:00:10 As I told you before, I don't have any friends, no interest,

01:00:14 I don't want to come anywhere, I don't want to go anywhere,

01:00:16 I hardly go to the party.

01:00:17 If there is a need, if there is someone important,

01:00:20 then I, I get to go out, it's a big exercise.

01:00:23 And especially getting ready, sitting,

01:00:25 Anyway, I get a lot of time, I keep writing, I keep working,

01:00:29 I have so many good, great ideas,

01:00:31 I don't feel that I should make this, I should make this, I should make this.

01:00:35 So, it's just a hobby, understand.

01:00:37 You don't have any one favourite genre you like to make?

01:00:41 My favourite genre is the genre I am making the film in.

01:00:45 Because I personally feel that I have made a love story,

01:00:49 love was bound to happen,

01:00:51 I remember that I met Yashji and when Yashji saw the film,

01:00:54 he was very happy.

01:00:55 He said, "Son, listen to me, Anis,

01:00:58 it's very good that you understand love,

01:01:02 and you make a love story.

01:01:04 So, such a person's words and praise,

01:01:09 which is perhaps, such a beautiful film,

01:01:11 which a person has made,

01:01:13 I was very happy at that time.

01:01:15 So, I thought, "Son, but I had written the next film, Satyan Thiller.

01:01:19 So, I made Diwan Ki.

01:01:21 And Abbas Mastan, my good friend,

01:01:24 when he saw the film, other people,

01:01:26 Abbas Bhai said, "Anis, it doesn't seem like

01:01:28 any person has worked in this genre for the first time."

01:01:31 So, I was very happy, because that was coming from Abbas Mastan.

01:01:34 Right.

01:01:35 Who I consider to be such a good film maker.

01:01:37 That's right.

01:01:38 Then, everyone said, "Make this only."

01:01:41 Now, there were 10-12 producers who wanted to sign me,

01:01:45 that now you will make this only, Sathya Mithiller.

01:01:48 But at that time, I had written, "No Entry."

01:01:50 "No Entry."

01:01:51 So, now I have made your Sathya Mithiller.

01:01:54 So, I like it, that genre is not important.

01:01:58 Whatever genre you are making, I think I can make it.

01:02:02 Whether it's comedy, whether it's action,

01:02:05 whether it's Sathya Mithiller, whether it's horror.

01:02:08 I can make it.

01:02:09 What is that one thing you want every film of yours to have?

01:02:14 Have?

01:02:15 One thing that is very important in your film.

01:02:19 I think there are two things.

01:02:21 One, everyone should be very happy while making it.

01:02:25 They should enjoy it a lot.

01:02:26 They should remember it, and the film should run.

01:02:29 These two things are very important.

01:02:30 The film should run.

01:02:31 It should run, absolutely.

01:02:33 So, that means you feel the film should be entertaining.

01:02:36 100%. And if it's not entertaining, then why are we making films?

01:02:40 I won't say that...

01:02:41 Will I say that your film must be entertaining?

01:02:44 100%, ma'am.

01:02:45 I won't say that I don't like different types of cinema.

01:02:48 I have seen many films, but yes, I enjoy them less.

01:02:51 I enjoy them less.

01:02:52 When I make a film larger than life,

01:02:55 there are all kinds of dramas in it.

01:02:57 I think, a film in which everything is there,

01:03:00 there is emotion, there is comedy, there is action,

01:03:04 there is suspense, there is drama.

01:03:06 Everything should be there.

01:03:08 So, I like it.

01:03:10 Then you like it.

01:03:11 If you had to choose between No Entry, Welcome, Bhool Bhulaiya 2,

01:03:16 these were your three really big ones.

01:03:18 Which one would you choose?

01:03:20 Sengir King was a huge hit.

01:03:24 Anyway, these are three films.

01:03:26 Look, they came at different times.

01:03:28 And in my life, these three films left a deep mark.

01:03:33 No Entry, that film,

01:03:36 it had made me enter the film line.

01:03:39 People said, yes, Haneez has arrived as a director.

01:03:43 He has done a fab job.

01:03:45 And the kind of comedy he has shot and made,

01:03:49 people had seen very little of it before that.

