Shivathmika Rajashekar On Studying Medicine, Acting, Waldorf And More | EP #88

Hello and welcome to Permit Room. We have a new episode. Today we have with us Shivatmika Rajshikar. Who is an actor, producer, comes from an illustrious family. She has a film coming up. That no one knows but we know. Please don't say the name. I'm not allowed to say the name yet. No, I just got told from my director specifically. Not to tell the name. Alright, she's coming up with her movie.

And we are glad to have her on the podcast. Welcome Shivatmika. Welcome, welcome Shivatmika. Thanks a lot Andy. Very happy to be here. And you guys will love me. Namaskaram, you forgot that? It is typical heroine in the audio function. Namaskaram, I'll get you a little bit. I'll get you a little bit. Happy to be here. So, having had you here.

And since your Telugu is good, actually. Telugu? Telugu. Yeah, yeah. So Telugu. So Telugu podcasting. So that's the first intention. Challenge. Challenge. Second challenge is... Generally between us, we have a competition of who can make the guests laugh more. Okay. So that is the thing. In fact, we have a score also this time. Starting from this episode. from this episode yes so we have editors and all The first joke I laughed nicely, laugh out loud. It was your dad's film.

He comes to the city with Baladitya. So, he goes to the toilet. So, Anna is played by Dr. Rajshekar. So, there was a building. Too late. Too late. And Chinna Pudu. Chinna Pudu. That was the first... I remember like... That's so sweet. I remember that and then I cried for that movie also. Yeah. That was mine. Goar 1-0.

All right. So Shivadmikal, let me just tell you, your name is really unique. Thank you. Have you like Googled the name? We Googled it. The meaning? Yeah, the meaning. Did you find it? Yeah. Okay. I don't know if it's right. Correct me. It says the soul of Shiva. Correct. Is that right? Yes. It's a nice name. How does it feel to have a unique name? Actually, I really love that that is my name.

So, that's Shivani, Shivatmika. So, before I put it, because I have all my friends and doctors, I will talk about this gender. Okay. Okay. So, they decided that a girl baby was born. So, they didn't know my name. So, for almost a year, I had a baby. Oh, wow. Because they didn't know that. I was just called Baby Rache. That would have been a little... Weird. Imagine a nice 20-year-old baby. No, we had a classmate called Baby Sai. So we know the pain.

Baby Sai? Baby Sai. Because like she was like... They wanted Sai Baba to name her. But he had other issues, right? So he didn't name her for a long time. So she was just called Baby Sai. And it was awkward. How do you... Hey, baby. Yes. Yo, baby. It was like that. Wow, okay. Sorry, baby, Sai. But now she's changed her name. Again, Shivani is also called Parvati. Shivatmika is also called Innocence Parvati.

I am a Srivathmika, but I have a lot of people. Also, I am an actor. But I have confidence that there will be nobody else. When you're in the industry, you need to have a new name. You are more recognized. Which is relatively common name, but she's going with it. She's happy to be called. Do you think you have lived up to the meaning of the name? Like my name is Hridai Ranjan. So I'm going to get heart attack.

Like that. What? No. Damn, it's still 1-0. No, no, no. All right, all right. So, I'm going to get a heart attack. Because my name is Hrithairanjan. So, like that, it must feel nice to have a unique name. As opposed to, like, Sai Santosh. Yes, I'm sorry about that. I have this name judging problem. I do this to my friends who have like basic names. laughter laughter

It's a basic name. It is a basic name. Shivani also. Shivani is also basic. Santosh also. Santosh also, yeah. Trideh is not basic. It is not, that's true. Trideh Ranjan is a nice name. Actually, you know, Kakapo say no one cares except us who have unique... correct yeah you know it's one of those things it's like a lottery you win but you can't cash show off because nobody cares they'll be like

I have a happy feeling in my mind. Yeah, and then all these quotes, what's in a name and all. Yeah, unlike what's in a name, what's in your age. My thought about my name was just... Because of this whole confusion of boy child or female child. I benefited from the confusion. So yes. yeah i like my name correct also your family is like

just insanely illustrious, like just high achievers. Let me just run it down. It is true. Her dad, Dr. Rajshagar, is an actual doctor at VPS, served as a doctor, then got into acting, made tons of movies. Yes. Mother has acted like prolifically and then produced and directed. And then your sister is an actor and is a doctor as the youngest child.

Of an overachieving family. Of an overachieving family. Did you feel that pressure ever that I have to do something? I did. But problem in it, it was not caused by my family. Okay. At least, if people do it, then we can do it. Like, if there is an infrastructure, people do it, then we can do it. This pressure, I feel like. Okay. But I don't know.

I'll go from, you know, I'll go from, you know, I'll go from, you know, I'll go from, you know, I'll go from, you know, I'll go from, you know, I'll go from, you know, I'll go from, you know, I'll go from, you know, I'll go from, you know, I'll go from, you know, I'll go from, you know, I'll go from, you know, I'll go from, you know, I'll go from, you know, I'll go from, you know, I'll go from, you know, I'll go from, you know, I'll go from, you know, I'll go from, you know, I'll go from, you know, I'll go from, you know, I'll go from, you know, I'll go from, you know, I'll go from, you know, I'll go from, you know, I'll go from, you know, I'll go from, you know,

I don't want to do anything. But I don't want to do acting. I don't know how to do the pull-off. She's a goddess for that. But I don't want to do it. Every few weeks, there's a pressure. I don't know how to do it. I don't know how to do it. I don't know how to do it. I don't know how to do it. So, I don't know how to do it. I don't know how to do it. Excuse me, sorry for interruption. Like, are you discussing like, oh, what does that mean?

So this is what happened to him. This is how I treated him. Discussing those things. Oh, so even Akka is discussing that sort of good cases? No, that's it. Akka is doing first time surgery, first time sutures, surgery juice. So, like knee replacement. I think before they place it with the actual thing that they so she got that demo piece home Because she was so excited at the medical college. Oh my God. So that is something I see. Every day. Every day. Wow. So I have a lot of time.

In 18 years of age, there was a good opportunity. That's right. I decided to decide the audition for Madras Sridhargari. He met me on my 18th So it was literally like a calling for me. I said, what if I get it? And I got it. And I just took it. And then COVID. Hit. Hit. Hit, yeah. So, my idea is that we have COVID-19. But genuinely, the idea is to eventually study something that is related to health. So you are pursuing something?

Oh, yeah. You have to dedicate a lot of time. Correct. I have to work every day. I went to 2024 mid-low. I was like, how much time is it? How much time is it? How much time is it? It's like somebody will be like come act. So it's always like situation and somewhere with acting Okay, opportunity I got some really good opportunities. So I got some really good opportunities. So I got some really good opportunities.

One on you. Good job. One on. No, but as somebody who has studied a lot, I'm telling you studying is overrated. That's correct. If learning is really what you want, you can learn anything you want. Yeah. But if you want the degree, then of course you have to. But I'll tell you one very personal story as to, you need medicine for me.

Chill. Correct. Like I'm the artsy one in this family and I was very happy. So in plus two, sorry for asking ugly questions. Plus two cases we have to ask these questions. Did you study commerce, science or arts? Science. We are commerce. By PC or MPC? By PC. Oh, so their only foundation is already there. Yeah, that's it. We don't have safety. We don't have medicine. What happened? At one point my father

before Garudavega, I've said this before, he had a heart attack right before Garudavega, three months before, right? And this is a very healthy man who works out almost twice a day, eats healthy. And this happened to him and it was super unexpected. He said, Shivani is doing medicine. So there is a little bit of knowledge. I'm a pursuing medical student. She got all the information. My father is sick. He's inside.

the ICU or whatever, not the ICU. And the doctor was looking and he said, Shivani, come here. You know, I'm going to tell you this, this, this. This is what is happening to your dad. You come inside, you know, whatever, the theater where we can see what's happening in his heart and everything. I have anxiety. Okay.

Now I have to wait till they let Shivani go. And then Akkochi naku amma ki jabutthadi. So naa ki tlea epindan naa kuddu. Naa ki duddu. Naa family ki naa wala ki evanna ayite. At least. I should know. From first aid to the best reaction you can have in an emergency. That idea of that medical field that is useful for my life.

That is why I still strongly believe that this is a good thing. But now I am full like a sponge absorbing knowledge from both of them. I am not a doctor, but I am not a doctor. Consultancy also you will give? If actual scores God is keeping, it's one all right now. But you know, in all seriousness, I think like there is a middle path, okay, where you can be studying.

