- 6/21/2025
Mumbai: In an exclusive interview with Director Siddharth P. Malhotra reflected on the journey of his film ‘Maharaj,’ which faced controversy and uncertainty before its release. He expressed gratitude for the film's reception and impact, highlighting the efforts of his team, including debutant Junaid Khan. Siddharth also discussed the challenges of launching a new talent without marketing, the importance of integrity in filmmaking, and the debates surrounding work hours and pay disparity in the industry. He emphasized the need for meaningful storytelling and supporting new talent, while looking forward to upcoming projects, including a show and a new series.
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00:30After the poster, there will be a film van.
00:32There will be no trailer,
00:33there will be no song,
00:34there will be no interview.
00:36Aamir Khan's son's film launch,
00:38we had planned a lot of great things.
00:41Netflix also planned a lot of great things.
00:43Yash Raj also planned a lot of great things.
00:46This film was so smooth,
00:48maybe COVID-19 shoot,
00:50that I thought it would be a hit film.
00:52It would be a hit film.
00:54Because there was a book on this film,
00:58there wasn't a band in the book,
01:00it was 13 years old, it was published.
01:02And there was no issue in this film.
01:06Then I thought, what will be the issue?
01:08And in this film,
01:10there were some 50-60 people in this community.
01:15At that time, I didn't say anything.
01:17So I thought,
01:18there will be no issue in this film.
01:20And my wife is also in this community.
01:22We knew that when we made a film,
01:24we didn't offend anyone,
01:26it was the same.
01:28So when we made a film,
01:30it was ready for release.
01:32And when we made a film,
01:34we made a film,
01:36we made a film,
01:38we made a film.
01:40So I thought,
01:42I was going to say,
01:44I can see a picture,
01:46you can see a picture,
01:47which we have to see,
01:48please tell us,
01:49because we have to see nothing.
01:51So today,
01:53until now,
01:55I think,
01:5721 June,
01:59which will be released today.
02:0121 June,
02:03the judge has given us
02:06the value of the film.
02:08Until then,
02:10it was a dream that,
02:12it was almost,
02:14that this film will come,
02:16will not come.
02:17I can see a film,
02:18it's been a dream.
02:19My wife who has found it,
02:20the actors,
02:22it's not going to be.
02:24Now,
02:25what will I do?
02:26I would like to see
02:27very much,
02:29I would like to see.
02:31Yes,
02:32it's a film,
02:33it's a film,
02:34I think,
02:35the film we made,
02:36it was critical scenes,
02:37the film,
02:38the climax,
02:39the court,
02:40the film,
02:41the film,
02:42it's not.
02:43But even when the film came, I think we got a ruling at 3.00 and 5.00 a film.
02:51It will drop on Netflix and tell anyone about it.
02:54Not any trailer, not any...
02:57No one was intubation.
02:59And Saturday was number one.
03:02And it was going on worldwide.
03:06So the film has delivered.
03:07So I am very very grateful for the success and the love that it's got.
03:11So my question is, is it that you think people will see it?
03:16No, absolutely not sir.
03:18Whether you say that there is any kind of controversy or bad or bad,
03:23many people have not even seen from the community.
03:26I don't even know if some people have seen it or not.
03:29But those who have seen it,
03:32many people have seen it internationally,
03:35and in India have seen it in India.
03:37So that's why we got that kind of love and appreciation.
03:40I've been meaning to,
03:41much to the dissent,
03:42but in that moment sir,
03:45the question of our own hap.
03:46That's my hope,
03:47and that's why,
03:48I can't agree.
03:49That's not what,
03:50I've never knew that.
03:52So,
03:53what is it,
03:54it is pure content.
03:56I went on,
03:57and our good intentions,
04:00it is part of our life.
04:01Sir, how do you think you don't have hope?
04:31Junaid is like a son to me.
04:35So we were each other's support in that time.
04:39There was no other way.
