- 6/9/2025
Mumbai: In an exclusive conversation with Actress Soundarya Sharma, where she shared her thoughts on her film's success, working alongside Akshay Kumar, and her experience with director Tarun Mansukhani. She discussed the challenges and learnings of comedy, drawing from her work with Riteish Deshmukh and Akshay Kumar. Soundarya also spoke about transitioning from theatre to films, adapting her craft, and her newfound fame after becoming a viral sensation with ‘Laal Pari.’ Additionally, she reflected on the comparisons to iconic performances like Malaika Arora's Munni and Katrina Kaif's Sheila.
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00:00Hello Sonia, welcome to INS. Congratulations.
00:04We've been released, Dhafshay Kumar, several other stars of the film industry.
00:07What's the mind's face like?
00:11Very happy, nervous, excited, thrilled, everything together.
00:17Just very happy and excited.
00:19It's very good, it's positive.
00:23I'm scared too.
00:25That's the feeling you get from the exam.
00:30And Houseful Five has come like a breath of fresh air for TV, in the cinema.
00:35In the cinema particularly, the film has ensured everyone in the industry,
00:42all the artists from top of the world.
00:45Working in a tentpole like Houseful Five, how does it shape up an artist for a long time?
00:51I think it's a brilliant platform and opportunity for a newcomer like me for sure,
00:55because it's an ensemble cast.
00:58Almost 14, 15 main lead actors.
01:01And you get to share the screen space with the stalwarts of the industry,
01:06where you have only seen them witness the performances and everything.
01:11And you get to share the screen space and you're performing with them now.
01:16So, I don't think anything can get better than this for any newcomer or for any actor,
01:22at any given point of time.
01:24Because if there's nothing else, you can learn and evolve.
01:28And I think it's a brilliant position to be in.
01:33So, very very feeling blessed and privileged to be part of such a big franchisee.
01:40And you share a superstar direction from our audience.
01:43You see it all.
01:44He's done all for the time in his career.
01:46He is known for his discipline and the lack of what works in the market.
01:50He's one of the actors who has the best business sense in cinema.
01:54Working with him, jamming with him,
01:57how did it help you evolve your craft as an artist and also in the commerciality of the industry?
02:02Commercial?
02:03Yeah.
02:04This is my first film.
02:06So, like a legit first big film.
02:08So, commercials come definitely.
02:10They're very important but they do come later.
02:12But having said that,
02:14I have worked with Akshay sir previously in a controversial Goodka ad,
02:18that Vimal ad.
02:20But I think it's the legit time spent on like a set.
02:26And to learn from him, to work with him is a different space altogether.
02:31And not just Akshay said the entire unit, you know.
02:34Yes, he's very very disciplined.
02:36He's very punctual.
02:38And the way he becomes a different person altogether in front of the camera
02:42is something you have to learn from him.
02:44You know, he's just so quick with his transition.
02:47It shows that how brilliant he is with his craft and his work.
02:52Toh baut maza hai hon ke saath kaam karke.
02:55Or hamesha se unhne kaha hai ki,
02:57bas karte roo kuch chota bada kaam nahi hota.
02:59Kaam kaam hota hai.
03:00That's what he's always told me.
03:02So, I'm still learning.
03:04This is my, like a small baby step in a bigger way.
03:08I've been manifesting.
03:10I've been asking for something really, really great coming my way.
03:14So, be it the household five.
03:16And studied at the National School of Drama.
03:20And also I've done a workshop at the Lee Strasberg Institute.
03:23Please correct me if I'm missing.
03:25Yeah, no.
03:26I had just done a small workshop at NSD,
03:28which was like kind of an outsourced thing.
03:30But I studied at Lee Strasberg Theatre in Los Angeles.
03:33And I did an acting course at NYFA, Los Angeles.
03:38So, when you transition from,
03:40when you transition between different mediums,
03:42stage and then cinema.
03:44In what ways really cares about TV?
03:48Honestly, I'm yet to discover and learn everyday as and when I face the camera and I go.
03:56But having said that, I think theatre is a different form than camera.
04:00When you perform in theatre.
04:02In whatever small experience I've received and performed in theatre and camera.
04:09Is that one on one is there with the camera thing.
04:13But theatre mein aapko you have to reach till the last person sitting on the seat.
04:17So, you have to be a little more exaggerated version of every emotion.
04:21How you perform and of the character.
04:23So, it's both a different mediums.
04:25Emotion is the same.
04:26But it's just a different way.
04:29But yeah, definitely.
04:30And this is a house full.