But something you love which is acting. Yes. So how about like doing a course which is like an acting course like New York Film Academy or have you thought about that? I would still love to. I love to go for a course or something for 3-4 months where I can experience theatre acting. Because I started off with screen acting. I didn't have any education, I didn't have any acting schools.

So it started off with the camera in me and Mata. Maybe you'll trip on that stuff, you know. Yeah. So very recently, I went to a Broadway show in New York for the first time in my life. How was it? I felt like an idiot. Why? Because I was like... Which planet did you go to? Good lord, why am I forgetting the name? It's that murder mystery, that comedy with two women in it.

Chicago Chicago Broadway the movie was also like a broadway it's a musical right so we watched the musical and see obviously it's not like i thought oh you suck at your job but then i just felt that one i just felt like Dude, like in the theatre, you record, edit, music case, and clap. Live. Our lights, our dance, coordinate, our dialogues, perform, minute expressions, things you do for the screen, they were doing it.

Obviously, I feel like that is something else altogether. That is something you should learn, practice and have the, you know, conviction. You should put the hard work to do it. Not like screen acting is easy and I don't like it. If I do this, that's a good thing. Cool and bitchy. Correct. They say when you watch like a great play or some like a Broadway thing, you feel like some magic in the air and all. Is that true? Did you feel that? I felt it. I felt it so much.

I remember coming out in the interval and my friend was there. And I said, what is this? Like, because in my life, I haven't seen anything. Dude, just imagine. Like, I feel nervous about seeing the audience in my cinema. People can judge you right then and there, right? The reaction to anything you do, like your stand-up show, is right then and there.

I think so. Yeah. I mean, like, I don't know. Like, I haven't done Rindu Tuffy. I'm going to do stand-up comedy. Getting on the stage, you're saying. Like, performing live, getting instant gratification. Instant gratification. Like, Andhra Lesi, we clap done, Laslo. that must have felt like heaven for the one standing on stage that entire place erupting in claps and whistles and the way they were singing it was amazing

Maybe at some point we'll try to learn theater. I don't think it is easy. Time is now. Is that too? No? It is a... It's a stupid... Hey, we don't touch the joke. It was not like a joke. It was just like a... it was not like so funny moment you know you don't judge the jokes you judge the so if i laugh you'll get marks obviously that's so what if i'm laughing just to be polite and your joke is bad all right we'll remove that man that's cool

Guys, no, I'm just messing with you. No, we are very strong about our ethics of laughter. Like I'll repeat one joke. Please tell to me. Okay, fine. What do you call challenge in Telugu? Don't say it. Are you going to say it? You tell me. Challenge. Jerry Seinfeld says the number one rule to telling a joke is never say I'm going to tell you a joke.

you were going to say that oh yeah so you're prepared i'm prepared i didn't laugh deliberately number two thing he says don't tell shit jokes i don't repeat jokes from one You were at Broadway and you had a magical moment. Yeah, I had a magical moment. Dedication, ishtamay. So, when you are respectful, you will be happy. Correct. I studied at 30, dude. I joined the course of 30. Like an official HCU course. Emphil. Emphil, yeah.

Yeah, that's nice. You do feel fucking old though. That I am afraid of. But that's cool. If you can get over it. But I can always say, you know, I'm an actor. So I couldn't come. It's still a cool... You have work eggs of five years. When I write CA intern exams, bank employees would come. Like leave, they would come for the exam. Because they also want to clear it any time. In the 40s, there is no need for medicine. In the 40s, there is no need for medicine.

I mean, studying like even till now, I think like what, some 18 years of... Who is that? Vita Pradeep. Hey, he's Dr. Mama. Their journey is different. Life is a course. Yeah, my father still studies. yeah it's like amendments you have to keep studying new technology keep on keep on keep on keep on but yeah maybe eventually but for now

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of filmmaking but what i why i said this was that imagine you do a course acting course yeah now on the dinner table your sister is talking to your dad about medicine medicine daddy one minute

You know, in acting, like Kuleshov. You really think, with my father and my sister, I can say, you know an actor. No, no, I am. With my father. But yeah, I get it. But then that's the thing, we're talking that also. Like, if I have a bad day on set, the first person I call is my father. Okay? Or my mother. But it's usually my dad's name. Like, in Tamil, we call him a phone. So if I am having a bad day, calm down.

Shooting Joliga Cheskoalra and Anta Raina. But on his set, I'll be the one telling him that. Calm down, Nadi. Shooting Joliga Cheskoalra. So, having this in common with all of them is very special, to be very honest. Me acting and aspect. So, I don't know how to say it, but I don't know how to say it. Because it is easy profession together. So all four of you are going to different movies to shoot? Yeah, when Amma was... I don't think any family in the world has something like that.

I'm sure Nagashnagaru and all of them are like that only. Yeah, it is a really nice feeling it's something that I felt very grateful for because not that my journey was easier. Relatively my journey was easier. And I'm there. I was born in that house. You know, a grateful wish. So, I did a lot of work with others. At one time, there were opportunities. Something... That I am very grateful for. And we are all so passionate about it. When we get what we love, it's nice. Interesting? I don't know.

I was most excited when Shivani did her first sutures. She was a part of suture and stitches. one of the interns we witnessed one such incident in our school like one of our friend his name is enrico sandri enrico sandri yeah his father his father was a cardiologist okay

This guy was in fourth standard and he felt like he has some doctor in him. Okay. Because you know, it comes down in genes. Okay. It was the earliest case of nepotism that I have seen. Latent nepotism. He said, my father is a doctor. One guy had winter cracks, you know winter cracks? He said, let me stitch that out. Like don't tell me normal thread a needle.

See, what I believe is if you have passion, then equipments cannot stop you. And Enrico Sandri was proof of that. Didn't the one with the cracked heels stop him? No, it is too bedazzled. If you are feeling pressure of being... The child of a doctor. Can I give you an injection?

No. Like how you put stitches for that cracked heel. Like, can I try it on one of you? No. Because you all are so supportive. No, no, no. No, no, no. Not anymore. Not anymore. No, I'm just saying there are... worst children of high achievers in the world walking around yeah so but but you know uh like incidents like We became good friends.

Okay. So there are worse children of high achievers roaming around in the world was my point. Yes, I feel much better. Thanks, guys. Which brings me now to a serious topic. Oh, good Lord. Do actors like...

generally feel more anxiety than other professions, like, say, a software engineer or something like that? Maybe. No, generally only I am saying the pressures of a job are different in comparison to this. Everything you do or feel is for the world to see. Like an example to that is I debuted when I was 18. Now I don't have any opinion. Like I only didn't know who I was yet. Yes, I know everything in that space. So, what is it?

I got trolled left, right and center for having a horrible attitude. So you still don't even know yourself. So you tend to believe what other people are saying. So I started like... overthinking it so much that became a very big thing for me. So this is just an example I am giving you. So whatever it might be, your personal life or professional life, it can get to you.

Because you're constantly being judged. Always you're on camera. Always you're on camera and everybody wants to know what is going on and everybody has a version of you. And sometimes even before the truth comes out, whatever the convenient lie, that will happen. Because faster it is spread out. But I think actors, most of them become a little immune to it. Okay, let's get out of here. Smart guy plays. Smart guy plays. Accept JSC. Move on iPod. Reaction.

First time I got a rumor, I was like, oh my god, oh my god. In the 10th or 15th time, I was like, oh my god. I was like, my father is probably in a space where he's like. Correct. It will come. So now when you mentioned about whatever actors do, you generally do it for getting recognized. For recognition. Correct. But now you're already Dr. Rajshaker's daughter.

In a way you are already recognized. I am already recognized. To create your own identity, what are the challenges? Nobody will really see you for Shivatmika as an actor. It won't come through. It will always be Rashyekar Garamma. That's the same thing. Most of the time, I worked for my friends. That's not true. It's still Rashyagar Ramme is a cinema. And they'll cutely say Rashyagar Ramme, right? So you know, I don't think that's a problem, to be very honest.

I want to come out of that and I don't want to come out. As an actor, I don't want to be not worthy. Like, my job, a cinema producer, okay, a girl, actor, acting with you. That's why I have primary concern. And I have that proof in that space. But I work in Tamil. Nobody really knew that I am his daughter there. Because in the media, I am not a human. Was that liberating a little? It was. It was in a way where I liked being treated like a...

