Actor Rohitashv Gour is a familiar face in the TV industry, best known as Manmohan Tiwari from &TV's Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain. In a recent chat with Lehren Retro, he shared insights about his early days, his journey into acting, and his experiences in TV and film. He also discussed his unique bond with director Rajkumar Hirani. Let’s explore this engaging conversation with Rohitashv Gour.
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00:00So I got the back of the mind that I want to go into acting only.
00:06So this started in my childhood from school only.
00:09I had decided, although my father didn't want me to, but I had decided.
00:14If the actor is not smart and he doesn't catch the character, then he will drown.
00:19No matter how much the writer uses his imagination, he will be left with nothing.
00:23That's why it is said that casting should be apt.
00:26So the biggest demerit of democracy is that it is very difficult to pass laws here.
00:33The law will be presented, then the opposition will fight in the parliament,
00:38they will not want the bill to be passed.
00:41When I came, they didn't even let me stand in films.
00:44Because hero, heroine, villain, that's it.
00:56Namaskar, I am Rehan Hussain and you are watching Lehren.
00:59Rohitash Gaur is with us on the small screen to win people's hearts with his acting.
01:05We will talk to him in today's program,
01:08who has gained popularity in every home through Bhabhi Ji Ghar Par Hai.
01:15Rohitash had started his career from childhood.
01:19Sir, welcome to you first.
01:23How has this journey of your career been so far?
01:28It has been a very beautiful journey.
01:30The beginning of this journey was with Rang Manch.
01:33Like every powerful actor has a role in Rang Manch,
01:38so it was in our life too.
01:40And it was my good fortune that the family in which I was born,
01:45I got the acting talent in inheritance.
01:49My father, Sudarshan Gaur, used to do Rang Manch in Shimla.
01:52My mother was a very good actress on the Nagpur stage.
01:55Both my sisters are musicians.
01:58One is in instrumental music and the other is in vocal music.
02:02So the whole atmosphere of the house has been artistic.
02:05So it would be right to say that I got that Rang Manch or acting talent in inheritance.
02:10So Papa Sudarshan Gaur used to have a theater company in Himachal.
02:14Akhil Bharatiya Kalakar Sangh,
02:16under which we used to do theater and Rang Manch in Himachal.
02:21Then Papa started a drama competition in Shimla,
02:24which is still going on by the All India Artist Association.
02:28Papa is no more in this world, only me and my wife Rekha take care of it.
02:32So this time it was 69th.
02:35Next year it will be 70 years.
02:39So in a way, our whole family is connected to Rang Manch.
02:42But it was amateur, amateur Rang Manch.
02:46But I took it professionally.
02:48Means I went towards professional Rang Manch.
02:50So I applied for National School of Drama from Shimla.
02:54Where I was fortunate that I got admission.
02:57Then I did a course there for 3 years.
03:00Then for 6 years I worked as an actor in NSD Repertory Company.
03:04I did a very high class professional theater.
03:07I would like to know a little about your childhood.
03:10Did you decide from the beginning that we will go in this field?
03:15I decided this from the beginning.
03:17You know that there are houses in school.
03:20So we had houses like Red House, Green House.
03:23So I was in Blue House.
03:25So when there were house-wise activities on Saturdays,
03:28there was poetry competition, singing or mono acting etc.
03:33So we used to participate in it very enthusiastically.
03:36And I used to enjoy it a lot.
03:39So I don't know what my third eye did in my mind,
03:42that only then I realized that this is my field.
03:46I want to go in this only.
03:48Then one of our teachers had made a play called Adhikar Ka Rakshak.
03:52In which my role was appreciated by the people of the school.
03:56So my back of the mind came that I want to go in acting only.
04:01So this started in my childhood from school only.
04:04I had decided.
04:06Although my father didn't want, but I had decided.
04:09I saw in one of your interviews that you said that
04:12as soon as I was born, that thing developed inside me.
04:15Yes, absolutely.
04:17And when I was 3-4 years old, I used to react a lot to the rhythm.
04:22Like when a song is playing, my hands and feet used to react to the rhythm.
04:28And gradually when I was in 7th or 8th grade, I started singing as well.
