Equal importance should be given to every role: Shefali Shah

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Actor Shefali Shah spoke about shattering stereotypes around supporting actors in this chat with Kareena Kapoor Khan. #WhatWomenWant #KareenaKapoor

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00:00Artists supporting characters play karte hain.

00:02You know, they get stereotyped in the industry.

00:04But the character's presence in the film or the show

00:06has to be given equal importance.

00:08Apni lagki roon par itna bharusa mat karu.

00:11Yeh kehti kuch aur hai aur kerti kuch aur hai.

00:30But I think you broke the stereotype with Delhi Crime.

00:49But now all your fans want to see you in the main lead.

00:52So what's that plan?

00:53Are we going to see you now as only main lead characters?

00:56What are the choices going to be like?

00:57You know, Kareena, I honestly feel that every piece of work can be an ensemble.

01:05But then it has to be a proper ensemble where every character, and it doesn't have to depend

01:11on the time, you know, the running time of the character's presence in the film or the

01:16show, has to be given equal importance and treated as a pivotal character.

01:22Chhota ho, bada ho, hota hi nahi.

01:26If that is kept in mind, then automatically this whole thing of character, actor, supporting

01:30actor, all that melts away.

01:32Right.

01:33You know, when you, for example, when I did Monsoon Wedding, it's an ensemble cast.

01:38Yeah, absolutely.

01:39It's not, there isn't one person who's the lead in it.

01:41And every character is so important.

01:44Of course, I want to play the lead, but I love Delhi Crime because it's all of us together.

01:50It doesn't just belong to Vartika.

01:52No, of course not.

01:53But you stole the show, so that's fine.

01:56So now we have to see your goofy side.

01:58So I'm going to give you some of your film dialogues.

02:01And you have to say it like with a British accent.

02:05British accent?

02:06With like a, yeah, like in a, as a horror dialogue.

02:10Okay.

02:11Okay.

02:12And like a tapori.

02:13I don't know, they're putting you on the spot.

02:15Okay.

02:16The dialogue is, I don't even know if you remember it, but you can practice it.

02:20Apne lakiro par itna bharosa mat karo.

02:22Yeh kehti kuch aur hai, aur karti kuch aur hai.

02:25Okay.

02:26You want to say it like a tapori?

02:29Haan, haan, haan.

02:31Bye apne lakiro par itna bharosa mat karo.

02:34Yeh kehti kuch aur hai, aur karti kuch aur hai.

02:38Fab!

02:39A British accent.

02:41Apne lakiro par itna bharosa mat karo.

02:44Yeh kehti kuch aur hai, aur karti kuch aur hai.

02:47Fab!

02:48I love the British accent.

02:50It's too cool.

02:52And obviously this one, in a seductive manner.

02:55Oh.

02:59This is a tough one.

03:03Nahi.

03:05Oh God.

03:06Apne lakiro par itna bharosa mat karo.

03:09Yeh kehti kuch aur hai, aur karti kuch aur hai.

03:13I can't believe I just did that.

03:15This is the worst.

03:17So as artists, sometimes it can be tough to, you know, drop a character.

03:20And your, you know, I mean the kind of characters that you've played recently.

03:24Like I said, Jalsa was amazing in Delhi Crime.

03:26And when I look at you, jab, you know,

03:28main aapko dekhti hoon, screen par,

03:30toh I feel like, how does she break away from these characters?

03:33Because they're so intense.

03:34So do you carry that home?

03:36Is it like, you know, how do you break away from that particular character's personality?

03:39While I'm shooting for it, I'm obsessed with it.

03:42Right.

03:43It doesn't mean I go back.

03:44I completely obsessed with it.

03:45I love it.

03:47You become that person.

03:48Completely.

03:49I'm living her.

03:50And it's just, I'm just wanting to be on set.

03:52I don't even want to go back and sleep.

03:54Oh my God.

03:55I'm obsessive.

03:56But it doesn't mean that if I'm doing an intense scene,

03:58or if I'm doing a scene where I'm really angry,

04:00I come home and bite my kids' heads off.

04:02Yeah.

04:03It's not that.

04:04But the whole process, I don't want to break away from it.

04:07And when I finish it, it's consumed everything out of me.

04:10Yeah.

04:11So you've kind of…

04:12It's like a release.

04:13Oh my God.

04:14So I don't have much left to take back.

04:18Yeah.

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