Mumbai, Maharashtra: In an exclusive interview, Actor and producer Vikrant Massey and writer Sharanya Rajgopal discussed their upcoming film 'Musafir Cafe'. Vikrant shared the film's storyline and explained how its old-school romance will resonate with modern audiences. Sharanya revealed the true story and personal experiences that inspired the narrative. Vikrant also opened up about a painful heartbreak and how he channelled those emotions into his performances. He spoke about his experience as a producer, the film's working process and shared his views on baby luck, heartbreaks and the journey of television actors to Bollywood. Sharanya concluded by highlighting the film's key takeaways for audiences.
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00:00So, welcome Shalini and Mikran to IMS.
00:02It's been a pleasure to have you.
00:05First thing is on the trailer.
00:08Trust me, in a very long time,
00:11you get to see a lot of soft
00:13and it has a lot of emotions
00:15and it makes us also go through the same emotions
00:17which you want to take.
00:19So, firstly, congratulations on that.
00:20So, I really want to know from you, Mikran,
00:25like I mentioned right now,
00:27that in this trailer
00:28there is a lot of emotion
00:30of love, old school romance
00:32of
00:34heartbreak, of all of that.
00:36In the past, when we talk about it,
00:38all these things are the way of heartbreak.
00:41And if you look at the actual,
00:42what is happening,
00:43people probably don't know.
00:45Because every day, in the generation,
00:48in the era of swiping left and right,
00:51what is happening,
00:52every day, heartbreak is happening.
00:54So, I really want to understand from you
00:56that,
00:57that, um,
00:59that, um,
00:59as I mentioned,
00:59that, um,
01:20that, um,
01:24I am not so pessimistic to take this generation.
01:28I mean, yes, of course, we are in the age of technology, swiping right and left.
01:34But by the end of it, I think this is in our DNA.
01:38To fall in love, to experience heartbreak, to have these universal emotions like hope.
01:46We all feel these things.
01:47We all feel these things.
01:53But I have a full faith that the musafir cafe is a universal show,
01:58which has a beautiful show.
02:02This is only in India.
02:04The people who have shared emotions or shared history,
02:10which we all have, every human, resonate with.
02:15And I am a millennial myself.
02:19I don't know what Gen Z thinks or what their priorities are.
02:23So I will not give you the answer.
02:27But I am not so pessimistic.
02:29I am not so pessimistic.
02:30I am not so pessimistic.
02:33I am not so pessimistic.
02:46So far, if you think of a mental health,
02:47I am not so pessimistic.
02:48But it stems from a heartbreak.
02:50Even it comes from the early tea,
02:51the words, the mood, the feelings, the feelings, the stories,
02:55the stories,
02:55And I really want to understand when you write such stories.
02:59what is that particular emotion or what is that particular story of your life that you would like to share
03:05that makes you write such wonderful concepts and especially like something like Musabhar Cafe
03:11because it is very soft and yet very intense.
03:20So I really want to know from you.
03:23Well, I think a lot of people will know a lot about me on 24th of July.
03:36So I have experienced love in all its shades that you will see.
03:48I've also been touched by love that hasn't stayed in my life.
03:52And I've also been the person who's walked away from relationships.
03:55So I've been all of this.
03:57So I'm Sudha, Chandra and Preeti.
04:01I'm all three characters.
04:02And the problem with a writer is you feel so exposed, you know.
04:07First, when an actor reads the material, the actor gets to know you.
04:12So then there's a barrier that comes from saying,
04:14you have to be able to talk with this because this is my life.
04:17I've been learning a lot of things while reading it.
04:21That's still safe because, you know, when you're shooting, there's a lot of trust.
04:24So you start sharing things about each other's lives and you start giving energy of truth.
04:33When it goes to an audience, it's very scary.
04:35Because you're just like, I hope it just does what it needs to do.
