Mumbai, May 8, 2025(ANI): In an exclusive interview with ANI, Indian actor Nimrat Kaur shared her journey of success and her visit at actor’s preparation school to learn acting.
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00:00After that, I realized that now I need to learn acting a little bit.
00:04Acting is a different thing, reading script is a different thing.
00:08You know, it's a different thing.
00:12I started my first start at the theatre.
00:16At the morning, I got a phone and said,
00:18You didn't tell me how this happened!
00:21I went and saw this show and told me how much I liked it.
00:27And when it comes to the climax,
00:30I saw it in my eyes,
00:32I almost shocked how it happened.
00:36It was very good.
00:38I came to Mumbai in 2004.
00:41I thought it would be a lot of money.
00:45It would be a little bit of experience in the camera.
00:47I started with music videos.
00:49I did a lot of ad films.
00:52After that, I realized that now I need to learn acting.
00:56Acting is a different thing.
00:58Script is a different thing.
01:00You know, it's a different thing.
01:02It's a different thing.
01:04So, I then saw some plays,
01:09which were the Nirmata and Nirdeshak,
01:13I was very interested in working with them.
01:16I thought,
01:17that if I had done some work with them,
01:19I could learn something.
01:22So,
01:24I saw a lot of plays in Mumbai in the first time.
01:29First time.
01:30And,
01:31Thespo is a youth theatre forum,
01:36where I had my first start in theatre.
01:41And,
01:42I remember,
01:43that year,
01:44I got the Best Actress Award for that play.
01:47And, simultaneously,
01:48I had a Hindi play with Sunil Shanbagh,
01:53at the Prithvi Theatre Festival.
01:55So,
01:56I was the first part of these two plays.
01:59After that,
02:00I was made a series for 5-6 years.
02:02I got the opportunity to work with good people.
02:06And,
02:07I got the opportunity to work with Hindi and English.
02:09And,
02:10I played both in Hindi and English.
02:11Prithvi Theatre,
02:12NCP Experimental.
02:13And,
02:14I went to work with many places in India.
02:17Calcutta,
02:18Pune,
02:19Delhi,
02:20Bareilly,
02:21a small town,
02:23a big town,
02:24Bangalore.
02:25So,
02:26this was a training ground,
02:27which,
02:28I think,
02:29today,
02:30what I can learn,
02:31is all in theatre.
02:33All in theatre.
02:35How did you get the lunchbox?
02:37Sir,
02:38actually,
02:39I was doing some plays,
02:41when the lunchbox casting was going.
02:43And,
02:44Seher Lateef,
02:46who was the casting director of the film,
02:48she is no longer amongst us,
02:50sadly.
02:51But,
02:52they showed me some plays to Ritesh Batra.
02:55Gunit Monga,
02:57who I was doing a film with Peddlers,
03:00and I was part of it.
03:02So,
03:03they showed me that.
03:04and somehow,
03:05you know,
03:06I feel like,
03:07that was probably a film,
03:08that was my part of it.
03:09And,
03:10I got it without auditioning for it.
03:13And,
03:14I mean,
03:15it's such a big gift for me,
03:19that,
03:20I feel like,
03:21that,
03:22that,
03:23that,
03:24that,
03:25that,
03:26that,
03:27that,
03:28how did that happen?
03:29Yes sir, Cole actually has a series that has released on Geo Hotstar.
03:34There is a relationship between Raj Gharane's character, Rani Indrani, Rai Singh and Rajwade.
03:45He has a very strong role, very ups and downs.
03:49He has a strong relationship between Raj Gharane and his family and circumstances.
03:59His relationship with his little brother is an almost unhealthy, strange kind of obsessive love.
04:09He can't do anything wrong for him.
04:13In that journey, when you look at that character, there is a Rajasthani folk song.
04:20Because his mother passed away from his childhood, his siblings.
04:25What happens in that journey?
04:30When you realize that this big girl is almost a quasi-parent figure.
04:36For her little girl and her little brother.
04:40Especially his little brother, his eyes are pretty much.
04:43So, they listen to him as a Rajasthani folk song.
04:47This is a show of Ekta Kapoor.
04:50He has given me the opportunity to work in a very beautiful world.
04:58The director, Sahir Raza, heard me this folk song.
05:03And he said, you can sing this song.
05:06So, I said, I will try it.
05:08And that effort didn't happen.
05:10He kept it for the show.
