Like today I have in fact more scripts than I was offered pre-marriage
So, I'm not going to obviously keep doing the same
Jab We Met kind of roles and stuff you know like I can't
It's such a personal thing I don't think anyone should know
I might wanna do a movie for free
But her to be embracing motherhood you know at such a young age
to choose to do that she's such a brave actor and such a brave person
In every department, there were young girls older women
from different walks of life, married woman pregnant women
it's like I was myself pregnant
hi everyone this is Avinash Lohana and you're watching Pinkvilla
today I am in conversation with one of the bravest actors of our generation
Please welcome Kareena Kapoor Khan
Hi.
Hi Kareena, how are you?
Good...
I want to begin from how I introduced you
you truly are one of the most brave actors of our generations
of the choices of films that you have done in the past
and you know today people would assume that all these choices
that you made as an actor must be planned but
knowing you, you are a very spontaneous person but you know
when you look back today when you started in 2000
had you envisioned this present day?
22 years of a journey
I mean always wanted to I don't know
I always said that i don't know anything apart from acting
it has nothing to do with, because I come from a film family
I think I've just as a child has grown up watching Sridevi ji
Madhuri Ji's films and just watched and watched, even the old films
I would watch and be like you know I want to act because I've been passionate about it
and yeah, nothing is really had a blueprint plan
there's been no kind of
brainchild behind any of my films
behind i don't have you know
board of like 10 people telling me what I'm supposed to do
I don't have you know PRs kind of guiding me through that
we should do this or be on the cover of this magazine
I've never been that kind of actor
correct.
So I don't and now and most definitely now after the
being around for so long
there's nothing that excites me in fact, not even like
even promotion is like a very thing, I like doing one on one interviews
but going everywhere it's too much!
I'd like to do interviews i'd like to like to you know connect with my fans through interviews
so that they can know me more I think that's so much more important
rather than you know
just going everywhere like for events and stuff
so even now I think it's that I just want to do good work and do films and I want my fans to watch my films
but the times have changed right so much in the last few years
I remember when even i started out as a journalist a decade ago
we used to say you know an actor has a longevity a shelf life
but that does not apply at all today
No, today I don't think this been you know actors
like they have been so brave also you know I mean like
the fact is that yeah of course
i got married and then like you know I continued to work and
people were like you know obviously your career won't go anywhere and stuff-
Oh, did they tell you that? Yeah yeah lots of them and that's fine [Kareena]
But I think the mindset of directors, producers like today I have
in fact, more scripts than I was offered even pre marriage
and I don't have actually time to read them and
but I have and I'm and I wish I could do like 5 films in a year
but now it's difficult for me also because I think you know
my 2 boys need me at this point you know because
one is
18 months and Taimur is almost you know in December he'll be 6
so they are also at crucial points in their life
so yeah Saif and I decided i want to do like all 5 scripts right now
but i know
I can't I know I'm gonna be able to do just one this year
and maybe one next year
As an admirer I want to tell you please continue as many films as you can
I don't think any of us will ever get tired
yeah I know, i hope not i
i think as long as I don't get tired I'm hoping that people don't get tired because
I don't get tired like you know
you know want to but it's the the hardest decision that I have to make
that when i have to say no to like not doing a film because of
it is a very hard decision you know like right now I am like
read three amazing scripts and i want to do all three but then I
that probably means i would be away for 200 days
which is not possible at this point so it's okay but
this is the choice that I've made and I absolutely love it so
I'm enjoying this phase
Touchwood I'm happy for that
Laal Singh Chaddha, when you signed the film of course,
I'm sure you were aware that it's a massive project
it's an adaptation of a very very successful film of course [Kareena]
But at this point in your career Kareena when you sign a film is it-
what is that first point of conviction is it that script or is it your
trust in Aamir Khan as a filmmaker-actor
no, in fact, I think Aamir is to give credit to Aamir Khan
He is the kind the of actor who doesn't believe in casting people as a project
he is not looking at it like that he's not going to be like,
'oh I am Aamir Khan I'm making this film so I'll you know want I'm sure you or any actress
would want to work with him '
Aamir doesn't work like that he's like 'no no you have to read the part
you have to read the entire script, you have to see if you feel like you need to be a part of this film
Aamir has always given that to his co-stars and co-actors
I think that's why I mean you know he's a institution by himself
and this script is something that he's lived with forever
he always wanted to make Forrest Gump and I think
and I'm completely honoured that Advait and Aamir thought that I could play jenny
Because somewhere it's very it's not black and white
it's slightly grey yeah.
