‘Amit ji Kaam Karte Nahi, Mujhe Kaam Milta Nahi’ - Chunky Panday On Competition In Bollywood (1990s) - video Dailymotion

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Chunky Panday debuted in the 1987 film Aag Hi Aag opposite Neelam, thanks to producer Pahlaj Nihalani. On his 62nd birthday, Lehren shares a flashback interview with him about competitive actors and his best friend. Let’s watch.

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00:00Non-actor, no one has ever called me a non-actor.

00:04Yes, sometimes I have given 32 retakes.

00:07There was a time when I was doing 20-25 films at a time.

00:11And it was just for money basically.

00:13Not all, but most of it.

00:15Casanova who flirts with girls.

00:18It is my habit that I talk to everyone nicely.

00:21I talk to girls a little better.

00:24I am not working because I don't want to work.

00:27So I am in the same position like Amitabh Bachchan.

00:29Amitabh Bachchan.

00:34First of all, tell the audience something about your names Suyash and Chunky.

00:39How would I know my name?

00:42Well, my real name is Suyash.

00:45Pet name is Chunky.

00:48Whenever I go somewhere, my passport says Suyash.

00:52So if I am standing in an immigration line at an international airport

00:56and someone says Mr. Suyash.

00:59Then I see, who is he calling?

01:02Chunky was the name I was born with.

01:04So I am quite happy.

01:06But sometimes I feel that Chunky has some childhood like name.

01:12But a name is a name.

01:13And they say that rose, the rose flower,

01:16if its name was something else,

01:18still it would smell like that.

01:22Mr. Chunky, when you came into the industry,

01:24what was your vision at that time?

01:26To tell you the truth, to make money.

01:32But once you work in different films,

01:38then money becomes secondary.

01:41You enjoy doing your work, doing good work.

01:46You want to keep improving all the time.

01:48There was a time when I was doing 20 films at a time.

01:54And it was just for money basically.

01:57Not all, but most of it.

01:59But today, a good film has no priority for money.

02:06When you came into the industry,

02:08what were the struggles you had to face?

02:12Struggle?

02:13Struggle or rivalry?

02:16I am struggling now.

02:18So much competition, so many new faces, newcomers.

02:22At that time, it was just me and Govinda.

02:24Then came Aamir, Salman,

02:27now Akshay, Saif, Sunil, Shah Rukh.

02:30So there is a lot of competition,

02:32but one must keep up with the competition basically.

02:35Once Govinda had said that

02:37he is better at acting and dancing than you.

02:41I can't say anything about him because he is my senior.

02:44But yes, according to me,

02:49I feel he is Kamal Haasan, Govinda, Mithun.

02:54Three best dancers of India.

02:56I also consider Javed to be a very good dancer.

02:59But Govinda, for certain,

03:01after Sholashrabnam and Aankhe,

03:03there was a lot of improvement in him.

03:05After Aankhe, obviously, the work he did with me.

03:09I have never thought that I am better or he is better.

03:15But when we worked together,

03:17then it was something else.

03:19It was a lot of fun.

03:20So do you consider him your rival?

03:23See, rivalry is when,

03:25now imagine, in the movie Aankhe,

03:28we were not competing with each other

03:31that I should eat his scene or he should eat my scene.

03:34It was never like that.

03:35In fact, we used to help each other

03:37that you should say this line, he should say that line.

03:40It would be fun.

03:41So that's when the result came.

03:44That smoothness.

03:46So if there was some rivalry,

03:48then the movie would have been delayed.

03:50There would have been fights.

03:51That I will do this, he will do that.

03:52Why is he doing this?

03:53No, nothing like that.

03:54Nowadays, you are very popular on TV.

03:56Are you not getting films or is there some other reason?

04:00Why am I popular on TV?

04:02Why am I popular?

04:03Yes, I do a program 4 times a year.

04:05It is a program of my friend, Super 8 Mukabala.

04:07But I had a very good answer for this.

04:12I was thinking that day.

04:14People watch me on TV for free.

04:16I have to go to the theatre and pay.

04:18See, he is watching for free.

04:20Hey, sit properly.

04:23Sometimes I think that 30 crore people are watching me here

04:26on TV for free.

04:29Producers, keep it in mind that

04:32if 10% of its population comes to the theatre,

04:35then my movie will be a hit.

04:37I am not doing any serial or virial.

04:39I am just doing interviews.

04:41People come and take my interviews on demand.

04:43On public demand.

04:44They want me to say something.

04:47On TV and such things.

04:49But the medium of TV,

04:51I am not used to it basically.

04:53Because the environment of the people

04:55who work in films is different.

04:59I am very used to the sound of the camera.

05:04For example, the sound of a film camera.

05:07In a TV camera, you don't know

05:09whether the camera is working or not.

05:11So, it's a totally different medium.

05:15People say that you have to act on TV

05:17and also in films.

