MUMBAI: In an exclusive conversation with Actress Simrat Kaur and Actor Eklavya Sood where they both discussed how they got Vivek Agnihotri’s Delhi Files: The Bengal Chapter movie. Also, they talked about their roles and character. There are many different topics they discussed related to the movie, their acting journey, and how they connect with other casts like legendary actors Mithun Chakravarty, Pallavi Joshi, and Anupam Kher. also, there is a story that Simrat Kaur narrates related to Amitabh Bachchan from the KBC set, and in the last, she shares her grandmother’s fan moment story.
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00:00See, in that I was Pakistani, in this I am Hindustani, that's it.
00:10But I think I am very lucky that I got a chance to do both such period films in the very beginning
00:16of my career.
00:17Gaddar is again about partition and there is a love story.
00:21And this love story is towards the nation, towards India, which is a love of every citizen.
00:27And I think I am very lucky.
00:29So, that's it for now.
00:30So, by the way, Mr. Mithun and I are not sharing the screen.
00:34But as much as off-screen guidance we have got from him, because he was in some scenes
00:37when we were performing.
00:39So I think firstly, when such big legends sit in front of you, then you get a little
00:45nervous.
00:46And you don't get nervous like, shit, what will we do now?
00:49You just feel that, man, in front of them, now we have to do a little good, right?
00:53So, yeah.
00:54So, I feel when such people live, then you just feel so motivated and you do good.
00:59So, my interaction with Mr. Mithun was just that.
01:02That's a bit unfortunate.
01:03See, I haven't done any scene with him.
01:07But when we were doing, he just said that it was good.
01:10So, I think that is enough.
01:12This is my debut film and it's like a dream come true to work again alongside such fine
01:19actress and Pallavi ma'am, Anupam sir, like it's so much of a learning experience for me.
01:24Luckily, I had given only one audition for this film, but otherwise I have given 100-200
01:27auditions till now.
01:29It's been 6-7 years in this industry.
01:31I have done ad films before this and I have also done a web series, Rai Singh Ghani vs
01:35Rai Singh Ghani on Sony Live.
01:36But as a film, this is my debut film, I got a little love for that too.
01:41I was very nervous on the first day, but I think Vivek sir is such a fine director, made
01:46you feel very comfortable.
01:48And then slowly, I think you get into the skin of the character and then you start performing.
01:53To be very honest, especially when you are an outsider, you don't get such good scripts
01:58on the initial days.
01:59And this is a fact, it's the truth.
02:00Why should anyone take me?
02:02So, I think after Gadar, we did Vanwaas, which was a proper story-based movie.
02:06There was no glam-blam in it.
02:08We brought a very good story in front of the audience.
02:10And at the same time, when I was shooting Vanwaas, I got an audition for Delhi Files.
02:15I have given two auditions for it.
02:17After two auditions, I met Vivek sir personally, then he took a look test, then this happened.
02:23So, sir said, look, this is not a glam role.
02:27This needs your love towards the nation.
02:30If you have that much passion, then only you will be able to do this character.
02:34Otherwise, this cannot happen.
02:36So, I think this is very…
02:38I am grateful that I got to do Delhi Files.
02:42And the story that is going on in the whole movie,
02:47I had to do a lot of preparation for it.
02:50Because it's not like you can come after reading the lines.
02:52Because mostly, I didn't know much about Bengal.
02:55To be very honest.
02:56What was its history?
02:58Feminism came there.
03:00So many big legends from Bengal came there.
03:02I didn't know much about anyone.
03:04So, when I sat to read, I found out that in 1943, there was Feminism.
03:08So many people died.
03:09So, I thought, shit, so much has happened in the past.
03:13And youngsters like us don't know that India has come out of such a bad time.
03:20So, when they started studying,
03:22then I think, automatically,
03:24that character and that love for the country, Bhagat Singh started awakening.
03:29I didn't know much about him.
03:32I might sound a bit dumb over here.
03:34But I genuinely didn't know much about him.
03:37So, when I started doing research,
03:39I found out that, oh shit, why did he do this?
03:42Today, if such a person comes,
03:45I can understand that at that time,
03:47when people did the revolution,
03:50So, I'm sure, if we had the chance,
03:52we would have done the same thing.
03:54We wouldn't have thought for a second
03:56that we will kill and die.
