Dulquer Salman, Mithila Palkar on their ‘Karwaan’ journey

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Dulquer Salman, Mithila Palkar on their ‘Karwaan’ journey. The two actors, along with director Akarsh Khurana, talk about their travels and bonding with co-star Irrfan Khan.  Read the full Gulf News article: https://gulfnews.com/leisure/movies/features/dulquer-salman-mithila-palkar-on-their-karwaan-journey-1.2259919  See more at: http://gulfnews.com/videos

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00:00I think Aakash mostly, like he, I needed his help because A, I was really worried about

00:09myself because I was working with him and Irfan.

00:12I was actually quite nervous because, I mean, to be sharing screen space with firstly Irfan

00:17sir is a very daunting task and I'm just happy that it was Aakash to like lead me through

00:23this.

00:24It's also, like I said, a role that I haven't played before.

00:26I had met him before so that was a little bit of a comfort zone and Irfan sir eased

00:31me into it.

00:32I start quite a few films every year so I have at least 4-5 first days each year.

00:38So I'm kind of used to the drill but for me, Irfan sir is a humongous star and when I work

00:43with, you know, senior stars or actors who I really look up to and it's not just us newcomers

00:50or like, you know, people that I've worked with before.

00:54I always, I feel like I put in the extra effort to kind of be prepared and to kind of not

00:59waste their time in any which way.

01:00You can start kind of fumbling your lines if you're just a bit star-struck, you know,

01:03you can kind of get extra conscious and if you get into that sort of conscious bout,

01:08it can go multiple takes before you can snap out of it.

01:11So I was a little aware of that happening but usually if you know your lines like the

01:14back of your hand, that helps because then you are not fumbling with lines and you can

01:18just kind of figure out your geography and stuff.

01:20But like she said, it always helps to kind of be friends with people before shoot but

01:23I think most credit goes to Irfan sir.

01:26Akash also is like just mad fun, I think you've seen our dynamic, just the way we all interact,

01:31it's like a bunch of friends hanging out.

01:33But I think thanks to Irfan sir being there, like you know, there was that certain...

01:38Gravity.

01:39Yeah, just focus and like the respect to his time, I think that was there.

01:44I think my schooling has helped, just the school that I went to, had a huge mix of kids

01:47from families that have migrated to Chennai from all over the country.

01:51There are certain things, like I keep saying, accents or something, only everybody else

01:55hears, people speaking it don't exactly hear that.

01:57I couldn't hear certain things, so if somebody pointed something out to me, I'm like, oh,

02:01okay, so then can you just do that, can you just keep keeping an ear out for the stuff

02:06that I'm saying wrong and then I'll correct it.

02:09And I obviously gave Irfan sir a heads up and said, this is my issue, so if they point

02:14it out, we might have to go for a retake.

02:15I think he was just amused by me and my worries about the language.

02:19I always approach work thinking that the script is about 75% of what it should be.

02:24I mean like, once they own the characters, automatically things will change.

02:28They'll get into the skin of the characters and start bringing a bit of themselves to it.

02:32So I'm very happy to improvise.

02:34I think what happened is that, so Irfan sir comes and improvises off the bat, which is

02:40because of, you know, he's done his own work and quite honestly, I mean, like he actually

02:44worked out a dialect and you know, for his character, which is kind of goes back to his

02:49days where he grew up in Tonk, in Rajasthan.

02:51So he actually speaks like that.

02:52He doesn't say van, he says ven.

02:54So I mean, and he was very consistent about that, like he would switch on and be that

02:57person.

02:58So he had done that.

02:59And now that he had done that, he was actually playing with it.

03:02I think, Dulkar, because of, you know, stepping into the Hindi territory and Mithila because

03:07I mean, stepping in front of stalwarts, so to speak, took like a few days to know that

03:14it was okay to, you know, or feel comfortable enough to kind of, you know, break out and

03:19start doing their own stuff.

03:20While I'd say that maybe Irfan did the maximum, but I think that both of them have done some

03:25fabulous additions of their own, which stayed in the cut and perhaps get better reactions

03:30than what was written.

03:32So I mean, there's little things that they brought up their own characters once they

03:35kind of eased up.

03:36And I, because of my background in theatre, prefer that I like that they kind of come

03:41and bring something to the table.

03:43And all of them did.

03:44So I'm very happy.

03:45I like that.

03:46It's really tricky.

03:47I mean, how do you promote?

03:48Promotions have to be fairly enthusiastic, excited, energetic exchanges with the media.

03:54So initially, we were even, including Ronnie, I mean, that's one of the most amazing things

03:58about the producer that he is, even though he felt it might, I mean, not he felt, even

04:04though it could maybe harm his film, he was like, you know, we have to really be sensitive

04:06to this.

04:07Even now, I don't even think he wants to have a gala premiere.

04:10And that's the most wonderful thing about him, you know, and, but you can't also kind

04:13of abandon the film, and also out of the love and respect for his work, and just how amazing

04:19he's in the film, I'm shocked that once you watch the film, I'm sure like all the viewers

04:23are going to just travel with him from start to finish.

04:26And he's really the pulse and the heartbeat of the film.

04:29His approval and go ahead was very important to us and we got that.

04:32Beyond that, I think it's not fair to ask for anything.

04:35He's doing his little bit, he keeps, you know, tweeting stuff and he's doing that.

04:39I've noticed that, I've been seeing his Twitter feed.

04:41Yeah, he tweeted like lyrics from the film and all of that, and he was very happy and

04:44I had a good 15 minute chat with him after he saw it.

04:47For me, what really helps to know is that he's happy with the film and that, so we are

04:52kind of taking that legacy forward right now.

04:54And like Dulkar said, I think for all the people who are out there, including us who

04:58are missing him, I think this film shows him in just such a wonderful light.

05:03I mean, I think he's done such a great job in it.

05:05You see him across the gamut of all the comedy that the people love and all the emotional

05:09gravity that he brings to the road.

05:11I think it's kind of complete and I think it'll just help, you know, tied over till

05:15he's back in fighting form.

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