you know she is that type and it was fun and it was really nice and he was like
i don't know mainstream actress, would you do it, read the script
do you suit the part? He also had like a lot of like apprehensions
then I screen tested I read the part and everything
and everything worked out and I think that it's
It's so brave of him to make this film and I think
it's brave of all of us to actually play this part and I hope we have done it
like what the audience's i mean meet the expectations
at this stage in your career what is the motivation for actress of your stature
to say yes to a screen test
I think in fact the best thing is I would love to do that because
i think at 42 today and after working for 22 years
i want people to know that i can do different parts
So I'm happy to like you know show that to them because
I want to work for another 22 years
So I'm not going to obviously keep doing the same Jab We Met kind of roles and stuff
you know like I can't
But there are different sides to me which I've always tried to show the audience
even early on in my career whether it was a Chameli or Omkara or
I mean I've always tried to pick and choose things and even now
like Laal Singh is very different from good Newz
Veere di wedding was very different because it was a story of four
of four friends coming together for a mainstream actor to be part of that kind of film
So,
I'm happy I'm in fact, I was very happy that Aamir actually
told me that listen i need you to read these scenes to convince me
that you can play Rupa so I had fun with it
So I was like what more can possibly happen
it's okay I'm fine and he was like I'm not judging you as an actor
he's like I know your capabilities but I need to be sure
So I think that its' fine, I think that we all should
kind of be brave enough to do it like you know even if you're a
renowned actor, I think it's just that whether you suit the part or not
Yeah I'm not going to ask you anything about the boycott culture or cancel culture
because even I'm as a journalist very tired of it but
I as a lover of cinema sometimes feel we have entertained that audience for almost
more than a century now, now is the time we need support from them
Of course [Kareena] And all this brouhaha that goes around
is it, when you all sit together as actors as filmmakers
does this environment affect you or does this environment bother you
No, it just saddens of course I'm sure every artist you know
because we're working for the love of cinema
and this is good cinema
so we want people to see the film we want them to come and enjoy
this movie that you know we've all a crew of 250 people
who've got jobs, were given like they've all been emplyed
they've all these jobs they're all working towards you know
the same goal and,
I just want like everybody to come and appreciate it
appreciate good cinema, enjoy it
cinema is meant to spread love and positivity
it's not meant to kind of be you know
Cancelled, or you know spoken about in that sense and it upsets me
But trolls don't affect you I'm sure
No, trolls don't affect me
no, Because I don't follow and I'm a very positive person
anybody who knows me like I am always like in a good mood
I'm never like in a bad mood even with my fans or with like
you know the paparazzi or something like that I'm a very easygoing person
so,
I think they don't know me so you know
obviously they just want to comment which is fine also
But when somebody says you know Kareena has hiked her fees to 12c after a film
and you recently said I wasn't even offered the movie but my problem is not with the offer
My problem was even Kareena is charging 12c , I think rightfully so
Also i don't think anyone should have an issue with that firstly no one knows
what anybody charges the figures are all floating in the air and like you know no one's bothering to clarify
which I think is fine because it's such a private matter it's such a personal thing
I don't think anyone should know I might want to do a movie for free
who cares?
and like how does it affect anybody?
That's my love for cinema my love my passion for work it's all up to my choice
Absolutely. But I was very surprised when you put out that statement for pregnancy rumour
i thought Kareena would not bother
I wouldn't bother but I wanted to have fun with it because my picture was morphed
I was like oh my god i look like I'm 6 months pregnant
but I was like okay let's use this and make and have some fun
because you know i was on holiday and everyone knows the kind of person I am
is that i am
I am very like that I mean I'm like very open and
like you know if I was pregnant I'm the first one
I mean i have flaunted both my pregnancies anyway
worked through out laughed and lived through it
so, I jus found it very funny so that's why I did that
even like you also said soon after marriage you know people were telling you
you know whether you'll have work or not but recently you've
appraised Alia for embracing motherhood so soon in her career
Do you- have you discussed it with her?