03:58Can I add on to this?
04:00I think, it's not just the problem of youth.
04:02It's our fault that we didn't know much about this chapter.
04:05But it's not mentioned anywhere in the history books.
04:08So, when we were reading this script for the first time,
04:10it was such a hard-hitting, intense experience for us.
04:14Like, it was a page-turner.
04:15I mean, we read a 120-page script in one go.
04:18And after that,
04:20it took us a lot of time to absorb the script.
04:23Like, these were actual events.
04:25And something like this happened.
04:27So, it's our fault.
04:28But the rest is also the fault of the history books.
04:30See, I think, the films that are being made in Bollywood,
04:33they are not as hard-hitting stories
04:35or as truthful as this script is
04:37and the films that are being made.
04:39So, when you watch this film,
04:42you will know that this is like international cinema.
04:45This is not just Indian films that we are making here.
04:48So, when you watch this film,
04:50you will get an understanding of it.
04:52It was my second day.
04:53So, on the second day,
04:54a lot of action scenes had started.
04:56So, I asked him,
04:57Sir, why are we showing such brutal things?
05:00Like, why?
05:01Let's refine all this a little bit.
05:03So, he said,
05:04I am not making this.
05:05This is documented.
05:07This is not what my imagination is.
05:10So, I asked him,
05:11Sir, can I see some of those images
05:14that we are recreating?
05:16So, he showed me a couple of photos.
05:18And I still can't believe
05:19that all this has happened.
05:21So, he said,
05:22I want to show some truth from this film.
05:25And there is nothing fictional over here.
05:27Whatever has happened,
05:28whatever is on Google, Wikipedia,
05:30whatever we have researched,
05:31whatever is actual,
05:32we are just exactly showing all that.
05:35So, today,
05:36while reading it,
05:37we feel so bad and sad about it.
05:39But those who have gone through that time,
05:41I cannot,
05:42although I played that role,
05:43but I can still not imagine the pain.
05:46The people who have lost their family members
05:49and are in famine,
05:50their families are starving to death.
05:52And they couldn't do anything about it.
05:54So, the truth that Sir has shown,
05:56and because of Sir's vision,
05:58we could live it
06:00and give, you know,
06:01perform it a little bit.
06:03No, man,
06:04it's not like that.
06:06I like this question,
06:07but no,
06:08I think,
06:09Eklavya has been an amazing co-star.
06:11So,
06:12I didn't feel any shortage here.
06:14That's good.
06:16Obviously,
06:17a friendship is built
06:18when you do the first two films
06:20with the same person.
06:21So, you feel like a family.
06:23And you know each other's shortcomings
06:25and all those qualities.
06:27So, you can guide each other.
06:29Because we worked together in Gadar,
06:30so he told me in exile,
06:31that Simrat,
06:32you do this.
06:33Or I told him.
06:34So, there was a bond.
06:35But here,
06:36I think we came
06:37and our scenes were so traumatic
06:39and such things
06:40that we didn't have
06:41a chance to be friends.
06:42Because the feel was not the same.
06:45We'll do it in the second film.
06:46Do it.
06:47I learned a lot of martial arts.
06:49But when I came to the set,
06:51they told me
06:52there is no need for martial arts
06:53because this is a film
06:54of the time of partition.
06:55But otherwise,
06:56it was a journey of
06:57a month and a half
06:58of its transformation,
06:59physical transformation.
07:00So, mixed martial arts,
07:01gymming,
07:02I did all that for this.
07:03Yeah,
07:04I did action,
07:05but I did the action
07:06of a desi man.
07:07If it was stamped here today,
07:09how will you run
07:10and how will you jump?
07:12So, there were no skills
07:13in that.
07:14So, obviously,
07:15but these things
07:16you have to do
07:17in a little skilled way.
07:18But I was a little too emotional
07:20and I injured myself
07:21a lot in this whole process.
07:23But I've loved it.
07:24Everyone did it.
07:25Because I think
07:26it was giving me a feel
07:27of very realistic pain
07:28and all that.
07:29At one point,
07:30it was my real blood
07:31and everyone thought
07:32that blood was applied.
07:33I'm like,
07:34guys, it's hurting.
07:35They're like,
07:36no, it's just blood.
07:37I'm like,
07:39I was in blood.
07:40Blood, sweat and tears.