04:41Because we knew what we were making.
04:43Our intention was good.
04:46It was pure and honest.
04:49When the film was ready and prepared,
04:51my mentor,
04:53who produced this film,
04:56who had seen Aditya Chopra,
04:59I was proud of you.
05:01When I saw this film,
05:03I was proud of you.
05:05When I saw this film,
05:07I was very proud of you.
05:09As a director.
05:11As a director.
05:13As a director.
05:15Because you made a big film.
05:17A scale film.
05:19And a very good film.
05:21So I made Aditya Pat on the back.
05:25I watched Netflix.
05:27It was very good.
05:29I knew that the film in our hands,
05:31it was a small film.
05:33And...
05:35When it wasn't released,
05:37then it was like,
05:39let's take a look at it.
05:41Thank you so much.
05:43People have seen it.
05:45And those who haven't seen it yet,
05:47please, watch it.
05:49What did you think about it?
05:51Without marketing?
05:53It was the whole plan of marketing.
05:55It was the whole plan of marketing.
05:57No one thought about it.
05:59And we will not be able to marketing this picture.
06:01No, Amir will promote it.
06:03No, YRF will promote it.
06:05No, Netflix will promote it.
06:07Which film maker wants it?
06:09You release a video without marketing.
06:11You want to watch it.
06:13So at the same time,
06:15I had 5 years in a picture.
06:17It was our hope,
06:19that Amir Khan's son's son's launch is.
06:21And there was a plan of marketing for 21-22 days.
06:25There was no one thing.
06:27There was no one thing.
06:29Our trailer was released on Friday,
06:33and our trailer was released on Monday.
06:35After that,
06:37the songs were released on Friday.
06:39The first song.
06:40After that,
06:41we got to give an interview on the next Monday.
06:44So,
06:45it was the only thing that happened.
06:51After COVID and controversy,
06:53you have made a phase.
06:55What are your thoughts?
06:57after COVID and controversy,
06:59you have made faith.
07:01You are human.
07:04Your hope is going to be bigger.
07:07Your hope is not so strong.
07:09Your family is the hope that you keep the hope.
07:13They become the desire and the desire.
07:15They become the desire and the desire .
07:20Then I will give my family.
07:22I will give my wife.
07:23My parents, my children,
07:24parents ko,
07:25my children,
07:26my friends,
07:28who were my
07:30friends,
07:31Aditya Chopra,
07:33my producers,
07:33who were my
07:34friends,
07:34who said
07:35don't lose.
07:36So Amit,
07:37who was on Netflix,
07:38who was my
07:39head
07:41on Netflix,
07:42who was watching
07:43this film,
07:44they were all
07:45my hands.
07:46So when I was
07:47weak,
07:48when you were
07:50weakest,
07:50you need
07:51the people
07:51to hold your hand
07:52and bring you back.
07:53So these were
07:54me with you.
07:55Sir,
07:55I've seen
07:57a lot of people
07:57watching
07:58the first film
07:58and it was
07:59fantastic in that
08:01form.
08:02I mean,
08:03a Jai Di Vahavar
08:04is a
08:04kind of
08:05but still
08:06for the first
08:08film,
08:09for the first
08:09debut film
08:10and so much
08:11after that
08:12we will see
08:12the other
08:13film.
08:15But I think
08:15there's hope
08:16that the first
08:18film
08:18has seen
08:19the other
08:20film.
