Indian actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has an interesting observation about what kind of movies do well in Bollywood mainstream cinema.
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00:00So good to see you though after Sacred Games always. It's lovely to talk to you always
00:04because you do such interesting movies. I really enjoyed your take on money by the way.
00:10You're so disrespectful towards authority and your boss.
00:14I thought that is the most fun bit of it as well.
00:21You need to tell me like, did you have fun playing an irreverent role as well?
00:27The beauty of the character is that there are some flaws and some good points as well.
00:34He tries to be a bit of a fraud and has a bit of innocence as well.
00:40There's a very thin line that you have to walk on and if you look at it, it will look easy.
00:47But it's like a very difficult character to move on on this track, on this thin line.
00:54What have you done in your life to progress?
01:00I have done a lot. When I went for admission in National School of Drama, I did a lot of things.
01:07There was a requirement that there should be 10 full length plays.
01:14I didn't do those 10 full length plays. I did 5 full length plays.
01:17I'm telling you right now.
01:20Mr. Sudhir Mishra, thank you so much for joining us.
01:26He's also here. Thank you for an entertaining feature. It's a satire as well which we really
01:31enjoyed I must say. It's a portrait of the Indian, the new India I suppose, right?
01:35Of wanting to, aspiring for better I suppose and the cast and the economics of cast.
01:41Perhaps you can tell us what do you want the audience to take away Mr. Mishra from this movie?
01:46I don't know. I'm a bit of a democrat. The audience can take what they want.
01:51See, you make a film, right? And then the film belongs to an audience.
01:58People see films differently. That's why some critics will give it four stars, some will say
02:04bad. Some audience member will not like it. In Jabalpur, it will do well. In Kharagpur, it will
02:11do badly, right? So, I mean obviously those people are seeing different films.
02:17It's not the same film. They don't like it. These people like it. So, I mean I think it's a,
02:24you make a film. What I intended was to make the film about this fascinating character of
02:31Iyan Mani who takes life by the scruff of his neck, improvises, goes a certain distance
02:41when he realises he's going in some wrong direction and thus ability to pull back.
02:48This rather interesting story of a father and son and a desire of a father to see his son
02:59get things which is a normal Indian desire, right?
03:03That's true. But I thought Mani was one of the most fun characters I've seen in a lot.
03:08He was so deliciously wicked and irreverent, I have to say. He owned up to his nonsense,
03:15I feel. He was totally manipulating the system. He knew he was and he took pride out of it.
03:22Was that the best part, Nawaz and Sudhir? I mean both of it, was it having such a fun
03:27character as well, you know? He's not apologetic about his wiliness, I thought.
03:36Again, it's your film. After I made it, when you see it, it's your film. And good thing about,
03:43I mean I'm very happy when I get various kind of reactions because you will see the film from
03:49your perspective. Right, so I think that's great. But I love the character. I think he's quite,
03:59you know, he's just kind of using things in a way, I mean he's just tweaking it a bit.
04:05All education is by rote.
04:13Rote learning, yeah.
04:15It's kind of a rote learning. He's manipulating it a little more,
04:19right? And the teachers are not good enough to figure it out.
04:25Call him out, yeah.
04:26It is not where the game will end. It goes beyond him and then he,
04:33you know, what he does is the rest of the story which is like again, you know,
04:37he's a very, very interesting but he's not a bad man. He's great.
04:47That's true. I like that. And Mr. Nawazuddin, is that what you like,
04:50what did you like most about your character? Was it his unapologetic self or manipulative self?
04:57What did you think? What did you love about Mani?
04:59Both the things actually.
05:29Do you read reviews? Have you been following up on the reviews? How important do you think they are?
05:59I like reading. I mean, there are people who see my work seriously and have bothered to
06:08look at it in detail. So, I mean, I could learn from something. So, I mean, I have some friends,
06:16I mean, I've never reacted badly to criticism. It's an opinion, right? So, I mean,
06:24is one critic's opinion more important than Che Guevara's? To me? Right.
06:34Manu Joseph's opinion is important or so on. I would treat them at par and I look at everybody's
06:41opinion and I know many, you know, and I've learned sometimes, you know. But you know,
06:51sometimes I've taken opinion with a pinch of salt, sometimes I've said, yeah. And sometimes
06:59there is a right time later when you realise, no, he was right. At that time, I was a bit angry.
07:09Sometimes my own criticism of my own work is more scathing than a lot of critics.
07:16Oh, really now? How did you rate your own movie?
07:21Because I have an opinion of my work also. So, if you ask me about one or two films of mine,
07:26I would, you know, can write a pretty scathing review.
07:30Right. Did Serious Men fly, you know, pass with flying colours? Graduate with honours?
07:37No, I mean, I'll have to see it. I'm too close to it at the moment. At the moment, it's just
07:44right. I need a slight distance from it. But I have a feeling, I mean, when I see it,
07:55I like a lot of things about it. I think it's like Sudhir Mishra back again.
08:06That's true. He's back with the bag. Mr. Nawazuddin, do you read the reviews?
08:11You have got good reviews, by the way. I've been looking at a few reviews
08:15and they say you are the strength behind the movie, The Soul.
08:20Yeah, sorry. I'm being very, very realist here. But yeah, you're right. It's got some great
08:25reviews. But Nawazuddin is apparently the soul behind the film.
08:29Nawazuddin Siddiqui especially has got outstanding reviews. I don't think anybody has criticised him.
08:37No, nobody has. So, Nawaz, are you happy with all the reviews?
08:41Yes.
09:02Thank you both of you. You have entertained me and I'm sure you'll entertain millions
09:07others on October 2nd. Thank you for a wonderful film.