07:41Literally.
07:43Best thing about
07:44Anil sir and Vivek sir,
07:45even today,
07:46they follow old filmmaking.
07:49So, mostly,
07:50the directors,
07:51they're always
07:52they're always
07:53on the monitor
07:54when they talk to you.
07:55They're not there
07:56present around you
07:57when you're performing.
07:58When we're performing,
07:59Vivek sir comes
08:00and looks at us like this.
08:01Like this.
08:02And he even signs
08:03from here.
08:04We're performing
08:05but we keep looking
08:06at Vivek sir
08:07with our side eyes.
08:08Cry, cry, cry.
08:09Do this.
08:10So, he keeps
08:11guiding us
08:12and the scene
08:13improvises
08:14on the spot
08:15and becomes
08:16so amazing.
08:17And Vivek sir
08:18also said that
08:19one thing I learnt
08:20from him
08:21about filmmaking
08:22is a new thing
08:23about cinema.
08:24Because Gadar
08:25was a different school.
08:26Vanvas was
08:27a different school
08:28of acting.
08:29What I learnt here
08:30is that you
08:31have to perform
08:32for the camera.
08:33Sometimes,
08:34we become
08:35our own characters
08:36and we're like,
08:37but sir says,
08:38no, at the end
08:39you're performing
08:40for that camera.
08:41So, those things
08:42that I learnt
08:43from this film
08:44are very technical
08:45things that
08:46I haven't learnt
08:47till now.
08:48So, I think
08:49I've improved
08:50a level one
08:51from what
08:52I've been doing
08:53earlier.
08:54So, the on-set
08:55teachings that I've
08:56learnt from Vivek sir
08:57are not taught
08:58for free.
08:59You know,
09:00you have to
09:01take classes
09:02for this.
09:03I said,
09:04thank you sir,
09:05please.
09:06I'm very happy
09:07that I'm sitting
09:08on this platform
09:09and this thing
09:10comes true.
09:11Because,
09:12I've reached
09:13to KBC.
09:14Maybe,
09:15I'll get
09:16the next film too.
09:17Actually,
09:18it's very good
09:19when you work
09:20with legends
09:21because their
09:22work ethic
09:23is very different.
09:24In KBC,
09:25like you said
09:26about Amitabh sir,
09:27I learnt a very
09:28big thing
09:29which all of us
09:30should learn.
09:31KBC shoot
09:32was going on
09:33and one word
09:34was wrong
09:35and after that
09:36Amitabh sir himself
09:37went and said
09:38that he made
09:39a mistake.
09:40Can we
09:41reshoot that?
09:42He had
09:43that patience
09:44and he remembered
09:45that I said
09:46one word
09:47wrong
09:48which no one
09:49on the set
09:50remembered.
09:51That happened
09:52and after that
09:53although his age
09:54is around 100
09:55people on the
09:56set,
09:57he stood up
09:58and took
09:59a photo
10:00with everyone
10:01with all
10:02patience
10:03and smile.
10:04I learnt
10:05one thing
10:06from him
10:07without performing
10:08with him.
10:09Patience.
10:10That's why
10:11he's a star
10:12for this reason.
10:13My grandma
10:14has come here
10:15and apparently
10:16she's a fan
10:17and we
10:18yeah,
10:19she's here
10:20and she just
10:21clicked photos
10:22with her.
10:23So I'm sure
10:24her fan moment
10:25will remain
10:26and she will
10:27remember
10:28her youth days.
10:29Like when
10:30we were working
10:31with Sunny sir,
10:32my mom
10:33was Sunny sir.
10:34So my mom
10:35had her
10:36fangirl moment
10:37then.
10:38So yeah.
10:39She's also here.
10:40Sadly,
10:41we didn't get
10:42to screen time
10:43with Mr. Mithun sir.
10:44So like
10:45he told us
10:46that when
10:47we had a
10:48very climactic
10:49sequence,
10:50he was present
10:51on set
10:52and I think
10:53that went off
10:54really well
10:55and eventually
10:56when you look
10:57into his eyes
10:58you get to know
10:59whether they're
11:00happy.
11:01And I think
11:02that entire
11:03moment,
11:04that was the
11:05first time
11:06I met him
11:07on set
11:08and it was
11:09a hell of an
11:10experience.
11:14Thank you so much.