Only for that film. Only for that film. Like, no one will know. But if you say, That's nice. That I felt was completely mine. To celebrate. You get something like that is also so rewarding. I'm just happy I got both. Living up to dad's name, I don't have any pressure. Because I don't have any pressure. I don't have any pressure on myself. I came face to face with media. Only when I did interviews and everybody said, it felt like I'm doing it.

To be very honest, now I'm in a space where it's like it's changed, like the industry, right? It's all about market. It's about how viral you are or how famous you are. You have become a priority rather than anything else. So now I am just in this fight of trying to get the right opportunity. and the right kind of exposure. So...

Correct Sinval J.R., more people reach. But if you reach it, Malina opportunities. It's not a loop. If you think about it, you'll get more opportunities. If you think about it, you'll get more opportunities. If you think about it. So now that's the greatest fight. Rather than trying to... my personal, my last name, my father... Correct. As an actor, Srivathmika is good enough as a lead.

But you know what is another sad thing about being the child of somebody famous is that you can never be funny in public. Don't you think so? Because, see if you're funny, every joke is on somebody or something, right? You'll be judged for cracking a joke more than a regular person. Don't you think so? For everything, not just a joke. For other things is okay. It is only that I came into public now. You have a perception of what you want me to be. So now you have a problem with what I am.

My mom and dad are also very unintentionally funny. In your heart, out of your mouth. Correct. But you can't be that in public, I'm saying. Yeah. You know, you have to say the right thing. Yeah. Or you have to be with your people. Yeah, that is okay. But that applies for every actor. No. I'll tell you why. Just as an example. Suppose you come from the outside, right? Like suppose you are Sri Vishnu, for example. You are known to be the funny guy. He can be funny and make that his personality.

But if you come from a family and even though you are hilarious, right? You can't... Don't you think so? You can't be that person. Maybe, but in my this thing... Like I tried to be super diplomatic. Like where you have a positive answer. Correct. I can see that. I am very grateful. I am much better now. Like when I started.

How many facts are there? Then people got hurt. Are you happy, auntie? If I'm happy, yes. If I'm not, no. It was like that when I started. You used to say all this to the media? Yeah, my answers were very, like, honest. Like, just... Then I became very diplomatic. People, you, you, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat.

I'm not like also this person who will just blabber out everything in my heart. At the same time, I'm not somebody who's gonna lie to you on my... Somewhere in between, I'm like... Peace. But maybe because I never thought of being this, like I'm not this like super funny person also. I don't have any difficulty, but what is it? Maybe I don't have any questions. Actor, friends. Because this is... They will twist what you say.

When you mention about that, I'm sure in one circle you'll be like, you know, yourself. So I just want to extend that to boys friendship.

to cover him or to copy him or to help him. He's in Atlanta. But he's sitting there, he's talking about his story, he's talking about his story. It goes on. This is how boys friendships work. You have a good gang of girls. How does friendship in that gang work? Very similar. Other than the maybe sitting and alcohol part. You know most of the girls I'm close to. Shalini is a dear friend, Isha is a dear friend, Kavya is a friend. When I was in my early 20s, all my best friends became actors.

They happen to be actresses. That's all good. I'm not doing a friendship with actresses, but for my work, my closest friend is actresses. But Ashley is not there. I'm not there anymore. As usual. Who is the funny guy though? Who is the funny person? In the gang? I think Shivani and Shalini. They are the funny ones? I think actually all of us... Divya is the Panny Girl. There's a weird, like you know what, so my uncle, my cousin also cracks these horrible puns.

Let's not call them horrible. That's a little bit of judgment. So one fine day Divya is home and my Chinnana comes home. And she goes to him and goes like uncle. That is the best joke she has ever cracked. And then he immediately goes. And they've become best friends. Every time she comes home, she'll be like, uncle! And she'll be like, oh, choosy choosy. Then I pass down. I'm like, pasta, pasta. All these like random jokes. But all of them.

are funny in their own way. Everybody has their own characteristic, right? Actually, when I was a little girl, I would say, oh, I don't like this girl. All of us are our own kind of crazy. Do you know that there is a pyramid of funny?

What is the lowest form of humor? What is the highest form of humor? There is actually a pyramid. Can you just open the pyramid of funny something? So from there only all these things started, dude, that pun is the lowest form of... Pun is the lowest form. I agree with this pyramid. Okay, so puns. Puns are at the lowest. You know what's at the top? Paradox. See, paradox, dark humor, self-deprecation.

That's on the top? Yeah. Topmost is paradox. Oh, self-deprecation is on the top. It's top. It's like... Charlie and I win. Then slapstick. So slapstick is much above than what people give it credit for. You know the kind of things they do. Because it's difficult. It's very difficult. Then after that... illogical illogical illogical logical are in the same thing catological catological okay piss fart shit jokes oh oh yeah

Then below that is double entendre. You know what's double entendre? Like double meaning. That kind of deep shit. Practical joke, impractical joke. I don't know what is impractical joke. The lowest is puns. dumb jokes though i don't agree with this oh yeah me too because statological should be the lowest i somehow never found them funny what's the meaning of no but like if well done have you haven't you like seen like good like

Scatological humor. Like there is one film where Jim Carrey, it is Ace Ventura 2. Have you seen that movie? No. So his introduction shot is children have gone to a zoo and they're watching a gorilla. But he's doing some detective work. So he's stuck inside the, not like a hippo. Rhino. Rhino. And then he gets suffocated. So he. Open. Tears the. Rhino out and he comes. So kid says, hey look, Rhino is giving birth to a man. So that's the shit. From there it comes like scab. No, no, no.

Yes, cat, whatever. I'm saying well done shit. I think any of them are well done. Even good puns are funny. Correct. Do you do this exercise? When friends share... Reels to you on Instagram. Automatically for some Reels you open the comments. Because off late some comments have become really nice. Really nice, really funny. Really funny. Really funny. They make the Reels so much funnier. They make the Reels so funny. Absolutely.

that those comments thumbs up which brings me to my next question who are your favorite funny people on like internet like do you have any like funny people that you follow instagram honestly not in particular Like no not like just this person I think is funny, but I always thought Biswa Kalyan was funny.

Initially, because when I started watching stand-up, it was those guys, Kanan and Kenny Sebastian and all these people. I started there. I think Kenny Sebastian is also funny. But then my knowledge is very like... No, not about stand-up. I mean like... Influencers, you know, like these funny guys on the internet. Lots of them, Ray. I think Niharika is very funny. And then there's this white girl who does...

I forgot her name. I'm horrible for that. But she does these amazing reels about everything that a woman goes through. And I think it's super funny. I'm always sharing hers. And these days, everybody, like there's random people who are super funny, right? Something random happens on the road. And then there's just this hilarious comment for it. And that's why it's like a funny reel. Yeah. So I thought I have in particular, I think this person is funny. Do you know Wamsi?

You know the first time I spoke to Shalini was after she made that video of ordering biryani in that it I laughed and I texted her and said, who are you? And you're so funny. And then I came across Vamsi and her doing the songs. Thanks for reminding me. They're my happy place, especially if they sing.

So when we call them home, like we have a karaoke mission and it's like just give in to them. Please guys, go crazy. Shani loves singing. She loves singing and they're so funny and like Vamshi especially now with the Shubham. Hook step? I'm obsessed with this hook step. I watch it all the time. He composed that step. I think it was a step. It's that hook step of the song which Babshi just did it.

As his own, because he's cool like that. Have you seen Vamshi's video of being the announcer of MMTS of Hyderabad Metro? I think yes, yes, yes, I have. That's the funniest thing I've seen. Oh, yeah, I think I've seen. I love their Kannada and Telugu songs. Love him singing Kannada. Their singing pair is like one. Beautiful. This is our first collaboration.

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And then you can also ask questions and join our Permit Room Film Club, which we shall plug a little bit. At 299. Kushal, Hey Shivatmika. Man, that's a long... Yeah, he's written really... All fire marks, fire marks, fire marks. Like, okay, I wanted to ask this question to probably all the actors out there. I'm assuming the film sets are chaotic as hell before and after the shot.

