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Someone has entered
the industry, sir.

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He is playing with everyone.
He is not sparing anyone.

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He is saying whatever he wants.

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If we question him,
he says that's how he is.

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You have to do something, sir.

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Is he being supported by anyone?

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There will be no one to shield him.

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He will arrive alone.

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Devil. No one can emulate him.

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He was born with a cycle chain
in his hand.

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His name is Ram Pandu.
Call him here.

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"We have a Botany class.
We have a matinee show."

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"Which one should I vote for?
Tell me, pal."

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"We have a History lecture.
We have a mystery movie."

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"Hey, pal. Which is the best?"

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"Attending the Botany class
is boring."

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"Resting is better
than the rusty History."

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"Watch the movie
with songs and fights."

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"Those movies will have
break and disco dances."

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For everyone,
he is Ram Gopal Varma, RGV.

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For me, he is the Devil.
- The Devil!

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So, I will address you
as 'Devil', Ramu.

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Okay.
- Okay.

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Yeah.

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'Oaksmith Packaged Drinking Water'
and 'Country Delight' present,

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'Jayammu Nischayammu Raa',
with me, Jagapathi.

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Co-powered by,
'Vijay JB Infra Private Limited',

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'Continental Xtra'
and 'Jar App'.

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Celebration partner, 'Ibaco'.

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Special partner, 'Macho Hint'.

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Fashion partner, 'The Arvind Store'.

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Associate sponsor,
'Telugu Matrimony'.

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I address him as Devil because...

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Generally, a virus
never catches the viral fever.

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Yeah.
- You had a fever once.

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The doctor gave you medicines

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for a week. You had them at once.
- Yeah.

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How is that possible?

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What is that body made of?

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What happened to your organs
when you had them at once?

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The doctors prescribe
a medicine course.

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Morning, afternoon
and evening... Whatever.

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Would my fever reduce in an instant
if I took all the medicine at once?

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That was my idea.

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I am not a doctor.
So, obviously, I don't know.

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However, I had the courage

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because that doctor did tell me
to take them at different times,

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but he never warned me
not to take them all at once.

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He didn't warn me not to take
them all at once in any condition.

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He didn't warn
anyone I knew, either.

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I thought,
I would take a chance.

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In my life, I keep taking chances.

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It actually worked.

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After that, I told
the same to many doctors.

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None of them were surprised
it worked. That shocked me more.

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It's only for you.
- Yeah.

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It won't work for anyone else.

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When will you make a movie
for your audience?

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In my life, I have never made
a movie for anyone else.

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A few times, because of
my good fortune or theirs,

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they liked them.
Many times, they did not.

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Your first few films

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were for the audience.
- Never.

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It's a simple thing. During 'Shiva',
a movie like 'Muddula Mavayya'

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with Balakrishna and produced
by S. Gopal Reddy was out.

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At that time, did anyone think
that a movie like 'Shiva'

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would succeed?

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So, I always made
everything I thought.

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I made the movies I wanted to watch.
I never did it for the audience.

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I always agree that you
like to enjoy your journey.

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But in the beginning,
those 7-8 films you made...

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Those were totally... Well, it does
not mean they were commercial.

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There was a lot of stuff
that everybody loved.

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Everybody was blown over by 'Shiva'

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including me. I called you
during the interval

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and said the movie was unbelievable.
- Yeah.

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So, if we keep the new techniques
and style aside,

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you went the commercial way
and they were huge successes.

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After that, it felt
that you were making movies

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just for yourself.

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See, this is what I learnt
in my life.

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No one listens
to others' advice.

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They will ask you a question,
but won't listen to the answer.

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I said all my hit movies
were accidents

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and flops were intentional.

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The reason is, if I knew
how to make a hit movie,

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why would I give a flop?

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Would anyone be foolish enough

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to make a movie
that the people wouldn't like?

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Ramu, what I have understood
is that even the legal system

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has a hidden affection for you.
- Yes.

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So, everybody has
a soft corner for you.

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People love you for some reason.

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There are so many reasons.

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Everyone likes you
for different reasons.

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I always say if I sit with you for
ten minutes, I will become like you.

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That's how powerful you are.

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'The ideas that killed
30 million people.'

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That was your first article
that was published

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and reached Mr Ramoji Rao.
- Yeah.

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And he called for you
and discussed it with you.

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I am sure he was so impressed
that he called you over.

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That's something really memorable
in your life.

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Yeah.
- But he didn't give you a chance

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to direct movies.

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Yeah.
- Is that true?

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See, he didn't call me.

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What happened was that my father
had no faith in me.

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So, obviously, I needed
an access into the industry.

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At that time, Mr Ramoji Rao
was producing very different movies

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like 'Pratighatana'
and 'Srivariki Premalekha'.

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So, to get access to him...

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There used to be a paper
called the 'Newstime'.

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I wrote an article named 'The Ideas
That Killed 30 Million People'.

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It was about how
Hitler used the concepts

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of the philosopher,
Friedrich Nietzsche

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and formed the Nazis and gave way
to the Second World War.

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After it was published,
I made someone recommend

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it to Mr Ramoji Rao
saying it was written by me.

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After that, I got
an appointment with him.

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I asked him to give me
a chance to direct.

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He said he would
make me a columnist.

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Why did I want to direct?

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He said I was inexperienced.
I said,

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'Sir, a director needs to be clear
about his vision.'

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'He has no connection to the
technical aspects and experience.'

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He didn't accept that.
That's it.

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So, after that,
once 'Shiva' was released,

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the one who got me an appointment

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with Mr Ramoji Rao, told him
that I directed the movie.

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What else do I say about it?

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Did you write

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that article to reach him?
- Hundred per cent.

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If I didn't do anything to make him
take me seriously,

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why would he do it?

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And then, 'Shiva' happened.

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Yeah, of course. 'Shiva' was...
It was my first trial.

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After that, I met Suresh Babu.
- Okay.

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The next phase of my journey

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was my video library.
- Oh.

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Okay, after that...
- In the video library,

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we started creating
a lot of contacts.

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Surendra...
- Yes.

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Sarathi Studios, Shashibhushan...
I made contact with many technicians

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and producers through
my video library.

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We met before you made 'Shiva'

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and I started working in the movies.
- Yeah.

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At this Annapurna Studios,
if I remember in that corner...

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I was asking you
and you told me.

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I mean, you told me to try.
It was worth trying.

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You asked me to try it.
That's what he said.

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And then, 'Gaayam' happened for me.

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He came with a fantastic project.

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Mr Mani Ratnam and you
wrote the screenplay.

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I know, that day a lot of people
were pressurising you

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to take up some other hero.
- Yes.

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Also, financially... They said
the budget wouldn't work for me.

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They said I didn't have
a huge market.

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They said another hero
could bring in more revenue.

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Even when they pressured you,
you stuck to me.

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You were sure
that I was the person for it.

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That's when we confirmed.

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And, Rama, thank you very much.
My voice...

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It was you. You opened up my voice.

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'You have to clear this area
by tomorrow morning.'

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Right now, I am feeling shocked.

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It's because many people
say that even now,

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your biggest asset is your voice.

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In those days,
people didn't like your voice.

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It was one of the biggest
mysteries for me or anyone.

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Your voice had bass.
It suited your personality

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and height. Very few people
have such a baritone voice.

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Yes, I am lucky.
- It's like...

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Amitabh Bachchan, Raza Murad...

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Your voice fell in the range
of their voices.

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So, why did the people...
Even now, it's mysterious to me.

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Maybe, at that time, your voice
wasn't like the other heroes.

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They must have thought
of it as weird. I don't know.

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At the beginning,
I asked you generally

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about what I needed to do, my
body language and what I should do.

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Then you said one thing.

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'Don't do anything. Sit over there.
I will take care of it.'

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That's what I did in 'Gaayam'.
I didn't do anything.

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What I remember is...
In this movie, there was a song...

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"Won't you have mercy
on your companion?"

