- 8/12/2024
Akshay Kumar has remained low in the last few years when it comes to interaction with the media. But now with Khel Khel Mein coming up this Independence Day, the superstar along with the entire starcast - Vaani Kapoor, Fardeen Khan, Ammy Virk, Aditya Seal and Pragya Jaiswal - join host Nayandeep Rakshit for a conversation, only on Galatta India. In this candid and deep chat, Akshay opens up on criticism, insecurities of a star, why he loves multi-starrers and lies. The film that's a remake of Perfect Strangers revolves around a night when phones change inter personal relationships and dynamics between a group of friends. When you ask the whole gang the same, they open up on the basic requirements of any relationship. And Akshay discusses the secret to his happy marriage with Twinkle Khanna and explains why they are polar opposites. He also reveals what they love doing, how Twinkle calls a spade a spade but he prefers to be diplomatic instead. Watch this heartfelt chat right here.
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00:10Truth?
00:11Everyone lies. Everyone lies. Who doesn't?
00:17Yeah, this is a very tricky question.
00:22My wife, she's very open about it.
00:25Like if she watches a film, she will tell the producer, it's a shit film.
00:31And I always tell, relax, don't do that.
00:34Me and my wife are very different.
00:38She thinks left, I think right.
00:41It's completely different.
00:42The only thing which is common is, we like to sleep early.
00:46And we like to wake up early.
00:47People say, I'm diplomatic. Yes, I'm diplomatic.
00:51Because I want to measure my word when I tell anything to you.
00:54I don't want to hurt you.
00:56A person should be very quiet.
00:58The tongue is something which hurts more than a hundred wounds.
01:03You know why Mahabharata was started?
01:07Because of?
01:08Because of tongue.
01:10Because it was said, the child of the blind.
01:13Not every day, Virat Kohli will always score.
01:16It has other people also who have to score.
01:18The environment is not right in the mind.
01:20The body is also not right.
01:21But you have to be like, yes, we are fine. You are very good.
01:25In mind, a person says, you didn't do this before.
01:28Why are you following me?
01:29I don't want to get photographed.
01:30These things happen in mind.
01:31When I'm talking about Vani, she fought with Anushka.
01:34To tell her that, listen, I'm your friend.
01:36Why aren't you communicating with me?
01:39They actually had a proper, proper fight.
01:42And they were all in tears.
01:44Even if you don't get 35 qualities, it's okay.
01:46But if you get one quality of respect,
01:48then it's equal to 36 qualities.
01:51Wow.
01:52So good.
01:53Outstanding.
01:54Movie, you know, sir, you have given an interview once.
01:58These days, a lot of directors give interviews.
02:00They say, no one is ready to do a movie star.
02:02Our last interview, you are doing this interview after 5 years.
02:05And I was telling everybody in the team that
02:07the last interview that we did was a fun interview
02:09because it was again you and many other people.
02:12It was for Mission Mangal.
02:13Again, a film that you celebrated.
02:15Sir, there was a scene where you,
02:18a lot of people say that superstars don't allow other people to shine.
02:20There was a scene towards the climax
02:22where you let all the other women go ahead of you.
02:25A lot of actors don't do that.
02:27Do you feel that is the reason
02:29that there are not many multistars,
02:31especially from this generation of actors?
02:33Can I say something?
02:34I have worked with him.
02:36We talk behind his back and in front of him.
02:39Generally, I mean,
02:40if he himself improvised in the line,
02:43you say it.
02:44You say it behind his back.
02:46As you said, there are a lot of insecure artists.
02:49But he has kept everyone with a lot of love and care.
02:54And he has made all the scenes better.
02:56Yes, he has made all the scenes better.
02:58Everything from A to Z,
03:00he got what he deserved.
03:04So, this is a big thing.
03:06What about you, sir?
03:07What would you say?
03:08Because a lot of people don't do it.
03:11For me, the most important is the film should work.
03:14It's not about me working.
03:16It's about the film working.
03:18Because if a film works,
03:20everything works.
03:21Everyone works.
03:22So, that has been always.
03:25And I come from a place where
03:28teamwork is the most important thing.
03:31And not every day
03:34Virat Kohli will always score.
03:36It has other people also who have to score.
03:38There are many other reasons to it.
03:41So, we've all made this film.
03:45I've seen this film.
03:47It's a film which belongs to all of us.
