It seems that way that yes that I transitioned from web series to film but actually when we
were shooting the first show that Dhruv and I actually met on which is News Darshan that we
did for Filter Copy, he auditioned me for it by the way
They do ask, where is Mithila? That’s happened to me once or twice
I think over the years because we spend so much time together you know you get to know the
other person and it’s a nice, cute little friendship that we describe it. A lot of respect and lot
of mutual admiration and lot of care for each other
You would imagine that okay, these guys have been working
together for so many years, they must be best friends and we aren't
I am single. But I resonate the thoughts of a lot of our audience members that they, because
the way they are so perfect in their imperfections that they make that relationship so idealistic
This is the good bye that you’d like to remember
Hello everyone. I was looking for a perfect introduction for our guest today when I stumbled
upon a comment which called them Shahrukh and Kajol of the web world and I can’t agree
more really. Yes, I am talking about Dhruv Sehgal and Mithila Palkar who are here to
promote their upcoming show, Little Things Season 4.
Hi guys.
Hi
Hello
Firstly, tell me how does it feel to be called Shahrukh and Kajol of the web world? I agree with them.
That’s a first. We have never been called that.
Yeah.
Really?
But you know you’ll have made that pairing which I think a lot of people relate to and I think
which is also one of the main elements why Little Things has been associated with so many
people. People love the show so much. Do you agree to that?
Yeah. I think that is the sort of the grammar of the show you know. How cam you make it
relatable, how can we make it resonate with more number of
people every time and yeah that’s a fair assessment of the show.
But does it happen very often when you are on the streets and somebody will come up to
you and say Momo, Kavu. Does that happen a lot?
They do ask, where is Mithila? That’s happened to me once or twice. In Dadar especially.
Yeah. I mean I think a lot of DM’s address me as Kavu. But nobody in person, actually yeah.
People call me Kavya, that’s become my second name now.
But as a writer Dhruv, I want to ask you do you feel liberated when you get to work on a
topic like this? Do you feel that you know in sometimes in films you get restricted because
you have producers, they will say, we want an item song, do this, do that, make it
commercial? Does it happen with you on the web as well?
Not to that extent, to be very honest. There is freedom. More freedom. I wouldn’t say there is
freedom as in absolute freedom. What also works in our advantage is the amount of time that
we have with these characters on screen you know so you can show them holistically. You
can show their past, you can show their childhood, you can show their nightmares, dreams,
you can show their relationship with their parents, you can show everything. So somewhere
you can build an entire life you know in a show.
In a great film also, you can do it. But a great film takes a lot of. Yeah, efforts, talents, scale
and commitment and conviction from everyone which is a tricky one, tricky situation to be
here. So yeah, there is definitely more freedom to breathe and for the characters to breathe you know.
Mithila, you have also transitioned from web to films very successfully. You have done
Karwaan which I loved. Do you enjoy the web space more? Or you like films more?
I think I’ll enjoy if I enjoy the content of something, I enjoy it either way because I think it
seems that way that yes that I transitioned from web series to film but actually when we were
shooting the first show that Dhruv and I actually met on which is News Darshan that we did
for Filter Copy, he auditioned me for it by the way so during that show I remember we were
shooting the first episode of it, Katti Batti was coming out so I was already auditioning for
films or doing them before that as well. I guess that there was a lot more recognition that
came with the internet and then its kind of now seems that’s how I moved on like that’s the
trajectory. I think any content that is liberating that you know makes me happy, that makes
me if as an audience I would like to see something like that, its an easy yes for me. And of
course, as an actor I am always trying to do different things because so far, I know that
people have seen me play certain characters which are actually very close to who I am in real
life. So now I think I am seeking that as well at the same time so if the internet or films gives
me the opportunity I will, I will take it up.
Is there a moment where you felt now you are prepared to take up those challenging roles?
No specific moment per se but I think after doing a couple of projects you kind of do a little
bit of introspection and you think where you want to go from here on. Then and I would say
that a lot of my audience recognises me as Kavya from Little Things. And Kavya is definitely
close to who I am. If as an actor I want to break out of that, then I would want to deliberately
choose characters that are different from what I have played so far.
And even before Filter Copy, I think all of us remember you
for the cup song which went viral and how
That actually was also during Filter Copy. It was not after
Again, because the show kind of took off, News Darshan was also liked and all of those good
things happened with the internet and we were reaching out to so many people and people
were looking forward to News Darshan. People realised that I
exist. But it happened after. It didn’t happen before.
Dhruv now this question I am asking as a fan. Why don’t you take up more acting offers?