04:33So in singing and in this, I was very fond of reading good poems.
04:38Like if Hindi is good, then reading poems, then remembering it.
04:42Then standing with mom and dad and speaking in front of them.
04:45So these things came in my body from childhood only.
04:48So this was your initial phase.
04:51And after that when you moved forward in studies,
04:54or went to 10th or 12th grade,
04:56were you going towards science or did your father want you to study science?
05:00Yes, absolutely.
05:01My father wanted me to go into science.
05:03Because my father, although he was from Rang Manch,
05:06but he used to say that there is no money in Hindi Rang Manch.
05:10You will not get employment here.
05:12For employment, you will have to work.
05:14And for this, if you take arts, no one will ask you.
05:17At that time, science students and art students were big.
05:20So he got me into science in 11th grade.
05:23Be it a doctor or an engineer.
05:24Yes, be it anything.
05:25So he got me into science.
05:27So I was in a bad state.
05:28That year, I was in a lot of trouble.
05:30I didn't even understand maths.
05:32Neither chemistry, nor bio.
05:34I said, dad, where did you trap me?
05:37So I had a physics professor, Mr. A.D. Arora.
05:40So he got me into it.
05:42He said, this artist, where are you trapping him?
05:44So he used to play with us.
05:47We used to live in the same city, Kalka.
05:49So he started a dramatic club and we used to play with him.
05:53He explained it to my father.
05:55Gautam, you are sending him to the wrong field.
05:57He is an artist, don't make him a scientist.
06:00So it was a great coincidence that I failed in 11th grade.
06:06I mean, I failed and I celebrated it.
06:10I said, thank God.
06:12It was the first time you celebrated it.
06:14Yes, I celebrated my failure.
06:16Then my father said, take whatever you want.
06:19So I took Economics, History and Political Science.
06:24And I topped my class.
06:26Then my journey started from there.
06:30Then I went to college.
06:32I took part in youth festivals.
06:34I was declared the best actor at the university level.
06:38We were in Kurukshetra University.
06:40Zonal, Interzonal University.
06:43We were very active in theatre.
06:46As you said, you inherited your father's acting skills from the theatre.
06:53But there must have been a point when you decided that
06:59all these things are happening.
07:02Now you should study.
07:04For example, you decided to join NSD.
07:06How did that happen?
07:08In Shimla, the Language, Art and Culture Department...
07:12...organized a theatre workshop.
07:15Some teachers from the National School of Drama came to teach.
07:19It was a theatre-oriented workshop.
07:22We realized that theatre is not just about performing.
07:27It is also about studying.
07:29Modern Indian Drama, Classical Indian Drama, World Drama...
07:33...Costumes, Make-up, Scenic Design, Set Design.
07:36It is all about studying.
07:38I came to know for the first time that it is all about studying.
07:41Mr. J. N. Kaushal, who was a professor at the drama school...
07:46...told us to apply for NSD.
07:50He told us that we might get accepted.
07:54I got a good feedback from him.
07:57I thought he was right.
07:59I applied for NSD.
08:01Graduation was over.
08:03I started my professional acting career.
08:06I learned and studied professional acting.
08:12I joined the NSD Repertory Company.
08:15I got a salary after joining the drama school.
08:19After getting a degree...
08:21Although I came to Bombay, the situation here was not good.
08:26My professional acting career started in National School of Drama.
08:31I was selected from Shimla.
08:34I have read many people and they have said in their interviews...
08:39...that after getting a degree from NSD, they joined the drama school...
08:44...so that they can improve their acting skills.
08:49Like Mr. Hemani Shivpuri and Mr. Govinda Namdev.
08:54They did Rang Mandal for 10 years after getting a degree.
08:59What is your view on this?
09:02Is it better to develop yourself after getting a degree?
09:08As soon as I passed National School of Drama...
09:12...this was in 1989.
09:15I came to Bombay.
09:18As soon as I came to Bombay, it was the era of DD1.
09:23There was no Zee TV or Star Plus at that time.
09:26Suddenly, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Chanakya, Bhuniyad...
09:31...all these serials were a hit.
09:33People started seeing careers on TV.
09:36There was a lot of crowd here.