04:32It's a very different film altogether.
04:34It's not that it's very high on different form of emotions and everything.
04:39The constant emotion is happiness.
04:41Fun element.
04:43So, which is like day to day.
04:45But yeah, more to come.
04:47As in when I do more work.
04:50Because you are better at work.
04:53Acting.
04:54I mean, you don't do it.
04:55You don't do it.
04:56You don't do it.
04:57You don't do it.
04:58So, the more you perform, the better you get.
05:00And there's no end to it.
05:02So, yeah.
05:03Both are different platforms.
05:04But any which way you learn.
05:06And it's said that cinema is the toughest genre.
05:09Oh, yes.
05:10Yes, yes.
05:11There are genres you can manipulate a scene using lights.
05:14Correct.
05:15Like the camera is placed and now everything is on your shoulders.
05:18Yes.
05:19Working in household business, which is essentially one of the biggest comedy franchises of India.
05:23Yeah.
05:24What did it teach you as an artist?
05:26And what was your biggest takeaway?
05:29A biggest takeaway is don't take yourself too seriously.
05:32Everything is very good.
05:34Everybody was so happy on the sets and the like when we were shooting that it never felt like
05:40that I'm working, working per se.
05:42It felt like so at home.
05:44We were on a picnic.
05:45We were on a picnic.
05:46We were on a picnic.
05:47We were on a picnic.
05:48I already was made to feel that I'm already a superstar.
05:53I have arrived.
05:54I am there already.
05:55I'm part of the industry very much.
05:57So, all my co-actors, my producers, my director, all the technicians were so nice and warm to me.
06:05I didn't feel like I'm the newest one on the block and I'm not part of the industry.
06:14So, that's a great thing.
06:15That's a great thing.
06:16Look how good people are.
06:17There are so many whims and fancies, notions and things about the industry.
06:24But it defies all of them very unlikely of what we hear outside.
06:29And the takeaway is that, don't go seriously and go with the flow and if it's written for you, it will come to you.
06:40I'm a classic example of it.
06:43Film has actors schools of comedy or sense of humorism.
06:47On one hand, Tej Deshko, on the other hand, Raksha Kumar.
06:50Yes.
06:51The rest of the comedy time is in the film industry.
06:54Yeah.
06:55Did any of their craft rub up on you as artists in terms of comedy?
06:59No.
07:00Actually, they perform so well that you're having a conversation with them.
07:06So, like I said, the transition, Beat, Akshay sir, Beat, Ritesh sir, everybody.
07:12It's so, so phenomenal and organic.
07:15Organic is the right word.
07:17It's seamless.
07:18It's effortless.
07:19And I've said that it was a very fun film.
07:22I mean.
07:23So, it was a fun film.
07:26It's a real film.
07:29We're seeing it, experience it.
07:31It's so much fun with you.
07:33What has the experience been like?
07:35How do you define him as a director?
07:37Is he a very heartasmister?
07:38Ah, see, I'm sure it was very tough for him to handle such great actors.
07:44Everybody together on the same time.
07:47Yeah.
07:48Same timeline.
07:49So, it's been different.
07:51But he's very good.
07:53And he's been a stronger, I would say,
07:55I would say a pillar to help me shape you know as a character my Lucy's character because it
08:03wasn't easy to perform in front of such good actors you know so at times I would just get
08:09nervous or dar lagta hai wo jo butterflies in stomach ote hai wo bhi tha ki ap exam likhne
08:15jare ho so yeah I mean I remember my intro shot we were rehearsing I am Fardeen sir and other
08:24actors and I were rehearsing he didn't realize this we were sitting and he just usme hai that I
08:30sit when you see the film I sit on the chair he just happened to pull the chair and I was sitting
08:36and I fell before my mahoor had shot and I was in splits I turned red and almost this and it was
08:44so funny and then he came running and was like are you okay okay get back to work he didn't
08:48he was exactly like that I I will never forget that I was so embarrassed the majeep sa ho
08:59gaya tha kyunki sab log te vaha par but yeah but it started on that note but I would say
09:05ki he's really good with whatever he's done humko sabko tape karge raka hua tha pikni ka mall
09:11he's the captain of the ship so definitely you know it was a laughter ride for us
09:21okay and we almost saturday is over this sunday the first test is still yet to be completed
09:27is your headspace like very chittery at the moment oh now at the moment no but it was I
09:36didn't sleep the whole night subha utke mandir gai puja ki apna dipak lagaya wo jo ek general
09:44humara hota hai subha prayers ki aur bola ki bas kuch achau then numbers aane lage so I was happy