05:19But both the mediums are very different.

05:21Which one do you like more,

05:23TV or cinema?

05:26TV is...

05:28You see, there's an elephant.

05:34Then, there's the trunk of the elephant.

05:37Cinema is an elephant.

05:40Television is the trunk.

05:42Magazines is one leg.

05:44You see, it is part...

05:47If no cinema comes on TV,

05:51then people who watch TV will reduce it.

05:54I mean, I want the TV industry to grow more.

05:57But they should not be film-based.

05:59They shouldn't depend so much on film artists.

06:03Like your program, you are depending on film artists.

06:06Suppose you don't have film artists,

06:08then what do you make?

06:10So, I want that Doordarshan, Star TV

06:13and all the different televisions,

06:15the top programs these days,

06:17are all on film songs.

06:19But in the same way,

06:21I have understood that these days,

06:23actors have got more publicity because of television.

06:25For example, there was a time

06:27when songs took a lot of time to become famous.

06:30Once a movie was made,

06:32then the songs became famous.

06:34Now, songs become famous even before a movie is made.

06:36So, that is because of television.

06:38So, they are interrelated.

06:39But television can never take the place of cinema.

06:42And cinema can never take the place of television.

06:44Chunky, you have played so many roles.

06:47So, from which role do you get the most satisfaction?

06:50A lot of satisfaction.

06:52All my roles give me good satisfaction.

06:54But I get the most satisfaction

06:56when the movie hits.

06:58Do you have any role in mind

07:00that you would like to play in the future?

07:03There are a lot of roles.

07:05But your program, how many minutes is it?

07:08There are different kinds of roles.

07:10But they should come in my life.

07:12They should come in my life.

07:14Chunky, people call you mama's boy.

07:16So, how do you feel?

07:18Why? M stands for mother.

07:19You can never get another.

07:22Why mama's boy?

07:23No, but people have called you mama's boy.

07:25Okay, they have.

07:26I didn't know.

07:30Maybe I look like my mother. That's why.

07:34And there are times when people call you Casanova Chunky.

07:38What is the existence of Casanova here?

07:41Casanova?

07:42What does Casanova mean?

07:43Come on, you know something.

07:44What do I know?

07:45Now, do you know what Casanova means?

07:49No, you tell me.

07:52Casanova is the one who flirts with girls.

07:55It is my habit to talk to everyone nicely.

07:57I talk to girls a little better.

08:01By the way, I am a very decent man.

08:03I have only one girlfriend.

08:04Which you all know.

08:06But mostly, magazines have made this.

08:09And my look is like Casanova.

08:13I don't mind.

08:14I don't mind anything.

08:16Are you engaged to anyone right now or are you getting married?

08:21If I was engaged, then I would have exchanged rings.

08:24Where did my ring go?

08:27I am neither engaged nor am I married.

08:31By the way, I don't believe in engagement.

08:36And when I get married, I will never hide it.

08:40So are you afraid of getting married?

08:42I am not afraid of anything.

08:46And let me tell you one thing that nothing is permanent also.

08:51Neither is engagement permanent, nor is marriage permanent.

08:56Neither you are permanent, nor am I permanent.

08:58Anything can happen.

09:00It's relationships.

09:02Like your behavior with someone, your relationship.

09:06Chunky, by the way, if you look at it, you compare yourself with Amitabh Bachchan many times.

09:11It is said that there are two people in the industry today.

09:15Chunky and Amitabh.

09:17He doesn't work, I don't get work.

09:19He was just making jokes.

09:21I make jokes on other artists, so I thought I should make jokes on myself.

09:26I am a big fan of Amitabh Bachchan and I hope he doesn't mind.

09:29But I didn't make a joke on him, I made a joke on myself.

09:32And when I was saying that I don't get work, I don't get my kind of work.

09:38I don't get my kind of work, the work I want to do.

09:41By the way, I get offers for two movies every day.

09:43But I don't want to do that kind of movies.

09:46You know, C-grade films, where the producer is not known, the director is someone else.

09:51The movie will be half, how it will be made, it will be made in poverty, it will be forced.

09:55I have done 4-5 movies like this.

09:58I don't want to make this mistake that I project something like this again.

10:05I am not working because I don't want to work.

10:08So, I am in the same position like Amitabh Bachchan.

10:11Who is your best friend in the industry?

10:14Who is my best friend?

10:17My best friend?

10:20I have a lot of friends.

10:23My best friend is my dog.

10:25In the industry?

10:27In the film industry?

10:29Yes, in the film industry.

10:31Pelaji is like my mentor, like my father.

10:34By the way, I have a good friendship with Rajiv Rai.

10:39I have a good friendship with a lot of people.

10:43Good friendships.

10:45In the industry?

10:47But there must be someone who is closest to you or who you like to confide in.

10:54No, I don't confide in myself.

10:58No, there is no one like that.