09:39People came from small cities.
09:4112-13 episodes of serials were being made.
09:44There were long queues for that.
09:46Govinda Namdev and I used to stand in one line to struggle.
09:51I used to live in Chawl in Santa Cruz.
09:56I was Sanjay Mishra actor and Vineet Kumar actor.
10:00He is my batchmate of National School of Drama.
10:02Was Govinda Namdev also your batchmate?
10:05No, he was my senior.
10:08We used to live in Shastri Nagar.
10:11It was a small room.
10:15One day, a landlord came and asked us to sleep on the terrace.
10:22Today is my son's birthday.
10:25We started rolling our bedsheets and went upstairs to sleep.
10:31There was a sea-page from the tank.
10:33A plane used to pass through Santa Cruz.
10:36We slept all night.
10:38When I woke up in the morning, my bed was wet.
10:40I had a spondylitis attack on my back.
10:42It was very bad.
10:44Sanjay Mishra and others were trying to wake me up.
10:47I could not understand.
10:49The doctor told me that the humid weather here would not suit me.
10:52I should leave this city for now.
10:55So, I left.
10:57My father asked me to join National School of Drama Repertory Company.
11:02He said that I would continue to practice.
11:04An actor has already trained.
11:07He needs to practice.
11:09It is not that you have trained and become a hero.
11:12The experience of Rang Mandal was the practice after my training.
11:19I met people there.
11:21I met Saurabh Shukla, Himani Shivpuri.
11:24Govind Namdev was there at that time.
11:27There were many great actors at that time.
11:30Vijay Raj came later.
11:32Mukesh Tiwari, Srivardhan Trivedi.
11:35All of us used to do theater together.
11:38We used to get paid in the evening.
11:41So, it was a means of earning.
11:43It was a means of earning and it was a good practice.
11:45I am benefitting from it today.
11:47I came back in 1997.
11:50Bombay was in the second inning.
11:52Zee TV started.
11:54Zee TV was the first to start.
11:57I used to do Zee TV's serial, Mujhe Chand Chahiye.
12:00Satish Kaushik and Raja Bundela used to do it.
12:03From here, my TV started.
12:05So, Satish Kaushik and Raja Bundela did your first serial.
12:08It was my first production.
12:10I did a lot of commissioned serials in Delhi.
12:13I used to do a lot on terrorism.
12:15I did all that.
12:17But here in Bombay, the work that started at a professional level,
12:20Raja Bundela and Satish Kaushik did it.
12:23You have done so much work on films and TV.
12:27But if we talk about TV,
12:29the serial that has made you famous,
12:32like Chidiya Ghar, Laapata Ganj or Bhaviji Ghar,
12:36the talk of these three serials,
12:39Blockbuster Kamyavi,
12:41people still like it at home,
12:43what do you think is the USP behind it?
12:46Was it a topic other than leaks?
12:48Or was it family-oriented?
12:50Or was it a comedy?
12:52People liked it.
12:54What do you think is the USP?
12:57When TV started,
12:59there was a change.
13:01All of a sudden, TV actors
13:03started getting the status of stars.
13:05That was done by Ekta Kapoor.
13:07Saaj Bahu serial,
13:09Kyuki Saaj Bhi Kabhi Bahu,
13:11that was a completely different thing.
13:13In such a situation,
13:15when these family-oriented serials reached their peak,
13:18people suddenly turned towards comedy.
13:22Although comedy has always been around,
13:25it was very difficult to become a hit.
13:28When people turned towards comedy,
13:30Laapata Ganj,
13:32which was based on Sharad Joshi's Vyanga Rachana,
13:35came with Ashwani Dhir,
13:37which was liked by a lot of people.
13:39It was a satire on the social system.
13:41All of a sudden,
13:43Kaujiya's Office Office,
13:45all of a sudden,
13:47it was a well-played character.
13:49People started enjoying it.
13:51They said,
13:53this is not a family-oriented serial.
13:55There is a message in it.
13:57It is being done in a very sarcastic way.
13:59So, this comedy trend started.
14:01So, Laapata Ganj,
14:03Chidiya Ghar,
14:05and now Bhabhi Ji Ghar Par Hai,
14:07became a trendsetter.
