And with Neetu ma'am I think that scene is
it's such a beautiful scene I feel like that a woman to woman conversation
mother-in-law & daughter-in-law coversation and just
Till you know the first few years of my career was only me who had expectations from myself
And I was you know pushing myself based on what I had
but today when I hear the audience wanting me to do something
or wanting me to do more
I think Monica in Good Newz you know I always tell Raj
we should do Good Newz 2 or
even Priti from Kabir Singh, you know where did they go from there
There are very few films which have a female protagonist doing a lot of comedy
maybe like Seeta or Geeta-
Yeah see that's what I'm saying you remember Seeta Aur Geeta
you know in the recent past we've not really had any out-and-out comedy
Comedy for a female protagonist
I've had some great jodis you know
whether it's Shahid & me
The Priti-Kabir fans have been telling us to work together
Sid and me after Shershah,
so you know Kartik, Varun
hi guys this is Himesh and welcome to Pinkvilla
today we have with us Kiara Advani
Welcome to Pinkvilla Kiara it's lovely having you here
Thank you
And before we start, firstly congratulations for Jugjug Jeeyo, it is genuinely
one of your- not one of your
actually it is your best performance till date for me so-
That's high praise thank you
my first question to you is
from Fugly till now you've not just grown as a star but also as a performer
Your present is better than the past, how do you view this growth as an actor?
Well, thank god you're saying that because
you want to keep growing you know I don't want to be the same person I was
eight years ago, I hope and I- you know it's always lovely when people
appreciate your work when they see that growth from your previous film you know
like for me one of the big moments in my life was when as an actor was when
after all the love for Priti people started calling me Dimple and now
hopefully like the character Naina resonates with audience
so I think with each character the more they...
you know your abilities as a performer with each film whatever
you've learned from your previous film to go and then push the boundary for the next one
and it's so nice that you notice that
Just I'm glad that
that you see that growth
but you know we all in our life have that one person whose feedback we look after
look forward to, who is that person for you whose feedback matters the most
like if they have told me this I mean whichever way it is the right one
the right one or not I don't know but of course I wait to see my parents' reactions
but then, my parents they'll always love me I think
that's just how mom & dad are you know they're always biased
But truthfully I think when a film releases I want to know everybody's reaction
Like every single person who's in the theatre, everyone who's writing on Twitter
all your reviews, all the press it- you do as an actor you know
I just wait for that validation because I'm making films for y'all
to entertain you,
the idea is for me to be able to connect and touch you all
so I think every single person's feedback is like
what do you call it? is precious to me
And you know there are 2 scenes in Jugjug Jeeyo which stand out in a big way
One is the bedroom confrontation that you have with Varun where both of you have the emotional outburst
and the second is the river scene with Neetu ma'am
what was the thought process when you were shooting these 2 scenes in particular
because they stand out and how like it is like
the film moves in a certain tone and then those scenes take the graph higher
Those actually are- they're big highlights
and we even knew on a script level you know I mean
Varun and I always say that's the scene we did in the film for
and we really worked hard at that we prepped a lot for that scene
the bedroom confrontation because
it's where they both you know finally express all the pent up angst they've had and
then there's love, then there's the angst and the emotions and all of
there's so many layers in that scene that we had to portray
and there're so many- there're 2 different perspectives and it's not
who is right or wrong, it's just finally seeing, understanding each other
and all you wanted was to be seen or heard and you realise that communication gap
and we actually prepped for that scene a lot like for months
Raj, Varun and myself
we would rehearse it, choreograph it we kept it very fluid
you know she's getting up, she's going because they don't-
they've not come there prepared that we're going to tell each other all these things
it just happens in an outburst, they're just getting ready to go into bed and sleep
and that's when you know the conversation starts
so keeping all that in mind, keeping what they want to say we actually sat and we
and we drew from our own personal lives and relationships
What happens among couples, and why do they end things? and we
you know took a while to kind of put that to paper and then on the screen so
Kudos to Raj, you know he really let us also do a lot of things
and say a lot of things in that scene that we felt in that moment like
if there were improvisations he kept it and
most of that scene is if you see is actually a one shot
so you know every time we had to redo, it was that one shot
so we had choreographed it and we knew the camera is going but then after a point
we didn't think about the camera like even if my back-
if we were not visible we were still going for it because that's how it happens