04:50but it comes from truth, you're right
04:52I don't think you can be an artist
04:54without truth
04:57and a story doesn't
04:59come out of you
04:59if you don't want to find something
05:00in such a way
05:05I'm a complete
05:06lover for love and
05:07I love love stories and I believe that
05:10there's nothing greater in life than
05:13love that can change the shape of you
05:15sometimes it comes as a person
05:17sometimes it comes as yourself
05:18sometimes it comes as a child
05:20in both our cases now
05:22we're both parents
05:24so you know that when you have a child
05:25it changes your life all over again
05:27so there's nothing greater than love
05:30the first question is for you
05:31on a similar point
05:33as it says that
05:34when you have the most vulnerable emotion
05:36so sometimes it says
05:38that you have to remember
05:39some kind of
05:43something that you have to get
05:46that you have to get
05:46so that it makes it feel naturally
05:48that you have to feel
05:50and you have to feel heartbreak
05:50so sometimes as an artist
05:52you have to keep that one memory
05:54you can't forget and heal
05:55as an artist
05:58you cannot heal
05:59because I understand being an artist
06:01that the trigger point
06:03you have to get out of that moment
06:03and you have to get back to normal
06:05I really want to understand
06:07when you show this
06:09you're dealing with heartbeats
06:10you're crying
06:11so what was that particular thing
06:12that was that vulnerable moment
06:14that you thought of
06:14I mean
06:15I've had a lot of experiences
06:19I've had a lot of experiences
06:20I've had a lot of experiences
06:21so I've also had my fair share
06:24of butterflies in my stomach
06:27I've had my fair share
06:28of falling in love
06:31heartbreaks
06:31so as an actor
06:34you cannot entirely
06:35disassociate yourself
06:37from your real self
06:38when you're playing any part
06:44so
06:52I've had
06:53like I said
06:54I've had my fair share
06:55of experiences
07:06When you read a book or a film or a script, you are naturally drawn to those experiences
07:14in life which you try remembering to enhance your performance, it's a very normal thing.
07:20But it's a testament to his craft on set.
07:23When there were scenes where Vikrant would have to break down, there was not a single
07:28dry eye on set because everybody, especially like all the men in my unit, were crying with
07:37him.
07:37I promise.
07:39One is, of course, he is being humble and saying that media life experience but he is an incredible
07:43actor.
07:43He knows how to go to the depth of where the character is in that moment and then move from
07:51there on, which is what I was, I really feel so honored to have witnessed it in person.
07:56Because I swear, you know, when I was a gaffer or my focus puller, I was standing in front of
08:04And Vikrant performed and I knew him.
08:06And he would look at me and say, what are you doing?
08:09I mean, how did this come from?
08:12Okay.
08:12Because he was okay until that minute.
08:14And he's an exemplary actor and to watch him in performance is just really something like
08:21it's a huge learning for me as a writer because I know that I can be brave enough to write
08:26material that's intense because you trust that the other person will play it.
08:32And with him and Ruchir watching both of them go for some of those moments because when a
08:39woman tries and writes an emotional scene from a man's POV, I was very worried about
08:46it.
08:47And those were the scenes where I think Ruchir Vikrant and I spent a lot of time saying,
08:52have we pushed it enough?
08:53Have we pushed it enough?
08:54Have we pushed it enough?
08:55And I would just have to look at him.
08:56Because Chandar doesn't know more about him from this time, he's got it.
09:01So now I have to now surrender to his process and I can't tell you, it's really a masterclass
09:11experience.
09:12She's very generous.
09:12But I have to, she's, you're very generous both of you, but I also have to tell you one
09:18of the reasons why it was a dream set for Ruchir Arun, the director and me is because
09:25very seldom do you come across such, such detailed, such, such writing, which has that, that substance
09:36in soul.
09:38In their writing, maybe it's, it's, it's, it's one of the best scripts I've read or
09:42you may just shoot it.
09:43I'm not saying, I'm not saying, but I'm saying, I'm saying, because I'm saying, as actors,
09:47artists, which is director, or cameraman, you know, or cameraman, you know.
09:53Reading between the lines, it's not the same time.
09:57It's, it's, it's, it's, it's the exemplary writing also.
