Mumbai: This interview with Boman Irani and other "Mehta Boys" co-stars included them discussing their characters and roles in the film. Additionally, every co-star explains how Boman Irani differs from other filmmakers. Then, how do they choose “Mehta boys” rather than “Mehta men”? Also, Boman Irani disclosed that he didn't watch "Animal" or many other films because he was filming this one. He ends by disclosing a few additional incredible truths.
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00:00Congratulations to everyone.
00:02And my first thing first,
00:04when I heard the title of this film,
00:08I thought, why not Mehta Men?
00:11Why Mehta Boys?
00:13Mehta, M for Mehta, M for Men.
00:15It's a little lyrical, right?
00:17It would have been alliterative.
00:22Because they aren't men yet.
00:24One is losing his manhood.
00:26One is still a boy and both are behaving with each other like boys.
00:29That's what it means.
00:31And she says, you two babies.
00:33Have you seen the film?
00:37So she says in one scene,
00:39I am going to give you two babies.
00:42Babies!
00:44The worst two days of your life.
00:46They are behaving like children.
00:48That's why we named it Mehta Boys.
00:51So sir, since this is your debut as a director,
00:55I would like to know,
00:58how difficult is it to both act and direct?
01:01Though there have been so many actor-directors,
01:03like Raj Kapoor, Guru Dutt,
01:05but I want to understand from your POV,
01:08how difficult is it to act and direct at the same time?
01:11Not difficult.
01:13Tiring.
01:15Because when you are acting,
01:17it can be tiring.
01:19If you do one emotional scene,
01:21or a high octane scene,
01:23you get tired.
01:25But you have to direct,
01:27you have to shoot,
01:29so it's tiring, not difficult.
01:31Apart from that,
01:33I believe that,
01:35when I am directing,
01:37on the set,
01:39camera,
01:41lighting,
01:43art direction,
01:45whatever it is,
01:47I had already fixed it,
01:49that this will be the camera movement,
01:51this shot will be on the handicam,
01:53this shot will be this movement,
01:55and this shot will be over shoulders.
01:57So that was the preparation,
01:59so the assistant would come in the morning,
02:01at the time of make-up,
02:03and say,
02:05she was very good,
02:09but I can't be deciding in the morning.
02:11So because of the prep,
02:13I got free.
02:15But there are so many instances,
02:17when we hear that,
02:19you improvise on the set,
02:21so when you are acting,
02:23if at that time,
02:25you have an idea,
02:27you will do it instantly,
02:29but if you are thinking for others,
02:31that they should do this,
02:33so how does that happen?
02:35You can improvise,
02:37but what happens is,
02:39when a person starts improvising,
02:41it has to be based on something.
02:43It has to be based on something.
02:45You can't say that,
02:47rehearsal,
02:49when you rehearse thoroughly,
02:51only then can you improvise.
02:53You can't improvise,
02:55when you have not got the structure in your head at least.
02:57Where are we going with this?
02:59In this scene,
03:01what does he want?
03:03He knows where he is going.
03:05He knows,
03:07he will request me.
03:09He knows what he has to do.
03:11I have to create the obstacles.
03:13You can improvise that,
03:15but as long as he knows where he is going,
03:17and I know,
03:19I have to create obstacles for him to achieve his target.
03:21And this question is for all three of you.
03:23I want you all to answer one by one.
03:25How is he as a director?
03:27Is he like a school headmaster?
03:29Or...
03:31What do people say?
03:33They say ringmaster,
03:35headmaster.
03:37What have you done?
03:39Something absolutely not,
03:41absolutely not headmasterly,
03:43or ringmasterly.
03:47With a lot of support,
03:49with a lot of patience.
03:51We have done a lot of intense workshops
03:53with him,
03:55before we got to set.
03:57Regarding every scene,
03:59in every scene,
04:01every sentence,
04:03what is the importance of every word,
04:05a lot of discussion about,
04:07and not just discussion,
04:09it was a process of discovery.
04:11Our script was so strong,
04:13we could be like detectives,
04:15looking for clues,
04:17about our characters.
04:19And when we reached the set,
04:21then, play.
04:23So that was the feeling.
04:27Did you ever get scolded?
04:31No, not at all.
04:33For every film, the captain
04:35is the director.
04:37And for all of us,
04:39cast or crew,
04:41we are very lucky,
04:43that we got this opportunity,
04:45to be directed by Bhuvan sir.
04:47Because as an actor,
04:49he is one of the legends of our country.
04:51But as a director,
04:53his craft,
04:55his acting craft and knowledge,
04:57he doesn't get it.
04:59But he has so much empathy,
05:01as a human being.
05:03So it was a very good experience for us,
05:05to be directed by somebody,
05:07who was so kind.