14:09I used to think that this serial would last only for 3 months.
14:12All of us used to think that.
14:14Because its content was such
14:16that we thought that people might
14:18take it to the police station.
14:20A neighbor is in love with another neighbor's wife.
14:22He is in love with his wife.
14:24So, people will say that this is not our culture.
14:26This is this.
14:28Maybe they will reject us.
14:30This has also been criticized many times.
14:34But people took it in a very
14:36hand-to-hand and broad-minded way.
14:38We didn't know this.
14:40But today, it is going on.
14:42So, the basic thing about it is that
14:44people started liking comedy.
14:46A lot.
14:48People like it when people
14:50consider it to be connected to themselves.
14:52Chidiya Ghar or Laapata Ganj.
14:54Some things were happening
14:56so that the public could relate to it.
14:58And the most important thing is the writing.
15:00The language.
15:02If the language is too literary,
15:04it won't reach the common man.
15:06Talk about their language.
15:08So, there are some puns in this.
15:10Like, go play in the fields.
15:12What are you doing, fool?
15:14Like we talk in our homes.
15:16The language of the house.
15:18Boy, this and that.
15:20I caught this and that.
15:22The things that happen in the
15:24common neighborhood,
15:26are put in this.
15:28The writer has a big hand in this.
15:30And the language that Tiwari
15:32or Bhabuti is speaking.
15:34Or the boys from the neighborhood
15:36are speaking,
15:38they are of different types.
15:40Is there anything called culture or not?
15:42It is spoken in offices these days.
15:44In political circles,
15:46leaders are speaking to each other.
15:48Like, when Lalu Yadav and Nitish Ji
15:50got together for the first time,
15:52they both hugged each other
15:54and said, we caught it right.
15:56So, when a writer writes
15:58a dialogue or a dialogue,
16:00there is an effort from the
16:02actor as well.
16:04What else can he put in it?
16:06Yes, yes.
16:08So, in all these things,
16:10like Bhabhi Ji is at home,
16:12Shobhangi Ji is at home,
16:14you are at home,
16:16Bhabhi Bhuti Ji is at home.
16:18So, how much effort does
16:20an actor put in all this?
16:22There is a lot of effort.
16:24The actor makes it alive.
16:26If the actor is not smart
16:28and he does not catch the character,
16:30then he will drown.
16:32No matter how much the writer
16:34uses his imagination,
16:36it will be lost.
16:38That is why it is said that
16:40it should be such a party
16:42that he feels that
16:44this character can
16:46ruin Tiwari Ji.
16:48So, this depends on casting.
16:50So, thanks to Manoj Santoshi Ji
16:52who cast me in this.
16:54When he was writing
16:56after thinking about me,
16:58he wrote and told me
17:00that you are doing this role.
17:02If we talk about the screen,
17:04then you can understand
17:06the chemistry on the screen
17:08whether it is Bhubi Bhuti Ji's chemistry
17:10or yours or Bhabhi Ji's chemistry
17:12or the other two characters
17:14whether it is Tillu
17:16or other characters.
17:18What kind of relationship
17:20do you have with all of them?
17:22We have a very good relationship.
17:24We love each other a lot.
17:26We have completed 24 episodes.
17:28Unfortunately, everyone was not there that day.
17:30But we have a very good chemistry.
17:32We do a lot of pranks with each other.
17:34We play a lot.
17:36We do a lot of improvisations
17:38on set.
17:40Like the writer has written,
17:42but we also add something from our side.
17:44Like Anoop Upadhyay
17:46is doing the role of my uncle.
17:48We do 50 improvisations.
17:50Hapu Singh Daroga
17:52does a lot of improvisations.
17:54So, we have a very good chemistry.
17:56That is why it is going on in the 10th year.
18:00If there was no bonding,
18:02it would have been very difficult for actors.
18:04Sometimes it happens
18:06that an actor leaves the show
18:08or his replacement
18:10also comes forward.
18:12Why did he leave the show?
18:14Does it affect the TRP of the show
18:16or the future days of the show?
18:18In the beginning,
18:20it definitely affects.
18:22Because you have been
18:24seeing that face for so many years.