10:05as an actor
10:06I know that
10:08I don't get so much depth in my life
10:11or I don't have a chance to get such a career
10:13or a chance to get such a career
10:15I also have a chance to get such a career
10:18that I am exhausted
10:19because I have never gone to that range
10:22as an actor
10:24but
10:24I am being very truthful
10:26that I have done this genre
10:30but
10:31with that depth or with that intensity
10:33maybe that stuff didn't have written
10:36so it was a shame to perform
10:38but I think it's a team work
10:40it's an out and out collaborative effort
10:42and I can very proudly say
10:43this was one of the most collaborative teams
10:45and it begins right from the top
10:48including Netflix
10:49they were only a platform
10:51that they sanctioned
10:52and they gave money and you go and build
10:54they were on top of it
10:57collaborating with us
10:58giving us that space and freedom
10:59to go out there and make
11:00what we want to make
11:02and they had that faith in us
11:04so it's a team effort
11:07you know Vikrat
11:08like as you
11:09as we got to know
11:10that this is
11:10we have co-produced
11:11in this project
11:13so now you are
11:14that side of the diaspora
11:16so I wanted to understand
11:17when we talk about production
11:19so many people are coming
11:21when we are actors
11:22so maybe they realize
11:22that the camera is on this side
11:24but when you are on that side
11:25you are showing all the technicalities
11:27and all the production level
11:29so then you realize
11:30that the actors and tantrums
11:31can be true
11:33so I want to understand
11:35from your perspective
11:35as an actor
11:36we have known you
11:37you have also seen
11:38the kind of work in town
11:40but as a producer
11:41what was your take
11:43for this project
11:45or going forward
11:46for any project
11:46when you are watching
11:47what kind of
11:48you would like to hire
11:49actors
11:49I would really want
11:53people
11:54to be honest
11:58I think
12:01they don't carry baggage
12:03I think it's very
12:04very important
12:04you know
12:05you disassociate
12:06with your
12:08stardom
12:09fame
12:10and just come out there
12:11and play the part
12:12that you are requested
12:13to play
12:13that is very much
12:15necessary
12:17if I
12:19my intention
12:20is also
12:21that is very important
12:25that you are there
12:27you are a client
12:30I mean
12:31you can be
12:32whatever you want
12:33to be
12:33outside of that
12:34I mean
12:36with all rights
12:38of course
12:38you want that
12:39position and place
12:39but I think
12:40it's important
12:40to prioritize
12:42the part
12:42that you are hired
12:43for
12:43that is very important
12:45for me
12:46and there are
12:46many things
12:47but if you have
12:48asked for actors
12:48to ask
12:49I would want
12:51and actors
12:51who fit the part
12:52actually
12:52you know
12:53casting is such
12:54an important
12:54aspect
12:55and in 18 years
12:57we have seen
12:58that it's not
12:59just a name
13:00that can today
13:01come in
13:02and fill
13:03a role
13:04it's very necessary
13:06to be a precise
13:06casting
13:07that it's not
13:07what I mean
13:07it's very important
13:09so
13:09in this movie
13:10we have
13:11a client
13:13that
13:13how many
13:14have won't
13:15win
13:15this line
13:16is very very
13:17so
13:18it's beautiful
13:30it's beautiful
13:31live wherever you are. So you want to understand that you both say the entire concept is that
13:38you live less than Monday, so we don't know when we live. We live well because we love
13:43Akra. We feel like we live well. Yes, you feel like we live in a very fancy place. But that's
13:47because we are really passionate
13:48towards our craft. I want to understand that as journalists or as actors, do you not feel that
13:55we actually need to live a little bit apart from all of this. This is for both of you, especially
14:02for you.
14:03100% is very important, otherwise there is no point in any other way. You have to hold life by
14:10both.
14:10Why am I asking this question? Because this entire debate of eight hours, ten hours, twelve hours,
14:15I want to understand from your perspective that eight hours, ten hours, do you think it is in
14:20industry possible? Firstly, and if there is, how much do you agree or disagree?
14:24Look, this is a very complex question. If I talk about industry specifically, I think it is such a
14:36cost-heavy industry. It's a lot of money. It's very intensive. It's very cost-intensive.
