In conversation with Rani and Vidya

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In conversation with Rani and Vidya. Bollywod stars Rani Mukherjee and Vidya Balan visit Gulf News to chat to tabloid! about their latest film No One Killed Jessica and how they enjoyed working together. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00I think Rajkumar Gupta came to us with the respective roles, which we liked and therefore

00:11we did the film.

00:12We both are happy with the way the film has turned out and our roles have turned out,

00:17am I right?

00:18A girl gets shot in a pub in Delhi.

00:22Nobody stands up for her and all the witnesses turn hostile.

00:27Because the media played such an important role, it kind of shook the judicial system

00:32in the country where they had to think back, look back and reopen the case.

00:37It's a very happy coincidence because Jessica's birthday is on the 5th of Jan and we're releasing

00:43the film on 6th.

00:45So I think it's a very, very good and a happy coincidence, which makes us feel that she's

00:50kind of giving her blessings.

00:52I think what's important is that now we're no longer talking about women-centric films.

00:59It is an entertaining film, it is a gripping film and that's what it should be seen for.

01:05The central protagonists happen to be women, it could have been men, it could have been

01:10anyone else.

01:11Whenever there's a comparison between the kind of work women are doing and the kind

01:15of work men are doing, you'll always see that there is a section that believes that women

01:20do their work with much more sincerity than the men.

01:24Not taking away the credit from men either.

01:26I think it takes a lot of courage for a woman to be where she is in a profession.

01:32Women are leading lives on their own terms and I think there couldn't have been a better

01:36victory as a whole and as individuals.

01:40And I don't even think it's in India, I think around the world.

01:43I would like to make a love triangle between me, Vidya and Kareena.

01:47That would be really interesting.

01:50See, so we're done with talking about men.

01:55Yeah, we're just going to promote women.

01:57Yeah, absolutely.

01:58So it's Kareena, me and Vidya in a movie.

02:01That's the love triangle that hits the theatres next.

02:05I admire Rani's body of work and I admire her as an actor.

02:12So I'm just hoping that she continues to inspire as she has so far.

02:18I think as actors, you know, we go through our shares of learning and experiencing with

02:24each film and I guess, and I hope that Vidya also does the same in her career.

02:31And she has so far with the amount of work that she's done.

02:35She has experience, she has gone through what she has to go through.

02:39And we all obviously come out stronger with the experiences that we go through.

02:45And I think both of us are strong individuals and nothing can really bog us down.

02:52I think if, especially with me, I think if somebody knocks me down, I kind of get up

02:57with a lot more energy and courage to knock the other person down.

03:01I don't really read the papers on a regular basis.

03:06If someone mentions that there's something interesting written, then maybe I browse through.

03:13And I get up early in the morning and check the newspapers and see whether, when I'm getting

03:18married next.

03:20I just check that every day in the morning, because it changes every day and every month.

03:24As long as they invite me for my own wedding, I might get married.

03:29If any country or any city needs a boost in tourism, we'll announce Rani's wedding.

03:36We believe in a film that is No One Killed Jessica.

03:38We made it with a lot of love and we've given it our best shot.

03:43And hope you guys enjoy it.

03:44I hope you get your paisas vasool.

03:47And I think that's what is important.

03:48Basically, the film is important.

03:50Whether we fight, whether we are friends, whether we pretend to be friends, whether

03:54we pretend to fight, that's really not going to make any difference to the box office.

03:59The response to the promos has been phenomenal.

04:03So I'm hoping that that carries forward to the film.

04:07Maybe even betters with the film.

04:11That's all.

04:12That people accept this film with open arms.

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