Rani Mukerji’s First Hindi Film Interview On The Sets Of Raja Ki Aayegi Baarat (1996)
Rani Mukerji is one of Hindi cinema's most versatile actresses. Her film Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway was released last year and received much acclaim. She made her Bollywood debut in Raja Ki Aayegi Baaraat, originally titled Sabse Badi Adalat, directed by Ashok Gaikwad. In this film, Rani starred opposite Shadaab Khan, son of the famous villain Amjad Khan. In her first interview with Lehren, she discussed her early career, debut, and working with Shadaab Khan.
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00:00Camera.
00:01Lap.
00:02Your music industry's biggest court.
00:04No, not sure.
00:05Best of luck.
00:07Thanks, sir.
00:10What are you doing here?
00:12Taking my right.
00:13Really?
00:15Then go.
00:16And knock on that court's door.
00:19Yes.
00:21And what did you say to me that day?
00:24Judge sir,
00:25along with my vermillion,
00:27return my husband's body to me.
00:31Got it?
00:36Rani, what would you like to say about your role?
00:39The role I'm playing in this film
00:41is like any other girl.
00:46Every girl has a dream
00:48that she'll get married one day.
00:50It's my dream, it's your dream,
00:52it's everybody else's dream.
00:54That one day she's gonna get married
00:56and her princess is gonna come,
00:58her Prince Charming is gonna come
01:00and get her married and take her.
01:03The same, similar thing
01:05that I'm portraying here,
01:07even this girl in this film,
01:09even it's her dream,
01:10like any other girl,
01:12to get married.
01:14That's why the film is named
01:16Raja Ki Aayegi Mera.
01:18Because this is every girl's dream.
01:20She's gonna get married one day.
01:22But somehow,
01:23because of some circumstances,
01:25her dream is shattered.
01:28The way she fights her own battle
01:32and the way she
01:34puts in back her dream
01:36and everything,
01:37it's the entire thing.
01:39Like the hero is responsible,
01:41like Shada, who's playing,
01:43he's responsible in
01:45shattering the girl's dream.
01:50And in this film,
01:53I'm a little bold,
01:55very bold.
01:57I keep fighting all the time with people
01:59because I can't see,
02:04I can't see wrong anywhere.
02:08And she can go to any extent
02:11to just get,
02:13give justice to people.
02:15Like her main aim is like
02:17nobody, like everybody should get justice.
02:19And for that
02:21she can go to any extent.
02:23Like when her dreams are shattered,
02:27to give her own self-justice,
02:29the way she fights her own battle,
02:31she takes the man to court.
02:33She fights her own battle.
02:36How did you get this film?
02:38How did I get this film?
02:45Mr. Salim Akhtar,
02:47who's the producer of this film,
02:49he's a very close family friend.
02:51And right from the beginning,
02:53from my childhood,
02:55he used to keep telling me that
02:57I want to give you this role,
02:59you will be my future heroine.
03:01And I used to never take it seriously.
03:03But last year,
03:05in June,
03:07he just, one fine day,
03:09he just came up to my house
03:11and he told me, Rani, I want you to do this film.
03:13So I was just shocked.
03:15I said, uncle, how can I just do this?
03:17Because I had just given my 12th
03:19and I was looking forward for my FIB classes.
03:21And I had joined Michibai also.
03:23So he said,
03:25no, you're doing this film.
03:27You are doing it, because I want you to do it.
03:29So I was not prepared,
03:31nothing.
03:33So he
03:35told me about the script
03:37and he told me the story and he told me my character,
03:41what the film was all about.
03:43So I liked the entire thing,
03:45the entire setup and I said yes.
03:47Because even I got a little
03:49excited about my role.
03:51Because I think it's a little different.
03:53Like it's not this
03:55same
03:57college love story,
03:59the boy seeing the girl first,
04:01first sight love, it's nothing like that.
04:03It's a little different.
04:05It's a family drama.
04:09And Rani, you also do a lot of Bengali films.
04:11So how do you divide your time
04:13between Hindi and Bengali industry?
04:15No, I don't do Bengali films.
04:19My first Hindi film,
04:21my first film.
04:23Salim uncle has
04:25given me the first break.
04:27He has given me the break.
04:29I don't do any other,
04:31I don't do Bengali films.
04:39Particular scene, actually
04:43every scene in this film of mine,
04:45my best scene,
04:47because I've given my best,
04:49I've given the best to every scene
04:51of mine. But if you go to see
04:53which scene of mine I really
04:55saw,
04:57I was tensed about something.
04:59It is the court scene.
05:01There's a very crucial
05:03court scene in this film.
05:05I was a little tense about that, but that went
05:07off very well.
05:09And I've not yet seen the film
05:11on screen.
05:13So I don't know about my performance.
05:15If you see,
05:17if I myself judge
05:19according to that, then I feel
05:21all my scenes in the film are best.
05:23All.
05:25What sort of role do you have?
05:27The role I'm doing in this film,
05:31every girl
05:33will see herself in me.
05:35It's that sort of a role.
05:37It's that sort of a role.
05:39It's every girl's dream
05:41that she's going to get married one day.
05:43That she'll get married.
05:45That she'll get married.
05:49In this film,
05:51my dream
05:53is shattered.
05:55My dream is shattered.
05:57What I dream
05:59that I'm going to get married
06:01and that my prince is going to come,
06:03it's all shattered.
06:05And it's how I get back my dreams,
06:07like how I
06:09put them back.
06:11It's all about that.
06:13How was your experience
06:15working with Ashok Gaikwad?
06:17To work with Ashok Gaikwad,
06:19when I began working
06:21in this film, I was a little tensed.
06:23Like working
06:25with this director.
06:27I used to not know him.
06:29It was always, hello.
06:31But when I started working with him,
06:33I found that he's very cooperative.
06:35He was very cooperative with me,
06:37in fact.
06:39And if I used to not get my scenes right,
06:41he used to scold me.
06:43And then, it was such a thing,
06:45the next take would be okay.
06:47And he'd scold me, Rani, what are you doing?
06:49Not right.
06:53Basically, a very good director.
06:55And I'm happy working with him.
06:57And how was your work experience
06:59with your co-actor Shadab?
07:01Shadab?
07:03Shadab?
07:05Shadab is, in fact,
07:07an inborn actor.
07:09I think he's got this thing
07:11from his dad.
07:15He was also very cooperative
07:17with me.
07:21And Shadab is,
07:23he puts in his hard work.
07:25He's very hardworking.
07:27And that's it.
07:29He's very good.
07:33After 1, 2.
07:351, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
07:37Is there a song?
08:031, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.