How do you manage yourself to not get distracted by the chaos while you're doing your shot? And how do you immediately transform yourself from the chaos to fiction? Isn't it intimidating? What are some of the things that people in the film set should take care of in order to set the mood for the actors? So, there are different kinds of actors. Okay. Some of them are just so like nothing really affects them. Okay. Like unless it's a very demanding scene in terms of...

Emotion. Like, there are a lot of emotional dialogue. There is a lot of dialogue. There is a lot of dialogue. There is a lot of dialogue. There is a lot of dialogue. There is a lot of dialogue. There is a lot of dialogue. There is a lot of dialogue. There is a lot of dialogue. There is a lot of dialogue. There is a lot of dialogue. There is a lot of dialogue. They can do their work and go off. But then there are some actors who don't like any distraction or disturbance.

Like there are some senior actors I've worked with and like they don't like people in their eye line. Now I have a conversation with you. My actor is here. Unless you have to do it, behind. If you are a light man or something like that, you will be able to contact. Which is a very valid thing, to be honest. If you want to talk to someone else, that's a distraction. So, some actors really want a silent set. Some actors are fine with it. I am the other kind. I'm okay. Unless it's a...

demanding scene, we request for silence around. But then our action cut usually most sets, they maintain that pin drop silence aspect because actors shouldn't get distracted in the dialogues and everything. Is it intimidating? It is. For me, there will be a scene like this too. That will scare me. And that will probably be the reason that I have done that.

So, when the scene comes to the scene, the scene comes to the scene. The scene comes to the scene, but the scene comes to the scene. But the scene comes to the scene, but the scene comes to the scene. Dialogues and emotions, the body automatically reacts. Major fear is that when you look at the cinema,

The director has a vision, right? He has no character. He has no character. He has no character. He has no character. He has no character. He has no character. I am not doing what he wants in the space. But so far, so good. In one or two days, I have been able to deliver as a director. So, in my opinion, I will monitor it. It's not my vision, it's not my character. So, my imagination is not necessary. Yes, I'm a director, sir. So it depends on the actor.

Tomorrow shoot only. So you ask for your scene paper, prepare the previous night or you are a person who goes there, you believe in instant. Instant. Instant over there. I feel like I need to talk about dialogues. So, usually I choose to choose. It depends on your director also. He is a very spontaneous director. Ready to go with his flow. You have to go with Praveen Sattargaru. Rape or shooting is a message. You will have the entire script with you. You will have the entire script with you.

I don't know, but there is a dialogue. So, there is a difference between directors. But memorizing lines, Adela, because sometimes you have longer lines. How do you... Memorize? Prompt memory? Yes, it depends. Sometimes, it's a little bit like a beginning, but it's a little bit like acting. There are a lot of prompting.

Some actors who can't remember lines will have people who will... lines prompted. If you don't want to pause and pause, it will be in the edit. In my vision, I don't have a problem. பெத்த டையலோக என்ன நேன் செய்ப்பேச்தான் இந்தக்கான் இந்தக்கான் கொண்டும் கொண்டும் மாட்டலும் மாரினாக்குடம் போய்ந்து உச்சியத்துது கப்பத்து கொண்டும் கொண்டும் கொண்டும் கொண்டும் கொண்டும் கொண்டும் கொண்டும் கொண்டும் கொண்டும் கொண்டும் கொண்டும் கொண்டும் கொண்டும் க

I was the first cinema director of KVR Mahindra. He said, this is what it is. The expression is what it is. The expression is what it is. The expression is what it is. The expression is what it is. The expression is what it is. The expression is what it is. The expression is what it is. The expression is what it is. The expression is what it is. But it's a person thing. Dialogues go to bed. Some people say it's juicy. They go to bed.

For me, I have to go and focus and read it and it will stick in your mind. Memorize. Yeah. Second question. Second part. I was working with some of the legendary actors in Rangamartanda, Brahmanandam Garu, Prakash Rajgaru, Ramakrishna Garu. Did you find any difference in the approach they go about in their acting compared to the actors of this generation as they are in the industry for a very long time?

What was the Rangamartanda film set like? As it's a serious drama, does that mood also get carried in the set? I love the question. Thank you so much. Yeah, lovely question. So, to first point... How was it working with them? It was genuinely something else, because it was in a second cinema. Correct. I was nineteen when I shot it. That's why I called it by Vamsikar and called the cinema. We set it up.

But this is the first time I'm sharing the screen with him. So I was very comfortable. But then again, it's different. So, Prakash Raj Gharagani, Ramya Gharagani, Ramya Krishna Ma'am Ghani, they're very nice people, first of all. They don't sit in the set like you or you don't want to talk about it. There's a lot in the space. So, they are very jolly, they are lost, they are punished, and they help. So, they are silent, they are punished on the phone, and they talk to friends, and they help.

Rakesh Rajghar is much like close to Vamsigar Gabbatti, also a huge part of making that film Gabbatti. They are always having conversations and he had this beautiful habit of feeding all of us on set. And Brahmanandam guy, he's funny dude. He's like, he can talk without moving his lips much. Oh ventricle doesn't move. He can crack a joke dude, like they're all colleagues, right?

I can't laugh. So you understand my problem. So he will sit next to me and he will be cracking jokes about Mamsi Gharu, Prakash Raj Gharu, Ramya Gharu and they'll be laughing and I'm just like... He's so strict. Other people in the industry. Because much younger, maybe now... When I come to my mind, I'm much more confident, right? Because you have the teenage rage in you, which is like, you need to know what to do in the space. So healthy, but they all too.

Such good care of me. We'll be afraid of Krishnamam Sikharochi. It's random. Sir, you are very strict. He is friendly like that. I am still in touch with him. Just to build up. But it was so cool. So much learning in so many ways. I guess I'll get a glycerin in the face. I didn't notice anything. Hey, tell me more. What do you mean? If I'm putting glycerin, I will take... one drop of glycerin on my thumb and I will do this. If my hands are dirty, I will use a earbud.

Then there's Prakash Rajgaru who I've noticed. No, no. That if the scene is maybe requiring. If it is a small scene, he'll take the glycerin and he'll do this in between like his thumbs. Okay. And then he'll just go. And he'll be ready. So it's just a habit, right? It's not a thing. I specifically don't remember Ramya Maham and what Brahmanandam sir did. But I remember seeing it for the first time.

So, there are so many things about actors, right? Like you said, some people need a quiet set. Like Prakash sir prefers a quiet set, like any other. And also his character in that film is extremely demanding, to be very honest. That is more it. Like, I am a jolly gone, and I have a good dialogue. Whereas, Brahmanandam Garu is in his own zone. But I was, most of it I was just quiet. I used to chill more with Mamsi Garu.

But you know, I rewatched the movie again yesterday, just like a prep. Okay. Man, I couldn't watch those scenes again. Heavy. Like when... See, somebody has made you laugh all your life. Yeah, no? Now when he is like, there is just... I can't even describe it. If you haven't watched that movie, you should please watch it. Whatever you think of the movie as such, but just that portion, I don't think you can sit and watch through it.

Yes, I felt that. And the difference in approach about their acting is we have so many questions, you know, so many questions like this generation actors when we are asked to do something. I noticed that we had a lot of questions and they didn't, obviously, because of their experience and everything. Maybe people are still there. Now they are more in a space of they know exactly what to do. So that is the difference I can tell.

And then what else? Was the mood serious? I think you answered that. But it was kind of... It is a lot of fun. It was very serious sometimes. And it's like... My life is extreme. I don't want to go to the cinema anymore. This one? Like on camera. Yeah, like if you've seen the film. So there's a lot of crying for me in it.

And it's not this like sitting and tears dropping in your eyes, crying. It is crying, crying. Extremely dramatic, right? There are heavy performances. Yeah, so I think there's a huge scene in between where I accuse them. of stealing money. So that scene was a challenge, right? But we were having a blast shooting it and I was doing my crying and everything. And then there is a shot where I fall on my bed and cry and Rahul holds me.

So we shot it gap to. So when I was supposed to fall on my bed and cry, he said, you cried so much Kindha, I am not seeing the same level of cry. What do I do? He told me to cry outside the room and come. So, before he called action, the glycerin was... in my eyes and when he said rolling I started crying. So outside I was crying and screaming and crying and screaming and when he thought I got there he said action. So when I went and fell on the bed I was in the same...

emotion as I was in the previous scene. So he does cool things like that, man. Yeah. So that was something he taught me. And that's a really cool trick to get there. That's why it's fake. Cut to cut. No, that question. A serious drama scene. On the set mood at London, once the cut is called. That particular scene, everybody cried. Everybody. My entire set cried. That particular scene. It happened to me only once. It's like that emotional scene. Cool, thanks.