08:20Sir,
08:20hope
08:21means
08:21Junaid
08:22a very sincere and honest actor
08:24I have
08:26probably I have
08:27written a year ago
08:30lines and
08:31sitting here and this place
08:33so I have
08:36studied inside out
08:39I mean I know
08:40what I should do
08:43and what I should not
08:44what I should do
08:45and what I should not
08:46when I shoot
08:47Loveyapa
08:50I am sure
08:54I am sure
08:54I will only wish him the best
09:10I am happy
09:11that
09:12he has a debut award
09:14and
09:15he has
09:17his work
09:18because
09:19his work
09:19has a lot of work
09:21my writers
09:23my whole team
09:24my cameraman
09:25Rajiv Raviv
09:26everyone has
09:27tried to
09:29when we
09:30will be
09:31like Aditya Chopra
09:32my editor
09:33Shweta
09:33everyone has
09:35tried to
09:35make them
09:36a newcomer
09:37in a best way
09:39to make them
09:39so our
09:41try hopefully
09:42people have
09:43enjoyed it
09:43now
09:44the next makers
09:45they have to
09:48do the same
09:49till he becomes
09:50settled as an
09:51star
09:52as an actor
09:53sir
09:54I think
09:55I feel like
09:55Jaiji Balawat
09:56we have
09:56standing
09:57or
09:58a
09:58legend
09:59yes
10:03yes
10:04yes
10:04I feel like
10:05it was not
10:06I was afraid
10:07I was afraid
10:07I had a lot of rehearsals
10:08and reading
10:09and that was my
10:10responsibility
10:11it was the director
10:12and that was my
10:13responsibility
10:14that
10:15you are
10:15taking Jaiji Balawat
10:17and you are
10:17standing in front of it
10:18so you know
10:19my first day
10:20is that you are doing
10:20what are you doing
10:21so if you didn't
10:23deliver it
10:23then it's wrong
10:25to be your director
10:25as a director
10:26it's not someone else's
10:27so I need to be confident
10:28as a director
10:29I need to be sure
10:30Charlie Pandeyo
10:31it was almost
10:31a second film
10:32and he did a great job
10:33Sherwari
10:34didn't play this role
10:36so he could be
10:37very ham
10:39and he could be
10:40very wrong
10:41if he could be loud
10:42if he could be
10:43acting
10:43but he did a good job
10:44so he was
10:45also
10:47who was our writer
10:48who was given
10:50who was given
10:50the father
10:51who was given
10:51the author
10:52who was given
10:52a lot of work
10:53and our dialogue writer
10:53additional screenplay
10:54so they also
10:56sat in this house
10:58with me
10:58Sherwari
10:59and Junaid
11:00we had trained
11:02and he had
11:03put lines
11:03so they had
11:04a lot of work
11:05and they had
11:06one thing
11:06Jadib sir
11:08who is my brother
11:09I call him
11:10and I call him
11:11and I don't know
11:11but I don't know
11:13he has genuinely
11:13a lot of love
11:14I told him
11:15to Jadib sir
11:17that you
11:18So, now, let me tell you where he is wrong.
11:21He is a newcomer.
11:22A newcomer is a person who is learning the experience of people.
11:25In the United States there is no ego.
11:27So, if we say this, he does, he does.
11:29He doesn't ask this, yes, no.
11:32That attitude is not.
11:35So, Jai Deeb has stood up to him.
11:38Jai Deeb has helped him.
11:42Yes.
11:43Sir, Judi Shrii, you should say about the court?
11:46Sir, the court has not given the green signals?
11:51Sir, the court has not given the green signals,
11:53so I was sitting in front of you.
11:55I was not doing this interview for one year.
11:57And if Judi Shrii saw the film,
12:00it is wrong.
12:02So, this film is not released.
12:04So, I am very thankful to Gujarat High Court.
12:08They have understood the intent of the film.
12:12And I was done with the script.
12:14When I had prepared the script,
12:16I would know that this is not the wrong thing.
12:18Because the court is here and here,
12:21it will see that the camera will go.
12:23It will be all that it will take.
12:25Every white glass and every glass of the glass of the glass.
12:28It will take the camera from the camera.
12:30So our intention was very good, sir, we were making a wrong thing or a controversy for a film.
12:38We were making a story of a story that had fought for the women, when the meet-to-movement, so-to, wasn't it at that time.