05:12And it was good.
05:14In that climax, it was a very haunting scenario and haunting situation.
05:20And its effect is very strong.
05:24Because in childhood, the lady was listening to her brother.
05:27And when she was frustrated, the lady was listening to her brother.
05:30And when she came to the climax, the lady was listening to her mouth.
05:35And the scene that I would like to see her.
05:38So, until she came to the end, it became a haunting story.
05:45It became a haunting story.
05:46Where did you get your best compliments from her brother?
05:50Yes, I will say the best compliments from my mother.
05:54She finished the show today.
05:56And in the morning, her phone came to me.
05:59She said, you didn't tell me how it happened.
06:03I said, mom, you have to watch the show.
06:05So, you have to watch the show.
06:07So, you have to watch the show.
06:08I will keep you surprised.
06:11And she said, I can't believe it.
06:14You can do that.
06:15And you can do that.
06:16And you can do that.
06:17And why did this happen?
06:18And how did this happen?
06:19And how did this happen?
06:20I can't believe it.
06:21But it was actually not the truth.
06:23So, for me, this is a very big compliment.
06:26And in fact, I am going to where I am.
06:28There is a pulse check and a litmus test.
06:31It is that I am going to where I am.
06:33And people have seen this show.
06:35And they are telling me what I like.
06:38And they are telling me.
06:39And they are telling me.
06:40And they are telling me.
06:41And they are telling me.
06:42And in my eyes.
06:44But in my eyes.
06:45So, I feel almost shocked.
06:47How did this happen will happen?
06:49And so that I feel so good.
06:51So, Anupam Kheer, Sir.
06:52It's my pleasure that he wanted me to come here and I would like to share some of my experiences with young and bright students.
07:03And I felt so good that this experience gave me so much in my early days.
07:10And I think they were so innocent and hopeful.
07:16And I felt like I could see their dreams in their eyes and their hearts.
07:21I felt like they had come to Mumbai, to prove something.
07:25I understand. I understand.
07:27I am not aware of any story that I don't know.
07:30But I know and I can see their eyes.
07:32I felt like I came to that dream and their eyes in 2004.
07:37And I felt so good with my heart.
07:39I was coming for two hours.
07:42And if I have a stamina and I want it, then I would like to talk to them for 2-3 hours.
07:49Because I want my experiences and learnings that I have to learn from my difficulties.
07:57If I can share it with anyone, if I can help with one person or a student,
08:03then it's a success for me.
08:05And when I learned acting here, I learned the path of theatre.
08:10I wish that I also learned from an actor preparer in an institute.
08:16I felt so good.
08:17And I learned some of these things early on in my career,
08:21which I learned later in my career.
08:24And I learned trial and error in the work environment.
08:27So I think these kids are very lucky, these students are very lucky.
08:31That they are so good in the environment.
08:34And I heard that for a half an hour of play,
08:38they worked so hard and worked so hard.
08:41And the set also made themselves.
08:43Experientially, they give you so much confidence.
08:47And really, I don't have a chance.
08:50I feel so happy when I come here.
08:52I feel so happy when I come here.
08:53I don't have a chance.
08:54Because I have to do other things with my time.
08:59What I have to do in this city, I have to understand what I have to do in life.
09:08So I like to go to the mountains.
09:10Hiking, trekking.
09:12I am just a fawgy girl.
09:14I am a fawgy environment.
09:16I am a fawgy.
09:17And I am an inherent traveler who is a traveler.
09:21He doesn't give me a chance.
09:25So I have a lot of happiness in my life.
09:27And I keep them so happy.
09:29I know that I am an actor, a public personality.
09:37And I am an actor who is a responsibility.
09:41And I am a family.
09:45You don't have to go anywhere alone, you don't have to go with your own family.
09:52My father was a man in forces and army.
09:58He has a very big impact on me in life.
10:02I've learned my mother's upbringing, my overall value system,
10:09and I've learned a lot about it.
10:19Where did you go?
10:22I went to Kumau.
10:23I went to Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary.
10:26I sent my Jannaddin there.
10:28I went to Jannaddin.
10:32I went with my parents and family.
10:35I felt that there is a sense of belonging in the mountains.
10:41You don't think anything about it.
10:44You only think about your next steps.
10:46That's the biggest therapy and rejuvenation for me.
10:52Next, I'm going to go to your PR statement.
10:56The network is everywhere.
10:58It's very big, sir.
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