Mumbai: In an exclusive conversation with the Actress Divya Dutta where she shares her insights on the film industry, OTT platforms, and her own experiences. She discusses the impact of portraying historical figures, Bollywood's readiness for fresh narratives, and her own project choices. In the last, she shares her upcoming projects and messages for her audience.
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00:00When they're icons, they're already high up there.
00:09Who are we to create any expectations out there?
00:12You just tell their story in a beautiful way.
00:14And why not?
00:17No, I think Bandish has a very refreshing take on, it's not, I wouldn't say it's just
00:26a love story.
00:27There's so much more to Bandish.
00:29There are so many layers, there are so many love stories going on at the same time.
00:34Some are about restraint, some are about unrequited love.
00:38I think the beauty of love is that it's unrequited love.
00:42And there are many more layers to it, like music, nurturing, learning from each other,
00:50companionship.
00:51There's so much more to it.
00:54I think we should discover more of these stories in the Indian film industry.
01:02Refuse?
01:03I don't refuse anything that is different or that's exciting.
01:12What I really love is the mature love stories.
01:16And what I really love is thrillers, what I really love is comedy.
01:20But I get emotional roles most of the time, but I also get these ones, so I really enjoy
01:25doing those.
01:31That's been a very, I think, deliberate attempt to not be put in a pigeonhole.
01:39I think everyone gets a job, but the kind of work you want to do, you have to make your
01:46own space for it.
01:47And I've fought this always.
01:49I think there's a herd mentality in the industry, there's a level of comfort, that if you see
01:54this in this, it's very good, give it to me in another film too.
01:58So I've always broken that, and I am glad I did it a few years earlier.
02:04Now it's become like a norm.
02:06Now in OTT, you'll see actresses, every actor is playing a different role.
02:12So a few years ago, it wasn't like that.
02:14You got an image, so you got it, it was difficult to break it.
02:19But I love doing it.
02:20After Veer Zara, I did Dilli 6, after Dilli 6, I started getting all the sensuous roles.
02:25Then I did Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, my sister, I was the most popular sister around.
02:31And then I did Badlapur, where I again became a heroine.
02:34So it was fun to break these stereotypes, that no, you can't tie an actor.
02:40An actor is an actor, he'll do comedy, he'll become a villain, he'll do romance too.
02:46You just have to let them be.
02:50I don't like that term at all, I don't like that term at all, I think actors are like that.
02:56You call a character a character, so a hero is also a character, a heroine is also a character.
03:03Which character is she playing?
03:05She's a villain, she's a comedian.
03:07Now it's layered roles, so now everyone thinks she has more character in it.
03:14So hence you call that.
03:16So hence you call that.
03:17Also, I think now people like to see realistic faces after coming to OTT.
03:25That if you're looking at a panchayat, it should look like a village.
03:28It shouldn't look like a boy from Mumbai has become a village boy.
03:33They want to see authenticity.
03:35And it started on OTT, and now people like it.
03:39So what has happened with that is that such characters have started becoming more and more.
03:44More acceptance has started there.
03:51I do fewer ones.
03:52I do things that I feel I'm going to really enjoy.
03:57I think OTT happens anywhere in everyone's house.
04:02So you should have that exclusivity and a different range.
04:09I think I try to do different stuff.
04:12If I did hostages, it was very different.
04:15Special Ops was very different.
04:16Bandish Bandits was very different.
04:18The one I'm doing now is completely different.
04:21So they're all very different genres.
04:24When such beautiful stories are being told in OTT,
04:27you should be a part of stories that show you differently.
04:31I go with my instinct.
04:33When you tell a story, I feel like I have to do it.
04:37I feel like I'm going to enjoy it, so I say yes.
04:39And of course, I know who my director is, what my role is.
04:44But when you hear a story from the director,
04:48you know if the director is going to tell a good story or not.
04:52Well, as an actor, I think there's not much difference
04:54because just that your screen time has increased
04:58instead of just one and a half, two hours,
05:01you're shooting about four hours' content.
05:03And that's about it, I think.
05:05Otherwise, it's shot the same way, it's presented the same way.
05:08Even your big screen films are on OTT.
05:11So the content is the same.
05:12But the story is different.
05:14I think that's the difference.
05:17Yes, of course. It's more or less the same.
05:36To see the, what do you say,
05:38enthusiasm of the audience has been brilliant.
05:46The fun of watching a film on a big screen is extremely beautiful.
05:58Yeah, I don't want to get into the politics of any film.
06:01We are telling a story creatively and saying that I don't want to get into its politics.
06:06Everything. It gives us the liberty to have every kind of audience.
06:16Whether it's Gen Z, old people, 90s people, everyone has a different audience.
06:25And you have all kinds of audiences who like to watch your kind of show.
06:29So I think it's a party time. We just need to tell good stories.
06:35There are so many people who come in between us.
06:38The star system comes, then something else comes.
06:41A freedom to say your story the way you want to say it is very important.
06:52Future Projects is coming with Manoj Bajpayee and Jimmy Shergill.
06:58There is a biopic with Neeraj Kavi.
07:01There is a web show and two English films.
07:09I would like to give a lot of love to everyone.
07:12And I would like to say that be happy, be healthy and always take care of your environment.
07:22This is not someone else's job, it's your job.
07:28www.futureprojects.org