12:49So the message that we were saying was that it was related to our own.
12:55So our intention was that if we were to change our society, we would not change our own.
13:04We would change our own.
13:08We would change our own.
13:10We would change our own.
13:12We would change our own.
13:14Sir, what do you think is commercial film?
13:18Sir, it's commercial film.
13:20It doesn't happen to me.
13:22I've made a lot of commercial film films and other things that came out of commercial.
13:27But it's commercial film.
13:30Sir, it's a good idea.
13:35What was happening now?
13:36Who would have thought that this book was not published for 13 years?
13:42It was published.
13:43This case is published in universities.
13:48Why did you stop there?
13:50Why would you download it on the internet?
13:53Why would you not have banned there?
13:55This is 100-100 shows in Gujarati Theatre.
14:00The second book is published by Vipul, the author of Vipul, which is our writer.
14:05Why did you not have banned there?
14:07Why would you do that?
14:08Who would you do that?
14:09Who would you do that to do that?
14:11In the industry, if you didn't have any films from Hitchkey, or film of film, it was delayed?
14:15So you feel that you are responsible for actors and directors?
14:18I didn't have any films from Hitchkey after that.
14:20I just had to make it seven years ago.
14:22I felt like it was only the night after VR family.
14:24I was only a Hitchkey.
14:25I didn't understand that I was in a commercial film.
14:27It was a commercial film.
14:28It was an art film.
14:29and then the female heroines
14:31and all these things
14:32are going to work for 7 years
14:34struggling to do it
14:35after that, Maharaj next year
14:38Aditya Chopra has listened
14:39and I have listened to them
14:41and I have listened to them
14:42and I have told them that this film is going to be
14:44after that, I got a big actor
14:49and I have told them
14:50that we need a new actor
14:52so we have to take a look at it
14:54so Adi's support was full of support
14:56and the film was about 60 days
14:5955-60 days, it was finished
15:00the film was finished
15:01and in 21 days, it was finished
15:03and then Covid came
15:05and then the theater was gone
15:07and then Netflix was gone
15:08because there was a time
15:10and there was no one was going to go
15:12so my wife says
15:15this is a commercial film
15:16and my wife says it's a lot of commercial film
15:18but the one that is written
15:21and the one that is written
15:23and the one that is written
15:24and the one that is written
15:25that every film has its destiny
15:27it's a story of destiny
15:29and this is a destiny
15:29that I have seen
15:30industry
15:32in the industry
15:33we have a great deal
15:35for working hours
15:37and the two that is working hours
15:39and the two that is working hours
15:40and the one that is working hours
15:41Yes.
15:42Sir, there is a shift in 8 hours or 8 hours.
15:56Hichki, we have finished the whole picture in the 28-8 hour shift, 7 to 2, 8 hours,
16:06we have finished the whole picture with Rani and children in the 28 days.
16:12So, the 8 hour shift, the camera man, the director, the spot boy.
16:16Every director has its own requirements.
16:21This is what you are saying, Debika's story.
16:23This is not even now, it's been years.
16:27When I was shooting with Kajol in 2010,
16:31Kajol 8 hour shift.
16:34It was very clear that I would go to 9 to 6 or 7 to 2.
16:38If I would go to the night, I would go to 1 shift.
16:40Rani also does that.
16:42So, Debika is not saying anything new.
16:44If you have to work with that actor,
16:47the actor is telling me the terms and conditions.
16:50As a director, I don't have to do that.
16:54I have to do that.
16:56If I work with you, I will do that.
16:58If you have to have a 6 hours,
17:00you might do that.
17:02Then, I have to do that through this time.
17:04I am going to do that.
17:06If I work with that, I will do that.
17:08So this is not an actor-specific thing, because he is a person in the name of the public city.
17:18But what was the requirement of his daughter?
17:22I mean, his children are not the same.
17:24His children are asking for the family time. What is the wrong question?