A heavy question. Social media. Oh my god. Social media is one of the biggest... You can choose not to answer. That's also... After reading or... It's fine. Yeah, I'll just... After reading, obviously. Social media is one of the... Biggest tools for people to stay in limelight. And it helps public figures in many ways. In that process, does it anytime become mandatory to be active on social media every now and then? This is not a question to you specifically. I'm asking this in general.

Does it anytime occur that public figures post for the sake of posting it or does it always come from the heart? I can't answer for everybody, whether it comes from the heart or they're posting it for posting it. But for me, I'm generally obsessed with Instagram. Generally. Tea with a photo, coffee with a photo. I didn't find it to be a problem. Stories or posts came very naturally to me.

Whereas stark opposite is Shivani and she can do a photo shoot and forget to post it. Can you understand the extremes? I am saying name T Photo Vertha. She can forget also. It's really from person to person, but in today's time, it has become very important. I have gotten replaced in films for women who've had more followers on Instagram. And I didn't have as many. Especially OTT projects.

This has happened to me. So honestly, that is one thing I feel very lost about. Because you meet any manager, anybody who... you know, who basically gets you work, any agent or anybody, they will first say, Instagram and Instagram, there are good followers on Instagram. Now, I'm Jason Sinmalaki, I'm Thelsin Anthamandaki, relate. I have followers. But overnight I don't want one million followers to create content. I'm an actor. Max to max, what can I do?

I want to take a bite, I want to take a photo of the background. So then reels, like get ready with me and all this. I also want to do them. To be very honest, I find them a lot of fun. Yeah, I think you should. But it is a skill. Yeah, it is. I can't make get ready with me for that, right? So it's like there should be a certain level of planning to do these things. It's not easy. But I do get upset that...

It doesn't matter if you have an actor in a cinema, they will be acting. First point. Second point, the character will suit. Followers? It doesn't matter if you have an actor in a cinema. I find it a little troublesome. I find it a little troublesome. It's holding more credibility because it's holding more credibility. But you can't do anything. If you try it like cool, trending music, edit it, it's not your thing. Okay Shivath, it's not your thing. Take a chill pill. I've let it go.

But it is important today. I hope at some point it's not. I don't think it should be. In fact, it's like it feeds both sides. Then automatically seeing the movie you also get followers. And see you tell me as an audience you tell me just because you follow somebody on Instagram you will not watch the movie now.

You might. If you like the person. Yeah, like if Shivagadam Shetty now features in a movie. It will give me a little bit. Maybe. Because you know why? I mean like a social media following is a very personal thing. right so you're like man i saw this guy come up ah that is fine so there is some truth to that that is agreed somebody who is like a who came up there like you know there's this guy called k kamal

He's there in Mad 2 also. He does these videos. This boy, yes. I think this dude is very funny. When I saw his reels, I thought, my God, what a funny guy. And when he started doing films, I felt what you felt. Right? You feel like a personal victory. Absolutely. That I completely agree with. But I'm not that. Like what personal victory will you... Now, Instagram is like, this girl is an actor.

And so I'm saying if it adds, okay. But really these days people see the trailer and the teaser and decide whether they want to watch a film or not is what I think. That is how much I have understood that it doesn't matter who you are. And you're in a different league. We're a space. Now I don't have any talent. I'm a different person. I'm not. Sometimes it's not my thing. So I don't know how to bring it towards.

That side. Like, now I am okay. Hopefully after the upcoming movie, which we cannot name. Must not be named. They just shot a very cool announcement video for it. So I think you guys have featured in it. Refresh to see you in that also. Thank you. I am very excited for that film. cool girl in America wears cool clothes in the space I am very excited I have never played that this is me and this is what I play and okay but

I found something fun in that character. We're still shooting it. We can't name the movie. We can't name the movie, but I can tell you the cast. Yeah, I can tell the... But if you tell the cast, they'll know. But we've announced the film. If you go to college... No. I have a job in it. So it's Ashok Galla, Rahul Vijay as the male leads and Gauri Priya and me as the female leads. It's directed by Udbav. and it's his debut as a director yes by sitara entertainments and it's going to come out soon

Soon, I guess. So we can't name the movie, but can we give a hint about what it could be and nobody answers? What hint are you giving? I don't know. We can cut it also. Okay, yeah, we can cut it so you can. We... Something that you need. to... Hey, fuck it. motivated when you're between roles? My god, these guys ask some serious questions. How do you stay... Okay, we'll go one by one. How do you stay motivated between roles? As in like when I'm playing different...

I don't stay motivated. See, I'm a mess. I'll put it out there. I'm that girl in the family who's always reacting. First full reaction, then realization, then motivation. Okay, it's a process. So sometimes you do certain films which make you feel like this cinema is sought.

You don't have motivation for the two. You don't have to go to cinema. You don't have to go to a point. You don't have to go to the cinema. You don't have to go to the cinema. You don't have to go to the cinema. You don't have to go to the cinema.

to hold on to hope, sometimes. But because you like it so much, and if you want to talk about the fact that you don't want to talk about the fact that you don't want to talk about the fact that you don't want to talk about the fact that you don't want to talk about the fact that you don't want to talk about the fact that you don't want to talk about the fact that you don't want to talk about the fact that you don't want to talk about the fact that you don't want to talk about it.

You know your job. You believe in that thing where that's how I stay motivated. What is your approach to failure? or rejection in this industry? Is that too heavy? No, no, it's fine. I think it's a really good question because that is something you should be prepared for as an actor very much. There are two ways that it goes by. Sometimes when the rejection is very not fair, until you know for a fact that you did not get rejected for your lack, just because in Kevaro...

are adding something to the film or somebody thinks somebody is better or somebody is friends with somebody. It's fine. Or they have more followers. Yes. Things like that are just like, okay, dude. This is something that is not in my power. Like I don't have control over it. So cool. Maybe talk about something and then deal with it. When you get rejected for auditions, then it is like... So there was an incident very recently where my sister and I had so we auditioned pretty much for

All the same films. Because we look very similar. Like there's a certain bunch of girls who look like us, right? So when we get calls for auditions, we all get them. So, in this space... One particular project didn't work out. Didn't work out and I still didn't know. But I had a feeling it might not work out. So Shivani clearly the stronger one in my dharma.

More like that. I don't know. It's like the inside. It's like a bite. So, I came to dinner at Chennai in a restaurant. I made a table with a padi. That's it. She's like, do you understand that? It's the same thing that's happening to both of us. I'm like, it's okay. You're strong. I'm not. So sometimes you have to approach failure or rejection like that. My emotions are out. I am out. I am good. I have to credit the people around me.

Yes, let's shout out and give it to them. Yeah, my sister, my mother, my father, Shalini, Isha, Divya, Kavya. It will go on the list. So many more like Rahul, Vijay, Arjun Das. These people are my... closest friends and in the industry, Anisashi. And these are the people that I cry to or complain to. And they set me up again and say, chill, it'll all be fine.

Yes. All right, here's the third question. Part of the third question. Do you think acting has changed you as a person? If so, how? What a great question. I like that. Do you think it has changed you like choosing this profession and being a part of it? Maybe a little, yeah. maybe it makes you more diplomatic and more you have a certain way you behave outside. And maybe that's not you completely. Sometimes it's not a conscious decision. For example, I can tell I'm good.

In some interviews, I just want to get done with it. You know, like maybe it's not my space. I don't feel comfortable anymore. So atlaga it has changed me in terms of how I behave outside. Sometimes I just behave like a like an actor because I don't want to do anything wrong or hurt anyone's feelings. Sometimes you know if you're like

We are watching a video. We are late. So, if you are late, you will be happy. You are pissed off. You are pissed off. You are pissed off. You are pissed off. Attitude. So when you step out, whatever you are going through, if there is a camera, it's like... you know so maybe that way it has thank you so much those were beautiful

Growing up in a film family has likely given you a special insight into the industry from early on. Beyond just familiarity or access, how has a background specifically influenced your approach to acting and the types of roles you are drawn to? Especially when taking on layered characters like in Rangamata. See, for me, it started with delusion because I thought I grew up here.