14:48So, 12 hours, if you look at 12 hours, we don't shoot 12 hours. We only shoot only 4 or
14:575 hours.
15:01So, I mean, to each their own. You know, some times we have 16, 16, 17, 17 hours shoot.
15:08It's very important. You know, budgets are all the same.
15:13If you talk about life, if we can do 8 hours, or if we can do other countries,
15:19especially in Northern Europe, we have done 4 days a week. I think that we can't do it. We are
15:28still a developing economy.
15:29Right? We are only, we are a very young democracy.
15:33We have to do a lot of things. We have to do a lot of things. We have to do
15:54a lot of things.
16:04We have to do a lot of things. We have to do a lot of things. I mean, to each
16:07their own.
16:07There is no right or wrong. But I think that because we are a developing economy,
16:11at least for the next 30, 40, 50 years, we really need to work hard and realize the full potential
16:17of our country.
16:17I feel like that.
16:19We will head on to a very lighter side of the interview.
16:21Yeah.
16:21That I, this is my personal observation.
16:23That why we have seen your, you know, stellar performances, as I mentioned before the interview,
16:28from your Badi Ka Udu Dave.
16:30But sometimes I feel like after your baby has been born,
16:33you have a lot of luck factor.
16:37Of course, of course, of course.
16:41So your first national award, your projects that you are choosing, the way you have been received,
16:46like being received as, you know, from audiences.
16:49You know, from audiences.
16:49You are listening to a lot of your name in the market, to be honest.
16:53In a very, very positive way.
16:55So do you want to understand the baby love factor?
16:58How much of you do, do you believe in it?
16:59I completely believe in it.
17:00I completely believe in it.
17:02Because in our house, we say that every child comes to their achievements.
17:07And so I also believe in that.
17:09There are a lot of things that come to it.
17:12And I couldn't have asked for anything more.
17:14You know, I'm really, really grateful.
17:16Right.
17:17And my last question before they actually get irked.
17:19So, one last question, Grant, as a fan of you,
17:50So, I really want to understand that your journey, when we talk about TV actors,
17:59I really want to understand your journey from television to Musabir Cafe, and also what kind of difficulties have you
18:08faced and how did you overcome them?
18:11Firstly, thank you so much for such good words. I am really, really thankful, grateful.
18:19What is my journey?
18:20I think, I don't know. I think this is for someone else to actually answer.
18:24No, I mean, do you still feel that television, which is a concept, TV actors are not?
18:32I, no, no.
18:33No, no.
18:34No, no.
18:34No, no.
18:35No, no.
18:35No, no.
18:35No, no.
18:38I completely deny that.
18:40That's absolutely not.
18:41If I believe that, then I don't come from there.
18:44And I don't do that respect.
18:46You know, I don't command.
18:50I don't believe that.
18:52I think.
18:53And this is the same thing that I have faced.
18:56When I came from television to film, many people said that this is a TV actor.
19:00What will they do?
19:01They don't come to work.
19:04And not just TV.
19:05I think, if you can see any social economic background,
19:11It can't change that you are a yoga or not.
19:15It can't change your yoga.
19:16It can't change your yoga.
19:18I don't believe that.
19:19Where are you from?
19:20Or what is your background?
19:22And yeah, that is what I feel.
19:24And I think my journey has been blessed.
19:27It's been 20-22 years.
19:28I know, Sharania, sometimes we talk to our home about how many years have been.
19:33Like, I am saying that we have been 16-17 years before.
19:37Today, we are with them.
19:38Today, we are with them.
19:39Today, we are with them.
19:40We have 18 years.
19:43So, I am full of gratitude.
19:45I am really grateful.
19:57And this is the only thing that you feel audiences will take away from Masafir Cam.
20:14What would be the one take away?
20:18Never lose yourself.
20:26I mean, there is no one definition of love.
20:31Yeah, I mean, love comes in all forms and shapes and sizes and all packages.
20:36I mean, it is so much more complex than just those warm fuzzy butterflies in your stomach.
20:41I think love is quite a lot more than just that.
20:48Thank you so much.
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