18:26Suddenly, that face is not there.
18:28Suddenly, there is another one.
18:30So, it does affect.
18:32The co-actor also
18:34gets affected.
18:36Because suddenly,
18:38he has to work on another
18:40song and put it
18:42in the same old song.
18:44So that it stays in rhythm.
18:46Time is also wasted in that.
18:48Time has to be given.
18:50Because the character in front
18:52has a lot of pressure.
18:54And when a new actor comes,
18:56there are challenges for his replacement.
18:58There are many challenges for him too.
19:00So, he has to prove
19:02those challenges.
19:04But if we talk about this show,
19:06all the replacements
19:08have been proved.
19:10This is the fate of this show.
19:12I don't know in which
19:14Nakshatra it started.
19:16The boat sank in Majdhar
19:18and then again.
19:20And then it starts floating.
19:22So, this is the fate of the show.
19:24I agree with you.
19:26Look, Mr. Malkhan left
19:28after a year.
19:30He was such a famous character.
19:32First, Shilpa Shinde
19:34left after a year.
19:36Then after 5 years,
19:38Soumya left.
19:40Then there was another character
19:42in Soumya's role.
19:44Then there was a third one.
19:46But still, people are
19:48balanced.
19:50How much do you miss Mr. Malkhan?
19:52We miss him a lot.
19:54We haven't been able to find
19:56someone to play him.
19:58That's why we are working on two characters.
20:00Because he used to
20:02improvise so well.
20:04First, he was from Delhi.
20:06So, he knew a lot about
20:08the streets and neighborhoods.
20:10He used to use
20:12a lot of terms.
20:14He used to use
20:16Takya Kalam and Doha.
20:18So, we miss him a lot.
20:20He suddenly
20:22left us.
20:24We couldn't understand him
20:26for 6 months.
20:28Because we were shooting at night.
20:30Our scene was being shot.
20:32We said, let's meet tomorrow.
20:34But he didn't come.
20:36In the morning,
20:38we found out that
20:40he was playing cricket.
20:42He left.
20:44After that, you helped a lot.
20:46We helped a lot.
20:48Soumya Tandon
20:50helped a lot.
20:52We helped a lot.
20:56Soumya Tandon
20:58ran a campaign.
21:00All the TV actors
21:02helped a lot.
21:04The channel helped a lot.
21:06We saved his house.
21:08There is a report.
21:10Hema Committee's report.
21:12You might know about it.
21:14In Malayalam film,
21:16there was a committee
21:18about women's exploitation in 2017.
21:20Now, it has been revealed
21:22that
21:24the Kerala government
21:26is trying to
21:28create a new law
21:30for women's exploitation
21:32in the film and TV industry.
21:34Especially,
21:36rape in Kolkata
21:38and rape in Badlapur.
21:40What is your opinion
21:42about women's safety
21:44on set or in any workplace?
21:46Should there be
21:48a strict law
21:50or should the government
21:52change its opinion
21:54on women's safety?
21:56There is a question
21:58about the strict law
22:00in Saudi Arabia
22:02for rapes.
22:04What is your opinion
22:06about it?
22:08My opinion
22:10is similar to
22:12the rules of Saudi Arabia.
22:14There should be rules
22:16for women's safety
22:18in all cases.
22:20There should be strict
22:22and harsh decisions.
22:24For example,
22:26if there is no fear,
22:28it will not end.
22:30There is no crime in Saudi Arabia
22:32because there is a fear
22:34of the law.
22:36There are many
22:38merits and demerits
22:40of democracy.
22:42The biggest demerit
22:44is that it is very difficult
22:46to pass a law.
22:48A law will be passed
22:50and then the opposition
22:52will fight each other
22:54in parliament.
22:56There should be
22:58some laws
23:00in which both sides
23:02agree with each other.
23:04Here,
23:06there is a lot of
23:08effort to get credit.
23:10If he passes,
23:12no one cares
23:14what happens
23:16to women.
23:18The fight for their seats
23:20is more important.
23:22These strict laws
23:24should be there.
23:26Quick decisions
23:28and no more life imprisonment.
23:30They should be hanged.
23:32We all agree on this.