You know honestly, I am very writing. I didn’t write the fourth season but the
first three I was writing. So, I would spend 6-8 months writing the season, then you spend 2-3
months shooting it, dubbing it. Then you spend at least 15 days just busy in promotions or
around the release so that goes your one year like that. That’s how 3-4 years went. Then I
started thinking you know to write more things, different things. Now that I have just been
doing that, acting offers come but I am also kind of just very choosy because I know what a
difficult craft it is you know. So, till the time I feel totally excited and interested you know
and just fallen in love with the script, that’s when I can commit to it. Otherwise, I find it too, I
find it very difficult to perform as an actor with a script that I don’t have conviction in. For
me, its not very natural because I don’t think I am a natural performer per se.
So, let’s see in the future.
So, are you writing something? For a film?
I mean there is a film that’s going on and there are two shows that are happening simultaneously
Want to elaborate on that?
No, no. Time will tell because you know one never knows what will happen.
Absolutely. But we have seen the journey of Kavya and Dhruv across three seasons. Now the
fourth season is awaited but tell me about the journey of Dhruv and Mithila?
I mean how has this friendship grown?
Well, from the time we barely knew each other. I remember in the first season we didn’t
really speak much. It was also small shoot, 12-13 days. I was
also figuring a lot things out and she had just come from shooting.
You were shooting for some film before that?
The first season, Amey’s film, no?
Murabba. And she was shooting that and we didn’t speak much then but I think over the
years because we spend so much time together you know you get to know the other person
and it’s a nice, cute little friendship that we describe it. A lot of respect and lot of mutual
admiration and lot of care for each other you know that hope you are good, hope you are good.
Are you ‘ll like regularly in touch?
We aren’t. And that’s what I wanted to mention that I think it taken like
You would imagine that okay, these guys have been working
together for so many years, they must be best friends and we aren’t and we know that.
And yet there is a very sweet friendship that we share where we have each other’s back, we
know that we will be there for each other and we have love and respect for each other and
care for each other like he said so. It’s a very sweet friendship like I in fact cherish this a lot
because I am sure like even after Little Things, we are not going to forget about each other or
anything. Even if we talk once in six months, we know that like there is just one message of
hi, are you doing fine? Like how are your parents? Is enough for us to know that we care. We
don’t have to make big strokes about that.
But you know also Little Things really makes you fall in love with love. It does that and I
think it’s a very beautiful feeling. How are you’ll as far as your love lives are concerned?
I got married very recently.
So, we hope that he is in love.
So, I hope I am. Very much in love. So, I just got married like
2-3 months back. Pandemic wedding so it got all covered.
To someone I knew since college.
Mithila?
I am single. But I resonate the thoughts of a lot of our audience members that they, because
the way they are so perfect in their imperfections that they make that relationship so idealistic
and now it’s like Dhruv’s ruined my life like now I need to find that kind of a relationship.
Lovely. I ask this question because if you’ll have seen the comments under your trailer on the
Netflix channel. There are some very beautiful comments. One person said that you know I
saw this, the first season with my boyfriend the second season or third season we parted
ways. Now you know I wish we can the see the fourth season together. One person wrote, I
fell in love, second- third season we got married and fourth season now I am getting divorced.
That’s the same comment she shared with me.
I took a screenshot and I shared with him.
Oh, lovely and you know its lovely how people relate so well to the content. When you’ll say
about final season. How do you’ll react to this? When you’ll thought that now let’s finish
this. What was your feeling like? Did you’ll want to like secretly
as an artist continue as much as you could
I think Mithila said it very nicely, she said it’s better that people when they saw the trailer of
the fourth season they were saying, oh nice there’s one more as apposed to oh God, one more.
You know so to put a stop to it when its on a high, it’s a good feeling. You know because I
wouldn’t lie but there were days, couple of days during the shoot where I also felt a little
jaded but I don’t want to feel like that for this show. You know it’s a show that we deeply
love and care for. So, I think it was very much like very
organically like, how it started very organically it kind of ended you know .
Sure. Mithila?
Yes that. That the audience also was not tired of it and is looking forward to, we don’t want
to reach a point where we tire the audience also with it because you know it is a story of a
couple and it can go in, there are multiple ways to take this story forward. So, we can go on
for another 10 seasons, if we want to write. But it wasn’t supposed to be for the sake of it and
he also didn’t want to write. We love this show way too much to then you know to let it fizzle
out like that. So, we want to give it as, keep it as a gift the way it is and it has been and even
for us, if we keep going and keep doing the same things probably, we might feel jaded
ourselves and he rightly said, it’s a show that so close to our hearts that we don’t want to feel
that way about this you know so then we’d rather end it on a very good parting note. Instead
of getting like bored of it or the audience getting bored of us.
Sure. Lastly what would you like to tell everyone who is waiting for season 4 desperately?
And I saw the comments,people are going gaga
What would we like to say? That we you know we have tried to kind of approach this season
like we have approached all the other seasons. With honesty,
love and care. We hope that you feel good about life while watching this show you know.
This is the good bye that you’d like to remember.
Lovely. I think that’s a very beautiful way to end but I hope somewhere we see the pairing again.
And in something new, something fresh but for now all
the best for Little Things season 4. We can’t wait to see it.
Thank you.