09:50so hopefully we end up giving like great numbers because it's an ensemble Akshay sir everybody great
10:00production house great storyline all the collective great artists together so hopefully we will
10:06excel excel and Hindi cinema in particular dramatically in the last seven eight ten years
10:13huh earlier while the outsiders in the industry they were not breaking in as much as they are currently
10:19mm-hmm that has changed for the good in our cinema as a fresh artist on the block what expectations do
10:26you have from the industry and the ones for the show see my expectations are like any other actor that
10:31I should flourish and become a superstar famous everything right from the time I thought ki
10:37mujhe actor benna hai toh singing or dancing hum hindu sani ke underna koot koot ke bhari hui hai because we are
10:42born and raised like that we are rich in culture we are rich in music we are rich in we are like larger
10:49than life people we Indians are larger than life people toh hum ko naach gaana sab pasand hai toh wohi
10:55hamisha se tha toh I always wanted to be loved I always wanted to be famous I always wanted to be in
11:01front of the screen aur mujhe hamisha se wo main sochthi thi ki loog dusre cheheron mein ya kisi dusre
11:08profession mein kaise woh zindagi jeet hai toh mujhe hamisha se tha ki main is ki life mein jaanke dekho ki kya hai what it takes to live
11:15a certain person or a character or a life toh I think ye ek woh medium hai toh express yourself to get
11:23into that zone and mein joot nahi bolongi above all I just wanted to be super famous and a very big star
11:30I always thought of it you know ek hota hai ki bachman say you are so thrilled to be seeing all the big stars
11:35on the screen aur aapko screen pe aana hota hai apko bhi famous hona hota hai toh wohi feeling thi it started
11:41with that and eventually when I was growing started learning dance I'm a trained vocalist classical
11:48vocalist toh fir uske pehmane badal gay phir samajh me hai ki craft kya hota hai acting kya hoti hai
11:54aapko karna kya hota hai deliver kya karna hota hai toh ye it's exactly like jab aap bachpan
11:59bachpan bachko badao ke kya banna hai toh bacha ho lega doctor banna hai engineer banna hai toh tab toh bada
12:04fancy lagta hai ki doctor engineer naam kya a gay you know a white coat pannao ke doctor I am a doctor too
12:09iske liye mein bol pa rhi ho ho feeling phir aapko pata chalte ki haa exam dhena hota hai
12:14padhai karna hoti hai chaar sal ye karna hota hai phir internship karna hota hai phir patient
12:18karna hota hai same for acting toh mujhe lagta hai craft janna zhururi hai aur baqi
12:24karte karte ap seekte ho toh wohi meera eek tha hamesha se and god is so so so kind I feel so amazing and
12:32privilege ki ham is baray mein aaj baat kar rahe hai baat ke aur film release hoi hai house full five
12:38and continuing that further you know I want to see that I like you already
12:44would you like to diversify other mediums of cinema let's say a parallel cinema or anything beyond the
12:50realm of course yes cinema cinema work is work you know be it any medium any platform and any part of
12:56the world any language language and all this is not a barrier for uh work and cinema for your craft
13:02for your art it's an art form so definitely I would love to do various languages various uh different
13:10art forms and you know like you said different platforms I would love to do all of that and last
13:17two questions first of which you know you said that as well yeah as an artist on a very basic level
13:23what is it that inspires what is it that ignites your creative process in day-to-day life
13:29I think I get inspired by anything and everything around me because there's so much around us
13:36hum unko choti choti cheezo ko jeena bhol gaya in today's world of digitization today's world of
13:44fast fast life I would say I think just sense of wonder has sense of discovery has sense of living
13:51life ever peachy choti gaya hai thoda to shayad ye ek wo zariyaa ban gaya hai he bolne ke liye apne
13:58aapke saath rehenne ke liye ki oh I want to be this so I think I get inspired by everything around me
14:04matlab I get inspired by you also it's not just someone who's like you are also an achiever in your
14:10parameters so is everyone so joe maine hai achieving ke or inspiration ke sabke alag hai to but aisa
14:19kuch merko koi bhot fancy answer yaad nahi a raha yaa maine se kuch socha nahi ki maa
14:23apko bol doongi ki wo ek headline bane but mujhe lagta hai ki you get inspired by anything and everything
14:29kisi ki success story sunke bhot acha lagta hai kisi ki emotional quotient life ki struggle sunke