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While working on that song,
I took your close-up shot

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and asked you to express the line...

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"Oh, is that it?" You looked
at me seriously. And then,

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you nodded twice
and shook your head once. Right?

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"Won't you have mercy
on your companion?"

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"Isn't it already cold?"

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After that, I felt this is how
a director's actor behaved.

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Either the actor is just feeling

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or he is listening to the director.

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Both of them work in this context.

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I don't remember if you did that,
I remember your question.

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I don't remember it.

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So, it's something you remember
about me.

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Again, many people tell me
that I did great in 'Gaayam'.

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I always say that people
should understand the point

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if the actor did well
or the director did well.

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Many people... Actually,
it's the hard work of the director.

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All the credit goes to the director.
For example, 'Anthahpuram'.

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At that time, my entry
was the director's choice.

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It was that screenplay.

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Even if it had been anyone else,
people would have whistled.

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Soundarya had to be saved.

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So, the director's talent
is underestimated.

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So, I said this clearly
about 'Gaayam'.

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'I didn't act at all.'

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'Ramu told me not
to do it. I didn't do it.'

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'I couldn't have done
anything better. That was it. Done.'

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But I got the name for it and that
is the biggest milestone in my life.

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There are many things
we need to talk about.

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But before that, we are going
to introduce someone else.

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To be honest
and to live an honest life,

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one needs to have self-respect.

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To say something
or to hear others' criticism,

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your self-respect
becomes an obstacle.

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Your self-respect
stops you from lying

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or smiling like a crook.

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I know I have a lot of it.

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The one next to me
is filled with it.

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I know someone else who has

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a lot of self-respect.

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Let's welcome the number one
director of Hindi cinema,

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Sandeep Reddy Vanga.

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Why didn't you give me
a bottle of vodka?

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Does it mean Sandeep is an
amazing director and I am not?

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I always say that I am a drunkard
and I drink vodka.

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Sandeep has never said that.

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But, sir, that's whiskey.
- Here... Whatever.

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It's the effect of cinema.

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What is that?

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In his movies, the heroes drink.
So, we did this.

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Oh, is that so? Okay.

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Sandeep, he just said
that you had self-respect.

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What did you mean by 'Self-respect'?

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I meant that all three of us had it.

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What I feel is that Sandeep's words
feel like a slap.

241
00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:02,320
Through his decisions,

242
00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:05,520
he kills the respect of others.
That's not self-respect.

243
00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:11,520
What I can't forget is...

244
00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:14,400
There is a popular critic in Mumbai.

245
00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:15,600
He destroyed that person.

246
00:13:15,680 --> 00:13:17,280
That is it.
I mean that person

247
00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:20,840
had built the self-respect
over 30 years. He destroyed it.

248
00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:24,160
He didn't even touch that person.

249
00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:25,720
Look at how silent he is.

250
00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:30,920
How did your friendship
or closeness evolve?

251
00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:32,000
We are close.

252
00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:35,320
First of all, Sandeep and I
don't consider each other friends.

253
00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:38,400
We don't have time
to love ourselves. How do...

254
00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:44,920
I have friends from school
and college.

255
00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:47,040
I mean, not as few
as Mr Varma has.

256
00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:49,120
What do you mean? Oh, I got it.
- Yeah.

257
00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:50,960
In that way. Okay. Okay.

258
00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:54,440
I am self-obsessed, sir,
but not as much as you are.

259
00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:01,000
Generally, if the other
person is not intelligent,

260
00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:03,080
you don't talk to them.
You don't have the patience

261
00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:04,440
to listen to nonsense.

262
00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:06,360
Naturally, we assume
that he is intelligent.

263
00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:08,080
So, you two gelled with each other.

264
00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:11,160
Plus, there are a lot of common
creative ideas and thoughts.

265
00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:15,280
I don't like intelligent women
and foolish men.

266
00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:17,480
Don't you?
- I keep myself away from them.

267
00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:21,840
You keep saying that things
go wrong when women speak.

268
00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:23,600
So, you don't want
to listen to them.

269
00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:26,040
So, you prefer to speak
to those who are not intelligent.

270
00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:27,800
Yeah. After all, I am intelligent.

271
00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:30,360
If the other person is intelligent,
there will be a clash.

272
00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:33,480
I have known Ramu for a long time.

273
00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:35,880
What about Warangal?
How was it, Sandeep?

274
00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:37,800
It was good. Until the 8th standard,
I was in Warangal.

275
00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:39,320
After that, I moved to Hyderabad,

276
00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:40,520
a residential school.
- Yeah.

277
00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:43,880
My fan, Ravi, was your classmate.
- Yes, sir. Yeah.

278
00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:46,320
Yeah. Okay.
- He was one year my senior.

279
00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:48,000
Did he tell you
our childhood stories?

280
00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:50,000
He told me a few.
If you tell us the rest...

281
00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:52,160
Yeah... I don't know, sir.
After that...

282
00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:55,000
After the 12th standard,
I studied physiotherapy in Dharwad

283
00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:57,800
and I left for Sydney
to study at a Film School.

284
00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:01,960
After I returned, as usual...
I went to meet everyone.

285
00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:04,400
Finally, I produced and directed.
It's a simple story.

286
00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:20,160
What about your girlfriend?
That's important to know.

287
00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:22,040
Why do we need to talk about it?
- At school.

288
00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:27,920
At your school...
We know a few things.

289
00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:31,680
So, tell us about it.

290
00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:33,560
All of us have
such childhood stories.

291
00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:38,800
Why don't you start, sir?
I will follow.

292
00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:41,440
How can I do that?
- I know all about him.

293
00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:43,880
Everyone has a story
from their co-education schools.

294
00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:45,360
Is it mandatory?

295
00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:49,680
Okay, pals!
- Hello, Mr Jagapathi Babu.

296
00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:52,280
This is Kranthi.
Hope you are doing fine.

297
00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:55,680
Sandeep and I...
We are best friends.

298
00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:57,480
We have been friends
since kindergarten.

299
00:15:57,560 --> 00:15:59,400
He is like a brother
from another mother.

300
00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:01,040
I want to share a few incidents.

301
00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:03,000
But the ones
that are closer to my heart...

302
00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:06,360
If I reveal them here,
it's going to be a sensation.

303
00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:08,680
So, I want to keep
them for another time.

304
00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:11,240
But I want to share one incident.
It's a memory.

305
00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:13,520
When we were
in the 5th grade in school,

306
00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:15,480
he liked a girl.

307
00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:19,320
So, after school, while she
would go home in the rickshaw,

308
00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:21,920
he used to follow her

309
00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:25,160
on his bicycle, you know.

310
00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:27,840
So, it went on for a couple of days.

311
00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:31,080
So, one day,
when he shared it with me,

312
00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:34,760
I wanted to surprise him.

313
00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:36,640
I started chasing him.

314
00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:39,240
I followed him
without his knowledge.

315
00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:44,240
So, when he was cycling
next to the rickshaw

316
00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:46,080
that girl was taking home,

317
00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:50,440
I overtook him and cut his path.

318
00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:54,200
He lost his balance
and fell down badly.

319
00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:57,520
After seeing him,
the girl laughed out loud.

320
00:16:57,640 --> 00:17:01,880
I thought he would feel insulted
and was dreading his reaction.

321
00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:03,560
He surprised me.

322
00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:05,520
He stood up, got his bike

323
00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:09,240
and caught up with the girl
in the rickshaw again.

324
00:17:09,360 --> 00:17:11,880
Then he wanted to perform
a few feats.

325
00:17:12,360 --> 00:17:14,640
So, he stopped holding
the handle of the bike

326
00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:16,920
and was trying to do some feats.

327
00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:18,800
But the one thing I noticed

328
00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:23,320
was that the girl was impressed
with the attitude he displayed.

329
00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:26,400
Just wanted to share
a funny incident that happened.