01:03:52 And it had received a lot of praise.

01:03:54 It had received a lot of love from people.

01:03:56 Welcome, to this day, is still a big hit.

01:04:00 Welcome, to this day, its memes are still going on.

01:04:04 I was in a different mood.

01:04:06 I was very happy at that time.

01:04:08 And I was writing a film, making something.

01:04:10 And there was some magic happening on set.

01:04:12 It was not, I would say, a blind escape.

01:04:15 There were things in my mind,

01:04:17 let's do this, let's do that.

01:04:19 Sometimes magic happens.

01:04:21 A lot of time, ma'am, with me.

01:04:23 I remember everything,

01:04:26 and I have to do this, I have to do that.

01:04:29 I don't make shot division also.

01:04:31 I don't keep a scene in my hand.

01:04:34 I read the scene once, I know what I have to do.

01:04:37 And I don't like to make shot divisions.

01:04:39 I will take this shot first, then this, then this.

01:04:41 I see how people are performing.

01:04:44 My actors.

01:04:45 People want to see people.

01:04:47 They don't want to come here.

01:04:48 So it happens organically.

01:04:50 What I feel at that time.

01:04:52 And what I feel at that time,

01:04:54 has never happened before.

01:04:55 I have never planned.

01:04:57 So, there is a performance,

01:05:00 there is a set.

01:05:02 So, I start doing it.

01:05:04 So I feel it's magic.

01:05:06 People liked that film a lot.

01:05:09 And a lot of people loved it.

01:05:12 And my life changed from there.

01:05:14 After that, the film that was shot in Pandamic,

01:05:17 in our Pandemic,

01:05:18 our Bhool Bhoolai,

01:05:20 when no film was going on,

01:05:22 and before that, one or two films didn't go well.

01:05:24 If my film doesn't go well,

01:05:25 people abuse me a lot.

01:05:27 Generally,

01:05:28 people don't get abused that much.

01:05:31 I don't know.

01:05:33 Because there is a lot of hope.

01:05:34 There is a lot of hope.

01:05:36 So I was scared.

01:05:37 That's why I am telling you,

01:05:38 that film should go on.

01:05:39 Because I don't like people abusing me.

01:05:42 But yes.

01:05:43 So, before that film,

01:05:46 it didn't go well.

01:05:48 So, I was a little worried also.

01:05:50 Because I have always done only one film.

01:05:52 I do one film.

01:05:53 So, I burn all my boats and come to the war.

01:05:56 So, now it is important to win that war.

01:05:59 If you lose, then sit.

01:06:01 It is so good that people have this feeling,

01:06:04 after doing my work for so many years,

01:06:06 that if a film is shot in 1920s,

01:06:08 then they know that no,

01:06:09 Anees knows his job.

01:06:11 Okay, it happens in 1920s.

01:06:13 Right.

01:06:14 Virat Kohli and Bhagat Sachin,

01:06:17 if they get out on a small run,

01:06:20 then it is not that they don't know.

01:06:21 They don't know the game.

01:06:22 So, I have got this kind of love,

01:06:24 this kind of reputation,

01:06:25 or this kind of love from people.

01:06:27 Like Dhoni today.

01:06:28 So, he is a little…

01:06:29 When he comes, he comes,

01:06:31 he is number 7,

01:06:32 he will come, but he will still 6, 7.

01:06:34 And he is a very lucky guy.

01:06:36 He just stays there till the end.

01:06:37 He is a very lucky guy.

01:06:38 In the last match,

01:06:39 he scored 20 runs in 4 balls.

01:06:41 And the team that lost,

01:06:43 they lost by exactly 20 runs.

01:06:45 They lost by exactly 20 runs.

01:06:46 Exactly.

01:06:47 He is very lucky.

01:06:48 That's true.

01:06:49 And he is also a human being.

01:06:51 So, this film,

01:06:52 he has done this,

01:06:54 that no, brother,

01:06:55 Anees has given a hope in the film line,

01:06:57 that no, this film can run.

01:06:58 So, all three films are very important for me.

01:07:01 And to do it 1, 2, 3,

01:07:03 I think it will be not fair,

01:07:05 and not possible.