23:34We have put it on Twitter
23:36that there should be
23:38Saudi rules,
23:40which have been
23:42imposed in Calcutta.
23:44There are so many things
23:46in the village
23:48which are not
23:50visible.
23:52We know this
23:54because social media
23:56has come.
23:58There should be
24:00strict laws
24:02for this.
24:04It is very shameful
24:06what happened in Calcutta.
24:08There should be strict laws
24:10for this.
24:12Both sides
24:14should fight
24:16for their seats.
24:18There are many other laws.
24:20I believe in
24:22one country, one law.
24:24There should be
24:26one law in every country.
24:28There should be population law.
24:30We are not getting employment
24:32because of population.
24:34We should control it.
24:36What is good
24:38for the country
24:40should be there.
24:44Let's talk about films.
24:46You had a good relationship
24:48with Raju Hirani.
24:50How did you
24:52connect with him?
24:54When we came to Bombay,
24:56Raju Hirani was
24:58making a serial for DD1.
25:00It was a story
25:02of a village and a city.
25:04A family
25:06was living in the city.
25:08I was in Sanjay Mishra,
25:10Saurabh Shukla.
25:12Raju Hirani was directing.
25:14He had an audition.
25:16The audition
25:18had a condition
25:20that the dialogue should be
25:22a bridge dialogue.
25:24By chance, we had
25:26played in a drama
25:28directed by Ranjit Kapoor.
25:30It was called Khabsurat Bahu.
25:32Khabsurat?
25:34Yes.
25:40I gave him a speech.
25:42He liked it a lot.
25:44That's how
25:46I became friends with him.
25:48The entire pilot
25:50was discussed
25:52with me
25:54on how to put it in this language.
25:56A song was written
25:58which Saurabh and I sang.
26:00The director's serial
26:02didn't pass the audition.
26:06I still remember it.
26:08That's how I
26:10became friends with him.
26:12Then he started
26:14a trend of star bestsellers
26:16for Star Plus.
26:18He made a beautiful
26:20star bestseller called
26:22Sena Medal.
26:24I played a Sikh
26:26regiment leader.
26:28He liked it a lot.
26:30That's how he got the film
26:32NFDC.
26:34You were called
26:36Jimmy Shergill
26:38in Munna Bhai Wala Kista.
26:40Yes.
26:42When he was writing the story,
26:44he used to tell me
26:46that I was doing a good job.
26:48I had an audition.
26:50Since the film
26:52was going to be
26:54commercialized,
26:56he wanted the faces
26:58of the market.
27:00That was a good thing.
27:02Jimmy Shergill did a good job.
27:04But I didn't get that role.
27:06That's why my face
27:08wasn't discussed at that time.
27:10You were associated
27:12with his other films as well.
27:14Yes.
27:16We got very busy
27:18with TV.
27:20The biggest thing
27:22about films is that
27:24we have to adjust
27:26every day.
27:28There are a lot of problems
27:30with adjustments.
27:32I could either become
27:34a freelancer.
27:36I didn't have the means
27:38to become a freelancer.
27:40I had to earn money
27:42and raise my family
27:44in a place like Bombay.
27:46That's why I was
27:48associated with TV.
27:50You were also seen
27:52in 3 Idiots.
27:54No, I did all the casting
27:56for 3 Idiots.
27:58You can see my name in it.
28:00You weren't seen on screen
28:02but you were credited.
28:04Yes, I was with them.
28:06I will stay with them
28:08and I will stay ahead as well.
28:10We will do a good job.
28:12You will see us
28:14in a major role.
28:16You said that you have
28:18many other projects.
28:20Prabhu Kripa
28:22has done a good thing.
28:24There has been
28:26some adjustments here as well.
28:28There were some scattered dates.
28:30Vipul Shah is making
28:32a film called Hisaab.
28:34We are doing that film
28:36with Shefali ji and
28:38Jenny Pilawat.
28:40You must have seen
28:42that he has also done
28:44some publicity.
28:46We have shared it on social media.
28:48Earlier it was only films
28:50then came TV
28:52and now OTT.
28:54People are getting
28:56more work.
28:58To save their place
29:00people have to
29:02give good things
29:04and good content.