Then I understood that it worked out. Because at one point of time, I was like, in the first cinema, the nepotism didn't work. Maybe. She did a good job. Nobody did that. In our industry, at least for female actors, I don't know. I feel it doesn't work that way. where your mom can pick up the phone and say, cast my daughter in a film and you get cast. It doesn't work that way. What I have to do is access energy. I don't have a meeting scale.

We can't go meet a certain director. I'm very colourful. That's why my influence and access has nothing to do with whose kid I am. Okay? So... That way, it hasn't changed my approach to acting, it has changed my approach of thinking of how I'm getting my next project, right? So initially, when I started off, maybe I thought, I don't want one cinema, I don't want everyone to do it, I don't want everyone to do it. It doesn't work like that. Even for directors, sometimes...

If you do a character, they will cast you in a film. So, each film of mine is giving me my next film. And nothing else is. So, if Dorisani gave me Ranga Marthanda... Rangamartanda gave me something else. So Panchatantra gave me Nithamuravanam. And Nithamuravanam gave me Bomb, which is a film I did with Arjun Das. It will come out maybe end of this year.

So, this is my journey from film to film to film to film. So, if it's one film, it's another film. If it's another film, it's another film. The fact that I was born into this industry really didn't change much for me. And also the insight I had is of a life of a hero. Because my mom quit acting and when growing up, it was about dad, right?

So I only knew the life of a hero. I didn't know that of a heroine, which is very different. So like an actress and an actor have like super different lives, right? Super different. That means, our decisions and our decisions. If you're a top hero and you're a top hero, it's very different. So, I don't know about this.

So, I've always been in my mind. I've always been in my mind. I've always been in my mind. When I've always been in my mind, I will be informed. I will be a part of it. Actresses don't get that. You get cast in the film. You get cast in the film. You get cast in the film. You get cast in the film. Because maybe the film is, I get it. I'm not complaining, but I'm saying it's different. So, it took me a while to, so no matter how much I was in the industry.

It was still very new. What it is that we were going through. So obviously, there was a lot of insight about that. But there are just a lot of different spaces. So I don't have advice for most of my male actor friends. Because it's a different space. I can't tell if you're a filmmaker. If you're a filmmaker, you're a filmmaker. If you're a filmmaker, you're a filmmaker. If you're a filmmaker, you're a filmmaker.

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Be prepared mentally for these things. Is it your mother being a veteran actress? If you have any daughter, there will be a luck aspect, and you will be able to do it. There will be two. So, be strong enough to take your downfall also. Because if you fail or fail or fail or fail, you don't have any time in cinema, then you go to depression. Know that what you're going to do, what you're going to push, what you're going to do, what you're going to do.

That was the first thing they told both of us. And they told us to study also for that only. This is my only source of anything. be an individual, be a well prepared individual, do this because you love it. Just a manasolo ki antha thesis ko kandi. Adi minimal ni hurt jayese, affect jayese godu du anna di, was what they both told us. And, That is what is still keeping us going. Because when sometimes it's very heartbreaking, like sometimes some films,

If you are in the same place, you are in the same space. Like my career would have just gone from here to here. That's not true, last minute. To deal with such things, if you get an audition, you can go to that stage. when the project doesn't come it's like up down up down right so these things help that you can talk to your parents and they're practical about it so these are the kind of insights we got see i still believe that

It's only you who can believe in yourself, right? Nobody will come and tell you, you don't do it, you don't do it, you don't do it. You don't do it, you don't do it. You don't do it, you don't do it. That's what I want to do. That's what I want to do. That's what I want to do. If I want to do it, I want to do it. Cool, those were the questions. Thank you for the wonderful questions. Thank you for answering them. Now I have a small twist.

You are playing a lead hero, right? There's a hero introduction scenes. It's a fun exercise. Heroines in general go, fog. What can be a very quirky hero in introduction? That we can, you know, idea that we have not seen. Like, one thing I really liked was in Bahubal. You liked it that the heroine was introduced like a hero? All right. The way he put it. He was like, so? No, I'm sorry. We routine, right? Correct, correct.

What would be like a quirky or you know, kick ass way of introducing? I can tell you my favorite. I don't know what should be or what can be. I'll tell you what's my favorite introduction of a hero, a hero in actor, female actor is in Shanakshanam. when they show Sridevi, right? That I think is, like, it is not really heroic how the hero would be introduced. But it is like a very... Run of the mill like a lady. She's kind of quirky. She wakes up. She's got a job. She's going there.

Then she has her issues with the auto guy who's speaking in Hindi. I thought that was something like, I think a certain normalcy, but quirkiness is what I would appreciate perhaps. That's why most of the introductions have very less to do with the character. Correct. It is like duty to focus. So maybe exciting aim to open mid something that that character is doing.

say like somebody like in a silver linings playbook what jennifer lawrence right yes she jay law so she played like she played this insane woman so if you introduce somebody amidst a break down like a mental breakdown where the first frame on your heronish is bawling her eyes out. I think that would be really cool because it's just the opposite to pretty sweet little thing, right? So maybe something like that will be fun. I love that film.

Yeah, the film and there's one scene where she's like... taking the piss out of the hero. Who's that good looking guy? Yeah, Bradley Cooper. Bradley Cooper. And they're in a... Have you seen that movie? No, I haven't seen it. Like they're at a diner. And then he's trying to give some explanation. Like, fuck! Dude, like my dream is to play most of the things that Jennifer Lawrence has played. But then again, there are so many filmmakers everywhere. Space is very different.

Like for example, take Udbav, for example, who I'm working with now. On the film that can't be named. On the film that can't be named. I love the promotions we're doing for this film that can't be named. We can't name it. He can. Eventually, whenever he shows me that video first. Correct. Can you believe it? I am the one in the film. You all have seen the video. It was a sweet surprise when we were dubbing for this thing. Oh, this one's in the film.

Above, he was doing a lot. Every day. I have a lot of nice vibes in the cinema. Every scene, every character, the quirks. Very real yet so different from... what you normally see in films. No one is a typical hero, heroine in that movie. Everybody is in their own zone. So it's exciting. You know, Kishandas is the hero. That's also coming out. The heroine is such a cool character. It's like I had to audition and I got the part because it's such a complicated part to play.

The way that girl is shown and her intro and everything is so different. Like you'll actually really like it. That's a very quirky intro that I have in that film. That movie can be named? No. You're doing all these movies that can't be named. Can't be named. Well, one of them is named Bomb. It's a Tamil film with the Arjundas. It's a bomb name. Thank you. It's a very peculiar film, which is very exciting. So I hope soon enough we have a poster out. Pretty much it. Arjundas. Yes, I know.

That's the guy. Yeah. So when I told my friend Tulsi, she's a reviewer. She reviews for Full Hide. They got her reviews. She's actually one of the sensible ones. For sure.

When I told her that you were coming, she was very excited. She said that she loves the movies you choose and the way you act. Thank you. Yeah. Which got me to look at your filmography and you have generally chosen movies that are, lack of a better word. Not run-of-the-mill. Right? Because your first film is Durasani and then you do Rangamartanarabh, which is a remake of Marathi. And stuff like that. Was that a conscious choice that you made that?

Okay, I will take up these kind of things. Initially, only those things came to me because of Dursani. And nobody saw me in a typical film, in a commercial or a fun film. Nobody really saw me in it. Because I don't care about it, I don't care about it. Okay, like a village girl and... A village girl cries a lot. Yeah. Daughter of a rich man. Yeah, that keeps changing but cries a lot is consistent.

So at one point, I was in a space where I was like, Then came Panchatantram. And I was like, oh, it's happy. I'll do it. I will say I have been lucky. Because I have constantly gotten good characters. First of all, there are good characters. There are good characters, performance of the scope, and the character of the character is important. In this case, I have a majority of cinema.

So eventually it became a conscious decision. When I heard scripts where I have nothing to do, I have nothing to do. That was maybe only because I did these films. If I did it, I did it solid. But as an actor, I want to do everything. I have a desire to do a set song in my heart. Set-Song. Set-Song. Set-Song, is that a term? Set-Song, yeah. Wow, okay. I think it is. At least that's what I always say. At least my gang we say that. For no reason like intro, love scene, song.

Climax Mundu song. Emotion. Climax Mundu song. Nobody dies, no crying. No crying. Just full 48 frames, hair flying. I like dancing, so lots of dancing. Udbav, the great human being who saw that in me. Thanks. So that's coming up in the next movie? Yeah, maybe not. I'm not song and dancing, but I'm very... I look nice all the time in that film. It's like...