14:35aapko acha lagta apko lagta yaar isne achieve kiya yaa kisi ka bhot acha saf dil hona bhi
14:39aapko inspire karta hai so I am that person mujhe choti cheezo mein sukun milta hai so
14:45woh bhi mujhe inspire karta hai ki yaar dekho kitni sachai ye iske man mein he or she is such an
14:51honest person in today's time you have to be truthful to yourself and last question since you mentioned
14:56that you know haach na hai nahi shush karna bhol hai now observation is the basic currency for any actor
15:03the more you observe the more observant you are the better your craft will become at the end of the day
15:08in routine life you know when you're simply imbibing from your surroundings observing things
15:13of their hold in real time there's also a duality which comes you know the actor who is also at work
15:19and the human being is also at work yeah what do you want to say about that duality
15:23duality as a person and as a professional I think it's almost pretty much the same when you are at
15:32work you're working or jab aap ghar pe ho toh ghar pe ho matlab at least for me I am not someone who
15:37will switch my personality mein jasi ghar pe ho mein waisi bahar bhi ho toh bas haa ye ki kaam ke prati
15:45aapka dedication hai toh aap kaam ke jaga pe kaam kar kea ho hai ghar ki jaga pe aap chill kar rho
15:49but haa kaam demag me rehta hi rehta yaar it goes without saying I don't know about others because
15:54I think of work quite a lot and abhi mahi ho stage mein ho life ke ki jaha pe
15:59me re liye work bohat important hai aapne aapko prove karna hai mami papa ko bhi khush karna hai
16:05aapne aapko bhi khush karna hai you know itne saal ho se aap mehnat kar rho
16:08ho phir woi culmination ho ta hai so aap muha lagta hai ki dono chise zaroori hai dono ka balance hona
16:15zaroori hai personal life and professional life and they are directly proportional to each other
16:20aisa nhi ho sakta ki aapke professional life fantastic hai aur personal life achi nhi hai toh
16:25aapko sukoon hi nhi milega and vice versa toh aapke paas aapne loog bhi honne chahi hai
16:31us safalta ko share karne ke liye so aur rahi baat changing personality is professional
16:38yehi aapka suwaal hai na if I am right right toh muha lagta hai ki atleast I am not that
16:44versa jase se bhoat loog mehne sunha hai bholta hai I am different as a person at work place
16:48aur phir mera switch hota hai mera asa kuch nai hai koji switch nai hai koji button nai hai
16:53mein jo hoon, mein hoon kaam pe bhi aasi hoon, ghar pe bhi aasi hoon, I am always fun, I am always laughing
16:58muha lagta hai when you love what you're doing then it's not work then you're living your life
17:17you know I am very happy when you calling me all this because I think it's all people the audience
17:23you all guys who have loved me so much for this and I think everybody was good in the song everybody's
17:30performed very well but wo jo ek reckoning value hai, wo jo ek relatability ho gai, wo jo logon
17:37ne dekh liya pata nii what achha lagra hai, I just feel amazing I feel good I feel blessed
17:44achha lagra hai, koji bolte hai lal pari saundar hai, so it's good
17:49On the contrary, I have to wear white
17:51It's akin to what happened at the time when Malaika made a blast in the industry with Burundi
17:58Oh wow, I mean they are phenomenal performers
18:01Both the people you mentioned, they are my seniors
18:03So that will be a big deal
18:05But I think it's just the beginning
18:08It's already started
18:10I hope you can eat it without thinking of calories
18:13I hope I get to perform more, I get to work more
18:17And I love much more
18:19And I love much more
18:21So please pray for me
18:23And I love your compliment and title
18:25And you want to be a complete package performer
18:27Like how Michael Jackson was singing, acting, dancing
18:29Of course
18:31Of course
18:33My mother loves Madhuri Ma'am
18:35And I am a great ardent fan of Madhuri Ma'am
18:37I love Shridevi Ma'am, Vajanti Mala, Madhubala
18:39So I always look up to them
18:41You know, how great performance is
18:43So I always look up to them
18:45You know, how great performers they were
18:47They were feminine
18:49Yet soft
18:51Yet great actors
18:53And
18:54Ji
19:15Very seamless
19:16Very effortless
19:17Toh
19:18I mean
19:19It depends person to person
19:21And Akshay sir is leading this film
19:23And everyone is
19:24But
19:25To be part of this film
19:27And witnessing
19:28Everyone perform
19:29And learning
19:30All of that
19:31Is such a great feeling
19:32Perfect
19:33So on that note
19:34Thank you so much for that
19:35Thank you
19:36It was a pleasure
19:37Thank you
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19:42Thank you