330
00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:28,680
Okay, Sandeep.
We will meet you soon.

331
00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:31,120
I am sure
half of it was exaggerated.

332
00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:33,720
I don't see it in his character.
I think so.

333
00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:36,600
I truly fell badly from my cycle.
- Okay.

334
00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:42,600
It could be true. He was...

335
00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:44,600
There is a small issue here.

336
00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:49,000
When Sandeep fell, his expressions
would have been different.

337
00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:52,360
If we think about the way
his friend described it,

338
00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:53,960
he must have had
a different expression.

339
00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:56,120
That's the difference in narration.

340
00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:58,960
So, I feel his face
wouldn't have conveyed the same.

341
00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:00,640
Why are you deciding for everyone?

342
00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:03,320
Isn't that my job?
That's how a director works.

343
00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:08,680
If you tell us about that girl

344
00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:10,880
and her expressions...

345
00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:15,640
Look at Sandeep.
He is smiling so lovingly.

346
00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:17,880
At that age, it was a huge insult.

347
00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:19,920
I was aware
as I was in the 5th standard.

348
00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:22,040
He is more advanced than I am.

349
00:18:22,120 --> 00:18:24,760
Indeed...
- So, then...

350
00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:31,800
As far as I know...
- More than I am.

351
00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:34,400
He was my close friend.
So, I shared it with him.

352
00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:36,000
I fell down when he cut my path.

353
00:18:36,120 --> 00:18:38,160
I still remember it.
It was the rainy season.

354
00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:39,840
My uniform was soiled.

355
00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:44,520
So, she laughed at me. I overtook
her and rode the bicycle hands-free.

356
00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:47,240
So cute.

357
00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:51,640
The reason I rode the bicycle
hands-free was because I was aware

358
00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:54,880
of losing my dignity
and feeling insulted.

359
00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:57,400
You were too mature.
- It was something, sir.

360
00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:01,840
Sir, don't you have such stories?

361
00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:04,520
I was a silent lover.
I would stay afar...

362
00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:06,560
Wide... I would look
at her in a wide shot

363
00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:09,040
using the zoom
in my mind. Not like him...

364
00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:12,000
Silence is dangerous.
- I don't know about that, but yeah.

365
00:19:12,120 --> 00:19:14,320
Today, to surprise our guests,

366
00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:16,480
we will play a special AV.

367
00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:19,480
Can you guess what it is about?
- How can we do that, sir?

368
00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:22,560
Give us a hint.
- Okay, pals, once more!

369
00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:24,120
'Forty years.'

370
00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:27,440
'Hasn't it been more than 40 years
since we last spoke?'

371
00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:30,240
'At that time, you were just 16.'

372
00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:32,000
'We knew each other for a year.'

373
00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:36,680
'That too, for a few hours...
We spent a few hours together.'

374
00:19:37,120 --> 00:19:39,720
'However, your impact
on my life was great.'

375
00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:41,880
'I don't know much about you.'

376
00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:43,680
'Arrogance. You were too arrogant.'

377
00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:46,800
'You didn't value anyone.
You did what you wanted.'

378
00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:48,520
'You questioned everything.'

379
00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:50,800
'This surprised me a lot.'

380
00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:54,000
'I know you love watching movies.'

381
00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:56,640
'Now, you have created a history
that can define'

382
00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:58,720
'the Indian cinema'

383
00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:02,920
'as before Ramu and after Ramu.'

384
00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:04,920
'Still, I see no difference between'

385
00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:06,720
'the Ramu I met
and the Ramu you are now.'

386
00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:08,160
'You have not changed, Ramu.'

387
00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:11,720
"Oh, Lord Brahma..."

388
00:20:12,360 --> 00:20:15,320
"Why did you put me in this mess?"

389
00:20:16,120 --> 00:20:19,160
"Oh, what a beauty she is!"

390
00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:21,920
Your research is unmatchable.
- Yes.

391
00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:27,720
How did you dig up
about these things?

392
00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:30,080
You were just bragging
about self-respect.

393
00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:31,680
We are exposing you altogether.

394
00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:36,640
A devil. A demon.

395
00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:39,720
An animal. Both of them
are laughing at each other.

396
00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:41,400
It looks adorable.

397
00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:47,240
Who is that? - Those were the days
when I was in love with a woman.

398
00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:50,280
Now I love all the women.
- Oh my god!

399
00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:52,120
Oh my god!

400
00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:54,760
Obviously

401
00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:58,160
I'm not sure
if that's an improvement or not.

402
00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:00,600
I am with you. I love all the women.

403
00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:02,120
I will follow you.

404
00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:06,040
Narrate the story, sir.

405
00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:07,520
There is a lot of
pain in your voice.

406
00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:08,560
Story.

407
00:21:13,120 --> 00:21:15,760
Yes, I was very close to her.

408
00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:17,200
What more do I say about her?

409
00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:18,720
She mentioned a few hours.

410
00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:25,080
A few people...

411
00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:27,000
I might like them for months.

412
00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:28,800
I might like them for days or hours.

413
00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:29,600
Even for seconds.

414
00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:31,320
But I will love
them with everything.

415
00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:32,760
The time varies, though.

416
00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:34,240
Every second.
- Yeah.

417
00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:41,480
There is a lot of pain
and also affection in his voice.

418
00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:44,160
Yeah.
- That's how he is with everyone.

419
00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:45,880
What does that mean?

420
00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:48,040
'Kiss me. Wrong number.'

421
00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:54,240
There are many
interpretations of it.

422
00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:55,760
If you want to convince a person

423
00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:56,960
in any other way

424
00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:59,240
or show your love, or whatever
it is. It is 100 percent.

425
00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:01,600
To convince someone,

426
00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:04,000
the other person should have
the intelligence to be convinced.

427
00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:05,160
Otherwise, it is just noise.

428
00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:07,320
You are talented in every way.

429
00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:08,760
I know that very well.

430
00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:14,240
Sir, but the flow of dialogue
which she said...

431
00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:16,280
Why are you stuck at that point?

432
00:22:16,360 --> 00:22:17,840
No. No. No.

433
00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:20,040
I want this to continue.
- Look at Sandeep.

434
00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:21,760
Come on.
- Sandeep.

435
00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:24,480
No one must have
loved him that deeply.

436
00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:26,360
There's not an ounce of curiosity.

437
00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:28,320
Ask him. Ask him more questions.

438
00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:34,040
I am not bragging about myself.

439
00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:36,240
Over the years... I am obviously
much older than you.

440
00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:38,040
When there are so many people

441
00:22:38,120 --> 00:22:39,840
involved over the years.

442
00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:42,640
Obviously,
you will become numb to it.

443
00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:43,800
Correct.

444
00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:45,760
I think you did less
than half the things I did.

445
00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:48,600
You are all married people.

446
00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:50,360
So...

447
00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:52,840
But the way the dialogue sounded...

448
00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:54,760
Yeah. - There is a lot
of longing in the voice.

449
00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:56,480
He is directing me now.

450
00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:58,320
I am not.
I am just stating the truth.

451
00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:03,280
What about Saraswathi teacher?
- Ah!

452
00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:09,280
She was definitely my first love.

453
00:23:09,360 --> 00:23:11,120
I might be in the seventh standard.

454
00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:12,400
She was my English teacher.

455
00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:15,480
When she was 80 years old...

456
00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:17,320
I was done with school
and everything.

457
00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:19,160
I called her
when she was 80 years old.

458
00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:20,160
She lived in America.

459
00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:22,640
I told her she was my first love.

460
00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:27,560
But it is not the type
of love you think.

461
00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:29,320
This song is being played
at the wrong time.

462
00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:33,960
"You are the dream of my life."

463
00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:36,960
Sandeep did all the naughty things.

464
00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:38,600
There are many such things.

465
00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:41,160
Tell me, sir.
- He cast me for Gaayam.

466
00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:43,680
After that, there was a song shoot.

467
00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:45,840
Urmila is in the foreground.
I was behind her.