29:06If we talk about content
29:08especially OTT,
29:10there are many questions
29:12about it.
29:14What do you think about it?
29:16Is TV
29:18a threat to OTT?
29:24TV is not a threat
29:26because it is still going home.
29:28It is still going home.
29:30If we see in Kalka
29:32TV is still going there.
29:34Whatever you say.
29:36There are some youth
29:38because of mobile.
29:42OTT has
29:44many experiences
29:46and many experiments
29:48if I talk about its merits.
29:50There are many good contents.
29:52There are many good web series.
29:54Now because
29:56they are going towards real.
29:58Acting is very real.
30:00Dialogue part is very real.
30:02Cinematography is very real.
30:04Writers are looking very natural.
30:06You don't have to act at all.
30:08They are just doing it
30:10like a life is going on in front of you.
30:12I like it very much.
30:14It is very beautiful.
30:16But there is one thing
30:18that is happening.
30:20In some web series
30:22some content
30:24is being forced
30:26to attract
30:28youth.
30:30There is some
30:32vulgarity going on
30:34which is giving a wrong message.
30:36If there is a need
30:38there is a web series
30:40in which there is a need
30:42then it is fine.
30:44But if you force it
30:46then it is becoming too much.
30:48I think a censor will come
30:50on this.
30:52But it is happening.
30:54Because of all this
30:56since OTT came
30:58is the way of working
31:00of artists
31:02changing?
31:04Yes, it is changing.
31:06The whole concept of acting
31:08is changing.
31:10Now we are going towards
31:12a very natural concept.
31:14Like we used to do
31:16loud and exaggerated things
31:18before.
31:20This is a comedy
31:22but we used to present
31:24emotions in a very intense way.
31:26But now there are
31:28very underplayed things.
31:30We are going
31:32towards international standards.
31:34Some web series
31:36like Delhi Crime
31:38or Shivali Ma'am
31:40and many more.
31:42There are many more web series.
31:44So
31:46we are going towards a natural concept.
31:48There are many changes
31:50in acting as well.
31:52So if our actors
31:54don't bring themselves to that level
31:56then we will become outdated.
31:58So we have to
32:00match our standards with them.
32:02I am doing it.
32:04I would like to know about you and your family.
32:06How do you
32:08balance your life
32:10with your kids
32:12and your wife?
32:14It is difficult
32:16but if we get holidays
32:18then we go out.
32:20Otherwise, my wife is always upset with me.
32:22She always complains
32:24that I don't take her out.
32:26My kids complain the same way.
32:28But recently
32:30we got 6-7 days off
32:32but it is
32:34difficult.
32:36Can you tell us about your first meeting?
32:38When you met her in Ipta?
32:40Yes, with my wife.
32:42My wife's name is Rekha.
32:44Rekha Santani.
32:46She is a Sindhi.
32:48You know that
32:50all of us actors
32:52face a lot of problems
32:54in our marriages.
32:56Because no one
32:58wants to give their daughter to us.
33:00In small cities,
33:02they don't consider it as a profession.
33:04Now it has changed a lot.
33:08At that time,
33:10we were like
33:12what else do you do?
33:14How do you earn money?
33:16Tell us.
33:18We were playing
33:20with Ipta Bombay.
33:22We didn't play big or small games.
33:24My batchmate was not directing.
33:26Rekha is a
33:28research scientist
33:30in a research institute.
33:32She came there
33:34after her job
33:36to explore
33:38herself.
33:40Nowadays, girls
33:42explore themselves.
33:44She used to do costumes in Rang Manch.
33:46Bineet Bhai said
33:48Rohitash, you also get married.
33:50All the batchmates are married.
33:52I asked him what to do.
33:54He said you are 38-39 years old.
33:56Get married.
33:58I said let's meet.
34:00He said okay.
34:02I asked him to call her.
34:04Rekha came.
34:06She said hi sir.
34:08I asked her to talk to her.
34:10She said how can I do that?
34:12She said she earns.
34:14If you can't take care of her,
34:16she will take care of her.
34:18That's how
34:20I started talking to her.
34:22We became friends.
34:24He asked me what I wanted to do.