05:09Because he was so passionate for this project.
05:11The energy,
05:13all of us have imbibed it.
05:15And I can say this for all of us,
05:17the cast and crew,
05:19this has become a passion project,
05:21for all of us.
05:23And the way he has written this script,
05:25he knows this script,
05:27the most.
05:29So whatever he used to say,
05:31to make it even better.
05:33So whatever he used to push us,
05:35he was in this direction,
05:37let's make a good film.
05:39And for an actor,
05:41that is the most important thing.
05:43Same question from you.
05:45Talking about passion,
05:47I think the special thing was,
05:49in sir's direction,
05:51how he inspired others,
05:53for that passion.
05:55I think, the experience of so much time,
05:57as an actor,
05:59I was able to relate well with other actors.
06:01I showed them,
06:03what they need,
06:05what kind of support they need,
06:07how to push them,
06:09how to inspire them.
06:11If needed,
06:13I did that too.
06:15What did you need to do?
06:17Inspire.
06:21You have to narrate this incident.
06:25You have to throw hints in it.
06:27It can't be like that.
06:29I have only good memories.
06:31I forget what I don't like.
06:33No, no, you are saying it.
06:37Honestly,
06:39this environment was there,
06:41whatever rehearsal we did,
06:43we used to meet every day for 5-6 hours,
06:45discuss, learn,
06:47work on our scenes.
06:49When we reached the set,
06:51everything was so smooth.
06:53Actually, one of the smoothest shoots,
06:55that I have had in my life.
06:57I don't even remember,
06:59if we did overtime,
07:01or if it was a mess.
07:03Even if it is happening,
07:05the actor doesn't know.
07:07Even if something is happening,
07:09we don't have any difficulty.
07:11It was a very sweet,
07:13smooth, comfortable experience for us.
07:15Happy.
07:17Happy.
07:19We say it again and again,
07:21it was a very family-like environment.
07:23It is true.
07:25It is rare, it doesn't happen everywhere.
07:27That's why we had to discuss about it.
07:31You spoke about overtime.
07:33Is it a general trend in Bollywood?
07:35Yes, it happens.
07:37Overtime means,
07:39we worked for 2 hours a day.
07:41In many projects,
07:4390% of the shoot,
07:45I worked for 18-18 hours.
07:47I have been part of those sets also.
07:49But here,
07:51we didn't have that experience.
07:53We never felt like stretching.
07:55That's why prep is very important.
07:57I think the director
07:59was actually on prep.
08:01That is where the director was working
08:03to ensure that the film should be made here.
08:05Go there and play.
08:07We are allowed to have the freedom
08:09to go and play,
08:11allow ourselves to express.
08:13It was a very pleasant experience for us.
08:15Sir, you also,
08:17when we are talking about overtime,
08:19your journey was so long.
08:21Has it ever happened that
08:23you get irritated
08:25or annoyed
08:27or you are in a bad mood?
08:31I don't...
08:33I don't...
08:35Let me tell you one thing.
08:39Facing a camera and now even
08:41standing behind the camera,
08:43is a lifelong dream.
08:45It's a privilege.
08:47Why should you be unhappy on a set?
08:49It's a privilege.
08:51It's something we wanted to do
08:53since childhood
08:55and we are enjoying it.
08:57So, is it necessary
08:59to be aggravated?
09:01If you want to be aggravated,
09:03we can be aggravated for everything.
09:05I was called at 9,
09:07no one is ready by 10,
09:09no one is ready by 12.
09:11If you want to grumble,
09:13you can grumble about everything.
09:15You can grumble about the sugar
09:17in the tea.
09:19Why?
09:21Enjoy.
09:23It's like a
09:25stage.
09:27Enjoy the stage.
09:29Enjoy the camera.
09:31Enjoy the people you are working with,
09:33like-minded people.
09:35And you are telling stories.
09:37Who has the opportunity?
09:39There are so many people
09:41who want to get in front of the camera.
09:43Why are you going to be unhappy about it?
09:45You don't hear it from me, right?
09:47Tell me.
09:49We have to have a good time.
09:51It's not that everybody was serious.
09:53There was silence on the set because we don't like shouting.
09:55But we had a good time.
09:57An amazing time.
10:01The hard part is
10:03the rehearsal.
10:05Sorry,
10:07I interrupted.
10:09Talking about the film again,
10:11this film is about father-son relationship.
10:13How complex the
10:15relationship is between you and Avinash.
10:17How different is it from
10:19earlier father-son films?
10:21The question is from
10:23both of you.
10:25There are two or three films that
10:27come to mind like this which are
10:29the standout father-son films.
10:31One is Shakti.
10:33Okay?
10:35Of course it's different because the background is about
10:37duty and
10:39on either side of the law kind of
10:41situation. But it's powerful.