468
00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,160
I asked Ramu
what I was supposed to do.

469
00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:49,360
He asked me to come closer.

470
00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:51,280
He said, 'Look at the camera.
What do you see?'

471
00:23:51,360 --> 00:23:54,520
I said, 'Urmila'. He said,
'Who would look at you? Who cares?'

472
00:23:56,920 --> 00:23:58,440
How does that make sense, Sandeep?

473
00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:00,200
He called an actor.

474
00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:02,600
Why did he put me
in the frame? He did.

475
00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:04,280
Did he have to call me
and tell me about it specifically?

476
00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:05,320
He was simply pulling my leg.

477
00:24:05,360 --> 00:24:07,000
I have a follow-up question.

478
00:24:07,120 --> 00:24:09,040
Can I ask Sandeep?

479
00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:11,040
Sandeep, when you saw Gaayam

480
00:24:11,120 --> 00:24:13,640
did you watch it
for Urmila or Jagapathi?

481
00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:15,080
I watched it for you, sir.

482
00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:19,840
Good! Good!

483
00:24:20,120 --> 00:24:21,480
Super!

484
00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:25,160
I was in fourth class
when the Shiva movie came out.

485
00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:27,680
My cousins and seniors at school

486
00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:29,600
were talking about the Shiva movie.

487
00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:31,280
I remember watching
Shiva in the theatre.

488
00:24:31,360 --> 00:24:33,400
I remember a few effective scenes.

489
00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:34,880
We used to listen to this.

490
00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:36,800
The next movie
of Ram Gopal Varma is Ratri.

491
00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:38,480
Ram Gopal Varma's Gaayam.

492
00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:40,400
The ring was Ram Gopal Varma's film.

493
00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:42,720
Everyone, watch the movies
for Ramu. - Yeah.

494
00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:44,280
I was telling him the same thing.

495
00:24:44,360 --> 00:24:46,360
Satya movie created
a madness among everyone.

496
00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:48,440
I have gone crazy
halfway through Shiva.

497
00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:51,160
Yeah. Yeah. - He took
the steadicam out to the streets.

498
00:24:56,920 --> 00:24:58,040
Firstly, all the men

499
00:24:58,160 --> 00:24:59,920
watched it for Urmila.
Women watched it for me.

500
00:24:59,920 --> 00:25:02,040
I should give myself some credit.

501
00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:07,480
I think he thought I was talking
to Urmila for a long time.

502
00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:10,280
I don't know what?
He actually thought back then.

503
00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:11,480
He walked by.

504
00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:13,040
He said, 'Jagapathi, come here'.

505
00:25:13,120 --> 00:25:15,280
He walked me to the road.

506
00:25:15,360 --> 00:25:17,080
He was blabbering about something.

507
00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:19,520
We walked for five minutes.
His car was following us.

508
00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:22,800
He talked all sorts of nonsense.
He got into the car and left.

509
00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:24,320
He left me in the middle of nowhere.

510
00:25:24,360 --> 00:25:25,680
I am a hero.

511
00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:27,600
I can't imagine myself in that.

512
00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:28,640
You must have done it, sir.

513
00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:30,360
Really?
- I think you could have done it.

514
00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:35,120
He must have forgotten about it.

515
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:36,360
Genuinely.
- No. No.

516
00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:37,840
I don't know.

517
00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:39,960
I do silly things.

518
00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:41,520
But I don't want to
be known as silly.

519
00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:44,320
Walking with you and randomly
getting into a car and leaving.

520
00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:46,560
You did get into a car, Ramu.

521
00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:47,960
What I think is

522
00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:49,920
if you are talking to Urmila

523
00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:51,720
I wouldn't want to take you away.

524
00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:54,720
You think that's why you feel that.

525
00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:55,960
You must not have heard what I said.

526
00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:57,200
That could be it.

527
00:25:57,280 --> 00:25:59,600
I must have talked
about an important scene and left.

528
00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:00,600
The important thing is...

529
00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:02,040
You are thinking
of something else.

530
00:26:02,120 --> 00:26:03,520
What happened there was different.

531
00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:05,560
How could you leave me
in the middle of the road?

532
00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:10,760
I might have added
a few details about Urmila.

533
00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:12,760
But this happened.

534
00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:15,320
Apart from this, he caused
a fight between me and Urmila.

535
00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:17,240
He came to me and asked

536
00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:20,120
'Why don't you get along
with Urmila?'

537
00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:22,600
I said, 'It isn't like that.
I didn't gel well with her.'

538
00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:24,360
'I don't particularly like her.
Neither do I hate her.'

539
00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:26,880
He insisted I give him an answer.

540
00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:28,920
I stuck to my word.

541
00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:31,680
He took me to Urmila
and said he hates you.

542
00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:36,760
She questioned me about it.

543
00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:38,920
I don't know why he did it.

544
00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,120
I got fed up with all the questions.

545
00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:42,320
What he ultimately said was

546
00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:45,200
'I won't shoot the shot
until you say I like Urmila.'

547
00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:50,560
How is this fair? This is the first.

548
00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:52,680
This sounds like me.
- Of course, it does.

549
00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:54,240
It is you.
- Okay.

550
00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:56,280
It still resonates in my ears.

551
00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:00,640
This is direct proof.

552
00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:02,240
How is this a direct proof?

553
00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:05,880
After that, I was done.
I waited for a while.

554
00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,600
I said, 'Okay, Ramu.
Listen to me. I hate Urmila.'

555
00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:10,880
'I hate all the people you like.'

556
00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:12,640
'I hate Ram Gopal Varma.'

557
00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:14,320
'Do what you want to do.'

558
00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:15,640
He said, 'I like this'.

559
00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:16,880
How do I deal with this man?

560
00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:21,520
How did you feel about
everything back then, sir?

561
00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:24,120
Gaayam was the movie
that followed Shiva and Ratri.

562
00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:26,000
How was it for you
when he was directing you?

563
00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:27,080
Was it intimidating?

564
00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:29,640
His personality and all.
- No, not at all.

565
00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:31,120
It was the most chill work.

566
00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:32,440
Because

567
00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:34,040
he knows what he wants.

568
00:27:34,120 --> 00:27:37,920
When the director knows
what music he wants

569
00:27:38,120 --> 00:27:40,080
he used to be satisfied
with one take.

570
00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:42,760
I insisted on another take.
But he said that was fine.

571
00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:44,840
He knows what he wants.

572
00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:46,680
There is no reason
to be intimidated.

573
00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:50,040
No way would a good director
be intimidating.

574
00:27:50,360 --> 00:27:52,640
He is the coolest director
I have worked with.

575
00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:54,280
He finishes
all the shots super fast.

576
00:27:57,360 --> 00:27:58,960
Gaayam was a dream come true.

577
00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:00,280
It was a dream come true for me.

578
00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:03,000
I love the movie The Godfather.

579
00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:05,480
The way I was portrayed in the movie

580
00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:07,800
back in the day,
when I had a few flops

581
00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:09,760
and how it really boosted my career.

582
00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:13,040
I was registered as a hero
from the movie Gaayam.

583
00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:19,480
I will not praise you the way
you are praising me.

584
00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:21,280
Keep that in mind.

585
00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:22,760
I didn't praise you.

586
00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:24,560
It is a praise if you have
to explain why it isn't.

587
00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:26,400
Put your intelligence aside.

588
00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:31,680
He used to light the rockets inside
the house when he was a child.

589
00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:32,880
How does that make sense?

590
00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:34,720
How can the rockets
be lit inside the house?

591
00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:36,160
I love disruption.

592
00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:38,360
When things are too cool,
I want to disrupt things.

593
00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:42,040
That's my basic behaviour.

594
00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:44,280
I'm not sure how you interpret it.

595
00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:45,840
I have a super example for that,
Sandeep.

596
00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:47,680
He called Venkat Akkineni for lunch.

597
00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:49,080
They were up discussing all night.

