Sanjay Mishra Speaks To Subhash K Jha On His Struggle, Triumph, Dreams & Desires
Congrats, another triumph in Kadvi Sach. Your performance has again been unanimously hailed as magnificent.Was it hard playing blind,impoverished and yet unvanquished?
The weather and the topography we shot in were a challenge. But I am not a stranger to hardships, on screen and off it. I’ve known struggle and challenges for a good 25 years ever since I came to Mumbai,started with bit roles on television and cinema. I guess playing socio-economically challenged characters comes easily to me.When I travelled from Patna to Delhi to join the National School Of Drama, my father gave me five letters of recommendation to people he considered to be influential. I still have those letters.
What sort of praise are you getting for Kadvi Hawa from your colleagues?
I’ve been so busy shooting my next film day and night I’ve missed out on many of the golden moments. I’ve never been to Goa for the IFFI film festival. I wanted to be there this time with my director Nila Madhab Panda for the screening of our film. But I couldn’t. Among the colleagues the one I cherish was the call fron Nana Patekar. He called a number of times when I was shooting. Finally he got pissed off the way only Nana Patekar can. I had to pacify him(laughs). Life is good. I am getting the kind of work my father would have been proud to see me do.
Just a few months back we saw you spewing nonsense in Golmaal Again. Now you epitomize unfathomable levels of pain tragedy and social relevance on Kadvi Sach. How do you balance absurdity with profundity so easily?
That’s what life is,isn’t it, that’s what we all are, a combination of the absurd and the profound. Sometimes we see both the qualities in the same situation. It’s important to recognize that life is to be taken neither too seriously nor too lightly.I put in as much effort into the Golmaal series as I did in Masaan,Ankhon Dekhi, Kadvi Hawa or Anaarkali Of Arrah where I played a sleazy college principal.
You humanized the sleazebag?
Yes, all villains have a core of humanism in them. I am sure even Raavan had it.
The turning point for you is Rajat Kapoor’s Aankhon Dekhi in 2014.We thought you’d get the National award for it…
Abb hum kya bolen National award ke baare mein? Usske liye danda lekar khada hona padta hai. Akshay Kumar ko mila na…(what can I say about the National award. One has to stand with a stick for that…)
Danda lekar toh aap Kadvi Hawa mein khade hain?
Toh shayad iss bar mil jaye(Maybe I will get it this time).
Tell me about your next character and film?
It is the biggest challenge of my career. I am playing a character-actor from the 1970s…You know those very talented actors like Iftikher, KaderKhan, Bob Cristo,Manmohan, Viju Khote, Om Prakash, Kader Khan Saab who added so much to every film but got no recognition? I play one such character actor . The film is called Kamyaab and it’s directed by Hardik Mehta. You might have seen his celebrated documentary Amdabad Ma Famous. This is his feature-film debut and it’s going to be a very special film . I can feel it.
Like all your recent films?
No this is extra-special. Character-actors never got their due in our film industry.Even I was a victim of this.Luckily I got saved.Do you know the famous line Hum jahan khade hote hain line wohi se shuroo hota hai, attributed to Bachchan Saab, was actually mouthed by Bob Cristo in Kalia? I play a character-actor based on the actor Sudhir who played small-time villains in the 1970s. This is the story of his struggle. And you know how good I am at struggling.
You’ve come a long way. What are you thoughts on your journey?
Bahot diya dene wale ne mujhko(the Almighty have given me a lot).I can’t complain. But yes, I do get upset when I am still referred to as a comedian. A leading Hindi paper screamed in a headline, ‘For The First Time A Comedian On The Poster With The Lead Actors Of Golmaal Again.’ To all those who think they are doing me a favour by such gestures I have Salman Bhai’s dialogue : Humpe itna ehsaan karna ke humpe koi ehsaan mat karna.

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Pink Director’s Next Featuring Yami As A Crime Reporter To Stream From February 16

Anniruddha Roy Chowdhury whose Pink featuring Amitabh Bachchan and Taapsee Pannu was one of the most important films of 2016, is all set to release his next Hindi film.
Entitled Lost, Anniruddha’s film , based on true events, will see Yami Gautam Dhar(that’s what the actress calls herself after her marriage) as a crime journalist. LOST is an emotional social thriller that represents a higher quest, a search for lost values of empathy and integrity.
Inspired by true events, Lost is a story of a bright young woman crime reporter in her relentless search for the truth behind the sudden disappearance of a young theatre activist.