11:01Do you have a favourite co-star?

11:04The person I work with becomes my favourite.

11:07Whoever it is.

11:09I have never had a problem with any co-star.

11:13I make every co-star of mine feel very important and very special.

11:17Chunky, who is your favourite young generation actor?

11:22Nowadays, all of them are good.

11:34Shah Rukh is good, Salman has been very good.

11:37Akshay, good action.

11:40He does it well.

11:42Sunil is also very good.

11:44Very good.

11:46The way he presents himself is also very good.

11:55I liked Saif a lot in this film.

11:58I liked him very much in that film.

12:02So it depends on the film.

12:04I liked Shah Rukh a lot in Dar.

12:09It depends on the film, basically.

12:11Do you have a favourite couple on screen?

12:15Favourite couple?

12:20I can't think of one.

12:22There are so many.

12:26Favourite couple?

12:30I can't think of one.

12:32Everyone is doing different combinations.

12:34I can't think of a regular pairing.

12:35Neelam Govinda used to come in a lot of films.

12:39Sonam and I used to do a lot of films together.

12:42Now that system is gone.

12:44It's not there anymore.

12:46Chunky, when you give an interview, you give very witty answers.

12:50What is the reason for this?

12:53I have 12 writers at home who write good lines for me.

13:01The best couple was me and Sunny in Lutere.

13:05He makes Sunny Sardarji.

13:07Best couple.

13:09I have a good tuning with Sunny.

13:12I have done maximum films with Sunny.

13:16We only meet on sets, but we have a good tuning.

13:23This is my fourth film with him.

13:25Paap Ki Duniya, Vishwa Atma, Lutere, Pathar Aur Payal.

13:30So he is a good fellow.

13:32I have the same birth sign, Libran.

13:34And with Insaniyat Vicky.

13:36Everyone wants to forget that film.

13:41We said that you are very witty.

13:46Witty?

13:48What is the spelling of witty?

13:52It's natural.

13:54You have to have a natural sense of humour.

13:56I am always happy.

13:58I have never cried over anything.

14:01I have never cried.

14:03And when something depresses me,

14:07or makes me sad,

14:10I remove that from my mind.

14:13I try to stay happy.

14:15Even in my low phase, I try to stay happy.

14:19So I automatically have a sense of humour.

14:22That's why people say that I am not serious.

14:25I am serious.

14:27I don't show it, but...

14:29Journalists are your favourite,

14:32because you copy them well.

14:34Do you do this on purpose,

14:36to be in their good books?

14:38No, no.

14:40Whenever a new journalist comes in a magazine,

14:43if they are asked to do an interview,

14:46they always say Chanki Pandey's interview.

14:49In fact, someone told me that day,

14:52I buy a magazine,

14:54and the first thing I buy,

14:56I hope there is a Chanki Pandey interview.

14:58That's nice.

15:00And a girl told me,

15:02you know something,

15:04your interviews are better than your films.

15:06I said, oh my god.

15:08But it doesn't make a difference,

15:10because she does not see Hindi films.

15:13So she is no judge to my films.

15:16Judges are always masters.

15:19Tell me more.

15:21Wear your glasses.

15:23Yes.

15:25Chanki, people have called you a non-actor.

15:28But what would you say?

15:30Non-actor.

15:32That's why I am wearing glasses.

15:34No one has ever called me a non-actor.

15:39Yes, sometimes I have given 32 retakes.

15:42Sometimes there was confusion,

15:44but no one has ever said that

15:46Chanki Pandey was bad in the film.

15:48He is always average, he is good,

15:50he is improved, he is better.

15:54When you do the regular hero role,

15:58there is very little scope.

16:00Because the hero is good,

16:02he fights for justice,

16:04he fights for his mother,

16:06he fights for his sister,

16:08he does this, he does that.

16:10So there are a standard 5-6 formulas in it.

16:12But when you do the character,

16:14like I did in Tezab or Lutere,

16:16then there are variations.

16:18When the hero is the character,

16:20then there are variations.

16:22You know, you get a scope.

16:25But,

16:27like Govinda has started a lot of characters,

16:30Shah Rukh does a lot of character heroes.

16:32But the pictures we used to do 5-7 years ago,

16:35the college boy came out,

16:37his mother died, this happened,

16:39he got angry.

16:41Now people have,

16:43inspector will always be good,

16:45so you have to get the kind of role

16:47to show your work basically.

16:49And I got the typecast that

16:51Chanki Pandey does a very good comedy role.

16:53You know, light comedy, this kind of role.

16:54Maybe people felt that

16:56he can just do one kind of thing.

16:58That is why I have stopped

17:00doing this kind of role.

17:02I am doing different kind of roles altogether.

‘Amit ji Kaam Karte Nahi, Mujhe Kaam Milta Nahi’ - Chunky Panday On Competition In Bollywood (1990s)

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