I think Taimur became the first
kid that got papped and that's where it started
I think it's so much more for him
but I have to say that sometimes even
we don't know what to do about it
Issue with each other are very same
that they were like I'll get annoyed with
the same habits that she has
and she will get annoyed with the same
habits that I had
only once or twice I'd seen pictures
taken from the zoom lens when the kids
were at a pool or something
that I don't think is cool
so for everyone who has watched Malang
will agree that Kunal Kemmu was the best
part of the film and also the biggest
surprise package
Today we've Kunal joining us for
a conversation only on PINKVILLA
How have you been
very good it's so good to be here on this
couch I told you
see finally
finally it's been like a year
and I've been after you
This has to be on camera that I've
been after him and this has happened
So I've to first start of by asking
In Kalank you were the surprise package
In Malang you're the surprise package
what is with you being the surprise
package in all the films
I have been asked this question a lot of times
that you're underrated you've not
got your due so I think it 's time for me to
start surprising people so you know it
starts to kind of manifest everything
that I want it to happen but on serious note
I'm very happy you know these were not
so much Kalank but Malang definitely was a
slightly tricky part to kind of
you know when you read it
when you hear it you still don't know
how it's gonna add up
and first thing I was
I took a deep breath and I was like ohh
it's worked like people have accepted that
character and they're ;liking it but the
kind of love that came with it
it was just amazing man and I feel so humble
and blessed that and it also motivates me
to keep taking these kind of risks
from time and now time and again and
I hope it kind of keeps paving of way
it has been now
but has it ever happen like you
talk about risks has it ever happen when
you regreted not doing a film like
maybe to break the clutter and like you said
that people for longest time have thought
of you as a comic actor
was there ever a film that you feel like
oh shit I should have done it
yes there is
But I'll tell you and I was also telling Gutto
recently I was suppose to do Rock On
in Arjun's part in it and
because I was 22 I was 21 when I did Kalyug
and I think I was 23 then
and even though I love this whole space
there was going to be first rock film and
all of that
I just rap my head being father to a
8 or 10 year old
and I was telling guttoo it was so stupid of me
at that point of time to just on that bases
say that maybe this just not right
I could have come to you and dicussed
that listen I'm 23 do you want to take the kid
like less in age and all that but
Honestly I came from the place
because I've been a child actor
and I was always the association of somebody
who's director or writer
I still am very respectful but I used to always
feel that if I go and tell this person that
you should change this
He'll think who the hell does he think he is
so because of all of those things
I think I sometimes also got misunderstood
I was always like I am not in a position to
tell somebody that you should change your
script and make this character like me
which today I know if was a film producer
I'll be like listen I really want to do that part
But I think these are the things are not
so can you please change them or like'
convince me how I'll play
than I was telling Gattoo
I would should have let you bother about
the fact about that how I'll look like a father
to a 8-10 year old at that point of time
why did I've to thing about it
so ya that is one film that I do regret
Kalank didn't work but you were appreciated
the most in the film actually people have
gone on records saying that you're the best
part of the film so is with Malang
Do you see your career stiring towards
something more beautiful from here on wards
I can only hope
I've realised that this planning and imagining
is a very short lived
dream if I may say so because
I don't thing a lot of stategies workout
I've realized over a years that I'm not
the best person when it comes to PR
and I've been told time and again that
is very important and I've always
maybe I'm lazy at it maybe I'm not just equipped
to kind of I don't know what is the thing
I should do and what is gonna sell and
honestly I don't wanna do things that I
don't enjoy doing
and that's how I choose my work also
I said the only thing I can do right now is
go on set and enjoy the work I'm doing because
Nobody knows what's gonna work
I would rather go down with the ship
that I atleast enjoy being a part of
than to go down with the ship that
I would have said I know I couldn't have
done this
also you know a lot gets talked about
modern marriages today
your and Soha's is something that
it's a fairy tale love story in this world
where it's time for dating but
I think you guys are changing the norms
and it's beautifully so
you've completed 5 years if I'm wrong
what are the things that you get annoyed with
with her after 5 years and what are things
that she gets annoyed with that you haven't
been able to change
I think they're almost the same
we've been together for almost 11 years
we've been married for 5
issue with each other are same as they were
like I will get annoyed with the same habits
that she has and she will get annoyed by
the same habits I had before
Like with her the thing is like she likes
specific things to eat and than sometimes
she'll ask for something and than she
just wants it in front of her
like coffee okay bring it
green tea okay bring it
shake too
but why you keeping all of that
I know that she's not going to finish them
she's like no I'll finish them
and obviously they will get finished
and they'll all be there
I'm like why just leave it there
so I'm saying this one of those
very stupid things but
these are the things and with me
I'll obviously say something that
she will get offended by
and she'll be like now you said it
now you wanna talk about it and
than later she'll be like I didn't mean
to say it and we've to brush it under the
carpet will never talk about it
I mean I like to kind of move on and
say that listen agree to disagree it's best to
say that let's leave it there
because we're never gonna reach a solution
Also today you know parenting has become
such a issue specially with industry kids
because of the constant intrusion into
your personal life that has happen
because of the boom of social media
How do you maintain that balance
like Inaaya where ever she goes
there is always a camera following
somebody or other is always almost capturing