I think she doesn't need advice on anything everyone's
like what advice would you give? what advice would you share?
but you know i i mean
I think she is the finest actors that has happened in the last decade
and for her to be embracing motherhood you know at such a young age
and to choose to do that she's such a brave actor and such a brave person
i mean she's just made, I mean it's the most normal thing
and you know she's possibly going to continue this great run of her career
because she's supremely talented
and that's what you need to have conviction in your own self and
That is the most important thing
When Francis McDormand won her Oscar for Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
I don't know whether you saw her speech at the Oscar
she ended her Oscar speech with 2 words which became the most googled words of those years
it said inclusion rider
basically, that is about actor filmmaker adding a provision in their context saying
when you hire people onboard it should be from across people of diversity you know
yeah of course
you think we can embrace something like this in Bollywood?
it would be beautiful.
I think I'm sure in fact our crew had so many girls on our set like you know
we're like in fact I feel like it was like because Kiran herself being a producer
and a female producer in fact,everybody was like
I would say like 60% of the crew was that
we are all like in every department there were young girls, older women
different from different walks of life, married women, pregnant women it's like
i was myself pregnant during the shoot of laal Singh Chaddha
i was almost yeah I was 6 months pregnant
yeah you know when we shot about like almost a month
of the film in Delhi
so you know and it was like so brave
like
you know actor-producer and the director Advait like Aamir all of them to be so
you know
inclusive of me you know the fact that it was covid and
plus I was on set and i was like listen if I can do it
don't worry, don't stress we'll do it
So the fact that they included me, made me feel comfortable
I wanted to shoot
He was like no no we won't shoot now we'll shoot later
I was like no let's do it we have to attempt it
what's wrong you know more power [Avinash]
So I think that, if you have the spirit and you set the bar it'll happen
Yeah and I'm sure people will follow this as a-
yeah, of course and that's why they should know that
I agree, i have a quick game to play with you
It's called how well do you know Aamir Khan?
Oh, God! That's okay as long as it's not a rapid-fire because I won't be winning the hamper this time
I think I know Aamir pretty well let's see
yeah okay let's begin first one,
very simple question I'm gonna ask you what is Aamir Khan's birth date?
Aamir's is i think,
5th of March no.
yeah, i think- No
Aamir's in march He's born in March yes [Avinash]
March is correct
He- okay wait wait, 11th March?
no but closer
i know I think Aamir's a no. 4 13th March.
14th March.
14th march, he's number 5
that's why i said 5th of March yeah yeah I knew no. 5 yes 14th March
I knew that he's an piscean correct. yeah.
Aamir Khan has appeared as a child actor in Nasser Hussain's which film?
Hum kisi se kam nahi? No
I'll give you a hint, the 1st word of this film is similar to one of your films also
Oh wow I'm a genius
yeah you're a genius oh my god really?
One of my movies?
Very similar words
Jab No.
Yaadon ki Baarat Correct. yeah.
Not bad okay
yeah next one, which Aamir Khan film this is simple
which Aamir Khan film has earned an Oscar nomination for best foreign language film?
Lagaan Yes.
yeah okay
Next one, true or false Aamir has won 3 national Awards
false. how many?
I would say that I don't know that
Has he won 1 national award so far
so as an actor producer both
so two four
2 as an actor, 1 as a producer and 1 as a director-producer
oh okay taare zameen par, Lagaan, qayamat se qayamat tak
and one more film next one,
you've done 3 films with Aamir in Talaash what was his character's name?
oh God, that's like not knowing Aamir Khan
that's like knowing Aamir Khan's movie not Aamir personally
oh god i don't know
he was a cop, some
yeah, how can I remember now, some Ajay something?
No, Inspector Surjan Singh sekhawat
Sekhawat! Yes...
Okay, how many films have Karishma and Aamir done together?
two Which ones?
Raja hindustani and Andaz Apna Apna yeah.
And with which film did Aamir make his directorial debut?
Taare Zameen Par yeah
So not bad this is like all his characters not really Aamir
Thank you so much Kareena i can't wait to see laal Singh Chaddha
and everything else you're doing in the future
Thank you...
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