You're angry, but still my hair is super set. My makeup's on point. I have like great costumes. So I loved it. I mostly like that because it's a glissarine. Suddenly Udba was like... This? Okay, okay, sure, why not? This happened even in the Tamil film with Kishindas where my DOP is always like, Shiv, cut, cut, cut, cut. What happened? That one, hey, it's falling like this. Put a ladhat, ladhat. Very nice. Be like that only. I was like, okay. Nice, fun and feel. How did your Telugu get so good?

Okay, sorry. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. So, we both speak Telugu and Tamil. So, I will answer, Daddy, Telugu. But it's not a tongue. For example, it's not a tongue. It's similar. For example, aim chase three is a very famous thing of him, right? The thing is, my inclo, my cousins and I don't want to talk about it. I don't want to talk about it, I don't want to talk about it.

That is our Telugu. It's just a thing that these Telugu people who have settled in Chennai have that Telugu. So it's very weird. It's like Snanan Jaisa. So for dad it was the switch of Telugu that was. Difficult. I don't know. Tamil. Tamil? Good. Tamil, like you can speak, like you can hold a conversation. Yeah, yeah. Proper Tamil. Okay, let's go. Who is Tamil? I thought, yeah, that's not bad. You both don't speak it. I could be speaking gibberish.

Did you just say gibberish? When you said, let's go. I was like, hey, he knows Tamil. I was so curious to see ever Tamil. I can speak good Tamil. I can hold a conversation in Tamil. It got much better when I started acting there and I made friends there. I dub for myself in Tamil, so it's getting much much better. So one problem is, I'm talking about Telugu, so I'm talking about Tamil. And it's different. What's happening? Is the tune.

What do you mean? What do you mean? What do you mean? So, Telugu beats for Tamil words. If I'm shooting Tamil films, I don't want to speak Tamil. It's not bagundi, right? It's bagundi. But it just happens that so Tamil is cut cut cut. Beats. Beats. Beats.

I was going through interviews and you joined the industry at 18. Right? Which means that is after plus two? Yeah. The exam is shooting. Chemistry exam. So... Chemistry. Chemistry exam. A lot of it is failing. It's not a second time. I'm not an improvement. I didn't even study it. I was a 10th time. In the 10th, I have 96%. It was a thing. My siblings came together. My uncle is 96. My cousin brother is 96. My cousin sister is 96. That's why my siblings first put together, we have three brothers.

My father, his two younger brothers. He has two sisters also. But his younger brothers and him had children at the same time. So, elder ones are all in the same age. Younger ones are all in the same age. So, while Mughru first examined Rasi, one brother, two sisters. My own sister and cousin sister. Andhraki, 96. Again, overachieving family. I was like, give me the books. Nobody told me I had to get. I took it. As a challenge. As a challenge. I was like...

Which leads us to the next question which we ask our guests always after how much did you get? We got beaten up a lot in school. But as the child of somebody very famous... Did you get beaten up? I have a nice story for this. Is the question if I ever got beaten up? But you... I mean, did people know? Alright. Hey, man. You know? Actually, I'm a young man. You know? I don't want to go down that line.

So did you get, were your teachers a little afraid? No. So my father did research to find a schooling system that does not yell at students. Forget hit. Okay. So there is this schooling system called Waldorf system. The system is called Waldorf. So there is a school in Hyderabad called Shloka. There is also Prerna.

And much later we had a school for a while called Nature. Okay. And then my uncle was taking care of it. Once he passed, we had to shut it down. So that's why they write a walled off school. A walled off school. Like a subtitle because it's a system of... There is a grading system. There are exams in the eighth class. That means I have a cycle test in sixth, but there is no fail pass. It is only that. There is a comparison to students in class.

So, the whole idea is to prepare children for the outside world. So, if you have exams for the 8th, you will have a 10th public exam. But they prepare you as well. Now that you have exams. And it is a... Extracurricular activities are a very important schooling system. So, people don't believe in that system, people don't believe in that system, children don't believe in education and sports. I studied in this school called Shloka and then I moved to nature.

திட்டடாலும் கோப்பாட்டாலும் ச்கேல் தோ கொட்டடாலும் ஏம் லேக்குண்டேன் ஏன் ஏக்சாம் ஫ியர் லேக்குண்டேன் ஏன் தோத்து பார்ச் மார்க்ச் சாலும் அன்னும் மைண்ட்டத்து விக்கருவும் We always thought, we always cut off marks in class. max max class section if fourth class but that was much lesser so in one classroom only 22 or 26 Okay. And like... Every student will be given individual attention. I was always given that individual attention of teaching me specifically what I am not good at.

Even if I'm wrong with you, I'm wrong with you. You're wrong with me, but you're wrong with me. This is English. I used to do very well. So, I know I have a focus. Plus... Like sports. We used to have in-school Olympics. Different different schools used to be different different teams. And javelin thrown in, discs thrown in, jump in. Basketball. So I paint, I stitch, I knit. Because I did all that.

And there was a winter bazaar. There was a winter bazaar. There was a winter bazaar in the world of schools. So what do you make sense of yourself? We sell ourselves. So we have woodwork classes. Now we have a tissue roll and stand together. So we are doing our school. Woodwork. So, like it was a thing where my parents really wanted to put us only in a school that didn't give pressure. No pressure of education. I told them for farming.

They used to take us, make us rice. We all took back rice that we harvested home. So it's a really, really cool system. I really wish more parents put their children there because it changes lives. Like my best friend. He joined our school, I think, about eighth grade. He's three years elder to me. Makka class, basically. I think there are anger issues. Pitch anger issues.

Because of these other schools and the system and the pressure, right? Because it's so chill, right? And we have in school politics. So that we understand what it is to be leaders. We have elections and we have strict rules to never offer anything to any child. Like I can't say I am not allowed to say that. So our elections have to be very, very, very true and you have to hold on to that job. If you are president.

You have like responsibility. So all the kids who were interested in politics used to do that. And then we had theater. So eighth class, you get to do a Shakespeare play. Which one did you do? Because I was not a part of it. But Shivani did Merchant of Venice. And she played Portia. Yeah, that's a meaty roll. Meaty roll, right? And she got that like dress stitched. It was a big deal. And I always played the tree. Correct. The legs of the dragon.

I was that girl in school. The one who is like a dragon with a dragon. So I was one of that person. Classical dance. Guitar. I don't know now. Then, what else? Yoga. Yoga. So, periods settle on time from morning till evening? Three o'clock. Two periods will be either gym. Or arts. Two periods for those things. Sometimes one period. Painting used to be my favorite. Also clearing my accent of why I am speaking in Andhra, Telangana.

and other things is because I currently have no accent. I have that thing there. i would have probably met my friend or watched a film with telangana so just clearing it out because people will be like Correct. But I don't read the comments. Is it what? Is it two all or three one? Three one?

I thought we were at like eight or nine. Oh, I'm so sorry. But sorry, I took so much time about the schooling system. We love it. We love asking people about their school, their education. I didn't know like this kind of school. We had exchange students also, dude. I think now we're entering the zone of showing off. It was a cool school. No, Ghani, I'm saying, don't you think. Hogwarts was no back for your beautiful, wonderful... No, no, sorry, go ahead. No, I'm just saying, don't you think.

more kids should be a part of schools like that and I just feel dude I'm okay because I never had pressure and I'm seeing like kids improve the amount of pressure they have with the added social media and social attention and like my niece is in australia and she's studying there like like college and everything and like i know she's good because her mum is really nice but then i see that my younger niece has exams

She's like 10 years old and for me that is like nuts in my head. So I feel like it just makes you so much calmer. Your acceptance is so much more. I don't want to name the school. This is not the outside world. I want to go see normal schools and weekly cycle tests. weekly cycle is taken, it is projector education, white board has a projector, the teacher will pause, stick, this, this, this, this is that, it is black board education.

So, when teachers used to ask me, you don't know this, I used to say, I don't know. Very confidently. I didn't say it with shame. Like, I don't know. I don't feel it. I always have to say, I don't know. It's the same thing with Shivani also. In fact, in preparation, there are two episodes. That's something my father and mother told us to do all our lives. I don't know if it was I don't know which one started it but all three of them and obviously so I'm saying kids

If you grow up with that, your confidence levels are something else. Now suddenly, I can manage a singer in cinema. Like a dancer, I can manage. Because there are so many touches. It's just nicer. I'm promoting world of schools. Please put your kids in it. World of schools. W-A-L-D-O-R-F.

