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Mumbai, Maharashtra:In an exclusive interview with IANS, actress Naina Sareen opened up about what drew her to Raakh and Pritam and Pedro. She spoke about preparing for her Parsi character Tina, the emotional and physical challenges of the role, and working with an intimacy coordinator on set. Naina also shared what it was like to switch to comedy as Sherlyn with Rajkumar Hirani. Talking about image and typecasting, the actress said she has no issues playing repetitive roles and is here to work. She also discussed how FTII shaped her as an actor, and the key factors she considers while choosing a script. Naina reflected on how Hotel Mumbai to Raakh changed her as an actor. She further spoke about her upcoming projects, revealing that she is working on diverse roles across different genres in independent films. Naina also shared that she is co-writing a film inspired by her own life, and spoke about the fear that comes with putting something so personal on the big screen. The actress also shared her take on how OTT has created more opportunities for new actors and how talent is given more importance today compared to the past. She spoke about the struggles outsiders face to cement their place in the industry, and advised them to have an alternate source of income.


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00:00First of all, welcome to I.N.S.
00:02Thank you so much sir.
00:04First of all, tell us about Rock and Petem and Pedro
00:09What did you attract the most of the projects in the two projects?
00:13When I got a call from Rock,
00:16the scene was very small.
00:19And when I studied the scenes,
00:23I understood that he was going to be a very impactful character in the show.
00:28And then I prepared a lot,
00:31because he was also a Parsi character.
00:33So I saw how the Parsi pronunciation is on YouTube.
00:39I prepared a little period for the show.
00:45Then I dressed up and auditioned in the casting office.
00:52When I was auditioning,
00:54I figured out that he was a very impactful character.
00:58The scene is going to be very impactful in the whole show.
01:02So, I always wanted to work with Process Roy.
01:07And that was good with Rock.
01:11Deena and Selene are both different characters.
01:15Yes.
01:16What was the biggest challenge for them?
01:20Deena's character in Rock,
01:22the challenge was of course,
01:25mental preparation for a character.
01:26But the physicality,
01:29the retakes,
01:31and the scene,
01:34the scene,
01:34the physical energy,
01:38the physical energy.
01:39And,
01:41we were also doing a lot of work with the director and my co-actor.
01:46And in our set,
01:47there was constantly an intimacy coordinator
01:49who was guiding us throughout the scene.
01:53So,
01:54the preparation was quite,
01:56I mean,
01:58when I went to shoot,
02:00I had a mental preparation,
02:02I had to do it.
02:03Then,
02:03I went there,
02:04with co-actors,
02:05the scenes,
02:07choreographies,
02:08and then,
02:09we worked on the scene.
02:10And then,
02:11we worked on the takes.
02:12And Sherlyn's role,
02:14it's a very opposite role,
02:17Deena's role.
02:19I mean,
02:20it's a comedy role.
02:21So,
02:22and it was the first time,
02:24I was trying a comedy.
02:26And,
02:27of course,
02:28Rajkumar Hirani sir,
02:29Avinash Arun,
02:30Arshad Varsi.
02:31So,
02:32my work was very easy,
02:33because,
02:33I worked with them,
02:35and I was able to see them.
02:36I was able to choose them.
02:38You choose a new character in every project.
02:42Do you consciously,
02:43repeat your image?
02:49you're not able to do that.
02:50Every actor is moving from repetition.
02:54But,
02:54what happens is because,
02:55when you see a character in a while,
02:58people will mix your personality from that character,
03:03and their recall value are increasing.
03:07It will be the same as to the imagination
03:09It is very difficult for casting directors and directors.
03:13So there are a few repetitive roles.
03:15You have to do one job.
03:18But I have no problem with repetitive roles.
03:21I have come to work and I will do it.
03:25How did FTI training have you learned as an actor?
03:32FTI met me.
03:34I understood that I was afraid of any of my emotions.
03:43The difficult conversations are difficult to do with friends, family members, brothers and sisters.
03:54It is very difficult to do with the emotions.
03:55It is very difficult to do with the set.
03:58Because you have to imagine yourself.
04:00Or you have to bring your personal experience in your acting.
04:06So FTI taught me that.
04:08FTI taught me a beautiful community.
04:11For friends, actors, directors.
04:14You have created a project for all the film industry.
04:21What are the most important things for you?
04:22You have created a project for content driven and commercial.
04:26What are the most important things for you?
04:32I am working with the director.
04:35I am working with the director.
04:36I try to read a script for 2-3 times.
04:39And who is my character.
04:41Whether the screen time is enough.
04:42Whether the dialogue has enough.
04:44Whether the character is not visible.
04:47The character is not visible.
04:47That is a little bit of attention.
04:51And I try to think how impactful the character will be.
04:56I try to focus on that.
04:58And if it is an independent film.
04:59It is an opportunity to improvise.
05:02It is an opportunity to work differently.
05:05It is a bit of constraint in commercial projects.
05:10But in independent cinema.
05:12It is an opportunity to work more on that.
05:16Hotel Mumbai.
05:17Tripool.
05:18Misra.
05:18CA Topper.
05:19Abra.
05:20Which project has changed you as an actor?
05:25The change?
05:29I mean.
05:30As an actor?
05:31The first film of Hotel Mumbai.
05:33And I first went on a set.
05:36So.
05:36He had.
05:37And that.
05:38As an actor.
05:41I learned something.
05:42The first thing.
