I just want to go to back to Banaras and the back to Madurai and then back to Delhi, you will
make me cry and I will be puffy again tomorrow so please let’s not go down this road
I think that 2020, I have said this before and I will say it again
because I really mean it, was a very, very hard year for me
With Anand ji and Dhanush, I just cried for 10 minutes straight I just cried
I think if Karan Johar made Kuch Kuch Hota Hai with us, it
would be great. I think you should call him call him right now
In the past like, 10 minutes I am talking to you then I am like
probably been in a long time and I almost cried also in the last 10 minutes
So, hello everyone and welcome to Pinkvilla. Today I have the gorgeous and
stunning Sara Ali Khan with me and we are here to talk about
her massive performance that she has given in Atrangi Re
So, Sara, congratulations first of all, the reviews are great
Sara, you mentioned in a lot of your interviews that you know you connected with Rinku a lot
but when we saw the film, Rinku has a lot of layers, there are lot of nuances to Rinku. What
part of it were you exactly talking about that you connect with the most?
I think the part where we are both very assertive and on the first meeting or if you are not a
very perceptive person, even on the tenth meeting we will come across as just rock solid. But
on the eleventh meeting or if we really like you then maybe on the third meeting you will
realise it’s actually a very, very soft and vulnerable interior and I find that interplay very
interesting and very rare you know because it’s real. Its not like Sara or Rinku are pretending
to be strong in order to hide something, its not that. I think our strength is as real as our
vulnerability and I think the beautiful co-existence of the
two is something that we both have in common.
You also said in one of your interviews that after Kedarnath and Simmba you got so much
love and people put you on a pedestal and then Love Aaj Kal happened where people put
you, did not give you that much of love and appreciation after that. I have two questions
related to this. One, before this film was coming were you worried about the performance
more or the film overall doing extremely well and second, now that you are getting love and
appreciation, do you feel like you are back in the game, feeling yourself? You said that
Anand ji actually helped you when you needed the most
Listen, I am an actor and I want to make films that you will enjoy. I want to make films that
my mother and my brother and my father will be proud of. I want to make films that my
audiences would enjoy. But Atrangi was atrangi in the way that just playing that character
and living that life itself was so fulfilling that anything over and above that was just bonus. I
think that 2020, I have said this before and I will say it again because I really mean it, was a
very, very hard year for me. And I think playing Rinku helped me so much, that Sara already
won. Now what was left was for Rinku to win and because she was honest, I think she got
what she deserved. And as far as being back in the game is concerned, I don’t look at it like
that, I don’t look at it like that. I think that yes, of course I am cognizant to the fact that I do film for my
audience and I had not faced that love from then after Simmba. It has been wild since, it has
been three years precisely this, because Simmba released like three years ago yesterday. So,
it’s been three years since I have felt like that. That sense of achievement in that way so you
know of course that feels different but did I ever stop thinking that I am in the game? No, I
didn’t because then the game’s really over you know. I know Anand ji and me gave it all the
love and it was a bittersweet emotion you know right when it was releasing because
I remember telling Dhanush. I remember telling him that you know I was almost teary
and I was like it feels so weird because Rinku was all mine and now she is like everyone’s
and he said to me and I remember the look in his eyes when he said it to me. He said, Rinku
and Vishu were never ours, they were always the audiences so they are just going where they
belong and that was a lot for me because really, it’s all I had in 2020
That’s quite deep.
It was, Dhanush is quite deep but yeah
And what were your conversation with Dhanush now? At this very moment after all the
reviews, after everything’s out. what are your conversations like?
I actually did a conference call with Anand ji and Dhanush and I just cried for like 10 minutes
straight, I just cried because I was so, so overwhelmed. I was so overwhelmed because with
all you know the feelings that I might give about films, feeling a sense of achievement for
yourself and there is no competition and you know just do better than you did yesterday and
all that is true. But the real truth is we do films to make audiences happy and there is no
denying that and when you haven’t felt that sense of fulfilment, you’d ask me this a couple of
minutes of ago. It’s not about being back in the game but it’s about knowing that you are
back in someone’s heart and you are back in the hearts that matter the most which is the
audience. I truly believe that like every experience should you know has its lifespan you
know and you live that and you move on. But I don’t think that I can envision a day where I
wouldn’t want to go back and shoot every single shot of Atrangi again.
And also, the food, you have been talking about jackfruit you had
It was outstanding and even the jackfruit, it’s not even about the jackfruit. I have had jackfruit
again and it’s just not the same. Its Anand ji’s jackfruit, from Anand ji’s plate, from Anand
ji’s set and I just want to be there again. I just want to go to back to Banaras and the back to
Madurai and then back to Delhi, you will make me cry and
I will be puffy again tomorrow so please let’s not go down this road but yes
But it’s so nice to see that you are so connected to the film and so attached and like to every
part of it, not just your process but like everyone else process as well and even when it comes
to you know the preps that you have to be Rinku, you know every actor has a process. What
was your process like for Rinku?
