Aditi Rao Hydari on breaking into Bollywood as an outsider

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00:00for me quality over quantity, dignity and credibility over instant success or fame

00:13have you resumed shooting, what's the scene now

00:16no I have not resumed shooting because even I am being very very careful

00:20but there was a schedule that I did for MA Entertainment

00:25with John Abraham

00:27so I did that about 10 days ago or whatever 15 days ago

00:31and I went to Bombay and I travelled and I shot and I came back to Hyderabad

00:35back home to my family

00:37so I have been like making these short trips to Bombay

00:42but shooting per say, if you say shooting has resumed for us it means we are basically running from one set to another

00:49that's not happened yet

00:52this pandemic has been the biggest leveler of sorts for everyone I think

00:56it just shows us that we are not immune to anything, what have you learnt over the pandemic Aditi

01:03you know absolutely you are so right, normally when we hear about

01:10virus or some kind of disease that has suddenly sort of broken out

01:15it's always like oh my God it's there, no it's not here

01:19but this one has been such a leveler

01:22I feel like I have always been one of those people who has always said it's not about countries or region

01:30it's about people and this pandemic has really been very democratic

01:34and it's really gone all out and just been like attack everybody

01:39so in that way I am making light of the situation, it's really not funny

01:43but in many ways it has been like that and I feel like more so

01:49it's made me, it's really made me feel like

01:56it's so important for us to remember that at the end of the day it's about human beings

02:02and it's about connecting as human beings, being there for each other as human beings

02:10nothing else should matter and I think that also to wake up in the morning and count your blessings

02:16you know what I love about your career graph Aditi is that you reinvent yourself

02:20you do it in a very, without lot of surround noise

02:24there are movies we know you do good work but there is not lot of hoopla

02:28somewhere along the way I feel you do your work very well and there is that consistency

02:33is that what you have always wanted to do, do your work well and then it just

02:37you seeped into our hearts very slowly, you served your time, it's not like you suddenly came and

02:42you have this great, amazing, spectacular launch, no you swept into our conscious very slowly but very strongly as well

02:50and that's really, really sweet of you to say that, it actually feels very good to hear that

02:56you are right I didn't get that launch where I showcased every single talent that I had

03:02nobody really quite knew what I could do or what I couldn't do etc

03:05and it's been like one film at a time, one step at a time but in a way

03:09like I feel without sounding immodest or arrogant

03:13like absolutely at face value, I feel like you know

03:17I have kind of, I have done what I really wanted to do

03:22and I have done it the way in which I wanted to do it

03:27because for me, dignity is very, very important you know the way I work is very important

03:36sometimes it can like a lot of people say that you have not done a lot of work etc

03:41but maybe it's because of the way in which I choose to work

03:45and for me the people that I work with are very important, the journey I go through making the film is very important

03:50so you know those are choices I made but honestly I have not made them knowingly

03:54it's probably been subconscious choices, it's probably been a result of

03:58the way I have grown up or the things that I have been exposed to growing up

04:02but today I can very happily say that even though there is a lot more for me to do

04:07and a lot more that I want to do, this is pretty much what I kind of wanted

04:13in terms of being a pan Indian face, working with the kinds of directors that I am working with

04:19like for me quality over quantity, dignity and credibility over instant success or fame

04:31I want to create timeless cinema, timeless characters I mean that's my yearning

04:36do you think suddenly even you feel that, you feel a sense of accomplishment for where you have reached

04:43I don't know if I feel a sense of accomplishment but I do feel very happy when people around me tell me

04:50that they are proud of me or they are proud of the way in which I have worked

04:56I think that matters to me a lot because you know there are lot of good artists out there

05:01but I think it's also your attitude and the way that you work and you know

05:05ultimately the choices that you make really define the artist that you are

05:10I don't have so much of a sense of it because I don't think about it like that

05:15to me it's like that moment, that learning then you know yearning for something else

05:22yearning to work with the next so I am constantly as an artist I am thinking like that

05:27I don't want to be that person who stabs somebody in the back and gets the next big role

05:31I don't, I never want to be that person

05:33having said that I want to do it well and I want to keep pushing myself, I want those experiences

05:40so I know that today the conversation around outsiders, insiders is very, very hectic

05:47having said that I don't like using these words because it creates that divide

05:52you know ultimately at the end of the day we are all artists

05:56yes some people may come from a place of privilege, my opportunities may be less

06:01they might have cushioning when they fall, I might scrape my knees when I fall

06:05ultimately when we have that passion to work and when we love our craft

06:11we all get up and start running again, we all work hard

06:16our struggles are different, I personally don't like making that difference because I think it's unfair

06:23and I don't want to be that person

06:25it's interesting we are just surviving the time as well Aditi

06:28at the end of the day you have movies up for release which is amazing

06:34again a theatrical film I was looking forward to it, looking forward to releasing it in a theatre

06:41but it's just gotten an incredible response

06:45also it's a film that's very special to me, Mohan Krishna Induganti

06:49he introduced me to Telugu cinema with a film called Sammohanam

06:53I just felt like it takes a second to be a hero

06:56it's that split second decision that makes a character into a heroic character

07:01and Sahiba doesn't slap anybody, doesn't kick anybody, no flying punches

07:06but it's the courage of her heart and her decision to give up everything in her life

07:12that is dear to her, her love, her life, her unborn child, everything

07:18to save an unknown little girl

07:21and it's so amazing how a love story with such a short duration on screen

07:28can get so much love and can be so believable to people

07:32and for people to root for that love story

07:35so I really, really enjoyed working on this film and it's so special

07:39and it really tells me a lot about how cinema characters can impact people

07:45ultimately as an actor what do I want

07:47suppose in the case of B the film pretty much belongs to the hero

07:51and sometimes the film belongs to the heroine and sometimes it belongs to both

07:57but I feel what's important is for people to take you home with them in their hearts

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