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Says Aniruddha “The shoot of LOST has been an incredible journey. I have been eager for the release of our hard-worked venture. The film is a realistic highlight of media in a social context and I am sure that it will give the audience a compelling watch. I am curious about its release and see the responses it shall get. I hope they will welcome it with open hearts.”
Yami Gautam Dhar who plays the lead of the crime reporter says, “I can’t be happier and more proud of the film’s selection for the opening night at CSAFF. I feel like its one that the people will connect to and will be the one that you cannot miss, especially in the current age and time. I have loved playing this role because it was such a special experience, it allowed me to explore so many layers of emotions as an actor and the entire team has worked really hard on it. I genuinely cannot wait for the film’s release, especially to see the reactions of the audience to it.”
The crime investigation drama boasts a stellar cast. Along with Yami, the film will feature Pankaj Kapur, Rahul Khanna, and an ensemble of younger talent, including Neil Bhoopalam, Pia Bajpai, and Tushar Pandey, in pivotal roles.
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Jamuna Had A Love-Hate Relationship With Bollywood

Veteran Telugu actress Jamuna who passed away on Friday, shared an uneasy relationship with the Hindi film industry.She did eleven Hindi films including the iconic Milan in 1967 where Jamuna agreed to play the second lead, or the supporting role if you will, to Nutan.
Jamuna as Gauri was the Other Woman who craved for the hero Sunil Dutt’s attention whereas he had eyes and devotion only for Nutan. In later years Aruna Irani played a similar role in Caravan.
In Milan Jamuna was not keen to do a supporting role. Producer L V Prasad tempted her with three chartbusting songs. Besides, Jamuna had played the same role in Mooga Manasulu, the Telugu original of Milan. But it was the songs composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal which convinced Jamuna to take up the second lead in Milan.
While Nutan had no solo songs in Milan, she did have the chartbuster duet Sawan ka mahina . Jamuna on the other hand, had two splendid Lata Mangeshkar solos: Tohey saawariya naahin khabariya and the magnificent Ghazal Aaj dil pe koi zor chalta nahin.Not only these, Jamuna also had a hit duet with Mukesh based on her character Gauri: Bol Gauri bol tera kaun piya.
But then, fate intervened. After the film released one of Jamuna’s solos, the poignant and memorable Aaj dil pe koi zor chalta nahin was snipped out of the film.
Here is what happened: the Ghazal , one of Lataji’s all-time greats, was very much a part of Milan when it released on 17 March 1967. But then it was seen to hamper the flow of the film and edited out. The beautiful song occurred right after intermission. Producer Prasad, a shrewd filmmaker, got to know that audiences prolonged their loo breaks as there was a song after the break. Hence the sacrifice of a seriously sonorous melody.
Jamuna hardly did Hindi films after Milan. Her last Bollywood appearance was in Raj Kumar Kohli’s Raj Tilak where she was lost in a multistarrer as the royal queen.
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Karan Johar Moves Alia Song From Switzerland To Kashmir

The romantic duet in Karan Johar’s Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahaani which was to be shot in Switzerland and which was delayed due to the film’s leading lady Alia Bhatt’s motherhood, is now being relocated to Kashmir.
Purely out of the love for new mom Alia.
Says a source in the know, “Karan loves Alia like his own daughter. He would do anything for her. He postponed the release of Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani as the love duet could not be shot before Alia’s maternity leave. Karan had decided to shoot the song in Switzerland after Alia’s maternity love. But now he has relocated the song to Kashmir as Alia doesn’t want to leave her baby girl behind for long stretches.”
And as Karan Johar argued, snow is snow. How does it matter whether it is Switzerland or Kashmir?
This song would be Karan Johar’s tribute to his idol Yash Chopra. Alia would be dressed in chiffon sarees while Ranveer, for a change, would be seen in formals.
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Bobby Deol’s Switchover To Villainous Roles

After Prakash Jha’s webseries Ashram where Bobby played a sleazy godman, and Love Hostel where he was a ruthless assassin, he is playing the villain to Ranbir Kapoor in Sandeep Vanga’s Animal.
Bobby says it is not conscious career decision to play negative characters but a conscious decision to play interesting characters. “ I don’t look at characters as positive or negative.When I watch films there is always one character that stays with you. I want to play that character.”
Prakash Jha’s Ashram proved a gamechanger for Bobby. He admits finding challenging roles is tough. “I am trying. I am doing Sandeep Vanga’s Animal with Ranbir Kapoor , Parineeti Chopra. Then I am doing the family film Apne 2 which I am very excited about.”
In an earlier interview with this writer Bobby spoke about his long absence from screen before Prakash Jha’s Ashram. “My fans would ask why I wasn’t being seen on the screen.And I couldn’t tell them it was because I wasn’t getting good roles. But my fans stood by me. They gave me the strength to keep looking for the right roles. Thankfully I found the roles I liked. My new films have given me some new fans. I am thankful I am still here. Yeah , I am in a good space right now.”
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