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Welcome to Baatein Ankahee with Mohit Malik
Thank you so much for having me over
Thank you so much for doing this with us
I know how busy a schedule it has been for you
Yeah it has been but
I want to say sorry because we've been planning this for a long time
but we couldn't meet something or the other came up
either you were busy or I was busy so we couldn't make it
but today finally finally this is happening
I'm really happy I'm really very happy and
Before we start the interview I have a small surprise for you
actually I won't tell you what it is, let's just hear it
Hi baby, surprise
welcome to the show, no I'm not interviewing you
it's just that I am right now here to give you all the the love and
say something about you
first of all, I would like to say that it's my karma and
my blessing that you're in my life as my husband
people often think that I'm your support system but
I would like to say today that Mohit is the biggest support system in my life
in everything I do, in my personal front my professional front, everything and
I was a different person before I met him
and after meeting him, I've evolved so much and the way I've grown
spiritually and mentally, I think it's all because of him and
whatever I am today is all because of him and his support
so I love you baby for what are and just stay the way you are
Love you
I want to share something funny about you with your fans
that no one knows in fact, I think nobody knows about it and only I know about it because
I follow it up regularly,
just ask Mohit whether he has money in his wallet or not or does he have the cards or not
because Mohit has no idea whether he has money in his wallet
or cards you know if he's going somewhere he never checks it
it's always i who checks it and i have to check it
and if I'm out of town then I ask my house helps to check it
and make sure he takes cash and cards so he never has any idea
about what he has in his wallet he doesn't even know how much
money he has in his account I mean he is clueless about his finances
his accounts, his savings, he knows nothing
so this is one thing about Mohit, which is cute but
I really love taking care of his stuff but you know he is somebody who
loves to work hard and he's passionate about what he does
but at the end of it he also have to look at your finances
sometimes I tell him about but no he insists on me to take care of that
and he will do his work, so that's how he's all about
and I love him for what he is, love you baby
So cute, love you too love you too thank you so much
Thank you so much for the surprise
It's very sweet right
So Mohit how much money do you have in your wallet?
I don't know
I wish I knew
I really never pay attention to that actually, she's absolutely right
I'm like this only, I don't know
now call it cinderella syndrome or whatever you may wish
I want her to take care of me
but I don't know I'm like that from the beginning
the moment she has come into my life, she has taken charge of all the things in my life and
I don't know, I didn't get the chance
she has you know as I said has taken charge
so all my focus is on my work only and all these things
she says that she'll manage and handle it, and it's been like that ever since
sometimes I ask her what's happening or you know
where do we invest now so I ask at times otherwise I have no clue what is happening
in my bank account, it's all her who's handling it
sure. you know I have a lot to talk about Aditi but I'll come to that
before that I have this question to ask you
In an interview you had once said that,
I came here for fame and money because that's what attracts you in the beginning
now Mohit this is a very scary situation to be in especially in the industry like ours
where people can advantage of this want, how did you battle this time?
people do take you know, do take advantage of you obviously
I think once you know your craft once you know what you're here for
i think after that you start believing yourself because you know
where you're standing, how worthy you are and
how much I can give so I think before that
when you don't even know the craft and you have no idea of what you are doing
you've come for name and fame and you don't even know what you'll do
so at that time obviously, that's with me at least
I felt very underconfident because I had no idea what I was doing
I didn't know what acting was I'm talking about when I first came here
at that time you don't know what was happening we used to sleep on the sets
I slept inside the vanities for many nights and I used to get up and shoot again
and I used to shoot for 24 hours because we had no idea
so that's what happens and
that's what I felt later on that's right people do take advantage of you because
they think they're a newcomer but I think
I always regret that before coming here I was not trained as an actor
now I'm trained as an actor but I honestly think before coming here
I think everyone should be trained as an actor and then they should come to Bombay
and that's what I tell people whoever asked me
but was it difficult to get work?