01:07:06 Okay.

01:07:07 We are…

01:07:08 Did you have a problem shooting

01:07:10 Bhool Bhool Naya 2

01:07:11 because of the pandemic?

01:07:13 A lot.

01:07:14 A lot.

01:07:15 Because we were shooting in Lucknow.

01:07:17 And we had a shooting for 10-12 days.

01:07:20 The work was not completed.

01:07:21 And we were told that we have to go.

01:07:23 So, we came here.

01:07:24 Now, I went to my bungalow,

01:07:28 in my Lonavala.

01:07:30 I said, sir,

01:07:31 the shooting that you have called,

01:07:32 I went there.

01:07:34 6, 8, 10 months,

01:07:36 there was no call, nothing.

01:07:37 Correct.

01:07:38 After that, I got a call,

01:07:39 that we are planning something.

01:07:41 I said, do it.

01:07:42 It was a very strange environment.

01:07:43 Anyway,

01:07:44 so, we set up here,

01:07:45 started shooting.

01:07:46 We found out that someone from that,

01:07:48 got COVID.

01:07:49 Then, we stopped.

01:07:50 Then, we did something.

01:07:51 Then, we stopped.

01:07:52 So, we did it with a lot of difficulty.

01:07:54 And then, I wanted to go out,

01:07:55 to Lucknow.

01:07:56 So, we found out that we cannot go to Lucknow.

01:07:58 Then, I had to go somewhere else.

01:08:00 So, in that film,

01:08:01 I could not go outdoors.

01:08:03 I did some in Lucknow in the beginning,

01:08:05 did some in Jaipur.

01:08:06 And I did shooting in Kullu, Manali for 3 days.

01:08:09 After that,

01:08:10 the whole film was shot here.

01:08:11 There is a studio, Chitrakoot.

01:08:13 We set it up and then,

01:08:14 the whole film.

01:08:15 In that.

01:08:16 In that.

01:08:17 Your Lucknow, this, that,

01:08:18 everything.

01:08:19 Everything.

01:08:20 Not only Lucknow.

01:08:21 Lucknow, Jaipur, Kullu, Manali, Rajasthan.

01:08:26 Okay.

01:08:27 Everything.

01:08:28 Everything.

01:08:29 Okay.

01:08:30 So, that was a difficult film to make because of the pandemic.

01:08:34 100%.

01:08:35 It was very difficult to shoot that film.

01:08:36 Like,

01:08:37 you had planned something.

01:08:38 That's right.

01:08:39 But, I feel that,

01:08:40 the compromise,

01:08:41 sometimes,

01:08:42 the film you make,

01:08:44 there is a word attached to it.

01:08:46 You have to do it, somehow.

01:08:48 It's just that,

01:08:49 it shouldn't be visible on the screen.

01:08:51 Hmm.

01:08:52 People shouldn't be able to pinpoint,

01:08:53 what have they done?

01:08:54 So, it should flow in the flow,

01:08:56 so that no one knows.

01:08:57 That was the only attempt.

01:08:58 So that people don't know that we couldn't go to Lucknow.

01:09:01 So that people don't know that we couldn't go to Kullu, Manali.

01:09:04 And, no one knew.

01:09:05 And, no one knew.

01:09:06 We are very fortunate.

01:09:07 And, we are very lucky.

01:09:09 And, we have planned, I think, very well.

01:09:11 What about your BB3?

01:09:13 My last question.

01:09:15 BB3,

01:09:16 can you tell me,

01:09:17 where all are you shooting?

01:09:19 Mostly, we are shooting in Mumbai.

01:09:22 Okay.

01:09:23 Apart from that, Calcutta.

01:09:24 Apart from that, Gwalior.

01:09:26 Apart from that,

01:09:28 there is one outdoor location.

01:09:31 We are selecting that.

01:09:32 Outdoor location?

01:09:33 Maybe foreign, maybe India.

01:09:35 Okay.

01:09:36 That's for a song or something.

01:09:37 Okay.

01:09:38 And, that's not yet shot?

01:09:39 No.

01:09:40 Okay.

01:09:41 Give me just one thing about BB3,

01:09:45 we can all look forward to,

01:09:46 which you haven't told anyone yet.