even normally, we wanted it to feel very real
and it feels so good when we hear this from people that they really felt like
as if you're really in
you know someone's room who's having this massive argument
so I think it is one scene that we'll always
be very
I don't want to use the word proud but it'll always be very special to us that
that it's that scene that you can re-watch
we keep watching it all over and over again and every trial we've had or now
when we're going to the theatres
And with Neetu ma'am, I think that scene is, it's such a beautiful scene
I feel like a woman-to-woman conversation Mother-in-law & daughter-in-law conversation and just
seeing these two women being able to
to express to each other to understand each other in that moment at the lake
we shot very early in the morning I remember Neetu Aunty and I went to this place
in the outskirts of Mumbai and it was really cold, it was in the morning and we shot this scene
and I remember we both just started crying in that scene, in that take only
it was very natural, the whole scene you know
we didn't do too many retakes, any of that it just happened
she said it so beautifully, it really chokes you, you know everything she says
even my reactions were just very real it was not like we had planned and
we didn't even know the course we would take it to
it just happened we were in that moment so yeah
And Kiara you know every success leads to expectations
how do you deal with the expectation that people, audience, industry, everyone has
following a successful film, because you had OTT success in Shershah
and then there was Bhool Bhulaiya which is
then there is hopefully Jugjug Jeeyo as well which is expected to do well
because people are liking it so-
I feel it's good that they have expectations from me,
I'm happy they have expectations from me because that even makes me want to push myself
you know I always say that,
till you know the first few years of my career
it was only me who had expectations from myself and I was pushing myself based on what I had
but today, when I hear the audience wanting me to do something or
wanting me to do more, it makes me also push myself and makes me
push myself more than you know whatever I was doing before
so, I'm happy that they have that and they have their ownership and expectation comes when you
see who do you expect stuff from? people who are your own
who you love, who you want to see something from
and you expect something from and those are usually the people you love
so I feel that comes from a - they have that authority
it feels that you're loved & valued
I'm one of them
I always feel that and that's why I feel
it makes me very happy when I when my fans or people in general
the audience, when they say do more projects we want to see more of you
so that makes me really push myself much harder
Okay and is there any character of yours which you think
Do you want to play it again in a sequel or a part 2
like how that character grows how that character transforms
I think it'll be very interesting to see with most of my characters
where they would go
whether it was Nanki from Guilty or it was
I think Monica in Good Newz you know I always said Raj we should do Good News 2
or even Priti from Kabir Singh you know where did they go from there
SO I feel yeah with most of my characters I would-
you would want to see that- I would like to see where they go [Kiara]
Okay
and you were with Sid in Shershah then Kartik in Bhool Bhulaiya and now Varun in Jugjug Jeeyo
there are 3 young actors, you are the young actress who is growing and growing
How do you view the dynamic with the 3 of them?
How different is it to work with the 3 of them in back-to-back films in a span of one year?
I think you were shooting them altogether I think so if I'm not wrong
Simultaneously.
Every actor is unique you know
whoever I've worked with every co-actor be it the 3 you named,
be it you know so many other actors be it actresses
who I've been in the same film whether it's even like Neetu ma'am to Prajakta in our film
so many, I think every actor you- it's a lot of give & take
That's what acting is.
One actor alone can't make a scene work if
if there's 3-4 people in the scene every actor has to bring their A-game on for that scene to work
you know even one person is a little bit not living up to it
the scene doesn't work, it doesn't connect with the audience
so I feel you learn something from every single actor you work with
you take away something from all
I'm sure we all give and take so there's something we all you know
we're all exchanging energies while we're acting and
that's what's interesting, everyone has their own uniqueness
And if you look at your filmography, most of your film have that comic element as well
be it Good Newz or now Jugjug or
so many like if we look at it
How has your comic timing evolved over a period of time?
you as an actor, because that is one of the most difficult I think-
Yeah, that is. That is one of the most difficult genres
and I think the first film in- that I did comedy in was good newz
and I feel it's the one film that I've actually done the most comedy in
The other characters, the situations have been
but there even the character and the situations, everything
and I was actually very lucky that I had a co-actor like Diljeet
because that did help, and even Akshay sir and Kareena
I feel it definitely helps you you know
because everyone was like...