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Well played. Well played, buddy. Yeah, so tension. Tension between Meero and the audience. Oh, okay. Thank you for that. Thanks, Andy. Thank you. What do you mean? Hypothetical question. Anthariksham. Baita world. Baita. Aliens. Aliens. Aliens. Aliens.

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That's it. That's it. If you check the intro, you will be able to check it out. So, you will be able to check it out. It was the most difficult. It was the DVD. But it was the DVD. And why? If Elon Musk had a spaceship, he would deliver it. Refugees. Custom, a lot of custom. You should take something that is always funny. Sontam finds a place in many people. Last week, Harsha also mentioned Sontam.

First time, my dad saw the jihad scene recently. It's like a wheezing laughter. At one point, he can tell him that he's breaking the jihad. Anyway, so maybe Sontam for those specific scenes. About time. No, I don't know. I don't know what the 5 greatest movies of all time are. Manchester by the Sea. Manchester by this film. It's a very tragic film. But it also teaches you to accept life as is. So listen.

About Time, Manchester by the Sea. We live in time. We live in time. Andrew Garfield, Florence Pugh. This film is gorgeous. It is very recent. My life is the first time in the theater in America. We have a lot of cool feel in New Jersey. We have a lot of shooting in New Jersey. This is not a worldwide release. First in New York and New Jersey shows.

Andrew Garfield is the love of my life. My favorite actor. The greatest showman is a musical. It's about a man who built the circus for the first time, I think. okay that's the story it's brilliant okay yeah for now these are the films all right

Thank you for the recommendations. Thanks a lot. And this is the final question that we ask our guests, which is how do you deal with these four aspects of life, which are physical health, mental health. Time management. Time management and financial management. Physical health. I love being fit. So it is not a problem. I like going to the gym. I like playing sports. So it's good. Not a big deal. And I have...

I think physical health can be best managed if you have a group. If you feel like everyone feels like everyone feels like everyone feels like everyone feels like everyone feels like everyone feels like everyone feels like everyone feels like everyone feels like everyone feels like everyone feels like everyone feels like everyone feels like It will be very fun. Join classes like Pilates. blah blah what is that i i saw on your profile pilates is a form of workout i was going to say

There are a lot of nice form of workout. That means yoga, weightlifting, stretching, hardcore. This is what it does to your body. I saw a lot of actors on this page. Wow, so cool and I feel like you are here. You can join me here. Loved it. It's very difficult. In fact, it's so fun. You can do all like monkey shit and it's lots of fun. So, Pilates is great. Or like my inclo, it's a tradition. My mum, dad and sister go for a walk at KBR all the time. So, make it a group thing.

So you can handle your physical health. Mental health very tricky. Very, very tricky. Nobody really knows how to handle it in my opinion. I only don't know half the time how to hold my... Like for example, like I said, I react first and realize that that is very damaging. to me in many ways sometimes if a minor inconvenience is hurt that can affect relationships in my mental peace and everything but the best way i'm able to handle

My mental health and my mental peace is by talking about it. It's very important. If you want to talk about it, therapy is great. Because therapy is something like outside perspective of. So, the fourth person... person on the chapter it's better but communication is very very helpful anna di na opinion manas lo onna di heart lo onna di maat la de si e di chai si bite bit is the better So, if you are a mess, be a mess. No problem.

I feel like it will not be heavy for you. We will make stupid decisions out of it. So better. Next thing is time management. Time management, I can't answer any questions because my work is six months busy. Six months, my time is managed by whatever my work is. Whatever my work demands. So, my time is sorted for this interview. But in the same job, I don't know why. I don't want to go to the sofa. My mom is going to bite. I don't want to go to the fridge.

So what time management can I tell you about? I don't have it. But focus on... Yourself. In the work of this, you have a problem for me. That's why you have to go to the cinema, to the walking, to the ice cream, to the workout, whatever. That is good. and financial. இந்த கண்டு இப்படி இன்வேச்சியத்தே அந்த உச்சுந்து அந்த அந்த கொந்த அதைக்குடன் பெட்ட பிடுச்சேது முந்துச்சேதான் தாடம் ராடம் ராடம் ஏல்போதாதே ஜேவுலோ பார்கிட்ட மனிலாக உண்டேதே

So, now I am learning what is the best form of investment. I am hearing incredible things. Because they'll be talking 100 crores, 200 crores. Like recently I had a conversation with a friend who was telling me about boring businesses. Have you heard that term? Boring business. Yeah.

Like example? No. Businesses which are very boring or? Good one. I apologize. You should give him a mark. He said boring businesses. This is disgusting but it was funny. Boring businesses and not interesting stuff. Like for example. Solar panels. This is the exact example my friend gave me. Because I don't have knowledge. Solar panels are a lot of boring business. Correct. Not glamorous. It's not creative. It's not like I sell.

Food or you know something. It's literally solar panels. You make it a certain way. If you're doing stands, that's a business. Even if we live in our daily life, those are all boring businesses. Our necessities. things like this. They have the most money in them. Okay. So, the way I am saying that I live here. But when you do smart things, when you invest, you double up so much more. so that atleast like buying this mic also for you guys is like an investment right

Whether it's an appreciating asset or not, we don't know. So these things are very interesting. Yeah, that's a bcom concept, appreciating, depreciating. Yeah, assets, right? So like you're in a car, that's luxury. So maybe eventually I'll make some money out of all these ideas that I keep getting. All right. That's good. Thank you so much. Is there anything else you want to say? Nothing. It was a lot of fun.

Because maybe I don't feel like I'm in a space where I can... But the podcast idea or whatever you guys are doing seemed fun. Who will be the most happiest listening to this podcast? Our Waldorf principle. He is from Switzerland. Sloka or Nature? Yes, my school. I'm happy I've done that and a lot of people are going to hate me for not going for their interviews but for coming here. I had a lot of fun.

Me too. And I came with the confidence that I am doing some good work. Like films that can't be named. I have a certain confidence as an actor. I hope it's fine. I hope I didn't say anything. Too boring. And we also hope After those two movies, Malli next year, sometime you make a visit. I would love to. Please. Maybe something nice and new.

I shall do and come back to talk about it. Or not also. Or not also. Yeah, when you take the six months break, hey, mommy, you need to go to the sofa. Okay, fine. Okay, fine. I got to firm it. This is the same thing. Correct. Correct. Hey, one more thing I forgot to mention before we wind up. I had seen, I had gone to a friend's Sangeet.

uh if you know your friend suhas and kirti yes which you and your sister hosted you were there yeah i was there like sushma like her elder sister is our classmate so gone there and you guys really like took over the whole Sangeet life. Thank you. So nice. And that was a side which I never normally you don't get to see. We also didn't know we had. That is Subhi. Suhas is a very good friend.

Rahul Vijay. Rahul Vijay was our best friends. Then because of Rahul Vijay, they came into our lives. And we all became this group of friends, friends, right? So, Swazgaard was a bachelor party. I said, okay. And then he said, you both do it and like we'll have fun. And I said, okay, just like that. I realized it's a task.

Yeah. So thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed. Cool. All right. Is there anything else you want to say? No, thanks guys. I had a lot of fun. All right. Yeah. And please ask the people to subscribe to our channel. We don't generally do that. Please subscribe to their channel. You know, you're the first guest who's saying this. I am feeling privileged. Please, please subscribe to the channel. And even that questions thing where you can sign up to the members thing.

Quarter bottle. Please sign up to that. It's a really nice opportunity to ask the people you like or you want to ask certain things questions. Maybe even I'll sign up and when you have someone who I'm a huge fan of, I can ask questions. Definitely. And I hope you guys become a big deal and have all these amazing, famous... So famous, can't walk outside here from front door, people come to here. Thank you.

And we also hope you come back after some movies. And I can't leave from the front door. Yeah, there are people outside. Please open up the block. Yes. And also you clear your needs someday. Or not. Why would you end on such a... No, but I really like it. Thank you. I needed that. I really like yours also. Like I'm feeling balanced. 50% of so what if I don't do it and 50% of I can. Thanks. Yeah, come on. Cool. All right. Thank you so much. Thank you. On that note, signing off. Bye-bye.