every moment of her life
how do you deal with that
that is something that we're also
it's so new like this paparazzi culture
didn't exist even when I started of
it was just that press conferences
I remember there was 3 years ago when
I first time I release I came out of the restaurant
and there was a flash
and I was like Hey. Whatsup
and I thought they were just passing by but
than it became a thing but none of us
really knew the first
I think Taimur became the first kid that
got paped and that's where it started
and I think it's so much more for him
sometimes even we don't know
what to do about it
but what I manage to understand
is that I don't want to scare Inaaya
By everytime there was flash to hide
away from it from her because I don't know
how they see it
at least we know what this is
like we I often get ask
Oh they're stars already
I said they don't even have idea of
what we doing. Inaaya doesn't know that
I'm an actor or what a film is
she doesn't even have TV time as of now
I try to understand what they must see as
like what is this thing that is flashing
so obviously I don't think this is right for them
but having said that I see that there is a
curiosity so if we're going to a function
which is a public gethering and we decided
to take them I think it's okay
if we're there and they get clicked and go
what I've a problem is this invasion of privacy
but having said that I have to say that
they been cuurteous enough so far
that if I've told them please do this picture
and let us be
they've done that
only once or twice I've seen such pictures
taken from zoom lens when the kids were
at a pool or something
That I think is not cool and I hope
we do not kind of drift away in that direction
Also you know a lot has been spoken
because Saif and Kareena has also said
about like this like you said Taimur
The obsession about Taimur is like
earth shattering across the nation and
they've always wondered
and they've always told in an interview that
I don't understand why are people interested
in somebody else's kid so much
This is same with Inaaya
because I think both of them
have became this two
their pictures get sold at highest rates
Do you even know that
I've heard that
ya so does that bother you as a parent
do you discuss it when there is a family
gathering do you discuss it ever
No no not really I mean the only time
it got discussed was
when this was the first you said
and I remember
at some point Tim had said
Media wale
and Iike I don't think he knew what it was
but it was he would keep hearing
somebody said let's go from here
there are media people
I think he associated with that
so I remember we were there and he said
Tim for the first time he said Media wale
so that was the only time we talked about
but I think seperatly also parents
like I said i don't know what right or wrong
about this is
but we're taking it in a instinctive
level right now and if it ever feels like
it's crossing the line
the first thing would be to reach out and
request and say that now this is not cool
and I don't know
like in fact the other day it was so weird
that we'd gone for Ganpati and we came down
and I was walking down we were getting
into the car and I was opening the door
and I knew Inaaya was back and she
kind of walked towards the Paps
and she was just like smiling and
because she thought that this was the same
thing that you know when sometimes
we go around and we taking pictures
they are taking pictures of her and
she was smiling so that's the time I was
thinking I don't know how
she see's it or Tim see's it
or how the kid see it and
I think it also puts unnecessary
attention towards them and I don't know
if it's good for them
at some point we might
slowly starting back step
last time have spoken was during Golmaal
and I remember that time Sara was just debuting
and you said that you've lot of conversation
with Sara and Ibraim and
with Ibraim about cricket and all
and Sara because you're closer to their age
and they're very comfortable with you
what kind of discussion do you have
with her right now. Now that she's already
debut and with Ibraim also becoming
he is becoming. He's turned an adult
I don't think I'm very close to their age
but ya if you compare it to
No but they're close to you
ya ya I know what you saying
But I remember when we were shooting
for Kalyug. They were both babies who did
come to set and like Sara was 8 or 9
and Ibraim was about 4-5
and I've seen them since then
and obviously I have seen them
in different stages of their life
Sara has always been a confident girl who
knew exactly what she wanted and
she was very studious also like I said
she is a very studious girl
she went to Colombia and that counts
for something and
so like I said she's intelligent she's confident
and she's lot of fun you've seen
she was a goofball when she wants to be
she said I've no filter
this is what I love
I said I don't know who will take you seriously
because you don't take yourself seriously
and that's what she is
and she's lovely
the good thing about you and Saif
you guys have similar culture and I think
similar ideologies
He recently said into an interview
when you guys were dating
the equation was very different
because he was being very protective as a brother
and has changed over the years as he got
to know you
How would you react to that
How has
I think even then he was protective as a
brother towards me
Not so much towards Soha
because I'd like
He's always like
with first time we met and Soha told me
he really liked you're playing game of pool
in the first thing he noticed is he's got
big biceps
I was like that's pretty cool
But I've always been very fond of him
like I said so firstly before meeting
He was Saif Ali Khan this Icon this actor
doing wonderful stuff and I was a big
Langda Tyagi fan
but like I'm saying he's also somebody
because it's very easy to get lost
like we said we never talk about films
we talk about sport we talk about
his interest are so vivid and like
so different
and you know travel and all of this
and I really thing he's really cool guy
If you've an interaction with him
He is the life of party because he'll
talk about so many things
and that's how we connected
so I thing what he did mean was
he was more protective towards me
you've been one of the coolest coolest people
and people who don't know you
should know this that you're amazing to talk
like I always had fun conversations
I think with you and Saif
I think it's very unfiltered
you guys really don't care about PR
which is amazing
and Thank you for this lovely conversation
I hope and I pray that you grow by leafs and bounce
because you deserve it
Thank you so much