598
00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:51,000
He called his wife the next morning

599
00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:54,320
said 'Venkat was supposed to come
here last night, but he didn't.'

600
00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:56,800
I must have done that.

601
00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:00,880
Sandeep, is Arjun Reddy
a biopic of yours?

602
00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:01,920
No, sir.

603
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:03,600
I just remembered something.

604
00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:05,800
Sandeep, what I wanted to ask you

605
00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:07,800
is that the scenes in Arjun Reddy

606
00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:09,400
Are any of the scenes

607
00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:11,120
in Animal, based on your life?
- No, sir.

608
00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:13,680
You are showing it in your movies.

609
00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:15,000
Why would you do it
if you don't fantasise about it?

610
00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:16,120
What are you talking about?

611
00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:19,600
Let's take the ice cube scene
from Arjun Reddy.

612
00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:21,840
Yeah. - Or Animal.
- That's what.

613
00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:24,000
Hero roams around naked.

614
00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:25,760
Such scenes are portrayed
in your movies.

615
00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:27,080
Do you feel...

616
00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:29,840
You look calm and decent
in the outside world.

617
00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:32,520
You look like a saint
with your get-up.

618
00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:39,160
If I can't express my fantasies

619
00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:40,120
I will make others do it.

620
00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:41,640
I don't know, sir. I could be
thinking of it subconsciously.

621
00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:43,200
I am sure. You do.

622
00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:48,640
He is actually a mix
of Ranbir Kapoor

623
00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:50,520
and Arjun. I feel that way.

624
00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:58,920
Sandeep, was yours a love marriage?
- No, sir, arranged.

625
00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:00,920
But you love love stories.
- I've made only three films.

626
00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:04,000
You are letting the world see
different facet of your personality.

627
00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:07,240
Shall we take a look at your image
during school and college days?

628
00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:08,880
You mean, at home?
- Patience is virtue.

629
00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:10,280
Brothers?
- Hi, Sandeep.

630
00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:12,680
We met for the first time
27 years ago.

631
00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:16,080
I vividly remember.
We were having anatomy practicals

632
00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:18,080
and you were the last person
to get enrolled.

633
00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:21,040
We became good friends
in no time.

634
00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:23,680
It's hard to talk about college
memories.

635
00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:25,720
Because you hardly attended classes.

636
00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:28,440
So, it's more of memories

637
00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:32,880
that I have a few from either
canteen or mess,

638
00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:35,200
or outside the library.

639
00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:38,040
I just want to tell you that
I'm super proud of all that

640
00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:40,000
you've done and become today.

641
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:43,320
Wish you success and you will
achieve many more things in future,

642
00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:45,880
and you reach greater heights.

643
00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:49,760
She was my classmate, sir.

644
00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:53,120
But she's not in touch with me
per se. How did you reach her?

645
00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:56,120
That's what I asked him, too.
- Yours was something else!

646
00:30:56,840 --> 00:30:59,080
He thinks so, too.

647
00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:03,360
That voice modulation is living
rent-free in my head.

648
00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:07,000
Sometimes, I imagine, what if
I was your classmate?

649
00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:08,640
I wish one of us was a female...

650
00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:17,560
Sandeep is bring up that voice
modulation again and again.

651
00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:21,640
Something's brewing in his head.
He wants the voice to be identified.

652
00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:25,680
Nothing's brewing in my head, sir.
There was no curiosity in you!

653
00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:28,920
You're absolutely right?
- You thought so too, right?

654
00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:32,280
Yes, that's right. But I didn't
give much thought to it.

655
00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:37,600
All your protagonists
are alpha males, right?

656
00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:40,120
Yes, sir. Well, characters
with leadership qualities

657
00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:42,520
will always be interesting for
audience to watch

658
00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:45,680
than timid guys. It comes out
inadvertently, sir.

659
00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:48,800
Either women love you
or hate you to the core.

660
00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:51,680
I think so, sir. I have heard
of it. I mean, some people

661
00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:54,720
hate me with no reason.
- Correct.

662
00:31:57,480 --> 00:32:00,200
But all your heroines
have a strong character.

663
00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:01,880
What is your take on that?

664
00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:03,800
When we are showing
a point of view of the hero,

665
00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:07,080
no matter how strong the opponent
is, it won't get registered.

666
00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:11,160
That's one of the reasons they fail
recognise their strength.

667
00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:14,840
Yes. - But very few people identify
the strength in those characters.

668
00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:17,800
When things aren't shown from their
point of view, this happens.

669
00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:19,120
Very true. Very, very true.

670
00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:21,080
Let's talk about ragging
during college days.

671
00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:23,040
Were you a ragged
or were you used to rag?

672
00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:26,480
I never ragged anybody and nobody
ragged me. - Okay.

673
00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:29,120
When I joined college,
seniors tried to rag me.

674
00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:32,000
I said, 'No doubt seven of you can
beat me black and blue.'

675
00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:33,800
'But I'm going to take revenge'

676
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:36,560
'on each one of you separately
and leisurely. Please go ahead.'

677
00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:40,160
Wow!

678
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:42,720
What about ragging at your...
- I was a victim of it.

679
00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:45,000
It was a strict ritual in Karnataka.

680
00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:47,880
Didn't you use the ideas in
'Arun Reddy' and 'Animal' then?

681
00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:49,480
There was this tremendous
confusion, sir.

682
00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:52,400
SDM Engineering, SDM Medical
and SDM Dental...

683
00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:55,720
We were sort of scared what's going
to happen the next day, you know.

684
00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:57,200
That was damn serious...

685
00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:59,840
But that was fun after
a period of time.

686
00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:01,360
I was scared in the beginning.

687
00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:02,680
The college
was in a different state.

688
00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:04,120
Let's see the visuals. Brothers!

689
00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:05,720
Hi, Sandeep. How are you?

690
00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:09,480
My name's Srinidhi Joshi.
I'm a physiotherapist.

691
00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:12,320
We have been friends since
our college days.

692
00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:15,680
I had never seen a junior,
who was so interacting

693
00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:18,160
with his seniors and as well
as his juniors.

694
00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:20,120
A fun fact of Sandeep is...

695
00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:24,800
He would never let any senior
rag any of the juniors.

696
00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:28,200
He would come and say, 'Let him go,
he's just a kid.'

697
00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:30,840
'What are you doing?
Come on, let him go.'

698
00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:35,240
The fun fact is, when I tried to
rag Sandeep for the first time,

699
00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:38,680
he came across as a very
serious person and he...

700
00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:41,360
He pretended to be very afraid,
but then...

701
00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:43,720
As soon as I started talking,
he started laughing.

702
00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:45,200
And we both started laughing.

703
00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:48,600
That's how I know Sandeep
as a junior.

704
00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:52,280
More than a junior, over the years,
it has just been friendship.

705
00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:56,360
In the exam, I was assisting
the external examiner.

706
00:33:56,560 --> 00:33:59,920
The external examiner came and
instead of asking about the topic

707
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:02,480
or the questions related
to the topic,

708
00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:06,080
he asked Sandeep what is
the insertion of biceps.

709
00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:07,520
The biceps muscle.

710
00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:11,200
As soon as he heard the question,
he walked out.

711
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:14,400
I rushed out and asked him,
'What happened, 'Mava'?

712
00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:17,360
We both used to call...
And Sandeep calls everybody 'Mava'.

713
00:34:17,720 --> 00:34:20,560
In the typical Hyderabadi accent.

714
00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:23,720
And when I asked him
what was the problem, he went,

715
00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:25,880
'These people are crazy.'

716
00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:30,040
'How can he ask me this question?
I'm a third year student.'

717
00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:33,560
'I was really pissed off.
So I walked out.'

718
00:34:33,720 --> 00:34:35,680
Since then, we've been on and off.

719
00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:38,680
He went to do
cinematography in Australia.

720
00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:42,720
I've been in touch with him since
then. I was actually at that time...