03:51And it's a beautiful film.
03:54It's a lovely film.
03:56It has a small little message to give.
03:58But lots of comedy.
04:00Lots of comedy in it.
04:02Lot of drama.
04:03It's a film of one night.
04:05It's just a one night film.
04:07And what happens in one night
04:09is you have to watch
04:11the kind of drama it goes through.
04:13Everybody is crying.
04:14Lot of people are crying in the film.
04:16But the people who are watching
04:18is laughing.
04:19Because that's what
04:20enjoyment is all about.
04:22When you see somebody in problems,
04:24you feel like laughing more.
04:26So, I would say
04:28thanks to all of them
04:30and my director
04:31and my producer.
04:32Yeah.
04:33You know, we are all
04:35It's a lot about lying to each other.
04:38The whole film is about
04:40lying to each other.
04:41Hiding things from each other.
04:42Do you feel that?
04:43It's not about the industry.
04:44Even if you look at general people around us
04:46People around us
04:47Everyone lives a lie.
04:50We are all somewhere down the line
04:52leading a life of lies.
04:53Do you feel that?
04:54Have you ever felt that
04:55vis-a-vis your own personal life?
04:56I think it's human to do that.
04:57You're not the most comfortable
04:59all the time in your own skin.
05:01So, it's possible that
05:02I present something else in front of you.
05:04But inside me,
05:05I may be the most insecure person.
05:07But I'll never show it to you.
05:08Why should I?
05:09Do you mean like projection or hypocrisy?
05:11The fact that
05:12all of us are somewhere
05:13leading a life of lies.
05:15Like there is something
05:16that we are lying to ourselves
05:17about ourselves.
05:18Right?
05:19And we are lying to others about ourselves.
05:21I can talk about myself.
05:23I don't know who to now
05:25I can't hold this against
05:27and speak on anybody else's behalf.
05:29But I feel like
05:30I at least try and
05:31be true to who I am
05:32and to my roots and all.
05:34Because what happens is
05:35when we lose
05:36connect with who we are
05:38then it's pretty much
05:41you know
05:42then you are lost for life.
05:43Then you are living
05:44in a world of illusions.
05:45Then you keep building
05:46illusionary things.
05:48And that happens a lot.
05:49You do get off track.
05:51You can't always be in the right
05:53you know do the right
05:54be righteous all the time.
05:56Again like how you said
05:57we are human.
05:58But that's why
05:59you need to connect to yourself
06:00which is why you need to
06:01also have a side
06:02which is most sacred
06:03and private.
06:04So, people who can
06:06bring you back to
06:07you know like
06:08just your inner core circle
06:11who knows you
06:12for who you were
06:13always.
06:14So, that's very important.
06:15Sir?
06:16Everyone lies.
06:18Everyone lies.
06:20Who doesn't?
06:22And it's fine.
06:23Let me say this.
06:25Some say it to hide.
06:27Some say it to show themselves.
06:31Some say it to save themselves.
06:33Something or the other
06:34happens somewhere.
06:35Some say so much
06:37I have seen many
06:38who lie.
06:40He starts believing it to be the truth.
06:42That is the major problem.
06:44That is 60%.
06:47And that is what you think
06:48that is the reality.
06:50Because you have lied
06:51to yourself so much.
06:52So,
06:53but it's okay.
06:55Has it ever happened to you
06:57that you know the truth
06:58and he keeps lying.
07:00How did you confront that?
07:01Did you ever confront that person?
07:02No, leave it.
07:03What is it?
07:04Is there very little tension
07:05in life anyway?
07:06Rather than I will just
07:07sit down and confront him.
07:08I am sure if he is lying
07:09he must be having
07:10some reasons
07:11or the other to lie.
07:12Yeah.
07:14Why make him...
07:15He must be going through
07:16so much that he is lying.
07:18Why go through him so much?
07:20Sometimes he will tell the truth
07:22and say I knew it.
07:23You said it.
07:24It's okay.
07:25Come on.
07:26Yes, Abul.
07:27Well,
07:29willful lying
07:30is obviously something
07:32which
07:34I don't think is good for anyone.
07:36But having said that
07:37on the opposite side
07:38I think
07:39the truth also has
07:40its own time and place.
07:42So, it's...
07:43You don't have to just
07:45speak the truth
07:47just for the sake of
07:48speaking the truth.
