Actor Varun Tej and Meenakshi Chaudhary spoke with IANS about their film 'Matka'. They explain the meaning of their film title and why they decided to work on this project. Additionally, they discuss the path of the movie character Vasu and which looks Varun likes to portray and act. Overall, they show a film scene that will startle their audience and remind them of things from the 1970s and 1980s.
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00:00I mean as you know, Matka is based on, loosely based on this game, the gambling racket that
00:15happened back in the 70s and 60s, it was started by this person called Ratan Katri, where Bombay
00:22is the origin of this game Matka, which shook the entire Indian economy back in that time.
00:28So it's loosely based on that, so we took a certain part of it from what really happened
00:35and got inspired and weaved a fictional story around it, based from Baizag, and about this
00:43guy called Vasu, who starts off as a nobody, as a refugee, coming to India, and how he
00:50turns into the overlord and becomes the Matka King.
00:54So it's about his journey, which times from 20s to 50s, which is from the 60s to 80s.
01:05I think there were a lot of reasons, but one major reason was that there was no period
01:12drama in my filmography, which I had done.
01:13So when the director narrated the story to me, and told me that it's a period drama film
01:19and your role is like this, I think there was a lot of excitement, because as an actor
01:23you have to play different roles, you have to do something different in every film.
01:32So I think with this film, something different will definitely come.
01:35And my character Sujata, just like you see different phases of Vasu's life, Sujata's
01:41life is the same, when they meet and how their life comes together, and what are the different
01:45phases in their life, and the emotional turmoil that happens.
01:49So it's very interesting, it's very emotionally engaging.
01:52And the graph of both the characters, you'll see how it goes in the film.
01:56So it's a very interesting character.
02:03I mean his characterization is what excited me, more than his journey.
02:08See he's a guy who's hungry for power and money and everything.
02:12And he's a guy who's angry on the society because of where he comes from.
02:17He comes from a very, very low economic status.
02:22And he always believed that no one in this world is going to take care of you or your
02:26problems, and no one cares about your problems.
02:29You have to look after yourself, and he comes from a very oppressed background.
02:36So that zeal and that fire in him is something that I really liked.
02:40I feel like that is going to resonate with people tomorrow when they watch the film.
02:45And Vasu is a wacky guy, he's a mad guy, he'll go to any extent to get his work done.
02:52See, I cannot say I enjoyed something better than the other.
03:00But for me ultimately it was about the challenge, about playing this character.
03:05I think especially the older part of it, it comes in the last 30-40 minutes of the film.
03:12I think that is where it was more challenging than the previous ones.
03:17I think I enjoyed the old phase of Vasu more than the others.
03:24But I mean, I played all four of them, so I can't say anything.
03:28But this was more challenging than that.
03:35I think the story line of this character...
03:38That surprise she can't tell.
03:39Yes, I can't tell you that surprise, but I can tell you that there is a surprise element
03:44which takes the story in a different direction.
03:48And that is a very important part.
03:51And I think I can't reveal much, but it is a very important part.
03:56If you look at the beauty of our director, writer sir in his writing,
04:03it is that every character has a very important part.
04:06Every character has an importance which moves the story forward,
04:10which elevates the story or takes it on a new path.
04:13But it is taking the story somewhere.
04:15So whichever character you see in this film, or you see a different phase,
04:19whether it is my character, Vasu's character, Nora's character,
04:22there are many other characters,
04:23they all have an important step.
04:25So I think there is a lot, but I can't tell you.