10:45Because of the bastardization.
10:47So his
10:49anger is with his father because he
10:51abandoned the mother. So it's different.
10:53Of course it's different. And Mowgli
10:55Azam. And the most
10:57recent Animal. Animal?
10:59I have not seen Animal.
11:01You have not seen Animal?
11:03No. Why? You are shocked?
11:05I have not seen. I really haven't seen it.
11:07I was busy making
11:09Mehta Boys at that time.
11:11I didn't see many films during that period.
11:13So you will forgive me for not seeing
11:15Animal. Do you intend to see it?
11:17I'll see it. Of course I'll see it.
11:19Avinash have you seen
11:21Animal? I have.
11:23Since you are playing Baman Sir's
11:25son. So the same question is from
11:27you. How different is it from earlier
11:29movies if we talk about father-son relationship?
11:31So I'm not very
11:33good at comparing films because
11:35stories told by different people.
11:37What I can say about Mehta Boys
11:39and what I found unique in Mehta Boys is
11:41the fact that it's not
11:43it's not necessarily
11:45a father-son story.
11:47It is a father-son story.
11:49What you are talking about human relations
11:51what happens in human relations
11:53and it's depicted through a father-son
11:55story in Mehta Boys
11:57which I found very very unique.
11:59It just becomes so relatable that
12:01people who
12:03we just had someone who
12:05had no issues with the father
12:07or they didn't have a brother to see
12:09brother-father relationship
12:11but they were still able to relate
12:13to it at so many levels
12:15with different relationships in your life.
12:17I think that is very beautiful and unique.
12:19That is the amazing part of
12:21writing. How they have been able to bring
12:23such nuances into a
12:25father-son story with the age old
12:27conflict that has always remained.
12:29I think that is the power of this writing of the film
12:31and salute to them.
12:33The question is for you
12:35most of Hindi films
12:37have a sister
12:39and this has been going on for years.
12:41You are just a part of the film
12:43and you don't get to play much.
12:45In this film we see that
12:47you are as important
12:49as all other characters.
12:51So, elaborate a little bit more
12:53about your character.
12:55Basically, I play his daughter
12:57his sister and
12:59there are two rocks
13:01sometimes there is an earthquake here
13:03sometimes there is an earthquake here.
13:05I am in the middle
13:07sometimes I am trying to build a bridge
13:09between the rocks.
13:11That is what my character is doing.
13:13Do sisters do the same in real life?
13:15I guess sisters,
13:17friends,
13:19I think in everyone's life
13:21there is a situation
13:23where you have to
13:25be the umpire
13:27or step in.
13:29Of course,
13:31the umpire cannot solve the problem.
13:33The umpire can go home eventually.
13:35Yeah, that's what finally
13:37my character who is trying to be like her mother.
13:39Because she thinks
13:41she listens to her mother.
13:43If there is no mother,
13:45how did the mother do it?
13:47And her own
13:49it's not just
13:51this is a part of her life
13:53there are other
13:55families in America.
13:57So, she is trying to
13:59she tries
14:01then she leaves.
14:03So, you handle it.
14:05Shreya, the question
14:07is for you.
14:09You have already answered about Baman sir.
14:11How was Avinash as a co-actor?
14:13Don't tell the truth.
14:15Avinash,
14:17you also have a question.
14:19I have seen a lot of work of Avinash.
14:21And I have loved his work.
14:23And when I read this script, I realized
14:25that it's a very different character
14:27from the characters he has played in the past.
14:29And the way he has
14:31performed.
14:33When I saw the film for the first time
14:35at the film festival,
14:37I was just taken aback by his performance.
14:39Of course, when we were performing together
14:41it was a lot of fun.
14:43All of us together like we spoke earlier
14:45it was a very
14:47you know
14:49happy experience.
14:51It was fun to do this scene.
14:53We also did a workshop.
14:55But I was really taken in
14:57by his performance when I saw the film.
14:59Because it made me realize
15:01a lot of things.
15:03I have a brother.
15:05And I am sure
15:07there is a beautiful relation between my brother and father.
15:09But a lot of times
15:11there are clashes between them.
15:13And maybe at that time
15:15with rose tinted glasses
15:17I might have felt that
15:19no, papa is correct.
15:21But through his character and his portrayal
15:23especially in the climax scene
15:25which really encapsulates
15:27the film and what it's trying to say
15:29I really felt
15:31a lot of empathy for my brother.
15:33So I think kudos to him
15:35for such a fantastic performance.
15:37Avinash, you also have to
15:39praise her or whatever you like to say.
15:41No, you don't have to praise her. Be honest. It's fine.
15:43I didn't lie.
15:45It's difficult.