07:49You know, sometimes you say it
07:50to protect other people's feelings.
07:52Sometimes you yourself
07:53could be ashamed
07:54or embarrassed about something.
07:55Absolutely.
07:56You know,
07:57the important thing is to
07:59be considerate towards each other
08:01so that even if you want
08:02to tell the truth to someone
08:03whether it's a tough truth
08:04or sometimes it's just the truth
08:06you should do it in a way
08:07that they would listen to you.
08:09So,
08:10everything has its time and place
08:12and that's just how I see it.
08:13But,
08:14willful lying is
08:15serial liars
08:16as they call them.
08:17I remember growing up
08:18my mother used to always say
08:19white lies and black lies.
08:20Yeah.
08:21My best friend lies to me
08:22all the time and I catch him
08:23and I'm like,
08:24you're a pathological liar.
08:25But those are those white lies
08:26where you're like...
08:27White lies, yeah.
08:28He's stuck in traffic.
08:30He's stuck.
08:32Yeah, this is a very tricky question
08:34because like,
08:37I really feel like
08:38we are trying to be
08:39as authentic
08:40and as real
08:41and as true to ourselves
08:42as possible.
08:43But yet again,
08:44there are certain aspects
08:45of your life that
08:46just need not be known
08:48to everybody.
08:49So,
08:50you're not lying
08:51but you're probably
08:52hiding in some way.
08:54And I think
08:55that's common for
08:57a lot of people.
08:58So, yeah.
08:59I mean,
09:00try to be as real
09:01and as true to yourself
09:02and as authentic as you can be.
09:03But then,
09:04when you can't,
09:05then you can't.
09:06It's also a survival strategy,
09:07you know,
09:08being a dad,
09:09having two kids,
09:10you know,
09:11they don't lie.
09:12But, you know,
09:13then they learn to conceal.
09:14That is true.
09:15Do you believe when I say
09:16that line is true?
09:17If that lie
09:18can give someone
09:19happiness,
09:20then that lie
09:21is not a lie.
09:22It's 100% true.
09:23True, that's beautiful.
09:24For whatever,
09:25it's a temporary happiness
09:26and later it hurts you
09:27way much more.
09:28You know,
09:29there is a saying...
09:30It's very relative.
09:31Because what you said
09:32is something I agree with.
09:33Do you agree?
09:34Yes.
09:35Sometimes,
09:36if lying
09:37can give someone
09:38happiness,
09:39then it's okay
09:40to lie.
09:41But, sir,
09:42I get stuck there
09:43because I speak the truth
09:44and people feel bad
09:45about it
09:46and they take it
09:47to heart.
09:48Actually,
09:49in such an industry
09:50where if you
09:51say something good
09:52in front of someone
09:53and then you say
09:54something bad
09:55behind their back,
09:56they know it.
09:57That's worse.
09:58They don't feel bad
09:59about it.
10:00But if you say
10:01something bad
10:02behind their back,
10:03they know it.
10:04Unfortunately,
10:05we are in a society
10:06like that.
10:07Don't you feel that?
10:08No, I don't agree.
10:09I agree that
10:10a person should
10:11stay quiet.
10:12A person should
10:13stay very quiet.
10:14The tongue is
10:15something
10:16that hurts
10:17more than
10:18100 wounds.
10:19True.
10:20If I say
10:21something to you
10:22or someone
10:23with my tongue
10:24and they feel bad,
10:25it is much harder.
10:26If I would hit you,
10:27you will not get
10:28that hurt so much
10:29as much as...
10:30If I would hit you,
10:31you will not get
10:32that hurt so much
10:33as much as...
10:34If I would hit you,
10:35you will not get
10:36that hurt so much
10:37as much as...
10:38If I would hit you,
10:39you will not get
10:40that hurt so much
10:41as much as...
10:42If I would hit you,
10:43you will not get
10:44that hurt so much
10:45as much as...
10:46If I would hit you,
10:47you will not get
10:48that hurt so much
10:49as much as...
10:50If I would hit you,
10:51you will not get
10:52that hurt so much
10:53as much as...
10:54If I would hit you,
10:55you will not get
10:56that hurt so much
10:57as much as...