difficult in the sense
everybody faces it and I did too it's their even now
struggle is there, it's our job to hustle
and we are hustling to date and
I struggled back then as well signed a few shows
some happened and some didn't My first show was I remember
My first show only didn't go on air it was called Kahan hu main
I did this series on Star Plus my first show and
I shot 13 episodes in Goa and in Bombay i was very excited
and that thing never got on air and I kept waiting for it for about 3-4 months
and my time got wasted in the shoot
a lot of stuff happens, and everyone's on a journey- I've been in a big production house
I was signed, I don't want to name they signed me and then I had to leave
2-3 projects, I signed with them did another show with them
halfway through the show they replaced me
and yeah they replaced me like you know you don't fit the bill now we don't think so
you do something else, you don't fit here
I was like, what's the meaning of this
you cast me and I left two shows for this and I exclusively came onboard with you
now you can't do this to me, yeah I can't
I came for that role
and then you said no you're not fit for this role you do a different role
you're not fit for this that's not- it happens and it happens a lot
and it happens with everyone and a lot of the times I haven't got paid
even now?
not now, let them do that now!
initially my first show Milee I didn't get paid for that
I was earning like 3000 bucks a day
oh really? Yeah and I didn't get my money
about 1.5-2 lakhs of money I didn't get from them
and I was so pissed I remember and so yeah these things happen man
but you know times have also changed in terms of how actors approach filmmakers
or filmmakers approach actors, in the beginning, was the casting couch also an issue? for you?
No man i never
no. touchwood
nothing of that sort has happened with me, once there was this incident
a small incident, I went for an-
somebody had called me, said come there's this film
so come and meet up and he tried to do something and I ran away from there
so that one time that happened and then
I've been very practical, I've been very cautious, I've been very
First of all, I'm from Delhi so I can sense these things
I get the vibe so
It didn't happen that much with me
You and Aditi have been married for 12 years now
Yeah 2010, 2010, you got married to her, 12 years
How difficult or how easy it is for the partners to be from the same profession?
Aditi is not in the same profession now,
She was
I never had this problem of I think it's nice because both are actors
and we keep on discussing the work or today I had this scene or tomorrow I'll be doing this
you know it's about discussing the craft for me and Aditi it was like that
we used to keep discussing our craft or I think I don't think so-
it depends you know
it's very humane to feel insecure it's very humane to feel
I would say jealous, jealous or whatever I don't know
whatever you feel I've never felt that
But I think it's very human to feel it
because Aditi
is not a part of television anymore I don't know what to feel
even I don't know if the husband and wife you know both are actors
one receives more success and one doesn't how do they feel in that scenario?
It must be something like the film Abhimaan
of Amit Ji and Jaya Ji, absolutely, so
I've never experienced that to be very frank but
I don't know how-
but have you discussed this with Aditi? does she wants to become an actor again
It's her wish completely if she wants to now get back
whenever...
she wants to?
she wants to I'm so happy to know that
she wants to get back, she wants to do comedy she doesn't want to do drama
and also she wants to shoot only 10-15 days a month
because she's busy with restaurants and all that everything
so she doesn't have time like I'll do only if I like something
and only if the shooting is for 10-15 days a month then I'll do it
I'll manage. That's what she wants to do
otherwise, she doesn't, she doesn't entertain anyone like no no
I'm better off,
she's handling 5 restaurants man here in Bombay so it's like
that's a big thing now and I'm very proud of her
I'm very proud of her. she's doing it all by herself right? [Avinash]
she has done it all by herself and I'm so proud of her and I mean she's-
I mean I never expected that Aditi will rise so much and
I've always supported her, I've always motivated her but this is like
Amazing, I'm so proud of her
Was the covid a tough time for you? in this scenario, since you have restaurants and all
It was yeah we had to pump in a lot of money to be able to sustain
yeah it's... I think it's her
everything that happened during this time was a tough time for the hospitality industry
so many restaurants went out of business so many lines of restaurants
we had to pump in a lot of money to sustain so,
yeah it was a difficult time.
What kept you motivated?
