IANS Interview: ‘Mismatched’ Zeenat Karim Shares Her Journey from ‘Chak De India’ to Mismatched

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In a recent interview, Vidya Malvade, who portrayed Zeenat Karim in the Mismatched franchise, discussed her on-screen relationship with Ranvijay and how they defy the conventional teacher-student dynamic. She then discussed the similarities between her role as Zeenat and herself. You must watch this interview through to the conclusion in order to know everything.   #VidyaMalvade #ZeenatKarim #MismatchedSeason3 #Chakdeindia #Trending #2024 #BollywoodCountry #BollywoodNews #BollywoodGossips #BollywoodUpdates #BollywoodNews #Bollywood #Bollywoodcelebrity #BollywoodHindiNews #ians

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00:00Thank you very much for having me. I think it was just absolutely wonderful. The whole

00:12hashtag SidNet is what everybody's been calling us. I think Zeenat from season one has been

00:19breaking stereotypes and she's been just the most wonderful character to play because I

00:25really enjoy and lord how progressive she is in her thinking from where she's come maybe

00:33back in the day not being, you know, being married off to somebody and not being able

00:38to pursue her dreams of doing something for herself, maybe going out there and earning

00:44for herself, being independent was not, was something that probably not, did not happen.

00:52But as soon as I guess life gave her a second chance and she just took it with open arms

00:58and you know got enrolled herself into a course where everybody else was probably just 16-17

01:05years old and that actually shows how incredible, how incredibly progressive or how breaking

01:14stereotypes was since the first season. Even the crush that she had on Sid Sir and she's

01:22actually gone out in the second season and asked him out for a biryani date which is

01:26so, so cool I think.

01:33I think there's a lot of similarities. When I was reading the script I kind of, well first

01:40of all like everybody else saw in season one and two, three. Vidya also had no idea what

01:50LOL was. Vidya also thought LOL was lots of love only. I had no idea that it was laugh

01:55out loud or bomb meant blow out your brains. In fact there's this really sweet little thing

02:02that we had a little get together of mismatched, you know, a few months ago and the whole message

02:09was like okay this is the location, come at this time and then there was this, you know,

02:13in between the message somewhere it read BYOB and I kept wondering where, what is BYOB and

02:19I thought oh maybe it's, you know, be your own boss and it was just really strange because when

02:25I went to the party they were like bring your own booze, that's what it means. Thankfully I don't

02:30drink but yeah it's so, that is, that's, that's literally the, that's how I am. I have no idea

02:37about these cool Gen Z slang words and I'm okay with it and yeah even otherwise I think that the

02:45warmth that you see in Zenith probably comes also from Vidya somewhere.

02:54So I think that also is very common with just how Zenith is, is how Vidya is. Blending, it's,

03:01you know, they're all, they're all humans by the end of it, you know, they are just, it,

03:05it has been a learning curve to actually be with them because they're all so incredibly,

03:11um, so clued in and they know their, their job and everything else also so, so, um,

03:20how do I say this, um, they know their job very well, they are all multi-talented, they are all,

03:25you know, Taruk's a singer and an actor, Prajakta has written a book as well,

03:30there is, they have like, I don't know, they're, I, I, yeah, they're all really, really on top of

03:37their game all the time is what I think and it's, it's, it's been a learning curve for me as well.

03:47Ah, love, lots of love, I think they've, they've been doing the LOL

03:52to a different level, the amount of, um, the amount of letters and, and comments and just

04:01heartfelt notes that, that the audience has written, it's just so incredible to read all,

04:07I try and read all, all that I can whenever I get the time and it's beautiful, the edits that

04:13they've made, the Zeenat edits, the Sidnath edits, yes, of course, the ending was a little

04:17heartbreaking but then that's how they, that's what they're saying now, we want to see them

04:22together and, and in season four and hope that, hope that they'll be together and so yeah, there

04:28is, there is always hope, right? And, but no, I think the, there's been much, much, much of love

04:37and, and more love and yeah, that's it. Underappreciated, no, I never feel underappreciated

04:47about anything, I always look at the glass half full so there's no underappreciation ever or

04:53I don't feel like it's not enough or whatever, I feel like the way my life has turned out,

04:59the parts that I have been doing, I have been doing complete justice to whatever has been given

05:05to me and hopefully there's, there's definitely lots more to come now and there's so much to look

05:12forward to so I would never look at it in a, in a space where, oh why did I not get enough,

05:20I should have gotten more, I should have done these parts also, that's really not the way I

05:24look at it, I am very happy doing what, what I've been given to the best of my ability and that's

05:31all that there is. I think it's, it's been a roller coaster but a wonderful one at that,

05:43there have been many highs, there have been many, many lows and it's been wonderful,

05:50like I say that everybody 35 plus knows me still as Vidya Sharma India, that's literally

05:57etched upon people's, people's mind in a day and age where, you know, there are so many movies and

06:04OTTs releasing so much content, people don't remember films and here everybody remembers

06:10our names as well and everybody who's 13 plus kind of comes to me as Zeenat and Kareem, so it's,

06:18it's, it's, it's a blessing, it's been a beautiful journey, a blessing.

06:29Surprising lessons from co-actors? Not really, the only lesson that one has really learnt is

06:36stay in the moment and do the best that you can each and every single time

06:40and leave the rest to, you know, the one up above, he's taking care of his all.

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