Ashok Pathak’s humble beginning

Brut India

In this freewheeling chat with Brut, actor Ashok Pathak speaks about life before and after he made it big with Panchayat.

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00:00They forgot my name and they know that I am Vinod.

00:02If someone asks you who gave you the hammer,

00:06don't take my name.

00:08My name is Vinod.

00:10In 2011,

00:11I sold 1,40,000.

00:21I sold cotton and cotton.

00:24I was in 9th grade.

00:27I travelled at least 30-40 kms.

00:35I did theatre for 10 years in Haryana.

00:37I did my diploma from Bhartendunath Academy

00:42in Dramatic Arts.

00:44While living there, I came to know about a film,

00:47Shudra The Rising.

00:48It's auditions are in Lucknow.

00:49Because the academy is in Lucknow.

00:54So,

00:56I gave my first audition there.

00:59I was selected for that film and it was shot on stock.

01:03It was in 2009 when I was leaving the drama school.

01:08I had a very good end part.

01:14It was 4-5 minutes long and it was a single shot.

01:17It was my first audition and I succeeded in it.

01:22And I got selected for that film.

01:28I'm talking about my first earning.

01:32I earned it in 9th grade.

01:34I used to sell cotton.

01:38I earned 100 rupees on the first day.

01:44In 2011,

01:46I sold 1,40,000.

01:52After 2-3 months of coming to Bombay,

01:57I did an ad for Domino's Pizza.

02:01It was a 2-day job and I earned 1,40,000 rupees.

02:06My father didn't earn as much as I did.

02:10I thought that I'll get 1,40,000 rupees.

02:13But I was about to faint.

02:16He's looking at you, Vinod.

02:18I did a character and people loved it.

02:23Everyone loved it.

02:26They forgot my name and they wanted me to be Vinod.

02:30It's a good thing and it makes me happy.

02:33I think that I can do a lot of things.

02:39I'm a great actor and I can do a lot of things.

02:45I can do a lot of roles.

02:48Please don't put me in that category.

02:51I can do anything.

02:52So, I've suffered some losses.

02:56People think that I can only do this role.

03:04I have a lot of well-wishers.

03:05Everyone called me and said,

03:08Ashok, where are you going?

03:10You've got the result of your hard work.

03:13You're a great actor.

03:16But they don't understand what I'm doing.

03:23My mother...

03:27I don't know.

03:32Yes.

03:33Sorry.

03:35Do you need a tissue?

03:38It's dirty. Sorry.

03:40It's okay.

03:42Sister Midnight was a learning process for me.

03:47It's a dark black comedy.

03:50Radhika and I are the main characters.

03:58She's an amazing actress.

04:00She's amazing in this film.

04:04She's amazing in this film.

04:07It was an amazing experience.

04:09We were at the premiere yesterday.

04:12The way people appreciated the film,

04:16it was amazing.

04:18People were standing.

04:20I couldn't understand myself.

04:23Can anyone like this film so much?

04:27I think people were standing for 10-15 minutes.

04:31They were clapping.

04:33I've never seen anything like this.

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