Actor Sharad Malhotra gets spiritual and talks about his role & experience of collaborating in the newly launched show Jai Jagannath. The serial is streaming on the Hari Om App - known for its fine spiritual content and videos.
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00:00Shraddha bhai, it feels good to see a new role, a new character. How do you feel about this role?
00:07First of all, I wish everyone a very happy Janmashtami.
00:11And on the occasion of Janmashtami, for the first time, the Hari Om app,
00:18if I talk about it, it is the first devotional and spiritual OTT app in India.
00:26So, to be a part of it, to be a part of such a beautiful show, Jai Jagannath,
00:42where I got the opportunity to play the main role, I felt very good.
00:51I always say that there is always a divine intervention in my life.
00:55So, this is also one of them.
00:57I never thought that I would get the opportunity to play Krishnaji's role on screen.
01:06But that also happened.
01:08I always wanted it to be a good mytho show, of which I am a part.
01:13Maybe God heard my appeal.
01:20And as you can see behind me, Jai Jagannath is such a show,
01:26Jagannath Puri, which is very famous, which is one of the dhamas.
01:33So, about him, his existence, people now know everything about him,
01:40how he started, where he came from.
01:43So, I think that is something that I also wanted to know.
01:46I am from Kolkata.
01:48So, as a child, we used to go to Jagannath Puri a lot to see Baba.
01:51But to be a part of such a show, I never thought about it.
01:56It is said about Jagannath Puri, about this dhama, that there is a lot of mystery.
02:01There is a mystery about Pataka, there is a mystery about Prasad,
02:04there is a mystery about God's abode there.
02:08In which mystery do you ask for the most and you wanted to know the most?
02:13Look, I had heard a lot about mysteries.
02:17And if you look at a Pataka carefully,
02:21Pataka waves in the opposite direction of the wind,
02:25which no one has been able to crack so far.
02:27I think there is no need to do it, because everything is signaled from above.
02:32I think this is somewhere, I think, what we say that this is Krishnaji's avatar.
02:39And when I was shooting as a part of it,
02:48I came to know that Krishnaji's heart,
02:52Arjun, Parth, when he kept it in a box,
03:02and when it was discovered later,
03:04and then even today they say that their heart beats.
03:07So I think there are many things.
03:09Then they say about his Prasad, that he comes and eats Prasad every day.
03:12And no one can leave his Prasad, not even a grain can be left.
03:16You have to eat that Prasad completely.
03:19So there are a lot of things that I found out when I was shooting.
03:25And somewhere I consider myself very lucky that after playing so many characters,
03:30when I finally got a character about whom I didn't have to read much,
03:35I didn't have to do much work, I didn't have to do much homework.
03:38This was a character that I think God wanted and I played it myself.
03:46Be it his dialogues, emotions, getting up, sitting, speaking, walking, everything.
03:51I don't know, somewhere I felt that there is a connection from above.
03:56And everything happened through that connection.
03:58And finally the show has been launched.
04:00And you can watch the show on the OTT app of Hari Om.
04:04We have heard the story of Mahabharata since childhood.
04:07But when we heard about the show, this is the story after Mahabharata.
04:12So how much preparation did you need in this story?
04:15And how much did you know before and how much did you know after?
04:17See, when I was told that it is Krishna ji's character,
04:22I first asked, is it before or after Mahabharata?
04:25So he told me, no, this is after the war.
04:29And this is a very different chapter of his life, which we will show.
04:33So it was very interesting for me to know that his last phase,
04:40till the time he was on this earth, what he did in that last phase.
04:45And I really wanted to know that story as a person.
04:50And I think when my producers and writers said that we will show his last stage.
04:55After that, when he comes in the form of Jagannath Puri,
05:01the story starts.
05:03So the beginning of Krishna ji's last phase, when he leaves this earth,
05:09I got a chance to see that.
05:12After that, obviously, he came in the form of Neel Madhav.
05:15You will understand when you see the rest of the story.
05:17So in the form of Neel Madhav, I got a chance to be a part of it.
05:27I will not reveal much, but it is a very beautiful story.
05:30When you see the rest of the episodes.
05:32I think 5 episodes have been released.
05:34People are liking it a lot.
05:36I am getting a lot of feedback from people.
05:38It is a very serene and calm show.
05:44It is looking very beautiful.
05:47The whole show, whether it is characters, dialogues, costumes or sets.
05:54It is looking very real.
05:55It is looking very good.
05:56It is looking good.
05:57I am getting a sense of peace.
05:58I think that was important.
05:59That whatever you see, you like it.
06:01And you also learn.
06:02When you played Maharana, you told me in such a conversation
06:06that when you went to his house, you felt a connection.
06:12Yes.
06:13Did you go to Puri during this time?
06:16Actually, I went to Puri when I was a child.
06:23Actually, I am from Kolkata.
06:27And since childhood, whenever we got a chance, we used to go to Puri to visit Baba.
06:33We had heard so much about Jagannath Puri.
06:37And his miracles.
06:39Miracles happen there every day.
06:42Finally, when I got a chance to be a part of it, it was a surreal feeling.
06:46I still remember the first day when I did Krishna's get-up.
06:52I wore a crown and a peacock feather.
06:55I went and stood in front of the mirror.
06:57In fact, I was just telling someone that I felt really good.
07:04I didn't think about anything else.
07:07I didn't have any emotions.
07:08I just felt really good and peaceful.
07:10And I got a smile on my face.
07:13I was looking at myself in the mirror.
07:15And I said, yes, this is good.
07:17This is right.
07:18This is right now.
07:19So, the sound that came from here, I think that was a connection.
07:24Maybe, as I always say, whatever happens in my life is always a divine intervention.
07:28So, this is also a very major, I believe, divine intervention.
07:35I got a chance to be a part of their first spiritual and devotional OTT app.
07:44And such a beautiful story, which I want to know about, people want to know about.
07:48The story of Jagannath Dham, the mystery that you spoke about, people also want to know about.
07:54About his origin, how he was established.
07:58So, I think everyone wants to know about him.
08:00So, I think this is the first time, as far as I am concerned,
08:02a show like this has never been made about Jagannath Baba.
08:06All over the world, on any channel.
08:10So, definitely feels good.
08:12For the first time, I am becoming a part of someone.
08:19For more information on Gautam, his teachings and Satsangs,
08:22visit GautamSachdeva.com