721
00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:44,320
Preparing to go to the US.

722
00:34:44,720 --> 00:34:48,280
We spoke with each other every
other day. He did cinematography.

723
00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:49,640
Then he came back to India.

724
00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:54,200
He was looking
for a break in film industry.

725
00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:55,360
You know, film making.

726
00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:58,920
But I was like... We used to
talk about it a lot.

727
00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:01,840
I have a lot of good memories
with him.

728
00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:04,040
No bad memories at all.

729
00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:05,120
I love you, Sandeep.

730
00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:08,160
You are a great person.
I wish you the best in your career.

731
00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:14,680
Sir, actually, we can make a film

732
00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:16,880
on Viva Rooms in medial colleges.

733
00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:19,280
What is a Viva-Room?
You have this external Viva, right?

734
00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:21,360
External viva, internal viva...
- Yes...

735
00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:22,800
I had an issue with an HOD.

736
00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:24,600
He failed me for two years
in a row.

737
00:35:24,720 --> 00:35:27,360
It happened in the final year,
not in the third year.

738
00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:29,680
The moment you enter the room...
I mean, once you're experienced.

739
00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:31,800
Based on the external examiners
behaviour, you can tell...

740
00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:34,560
I knew no matter how well I perform,
he's going to fail me.

741
00:35:34,720 --> 00:35:36,800
That was second or third attempt.

742
00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:40,200
No one asks a final year student
questions about biceps.

743
00:35:40,240 --> 00:35:42,880
They are for first year students.
I knew the outcome. So I walked out.

744
00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:44,120
That was news in the college.

745
00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:48,720
No one had done that ever in
the college. It was a very big deal.

746
00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:50,840
Probably, that's why he still
remembers it.

747
00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:54,240
It was very sweet of you to save
your juniors from ragging.

748
00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:56,600
I did that... Because I was a real
victim of ragging, sir.

749
00:35:56,720 --> 00:35:58,560
Your personality and the films
that you make

750
00:35:58,640 --> 00:35:59,760
are poles apart.

751
00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:05,240
That's not what I actually said.
Because this is a family show.

752
00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:06,520
He used euphemisms.

753
00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:08,320
I vividly remember this, sir.

754
00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:09,920
I regretted it a lot.

755
00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:12,720
If I had answered that question,
I would've cleared the exam.

756
00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:14,880
If you fail, then you have
to wait for six months.

757
00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:18,040
A 4.5-year course took me
about seven years to complete.

758
00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:19,760
My parents insisted on completing
the course

759
00:36:19,840 --> 00:36:21,160
before going into film making.

760
00:36:21,240 --> 00:36:22,760
'If you don't complete
then there's no point.'

761
00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:25,320
So, I was waiting to complete
and get into the industry.

762
00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:26,880
That was a painful period actually.

763
00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:28,880
You have to sit in the class
whether you're interested or not.

764
00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:31,480
And the attendance has to be
about 90 percent.

765
00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:34,160
Attendance 90 percent.
- Yes. They were very strict!

766
00:36:34,240 --> 00:36:35,360
I had only 20 percent.

767
00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:41,360
At one of time, juniors will
start calling you sir.

768
00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:42,920
I had a privilege
of sitting with those

769
00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:44,400
in the same class,
who called me sir.

770
00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:49,160
The same people started
calling me dude.

771
00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:54,240
I have gone through this.

772
00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:56,560
I became my juniors classmate.

773
00:36:57,040 --> 00:36:59,040
That's in human nature, you see.

774
00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:01,400
I received my convocation
with my sub-juniors.

775
00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:03,160
Generally, parents attend
convocations.

776
00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:04,600
I never called my parents.

777
00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:07,200
I didn't feel it was an achievement.
So, I was all alone.

778
00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:09,560
Was there a girl named Preethi
in the college? - No, sir.

779
00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:15,920
It was a fictional character.
- Are you sure?

780
00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:17,080
I'm sure.

781
00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:20,360
Ramu, did you ever fail
in college. - A lot of times.

782
00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:22,280
Really? As a student...

783
00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:24,440
I failed once in tenth grade,
intermediate and Btech.

784
00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:26,280
Did you really
flunk in tenth grade? - Yeah!

785
00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:27,880
Yes!

786
00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:29,720
Why was he so delighted?
- I was not.

787
00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:32,880
Failing in tenth grade back then...
- Was it so difficult to fail?

788
00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:34,880
I didn't know that...
- That's the impression, sir.

789
00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:37,720
I took supplementary exams
to clear the subjects.

790
00:37:38,680 --> 00:37:42,040
Well, you became an engineer
and he is a doctor.

791
00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:44,480
I'm not an engineer. I just went
to an engineering college.

792
00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:50,240
Did you complete the course, sir?
- Yes. I scored only 35 percent.

793
00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:53,320
Even after graduating
as a civil engineer,

794
00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:56,760
I still don't know a thing about
cement concrete mixture.

795
00:37:57,760 --> 00:37:59,960
I mean, that's a comment
on the educational institution.

796
00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:05,080
Doctor? - I never practised, sir.

797
00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:06,520
I just graduated like him.

798
00:38:09,240 --> 00:38:10,800
But why did you do physiotherapy?

799
00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:15,080
Sir, back then there were very
few options, you see.

800
00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:17,800
Oh? - Medical, dental, physio,

801
00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:19,600
homeo and so on, you see.

802
00:38:19,720 --> 00:38:22,920
I would've opted for Ladies
specialisation under physiotherapy.

803
00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:28,120
You two got married first
and then turned into directors.

804
00:38:28,240 --> 00:38:30,880
What were Rathna's thoughts about
you becoming a film director?

805
00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:33,920
See, nobody believed,
including her, that's because...

806
00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:38,000
Nobody knew much about
film directors, you know.

807
00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:43,240
Everyone thought I was being
taken for a ride, you see.

808
00:38:43,360 --> 00:38:47,640
And some even thought I will
be replaced or fired, you know.

809
00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:49,120
But somehow I completed
the film.

810
00:38:49,240 --> 00:38:53,000
Obviously, they were all shocked
with the result of the film.

811
00:38:56,520 --> 00:38:57,880
What about you, Sandeep?

812
00:38:57,960 --> 00:39:00,480
After our first anniversary, I got
an office to work on Arun Reddy.

813
00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:03,000
I started the prep work without
telling anyone about the story.

814
00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:05,720
My dad saw the rushes
after a week...

815
00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:09,200
I mean after the shoot. He said,
'I didn't know you knew so much.'

816
00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:12,920
Well, they invested money,
you know, blindly.

817
00:39:19,040 --> 00:39:21,440
My wife didn't know a thing
about the story either.

818
00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:25,920
The day before the teaser launch,
I recorded it from a desktop.

819
00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:28,240
You know, with my phone.
And then, I showed it to my wife.

820
00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:30,360
She was in a state of shock
after seeing the teaser.

821
00:39:30,520 --> 00:39:32,280
They invested in your film

822
00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:34,440
because there was too much money.
- No, not at all.

823
00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:36,120
That's not the reason, sir.
- What was it then?

824
00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:37,840
I mean, they had no choice.

825
00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:40,280
They had no choice and they were
okay with losing the money.

826
00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:43,520
Because they thought someone might
offer him a film after this one.

827
00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:44,560
All right.

828
00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:48,360
But did you have some guilt? Most of
the times things don't work out.

829
00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:51,520
There were phases, sir.
I had guilt, fear and so on.

830
00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:54,920
And then, 'Baahubali 2' released.

831
00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:57,640
According to me, 'Baahubali" interval
is the greatest interval ever.

832
00:39:57,720 --> 00:39:59,720
There's no match to it, you see.

833
00:39:59,920 --> 00:40:01,720
I came back home, started
my editing system

834
00:40:01,720 --> 00:40:03,720
I started watching
the interval of my film.

835
00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:11,040
I was terrified.