I think that with Anand ji also you know it was just about understanding who she is more
than anything else. There was accent, there was diction, there was all of that, dialogues,
reading but truly actually understanding her was the main prep and Anand ji, I still remember
one of the first days that we shot in Banaras where we shoot in the Bihar portion, the hotel
was about 2 and a half hours away and Anand ji was like come, lets see the set. And I was
like, is it necessary? Who will it’s for two hours in the car? And then again come back, 5
hours are gone like that. And he was like yes. And that is what his prep was. Making me walk
around the house saying she grew up here, that’s her room, think what must she eat? So
actually, truly understanding the girl’s world was the process
And lastly, you know I want to ask you that you know you are very active on social media
and you don’t shy away from like being yourself which not a lot of people do. But I want to
know, I am curious to know have you ever had a passing thought that you know because I am
being so myself and letting my audience consume a lot of me, it can get a little difficult for me
maybe when I am playing a character to take me as that. So has the two ever been mixed
or you felt that the two mixes could be an issue ever?
I think this is something that my mom has made me very cognizant of. I remember mom
telling me once, you know you have a very good screen presence. And I was like, yeah
thanks. And she was like, no. I don’t mean it in a good way. I was like, what do you mean?
It’s a good thing right. And she was like no. You have a good screen presence and you have a
very strong personality and because everybody knows what Sara is you have to work doubly
hard for when I watch a frame for me to not be watching Sara. And honestly, I know a lot of
people including my father somebody that I look up to greatly but who is somebody who
doesn’t give false praise. He is a very pragmatic man. People on the set that I am shooting
right now they are like this doesn’t look like Sara. And honestly that’s something that Anand
ji is extremely proud of. Because it is difficult. It is difficult because people do know me and
its not just social media, its just about the fact that I do have a strong personality in general
and I think to be able to use that but not let that let abuse the film is very important you know
which is why Rinku doesn’t, I don’t speak the way Rinku speaks.
Before we let you go, I have quick Atrangi questions for you
that I expect you to answer super quick
Which is an Atrangi outfit that you think you wore this year
in 2021 which is on your Instagram?
On my Instagram, I have a blue lipstick. It wasn’t an outfit. People didn’t take well to that, I enjoyed it.
The most Atrangi film you saw this year except Atrangi Re?
Good, good, good insert because you know what I would have said. I think I watched an
episode of Modern Love that was very strange she has been
many time zones at the same time, something strange like that
Would you rather give up your gym, Pilates and kurta or give up your Instagram? And why if you
Oh my God. Give up my gym, Pilates and kurtas?
Yeah, because it all goes hand in hand you know like your airport looks and your gym looks
and like basically your workout sessions and then there is your Instagram
I think I would rather give up Instagram because if I gave up my work out what would you
see on Instagram? Like prior Sara with many more kgs on her. No, won’t be fun
So, an Atrangi advice you have lately received from anyone?
I think last year I was told to like you know to get married.
Who was this? Like random people. But no, it’s been a while.
Janhvi, Ananya, Radhika who is the most Atrangi contemporary that you have?
Atrangi, Radhika for sure.
The most Atrangi co star you have worked with?
The most Atrangi co-star I have worked with, Ranveer Singh
Obviously. The most Atrangi DM you have received?
I can’t say but there’s some strange ones like. People say really weird things and the they put
you on these like morphed sites and like, shouldn’t say more but
its weird. There are some strange things happening out there.
You said recently after Dhanush there is some South actor you want to work with it will be
Vijay Deverakonda. So even Janhvi loves Vijay so you, Janhvi and Vijay you’ll could
recreate some film with some filmmaker which one would it be? Just any random film from
the past or any filmmaker you want to work with
I think if Karan Johar made Kuch Kuch Hota Hai with us, it would be great. I think you
should call him call him right now
And say to make Kuch Kuch Hota Hai with Vijay, Sara and Janhvi
And I am almost like 98.3% sure they will agree too. So, I think we should do it.
So, we can expect that from Dharma. Let’s do it.
What makes Sara cry and what makes Sara completely Chaka Chak and happy?
Well, honestly, they are both pretty similar. Anything that I like really invest in
Like Rinku
Like this film, like literally I have been more excited in the past like 10 minutes talk to you
then I am like probably been in a long time and I almost cried also in the last 10 minutes
so I think that and it’s interesting you know because that’s what life should be. I think that
anything worth it will make you happy and can make you emotional so yeah like mom, or
films or food, it makes me cry the next morning when I look at myself in the mirror but you
know yeah. That’s how it is.
That was lovely and we can’t wait for some more performances,
I hope we don’t get into lockdown again and we can go back to
Let’s just keep our masks up and stay social distant and aware and just you know hope for the
best and just you know spend New Year’s with our loved ones at home and just try to you
know take all precautions, I am shooting. I am trying to take all precautions here and making
sure people those around me do also. I mean suddenly getting bad again.
Very, very, very bad so hope we can do an interview in person
and not have to E-meet so yeah let’s hope for a better scenario.
Thank you so much Sara.
Thank you so much. Lovely talking to you
Thank you. Bye