17:29Yes, if Sandeep sir thinks that he needs the entire film of the actor's requirement and time longer,
17:41that is his right too.
17:43So he won't take it.
17:45It's a simple thing.
17:47If someone needs an actor, he says,
17:50I can give him 6 hours or I can give him.
17:53I need it.
17:54I take another number of days.
17:57That's on me.
17:59Sir, another one is paying for the pay disparity.
18:04He's paying for years.
18:06He's not paying for the pay disparity.
18:09But Dipika is the highest paid actor, I think.
18:13So I don't know what pays are.
18:15I feel Dipika, Aaliyah, all these people are...
18:17I don't think it's paying for the pay disparity.
18:20I think Aamir sir said a very good thing in an interview,
18:24which I've seen on YouTube,
18:26and I keep saying that
18:29what is your star power,
18:34when you talk about the pay disparity,
18:36what is your star power,
18:40your star is the first opening of Friday.
18:44whether it's a film of Salman Khan,
18:46or you have a 50 crore opening,
18:48whether it's a film of Amir Khan,
18:49whether it's a film of any actor,
18:51the first two days or three days,
18:53your star takes your money.
18:56Because the actor's start of the time,
18:58people are paying for this money.
19:00We have to pay for this money.
19:01We want to pay for this actor.
19:05Then the film is going on or not.
19:07It's good or not.
19:08Monday is the director's job.
19:10It was the first thing on Monday.
19:12Today is the Saturday.
19:13It's the director's job.
19:14But the first day,
19:15it's the actor's job.
19:16If you take a big star,
19:17you take a big star,
19:18and you give it to your money.
19:19Maybe he's the star.
19:20Maybe he's the star.
19:21Maybe he's the star.
19:22Maybe he's the star.
19:23I'm talking about the film industry.
19:24If the actor's opening is the type of opening,
19:28then you pay for it.
19:30If he doesn't pay for it,
19:32then there's a disparity.
19:35It's the power.
19:37It's the economics of business.
19:40It's not about gender only.
19:44It's about economics.
19:45And Aamir sir,
19:46there was a very good interview.
19:48I think Rani,
19:50and Kareena,
19:52and his logic was very good.
19:54If you give the opening,
19:56you give the money as much.
19:58Because it's the star power.
20:00So that's the logic.
20:02I think it's the truth.
20:03Sir,
20:04what are future projects?
20:06What are future projects?
20:07What are the future projects?
20:08What are the future projects?
20:09What are the future projects?
20:10What are the future projects?
20:11What are the future projects?
20:12Sir,
20:13future projects is a show for Netflix.
20:15The show is now finished.
20:16Pariniti Chopra, Jennifer Winget, Harleen.
20:18There are a lot of people in it.
20:20Tahir.
20:21So,
20:23Renzel has been a series for Netflix.
20:26It's now coming.
20:27It's a great show.
20:28It's a great show.
20:29It's a thriller.
20:30I'm working on another series.
20:34I don't know any details about it.
20:37But the shooting will start.
20:39I'm doing such a genre of film,
20:41which I've never attempted.
20:43So,
20:44I'm very excited about it.
20:46After that,
20:47I'm not going to be official announcement.
20:49But I'll shoot it.
20:52The one we've announced,
20:53is Kamal Amrohi,
20:54Meena Kumari's biopic.
20:56We'll shoot it next year.
20:59We'll shoot it next year.
21:00We'll shoot it next year.
21:01It's a script complete.
21:02The dialogue is complete.
21:03We'll shoot it next year.
21:04We'll shoot it next year.
21:06We'll shoot it next year.
21:07Thank you very much.
21:37And every maker and every storyteller is the only hope that this is the maker's film or the sound of this maker.
21:47So I will hopefully see my voice and recognize my voice.
21:52So hopefully with the coming years with my work, I hope you like my work and my work becomes something as a stamp to reckon with.