while we were acting, you know there's a lot of timing in comedy
and that's what I learned from them
and I want to do more, I'm not actually I mean I've been a part of these films
where we've had that but I've not done an out-and-out
yeah like you know how I mean there're very few films which
have a female protagonist doing a lot of comedy
maybe like Sita aur Gita or like-
Yeah see that's from say you remember Sita Aur Gita there're no
in the recent past we've not really had any out-and-out comedy
for a female protagonist it's always put on the male so I
really hope that writers write better for a female protagonist
to do more comedy
actually that's an interesting- [Kiara] there's only so much you can do with the material
so you kind of need, you need that
somewhere I felt Raj wrote that with Monica in Good Newz so
maybe Raj, if you're listening which I'll tell him in person
that write more of these also for
And next up is Govinda Naam Mera, you can't speak about it much
but it seems like a comic entertainer like how excited are you for that
I think this year itself it should release so
I don't know when it's going to release maybe this year, it should be this year
I hope it's this year I'm very excited for them
because it's a very different genre, it's a very
I don't know what genre we can put it in
we have to still come up with it because
it's quite a whacked-out film and
it's something new something exciting and I'll wait
I'll wait for you guys to see the trailer and I don't want to give away anything right now
and we all have a bucket list, I think every actor would have a bucket list
in which there will be SS Rajamouli, Rajkumar Hirani, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Shankar
you are working with Shankar sir next
You have spoken about it multiple times but
Do you think that is like a sense of this thing that if you're working with someone
of this stature it's like okay that is one thing off the bucket list
100 per cent that
I also realise how prestigious it is because you learn so much as an actor
Shankar sir is a director who is
all for the film, he will not compromise on anything you know
and to see that dedication and passion it's so inspiring
I feel like as an actor and as an artist in
the film industry, just my respect for filmmaking in general goes up so much
because
it's because it's all because of him I think what he
the way he
the way he like values and worships the work that we're doing
and everybody's contribution to the film is
is amazing, it's so inspiring and you learn a lot and Shankar sir
he himself is a very good actor because like between takes
when he's showing us what to do? How to do it? you know
he's a real... he's really very funny
I mean there's so much I've discovered working with sir
But I really feel blessed that I got this
this experience to work with him and to be guided and directed by him
because I know this will change me as an actor
and as an actress like every person has that pre-Friday jitters
What are the thoughts in your mind?
no matter how confident you are and you know it's a good film
but still there is that some sort of fear of what is going to happen next
how do you convince yourself on that Thursday night about what's going to happen on Friday?
with respect to the uncertainty
You know it's not about the fear it's like for example
with each film, you kind of get a feeling and you know that it's a good film
or whether it'll work or not but you get a little bit of an understanding of
the film that you've made and I feel like all of us in the film
feel and know that we made a good film
and a good film usually resonates with the audience and they feel it
But jitters are always there the jitters like what people think of it
whether or not they're liking it
So that constant checking on social media what's being written, what are the reviews saying?
How many stars have we got? Whose messaging and all these
it's very natural you want to know you know like I was telling you earlier
We're looking for that validation
and I definitely, it's not like I'll do a movie and I'll be like now I'm done
No. of course, you know
it's also important to detach but
but you've given like so much like how many of your months, years
I mean this film; I've given 2 years of my life to this film
and I've given my sweat, blood, heart, soul everything to it
so the hard work is something that you put in so much of it
you're waiting for a result it's like you've abandoned it
So I feel like those 2 years of all the work that you put in
you're waiting to see that, are they liking it? are they appreciating it? is it? are they laughing?
Is it moving them? You know like just now when you brought up these 2 scenes
it made my day, it just made me you know
I felt like okay he noticed that and earlier we were doing an interview
there was one very small scene and both Varun and I were surprised that he even noticed it
because it was such a small moment in the film and it just made us you know it's
it's just so gratifying when people come up to you and when they write like
we read comments it's not like at the end of the day we're humans
I mean even tomorrow you'll go back and say how did y'all like the interview
so it's a very- even so even for films
and here it's on such a large scale that
you know the number of people everybody's reviews you're waiting for
Yeah of course, and
what do you have to tell everyone, like your fans and the audience who look
forward to your work and-
Well I just want to say Thank you honestly, thank you from my heart for
the love you've given Bhool Bhulaiyaa for
the love we're already getting for Jugjug jeeyo and everything that you all have
showered on us and
it's very gratifying, honestly, you know I feel very very blessed that I have
been appreciated for my work and I just promise to keep entertaining you
and I will promise to keep pushing myself and living up to your expectations because
this is what I wanted to do and God gave me this opportunity and
the love that the fans and that the people in this country have given us
it's just, I'm a bit overwhelmed because I've had two back-to-back releases
And I've not had a moment to think about it I don't know just sitting at this moment and talking to you
it just kinda sunk in that you know
I mean I felt it when we were going for promotions of Jugjug Jeeyo
I felt the love that Bhool Bhulaiyaa was getting
because it was continuing to do-
yeah and we've done a lot of crowd & mall activities, colleges the youth and
all of them would say we went for bhool bhulaiya ma'am and you know kids came up to me and
that made me really feel like
I don't know I felt very overwhelmed then even now
and I didn't have really the time to sink it in yeah
But now just sitting here I'm just realising that I mean
towards the last day of promotions and I've been promoting for 4 months, 2 films
but the fact that it's being loved and everyone's work and efforts are being appreciated
Just thank you
and lastly, which is the co-star you want to reunite with in the times
All of them. I mean I've really been lucky that all my
I've had some great 'jodis' you know whether
it's been Shahid and me the Priti-Kabir fans have been telling us
to work together, Sid & me after Shershah so you know
Kartik, Varun, we've been
I feel like all the Jodis have worked so
I want to work with all of them again they're all fabulous
Perfect. Thank you so much it was lovely talking to you
and congratulations again on both the films
Thank you so much [Himesh] looking forward to the next one
Thank you
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