34:26I said I wanted to get married.
34:32My mother and father
34:34used to come here
34:36because of the cold in Shimla.
34:38They came here.
34:40I talked to their brother-in-law.
34:42We got engaged
34:44in 15-20 days.
34:46We got married
34:48in 15 days.
34:50He agreed.
34:52She is from Bombay.
34:54She knows.
34:56She is an advanced student.
34:58She said okay.
35:00We will do it.
35:02You keep working.
35:04As soon as she came into my life,
35:06I got a call from Dr. Chandraprakash Devedi
35:08for Pinjar film.
35:10As soon as we got engaged,
35:12we went in the same clothes
35:14to sign the contract.
35:16This is also a coincidence.
35:18When I had an elder daughter,
35:20I got Lapataganj serial.
35:22When I had a younger daughter,
35:24I got this.
35:28What about your children's education?
35:32Will they be able to handle
35:34your legacy?
35:36My younger daughter
35:38wants to do law.
35:40My elder daughter
35:42is in this field.
35:44She is studying
35:46in a very big school.
35:48She is studying in RADA,
35:50Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London.
35:52She got selected.
35:54She is studying
35:56acting in London.
35:58Let's see
36:00where her fate takes her.
36:02The way it is growing,
36:04I think
36:06there is a lot of work for these children.
36:08We need very smart
36:10and good children in today's date.
36:12Did you face any
36:14criticism or project
36:16that this character
36:18is not for you?
36:20Did you perform well?
36:22Yes, of course.
36:24Many times.
36:26Many times, I was told
36:28that I have a shooting tomorrow.
36:30I got a call last night
36:32that I couldn't get the role.
36:34I was given to another actor.
36:36This is a part of me.
36:40I don't know what game
36:42and math is going on.
36:44I don't understand anything.
36:46This has happened many times.
36:48How satisfied are you
36:50with your career
36:52so far?
36:54Have you achieved
36:56what you wanted?
36:58No, not yet.
37:00I am satisfied
37:02because
37:04God has
37:06done so much
37:08for me
37:10that even if I become
37:12an actor, I don't have
37:14any problem to survive.
37:16I am so thankful
37:18to TV.
37:20If it wasn't for TV,
37:22we would have been
37:24big actors.
37:26Or we would have left
37:28Bombay.
37:30When I came here,
37:32they didn't even
37:34let me stand in movies.
37:36Hero, heroine, villain.
37:38That was a bad time.
37:40Now we have our own homes.
37:42We come here by car.
37:44We meet people.
37:46They take photos of us.
37:48They take our autographs.
37:50When I was shooting for Hisaab,
37:52you won't believe
37:54that people were
37:56coming to me
37:58and taking photos.
38:00We were shooting in a temple.
38:02It was a spectacle.
38:04Did you see any madness
38:06in your films?
38:08Yes, I saw it in Shimla.
38:10That girl was
38:12hysterical.
38:14She hugged me.
38:16My wife asked me
38:18to leave her.
38:20She started crying.
38:22This is what happened
38:24in Shimla, Mall Road.
38:26This is also a kind of
38:28Indian spectacle.
38:30They love you a lot.
38:32You said that
38:34when you were a kid
38:36you used to get
38:38a new zeal.
38:40You sang a few songs.
38:42Can you sing a few lines
38:44for the audience?
38:46We did a play
38:48called Hapsurat Bahu.
38:50It was directed by Ranjeet Kapoor.
38:52There is a song in
38:54his brush dialect.
39:06singing
39:08singing
39:10singing
39:12singing
39:14singing
39:16singing
39:18singing
39:20singing
39:22singing
39:24singing
39:26singing
39:28singing
39:30singing
39:32singing
39:34singing
39:36singing
39:38singing
39:40singing
39:42singing
39:46What is your message
39:48for the audience?
39:50that I should continue
39:52this tradition
39:54and become more famous
39:58I would like to tell the audience
40:00that the love and support
40:02Bhaviji Ghar Paray ko banaye rakhe, 2400 episodes humne poore kiye hain abhi aur aage
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40:16hum bahut acha acha content isme late rahein aur same anusaar tarakki karte rahein, aapka
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