See I think, difficult times
I don't know what motivated us
more than that what happened was when covid happened
you know my father-in-law, he was diagnosed with cancer
covid had struck lockdowns were happening and
he was getting admitted to the hospital so our whole
mine and Aditi's complete attention and focus was on him
so we didn't get to process the pandemic because we were so engrossed with him
because you know he was diagnosed and he was getting treated
and he was you know first undergo surgery and then chemos
during the lockdown, we used to go for chemos and you know
we had to go for them no matter what
so we were all distracted in a way so,
so it was a very tough time for the both of us
is he well now?
He passed away.
Oh God I'm so sorry
yeah so,
It was a very tough time. really tough time
there was the pandemic and papa was also not well
has that period changed you in any way
yeah i was very close to him I was very very close to him
yeah there's a void always in me
sure no I meant covid in the sense, that these 2 years changed you in any way?
has it changed you as a person, a lot of people a lot of people have told me this
even while doing the interviews I speak to a lot of people and there's a
sudden change in people how they perceive to life
yeah that has happened for sure
I don't know I feel it's fizzled out now
post-lockdown when we went out we were invigorated
there were people around, you know you be in that moment
you used to be grateful about it all and now that has faded
it has been days now so things have been back to normal
people have gone back to normalcy
yeah things have gone back to normal but at that time
everything felt so good and people were so grateful there are people again wow
food wow! I'm so grateful but now it's the same again everybody has forgotten
I'm sure everybody will or can relate to this
everybody was like oh god! Om Sai Ram, wow so good
and now, bring the food man
so initially for 2-3 months things changed I remember I became vegan
Yeah I became vegan for one month or one and a half month
and then I was like no man I can't do this
I can't do this, this is not my jam
Ekvir has such a divine sound to it
Thanks to me your suggestion?
I found that name and I always wanted to keep that name
I had two names ready, this one for a boy and for a girl I chose
Ibadat was the one I thought of wow!
yeah, and if anyone is looking for baby names then go ahead
Ibadat is a beautiful name it is [Avinash]
So I had these two names finalised
that if we had a girl then Ibadat and
Beautiful, lovely, you're killing it in Khatron Ke Khiladi
Yeah thank you
you're doing it really really well
are you watching the episodes now and feeling that
I should've done this here or that there does this go about in your mind?
to be frank I not getting the chance to see it
I'm shooting for something and I don't get the time to watch it
I just watch those little clippings on Instagram which people post
or which the team sends me I just see that and
sometimes it feels like I can't see it anymore I've done this so much
I don't wanna see it man I know what's happening
I watch it sometimes when my family's watching and I get home
I sit with them and watch it and tell them what happened actually
and how hard it was and how we did it
there are stories behind every stunt
so yeah,
After the show like you and Rubina and other people are friends
we have been friends there also just that on camera during the game
that particular day something happened and
after that everyone forgets about it we were back in the hotel you know
there're so many times I have
Rubina is the one who used to give me I used to, I remember
I needed bath salts you know my body is tired and I need that salt and
So, Rubina used to give me the salts every day,
take this salt Rubina is the one who had everything with her
you know salts, incense sticks and plants she had everything in her room
So, I don't know it's just you know people create it and
I don't know why do they exaggerate it so much
it's okay it sometimes happens on camera at the heat of the moment
and...
and I don't know
we are still friends and we are very good friends and I like her work
and I like her as a person a lot there's no bad blood
we can get into disagreements, right?
Absolutely.
So, in real life, I get into disagreements with Aditi as well so what's the big deal?
it's just a disagreement
exactly, what's happening next? I know you're shooting for something
and lots in the pipeline but what can you speak about at this point
I can say that
I'm doing one very big show on Sony Liv
it's called Chamak and it's been directed by Mr Rohit Jugraj
and Rohit Jugraj is a film director he has directed a lot of Punjabi films
so it's a Punjab-based show
and a brilliant show and I'm loving it, whatever we're doing right now
I'm enjoying it a lot
so it's a good cast, a big cast
and then season 2 of Cyber Vaar season 3 and 2 are again in November
Okay yeah they are
wow I can't wait to see that and everything else you're doing in the future Mohit
Thank you so much Thank you
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