836
00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:13,880
When you see the audience
cheering for you... - Yeah, I know.

837
00:40:14,080 --> 00:40:17,040
He was peeing in the interval scene.
I was terrified.

838
00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:21,960
If you watch it again in two days,
it will track you to that point.

839
00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:23,760
It will build up to that.

840
00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:26,120
It is not an independent scene.

841
00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:29,360
I used to have fear and guilt
in those phases.

842
00:40:29,480 --> 00:40:33,240
By the time the teaser was released,
I was sure this character was liked.

843
00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:34,240
Yeah.

844
00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:39,120
The common point between you
is your music sense and its peaks.

845
00:40:39,240 --> 00:40:42,520
You have your music in your mind
before you even shoot.

846
00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:44,560
It happens very rarely.

847
00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:48,040
There were scenes that truly
justified the music, even in Gaayam.

848
00:40:48,160 --> 00:40:50,120
We took those montage shots.

849
00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:54,240
See, my basic inspiration is
RD Burman and Ilayaraja.

850
00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:56,320
There are a few music directors.

851
00:40:56,400 --> 00:40:59,480
Jerry Goldsmith. John Williams.

852
00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:02,360
With those influences,
my music stays in that tempo.

853
00:41:02,480 --> 00:41:03,520
Reference points.

854
00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:05,520
Sandeep's music is truly original.

855
00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:06,800
Especially Animal music.

856
00:41:06,880 --> 00:41:09,680
I think there are no references
points for that.

857
00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:16,120
I think it is coming from within
his personality and what he wants.

858
00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:21,440
Whereas I was very trained by
a specific music style.

859
00:41:21,560 --> 00:41:24,080
What about you, Sandeep?
What inspired your music?

860
00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:27,560
I feel that getting an RR prior,
when you are playing it in the set

861
00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:30,040
you will spend less time.
You will not waste time.

862
00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:32,440
When the music is playing,
you know where to end.

863
00:41:32,520 --> 00:41:34,640
We know that a mid-frame is enough
and we don't need a wide shot.

864
00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:36,600
I realised it while I was doing
Kabir Singh.

865
00:41:36,720 --> 00:41:39,240
I wasn't equipped with much
during Arjun Reddy.

866
00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:40,760
RR was done prior.

867
00:41:40,840 --> 00:41:45,080
With Animal, 80% BGM was ready
before we began the shoot.

868
00:41:45,160 --> 00:41:48,960
Now, even with Spirit,
70% BGM is done.

869
00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:57,200
It will be easy, sir.
I think we can save a lot of time.

870
00:41:57,360 --> 00:42:00,440
If you count the number of days,
I think

871
00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:02,960
we will save at least six days
in production. - Yes.

872
00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:08,200
You heard the reaction for
Spirit movie with Prabhas.

873
00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:10,520
How is your relationship with him?

874
00:42:10,640 --> 00:42:14,560
I can't ask for more, sir.
He is superb.

875
00:42:14,760 --> 00:42:15,840
I know. I agree with you.

876
00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:18,560
I haven't faced anything so far

877
00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:19,760
where I realise he is a big hero

878
00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:22,760
which remains as a veil in between.
It was nothing like that.

879
00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:24,880
He is very transparent.
He is very sweet.

880
00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:26,000
Superb to work with.

881
00:42:26,120 --> 00:42:29,400
We will start the shoot soon.
I will be able to talk more then.

882
00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:35,760
Ramu, I remember one thing
very well.

883
00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:40,480
You always say, 'I will lead the way
and people should follow.'

884
00:42:40,600 --> 00:42:41,800
'I am a leader.'

885
00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:43,120
I never said that.

886
00:42:46,360 --> 00:42:48,080
I will make it simple.

887
00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:51,800
There was a particular time
when I had a flop.

888
00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:55,120
I ran into a producer.

889
00:42:55,240 --> 00:42:56,320
I was in Prasad's Lab.

890
00:42:56,400 --> 00:42:58,600
Sir, you are a sound technician.

891
00:42:58,600 --> 00:43:01,360
With a good story,
no one can beat you.

892
00:43:01,520 --> 00:43:03,600
He said that to me while
walking next to me.

893
00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:05,760
I listened to him for a while.

894
00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:08,080
He is walking right next to me
matching my pace.

895
00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:10,080
If you are walking,
I won't do that to you.

896
00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:12,440
I told him to understand
the difference.

897
00:43:16,920 --> 00:43:19,800
I know what I want.
I could fail at times.

898
00:43:19,920 --> 00:43:22,720
I will worry about my flops.
Why would I care about yours?

899
00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:29,160
To make it even simpler

900
00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:31,280
I will deal with my life.
You worry about yours.

901
00:43:36,640 --> 00:43:40,040
You are always straightforward.
What don't you like about Animal?

902
00:43:40,280 --> 00:43:41,320
Main story.

903
00:43:41,480 --> 00:43:44,600
I don't like the father-son
relationship.

904
00:43:44,680 --> 00:43:46,000
I told that to Sandeep too.

905
00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:51,760
Sir told me what he didn't like.

906
00:43:51,840 --> 00:43:54,000
The scene about licking
the shoe. - Yeah.

907
00:43:54,080 --> 00:43:57,760
I thought it was inconsistent.

908
00:43:57,880 --> 00:44:01,120
Anyway, but the main point is

909
00:44:01,200 --> 00:44:03,120
I never connected to the
father-son story.

910
00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:05,160
I was fed up with Anil Kapoor.

911
00:44:05,320 --> 00:44:10,120
I lost my impression of the hero
for sucking up to him.

912
00:44:13,760 --> 00:44:14,880
That is just my opinion, sir.

913
00:44:14,920 --> 00:44:18,520
But I differ with the millions
of people who saw the film.

914
00:44:18,640 --> 00:44:20,120
I don't know what they liked.

915
00:44:20,280 --> 00:44:23,000
For example, many people find
the underwear scene

916
00:44:23,080 --> 00:44:24,440
problematic.

917
00:44:24,560 --> 00:44:25,880
They question the movie.

918
00:44:25,920 --> 00:44:28,080
A girl I know asked
if they saw Animal.

919
00:44:28,200 --> 00:44:30,680
She said the underwear sequence
was a crack.

920
00:44:30,840 --> 00:44:33,920
We all had to keep quiet.

921
00:44:38,360 --> 00:44:42,040
She was open, Ramu.
Honestly, a lot of ladies

922
00:44:42,120 --> 00:44:44,680
like it on the inside,
but they don't express it.

923
00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:47,520
They worry about what people
might think if they express.

924
00:44:49,440 --> 00:44:51,920
Which Ram Gopal Varma movie
do you not like?

925
00:44:52,120 --> 00:44:53,720
Let it be anger or sadness.

926
00:44:54,160 --> 00:44:56,040
What movie made you think
about why he did it?

927
00:44:56,120 --> 00:44:58,880
Nothing up to 2011.

928
00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:01,680
Even though 'Naach' and 'Run'
were a flop, I liked them.

929
00:45:02,160 --> 00:45:07,360
After 2011, I don't think sir...
- You must not have seen them.

930
00:45:11,720 --> 00:45:14,280
25 years, right from Shiva.

931
00:45:14,440 --> 00:45:16,160
We all loved whatever he did.

932
00:45:16,320 --> 00:45:18,840
He promised you a solid
comeback film.

933
00:45:18,960 --> 00:45:20,880
Will you live up to your word?

934
00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:24,120
Only time can tell.
- We need it at any cost.

935
00:45:26,160 --> 00:45:27,920
What I think is

936
00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:31,640
sir has a solid projective parabola.

937
00:45:31,720 --> 00:45:33,640
It happens one day.

938
00:45:33,720 --> 00:45:36,360
You are at your peak.

939
00:45:36,440 --> 00:45:38,440
There's nothing to top it anymore.

940
00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:42,160
That's why he might not be
interested in anything else.