15:47I saw her and thought she has a beautiful face.
15:49So I got a chance.
15:51Then we
15:53met in the rehearsal.
15:55Then we started working.
15:57I thought she is doing it right.
15:59Honestly, the first day we shot together
16:01I don't know if you remember it.
16:03Why would I remember it?
16:05I don't know.
16:07He is forcing you.
16:09Tell him that I remember.
16:11We started shooting.
16:13We had one take.
16:15Boman sir took her out.
16:17And said something to her.
16:19She walked in.
16:21She entered the scene
16:23with so much energy.
16:27I was stunned.
16:31I remember you saying this.
16:33What happened to her?
16:37From there on, I just felt
16:39something just shifted.
16:41I have been all out.
16:43People have asked me
16:45who is your favorite actor.
16:47I really feel
16:49she has such great potential.
16:53Boman sir also said this.
16:55We had a conversation about this.
16:57I really think
16:59because to see that shift
17:01to see that something
17:03exists somewhere so strongly
17:05became very evident.
17:07I think that is beautiful.
17:09I have been thrown off many times
17:11in this film.
17:13I have absolutely been thrown off.
17:15You have made me cry.
17:17What I liked in this entire answer
17:19is that you used the word
17:21stubbed.
17:23Because I think you have UP or Bihar background.
17:25You gave some pure Hindi lessons
17:27on your set.
17:29I am also from Allahabad.
17:31My Hindi is also very pure.
17:35Sir, this question is for you.
17:41This question is for you.
17:43Manmohan Desai
17:45draws inspiration
17:47from some of his old directors.
17:49I have heard your best friend Farrah
17:51saying so many times that
17:53Manmohan Desai is her favorite.
17:55She draws inspiration from him.
17:57Who is your inspiration?
18:01I don't know if I should use this word
18:03but do you ever think
18:05you would like to copy someone?
18:07Copy? No. Inspired for sure.
18:09Copying is...
18:11But Manmohan Desai
18:13actually I love.
18:15Because he used to do some
18:17suspension of disbelief
18:19I used to buy into it.
18:21I used to buy into it but he wants
18:23to show that
18:25Amar, Akbar and Anthony
18:27are going up and then coming down
18:29and inside the mother.
18:31What is he saying?
18:33Science is
18:35impossible.
18:37But he is saying
18:39the blood of
18:41all these three
18:43becomes the blood of the mother.
18:45The country.
18:47What a lovely thought.
18:49So you can make fun of that
18:51but see what he is trying to say
18:53in his own way.
18:55Rishikesh Mukherjee
18:57I think this film has reflection
18:59of Rishikesh Mukherjee.
19:01It is...
19:03I would like to believe
19:05it has got the decency
19:07of Rishikesh Mukherjee.
19:09And simplicity of Rishikesh Mukherjee.
19:11Absolutely.
19:13Hopefully I would like to say
19:15if at all people appreciate
19:17there is a certain grace to the film.
19:19Even though there are some very...
19:23There is the great
19:25Billy Wilder who I love very much.
19:27He was a writer-director.
19:29Or Robert Benton
19:31who made a film called
19:33Rishikesh Mukherjee.
19:35So for me, I had an opportunity
19:37to meet him.
19:39Alex called me one day and said
19:41when are you coming? Tomorrow or day after?
19:43I said day after. He said come tomorrow.
19:45I said I will come tomorrow.
19:47I am having dinner with Robert Benton.
19:49And because we bonded
19:51on these films
19:53he said just come.
19:55I couldn't go.
19:57He met Robert Benton.
19:59I am inspired by that.
20:01He is telling a story about
20:03a husband, a wife and a child.
20:05It might sound like a soap opera.
20:07It's not.
20:09What a beautiful film Kareem Abbas.
20:11So these are the people I am inspired by.
20:13Before I finish, I would like to ask
20:15a few months back we saw on KBC
20:17that you were
20:19you wanted to sign Big B
20:21for your movie.
20:23Is there a script in your mind?
20:27It's a dream to work with
20:29with him.
20:31We saw you and Farah
20:33in that movie.
20:35What was it? Jab Tak Bachchan.
20:37Jab Tak Bachchan.
20:39I have already given the title.
20:41Jab Tak Bachchan.
20:43Are we going to see?
20:45I mean
20:47it could be a dream come true.
20:49Though I am blessed
20:51to have worked with him.
20:53Unchai B, one of the
20:55films that I did in recent times.
20:57With Bachchan
20:59Kher, Danny
21:01and me.
21:03How am I in this list of people?
21:05It's a blessing.
21:07Think about it. I am the youngest in this list.
21:09I am the youngest in the film industry.
21:11But I got the
21:13greatest opportunity.
21:15And then of course to work with Suraj Ji.