01:09:48 I haven't told anyone.

01:09:50 Because that is your Diwali release,

01:09:51 and that's what we are all waiting for.

01:09:53 No, no.

01:09:54 A lot of people are going to get excited.

01:09:56 And, I haven't told because,

01:09:57 that excitement should remain the same.

01:09:59 It should remain.

01:10:00 But, tell me one thing.

01:10:02 Shock.

01:10:03 People will get shocked.

01:10:04 Shock?

01:10:05 Yes.

01:10:06 People will get shocked.

01:10:07 And, not once,

01:10:08 but, it will take 2-3 times,

01:10:09 that what has happened?

01:10:10 What has happened?

01:10:11 And, I can't tell that,

01:10:13 otherwise, it will be forgotten.

01:10:14 Naturally, you cannot.

01:10:15 I will tell you this,

01:10:16 that even among the 250 people,

01:10:18 who are connected in our film,

01:10:19 I think,

01:10:20 250-250 people don't know about it.

01:10:22 We haven't told them either.

01:10:24 That much?

01:10:25 Yeah.

01:10:26 Because, I think,

01:10:27 those 10-12 people,

01:10:28 who should know,

01:10:29 they know about it,

01:10:30 that's why we are doing it.

01:10:32 So, you are making it with great,

01:10:34 in confidentiality.

01:10:35 Yes, that should be done,

01:10:36 because you are working so hard for something.

01:10:38 Now, you tell me,

01:10:39 that in the first film,

01:10:40 in that,

01:10:41 Bhabhi is playing,

01:10:42 our Tabu, simple.

01:10:43 Now, the one who is of Jhulika,

01:10:45 she is Bhabhi.

01:10:46 If she would have been known earlier,

01:10:47 then,

01:10:48 when the trolley shot goes inside,

01:10:49 and she is sitting,

01:10:50 then only,

01:10:51 we would have to believe,

01:10:52 that, oh, this is a double role of hers.

01:10:53 Then,

01:10:54 in the last,

01:10:55 the one who is sitting outside,

01:10:56 that is a naughty girl.

01:10:57 The poor girl,

01:10:58 who is roaming inside,

01:10:59 like a ghost,

01:11:00 that is a good girl.

01:11:01 That is good.

01:11:02 So, all these things,

01:11:03 we can't reveal.

01:11:04 So, you do have something,

01:11:05 lot of things for them.

01:11:06 Lots of things,

01:11:07 to stun the audience.

01:11:08 Lot, lot.

01:11:09 Okay.

01:11:10 So, thank you very much.

01:11:11 Thank you very much.

01:11:12 It's going to be a stunning Diwali.

01:11:13 It was very nice talking to you.

01:11:15 It was a lot of fun, Bharti ji.

01:11:16 Thank you so much.

01:11:17 Same here, same here.

01:11:18 Thank you so much.

01:11:19 Stunning Diwali,

01:11:20 we are all looking forward to.

01:11:21 Absolutely, Inshallah.

01:11:22 Thank you.

01:11:23 So, don't let us down.

01:11:24 No, no, Inshallah.

01:11:25 We are working very hard.

01:11:26 Okay.

01:11:27 Yes.

01:11:28 Rest, see,

01:11:29 I will tell you,

01:11:30 that rest,

01:11:31 whatever you can do,

01:11:32 you can do.

01:11:33 There is a public,

01:11:34 God,

01:11:35 what they have written on the screen,

01:11:36 we have written our screenplay

01:11:37 absolutely correctly.

01:11:38 Okay, okay.

01:11:39 It is a perfect screenplay.

01:11:40 It will be good.

01:11:41 You are right.

01:11:42 We have corrected the grammar and screenplay.

01:11:44 Rest,

01:11:45 God's eyes should be on us.

01:11:46 Allah is Almighty,

01:11:48 He is very kind,

01:11:49 always,

01:11:50 and if His eyes are on us,

01:11:51 then it will be good,

01:11:52 there will be a good result.

01:11:53 All the best to you.

01:11:54 Thank you very much.

01:11:55 Bye.

01:11:56 Bye.

01:11:57 Bye.

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