10:58If I would hit you,
10:59you will not get
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12:26101%
12:27101%
12:28To be honest,
12:30even our personality
12:31changes sometimes,
12:32we are actors too,
12:33many times things
12:34In our mind,
12:35something is going wrong
12:36but we have to
12:37lie to show
12:38something good
12:39For example,
12:40if the atmosphere
12:41is not good in your mind
12:42your body is also
12:43not proper
12:44then you have
12:45to be like yes
12:46I am fine
12:47you are absolutely fine
12:48the stage crows
12:49you can't even
12:50pay your tickets
12:51until afternoon
12:52that you must go
12:53after me
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14:03If I can't be honest with you, I don't think that relationship is going to sustain that long or at
14:09least I don't consider you to be that close to me if I'm going to be lying to you. I think it's the
14:15most, that's the core of any relationship.
14:19Mani?
14:21Man or Mani?
14:23In friends also?
14:25I hold people in my life very dear to me and there are very few people in my life who are
14:29handful or they mean the world to me and I, they may, may not reciprocate, I just hope
14:35they appreciate it that I would do this, I would do anything for them. Like for me they are,
14:39my relationships are very sacred to me and they mean the world to me and all I expect is just like a
14:49little acknowledgement from them if they can't reciprocate but for me I would, it's like all in for me.
14:53Sir?
14:55You have a very balanced relationship.
14:57Well we both were discussing about it and how is it, so I think we both are on the same page, he will answer.
15:05If there is love, if there is respect, in the end everything works out. Every relationship has a cycle,
15:13there are peaks, there are valleys, sometimes up, sometimes down, sometimes you're wrong, sometimes
15:19they're wrong and sometimes there's conflict and something new comes out of that. So that's the
15:25beauty of it all but the most important thing is respect and wanting the best for the other person.
15:35You should want them to fulfil their life also.
15:37I don't like to give up on my people.
15:39Did I say it correctly?
15:41I don't like to give up on my people.
15:43At times you have to fight for your relationships and this is my first hand experience when I am talking about Vani,
15:47she fought with Anushka for, to tell her that listen I am your friend, why aren't you
15:53communicating with me.
15:55They actually had a proper proper fight and they were all in tears in my house.
16:01And it was on a very silly thing.
16:03On a very silly thing but whatever it was so important that they communicated, she didn't give up on the relationship just as is.
16:09She said no I am going to fight for this, which she did.
16:11But sir you said this very nicely that at home you are a certain way and you both balance each other out really really well.
16:17How has that helped?
16:19Because you've had a really lovely, funny, happy relationship for 25 years and both of you whenever you guys are together,
16:27of course because I can say this out a lot that Sarita Tanwar is my Mumbai mother and I have had the privilege of seeing both of you in front of me.
16:35Sarita is not my wife.
16:37Sarita Tanwar is my Mumbai mother but because of Sarita Tanwar I know you weren't just kidnapped.
16:43Well, I'm saying there's a sense of give and take in a very beautiful way.
16:51Like how would you define that relationship?
16:53Me and my wife are very different.
16:55We oppose apart.
16:57She thinks left, I think right.
16:59It's completely different.
17:01The only thing which is common is we like to sleep early and we like to wake up early.
17:07There's another thing which we like is playing rummy or ludo.
17:13Rest of the things we think completely different.
17:15But it's not about that.
17:17As rightly as they all said it also, respect is the most important thing.
17:23Giving each other space is very important.
17:25And it doesn't matter whether everything is met or not.
17:31There are 36 qualities to be found in people.
17:35Even if you don't get the 35 qualities, it's okay.
17:37But if you get the one quality of respect, then it's equal to the 36 qualities.
17:53Now there's nothing left.
17:55I really think that the foundation of any relationship or friendship is trust and respect.
17:59And if that's there, everything else is taken care of.
18:03So yeah, hold your people close.
18:05You have only that many of them.
18:07Be real, be authentic, be true to them.
18:09And that's your biggest blessing in life.
18:13And be truthful to them as much as possible.
18:17You know the best part about this film is that it has people who have amazing goodwill in the industry.
18:23People really, really want good for all of you.
18:27And I'm one of them.
18:29Of course, it's special in many, many other ways as well for me.
18:35But at the same time, I want to say that I only wish that this film does amazing numbers.
18:41Because unfortunately, we equate numbers with love.
18:43But I know that it's going to get a lot, lots and lots of love.
18:47Thank you for doing this, sir.
18:49Thank you very much.
18:51And thank you for everything that you guys shared.
18:53Thank you so much.
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