Shut up & Listen, Ranveer Singh ~ Bollywood’s Weird Interview!
Rajeev Masand is one of those rare
interviewers from the Indian Films space who goes beyond the current
relationship status and Sartorial choices of movie stars. His interviews are a
delight for any movie lover. One gets to learn a lot about movies from these
interviews – trivia, anecdotes, words of wisdom on the craft, some numbers and
statistics, emerging trends etc. In this interview as well, he has done his
best to bring some semblance, but thanks to our dear movie star Mr. Ranveer
Singh, this turned out to be one of the weirdest interviews ever.
Ranveer
Singh: Undoubtedly, he is a powerhouse of talent. I LOVED his nuanced
performance in Bajirao Mastani. I cannot find enough words to qualify his
performance par excellence in Padmaavat. Calling it just brilliant would be a
huge injustice. I don’t think any other actor could have brought Khilji to life
the way he did. BUT in this interview, he must learn to keep quiet. He must
learn to not draw attention constantly to himself. He must avoid cracking jokes
at all the wrong places. He must learn to not belittle answers given by others.
He must learn not to behave like he owns the room. Whenever Rajeev tried to
bring some character to the interview, Ranveer like a joker who has no sense of
the stage or context, like a misbehaved child, like an unsophisticated layman
annihilated the moment without any thought whatsoever. The strange part is
Ranveer makes fun of Befikre early in the interview. Also, makes fun of his
appearance too. He praises all his co actors so generously. So not all is lost,
thankfully 😊.
Just that in the next interview, please listen more and talk less!
Ayushman
Khurana: Ayushman deserves all the praise in the world for his performances in ‘Badhaai
Ho’ and ‘Andhadhun’. He is an artist in the true sense of the word blessed with
a beautiful voice. Usually, his interviews are a delight to watch. I don’t know
if he was trying to match up to Ranveer Singh’s lack of manners here, he also
was giving tone deaf comments and un funny jokes. We understand the excitement in
being on Actor’s roundtable. But you need not put it out ALL on the table. The
eagerness to shoot out an answer is a bit too much.
Vicky
Kaushal: He is observant, attentive and humble. Much credit and admiration to
his way of being. He can avoid the “why the hell am I here” look which repeats
again and again though.
Rajkumar
Rao: I felt bad for Rajkumar Rao. Now, I know how an intelligent actor feels in
the company of people who are more stars and less actors. More so, when one is
not from the filmy crowd. He was trying to reciprocate in the same spirit as
asked by Rajeev. To a great extent, he succeeded too in spite of the
surrounding mediocrity of answers. But how much can a person hold on!
Pankaj
Tripathi: Thank heavens, Mr. Tripathi was there in the interview. Such pearls
of
wisdom, his answers were! One could sail through this slow torture of an interview
only because of him, Vicky and Rakjumar.
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