05:43I was able to understand.
05:44What is the set?
05:46How does a set function?
05:48That.
05:48That.
05:49There.
05:49I mean.
05:50I.
05:50The first time I felt like an actor was in a set of hotel in Mumbai
05:53So I gave that credit for the first time that I went to a set of hotel in Mumbai
06:01Your upcoming project Lagi, Kamsay or Drive and Catch Fire
06:06Will you get the new audience to see the audience?
06:11Yes, I have a lot of interesting films
06:15There are different genres of films
06:17One film is Maharashtra based
06:21One is Chandigarh based
06:23And the third film is Delhi based
06:27So these are all independent films
06:30I mean, I am a mother of a character
06:34I am a South Delhi girl
06:41Dry wounds catch fire
06:44It is a diploma project
06:46Siddhan Singh Chauhan is a junior from the film institute
06:49It is a diploma film
06:51It is a post-production film
06:53So these are all independent films
06:56In fact, I am going to work on my future
06:58It is a film
07:00That is what you work with
07:01You are a physiological
07:02Romantic film
07:06What is your real life
07:08To inspire a real life
07:09What kind of this story
07:10Turning the world
07:12How much of this story
07:14How much of this story
07:18is your life
07:20In my life
07:23I can't talk about the story exactly, but there are personal experiences and there was a traumatic event on which
07:35I wanted to write
07:36which I think will be very relatable to a lot of women across the world.
07:41My film institute is a batch mate of screenplay writer Shreya Bhattacharya.
07:45So, when we started talking about the story, and when some years passed, that I can objectively see it,
07:53then we decided that we should start writing it because the story is very interesting.
07:58I hope that I can write it properly and create it.
08:04When you see your personal experience on the screen, do you have any fear?
08:11Yes, there is a fear. I have a fear for writing.
08:16It's also a fear for me.
08:18So, I think that...
08:20I mean, I mean, I mean...
08:22I mean, I mean, I mean, the process of adapting the character to me is very difficult for me.
08:28Because you have to see both of yourself black and white.
08:56Today, OTT has increased the opportunity for new actors.
08:58You have increased the opportunity for new actors.
09:01Do you think that you have more importance of talent?
09:06You have created your own background in your industry.
09:10So, what did you teach this journey?
09:15I've learned a lot about the journey in the last 19 years.
09:17I've learned a lot of things.
09:20But I also think that sometimes when I watch some projects,
09:27when I watch some projects,
09:28the currency of talent,
09:31I think it should be a priority.
09:33When we work in films,
09:35the currency of talent,
09:36it should be a priority.
09:37Not that your social media posts,
09:41your followers,
09:43your knowledge and knowledge.
09:45Sometimes it feels like
09:47that if you have more followers,
09:49you get more work.
09:50So,
09:52sometimes it feels like that.
09:54But you also meet such good people,
09:57who are only on the basis of your talent.
10:00So, I've learned a balance.
10:01I'm really looking forward to the quality of that.
10:07I've learned a lot
10:07So, people who don't like to learn
10:10what their social media plays in the world.
10:13Where are your training?
10:14Where are your new ones?
10:14and they don't like to learn
10:15If you have an acting?
10:17So, I'm following the truth
10:18that I'm doing training,
10:22working in the world
10:23and getting the work done.
10:26Today, some actors, without any formal acting training, do work with other banners, especially start kids.
10:37After taking FTI training, do you feel that the background of the talent is more important?
10:47I mean, this question is legit, but if they are the star kids and the roles they offer, I don't
10:57compete for those roles.
10:58So, I don't think this is a problem.
11:01If they are the roles, I don't give audition for them.
11:04And if they are the roles, I don't give audition for them.
11:06They don't consider them for their roles.
11:08So, for me, this is probably my time-waste.
11:14If they are the roles, when will I get a lead character?
11:18When will I get this film with this director?
11:21So, if I think this is better than thinking, I will see 5 films and work with writing.
11:28For an outsider, how difficult to create a role in the industry?
11:32How difficult to create a role in the industry?
11:34What do you think that the opportunity is also available today?
11:39If you want to give a young outsider from today, then what will happen?
11:46My juniors are passing out from the film institute.
11:50And many people come to Bombay.
11:52So, if there is no advice for me.
11:56If there is no advice for me, I will say that when you come to Bombay,
12:00then definitely figure out what will happen to you.
12:05What will happen to your alternate source of income?
12:08When you don't work in Bombay, you have to do something.
12:13You have to do something.
12:14You have to do something.
12:15You have to do something.
12:16You have to do something.
12:16You have to do something.
12:17So, if you can get this money, you can buy some money,
12:20You can do something.
12:20Because one person has to do something.
12:24You can do something.
12:25But if you can do something,
12:27if acting does not come to the last few years,
12:29and you will do something,
12:31You can do something else,
12:31let all get you figured out a certain source of income.
12:34Because as an artist,
12:35it will rise to the mind as an artist.
12:37And then, you have a choice.
12:39That you have to say,
12:41So, never again,
12:47We will figure out, voice-overs, assist films, costumes, writing.
12:52Whatever works, do it and figure out income.
12:57I am developing a mini-web series.
13:01My film institute has a batchmate of Screenplay Writing, Shreya Bhattacharya.
13:06We both are writing it together.
13:07We are co-creators.
13:09It is now a very start time.
13:12We will go to many months.
13:13And I hope that we will make this show.
13:18Thank you so much.
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