941
00:45:42,360 --> 00:45:44,720
I don't know.
That's my analysis.

942
00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:46,760
Fine. Fine.
- I have seen... - Yeah. Yeah.

943
00:45:46,960 --> 00:45:50,040
You have seen a high that
no director has seen.

944
00:45:50,120 --> 00:45:52,560
I feel that.
- Can I point something out?

945
00:45:52,680 --> 00:45:55,360
If anything, if anybody in
this industry...

946
00:45:55,440 --> 00:45:57,480
There are a lot of comebacks
for heroes.

947
00:45:57,560 --> 00:46:00,440
It has been done and proven.
Not the same for the directors.

948
00:46:00,520 --> 00:46:02,080
Once you lose three to four films

949
00:46:02,200 --> 00:46:03,920
it is challenging to have
a comeback.

950
00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:06,160
If anybody can do it, it is he.

951
00:46:10,720 --> 00:46:12,960
He managed to create Shiva back
in those days.

952
00:46:13,200 --> 00:46:15,440
Now he can direct a far better
movie in this age and time.

953
00:46:15,440 --> 00:46:18,880
He is the only person I believe who
can come back strong if he wants to.

954
00:46:18,960 --> 00:46:20,320
Yeah, that's what I say.

955
00:46:20,480 --> 00:46:22,800
But he mocks me.
He says I swear.

956
00:46:22,920 --> 00:46:24,360
I am working on it.

957
00:46:26,040 --> 00:46:30,000
Comeback doesn't have
a definitive timeline.

958
00:46:30,080 --> 00:46:32,200
Even if I die, people would say

959
00:46:32,200 --> 00:46:34,360
'He would have done it
if he were alive.'

960
00:46:34,520 --> 00:46:38,320
I don't want people to say that.

961
00:46:41,560 --> 00:46:44,320
Ramu, before that,
Jayasudha commented.

962
00:46:44,400 --> 00:46:46,120
You say you like Sridevi
on camera.

963
00:46:46,200 --> 00:46:47,920
But when someone asks you directly,
you say you like Jayasudha.

964
00:46:47,960 --> 00:46:49,800
She wants some clarity.

965
00:46:49,880 --> 00:46:52,400
I love Jayasudha very dearly.

966
00:46:52,520 --> 00:46:55,240
There is a reason why I can
say that confidently.

967
00:46:55,320 --> 00:46:57,800
The second woman is dead.
She can't question me.

968
00:47:00,720 --> 00:47:03,640
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970
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971
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972
00:47:13,920 --> 00:47:17,680
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973
00:47:17,800 --> 00:47:20,640
You have to answer honestly.

974
00:47:20,800 --> 00:47:24,960
Every honest answer gets
5000 Jar gold.

975
00:47:25,040 --> 00:47:27,160
For all five answers

976
00:47:27,320 --> 00:47:29,240
you can win 25,000 Jar gold.

977
00:47:29,400 --> 00:47:33,240
If you skip any question,
you will lose 5000 Jar gold.

978
00:47:33,320 --> 00:47:36,840
The Jar app will give these 25,000
Jar gold to charity.

979
00:47:36,960 --> 00:47:38,360
Let's start the rapid fire.

980
00:47:38,440 --> 00:47:40,200
Okay, Sandeep.
- Let's start with sir.

981
00:47:40,360 --> 00:47:41,640
Why me?

982
00:47:43,840 --> 00:47:45,440
Why?
- Just like that.

983
00:47:45,560 --> 00:47:46,920
I want to see how he answers.

984
00:47:49,000 --> 00:47:51,560
If you had to remake Gaayam,
whom would you cast? -I won't do it.

985
00:47:51,640 --> 00:47:53,280
I know. I expected it.

986
00:47:55,320 --> 00:47:58,600
Your tweets are more famous than
your movies. Do you believe that?

987
00:47:58,680 --> 00:48:01,440
I tweet a lot, but I don't check
who is watching them.

988
00:48:01,520 --> 00:48:03,040
I don't know if they
are famous or not.

989
00:48:03,120 --> 00:48:04,840
Rajamouli. Sandeep Vanga.

990
00:48:04,920 --> 00:48:06,960
Whom do you like among them?
- Sandeep.

991
00:48:09,400 --> 00:48:12,320
Sandeep, if you were a hero,
which character would you choose?

992
00:48:12,440 --> 00:48:14,880
Arjun Reddy or Animal?
- Arjun Reddy.

993
00:48:18,440 --> 00:48:21,280
If you have the power, what would
you like to erase from your mind?

994
00:48:21,440 --> 00:48:24,280
Social media or movie reviews?
- Movie reviews.

995
00:48:26,160 --> 00:48:29,120
If you want to gift something
to RGV, what would it be?

996
00:48:29,240 --> 00:48:30,800
We can't gift him anything.
- We can't.

997
00:48:30,880 --> 00:48:33,000
Even if I work hard
on making something,

998
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:34,440
he would ask why I did it.

999
00:48:37,880 --> 00:48:39,960
You both have a black and red combo.

1000
00:48:40,280 --> 00:48:41,360
It is a similarity.

1001
00:48:41,520 --> 00:48:45,240
Arjun Reddy. Shiva. Gaayam.
All those movie posters.

1002
00:48:45,360 --> 00:48:49,400
Any particular intense interest
on the colour scheme?

1003
00:48:49,560 --> 00:48:53,400
I would think that the common
point is intensity.

1004
00:48:53,560 --> 00:48:56,960
It reflects in different ways.

1005
00:48:57,120 --> 00:49:00,040
Darkness aspect about the character

1006
00:49:00,120 --> 00:49:03,120
or the emotional intensity
of the subject

1007
00:49:03,200 --> 00:49:05,120
will be associated
with these colours.

1008
00:49:05,280 --> 00:49:08,080
I think that could
be a common factor.

1009
00:49:08,280 --> 00:49:09,600
That's my point of view.

1010
00:49:09,680 --> 00:49:12,040
I didn't observe that consciously.

1011
00:49:12,120 --> 00:49:15,880
But just to emphasise the colours,
that's my opinion.

1012
00:49:16,040 --> 00:49:17,920
Ramu, generally

1013
00:49:18,160 --> 00:49:20,080
if you portray...
I wouldn't even say that.

1014
00:49:20,160 --> 00:49:23,840
What others see is the negative
dark side of Ramu.

1015
00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:25,560
You always say it.

1016
00:49:25,720 --> 00:49:28,000
But we always discuss this.

1017
00:49:28,160 --> 00:49:29,840
I always say you have a soft corner.

1018
00:49:29,920 --> 00:49:32,960
You do have a lot of affection
which you don't show.

1019
00:49:33,040 --> 00:49:36,120
Will you never show it?
Or decide against it?

1020
00:49:36,240 --> 00:49:37,720
Whom do I shower my affection?

1021
00:49:37,880 --> 00:49:39,160
You take care of the family.

1022
00:49:39,240 --> 00:49:41,560
You get lunch boxes from your mom
which you happily eat.

1023
00:49:41,640 --> 00:49:42,720
You take care of Revathi.

1024
00:49:42,880 --> 00:49:44,600
All these things are counted
as affections.

1025
00:49:44,760 --> 00:49:47,200
If a producer has an extreme loss
in a movie

1026
00:49:47,280 --> 00:49:50,720
you give them other movies.
You call the distribution's office.

1027
00:49:50,800 --> 00:49:52,080
You help them out.

1028
00:49:52,160 --> 00:49:53,520
That is a gesture.

1029
00:49:53,800 --> 00:49:56,440
Ruthless selfish people
won't do all of these.

1030
00:49:56,560 --> 00:49:57,960
They won't even think about others.

1031
00:49:58,120 --> 00:50:01,360
I am not very sure if it comes
under the same thing.

1032
00:50:01,440 --> 00:50:04,360
My mother sends me lunch.

1033
00:50:04,440 --> 00:50:05,800
I will also eat all sorts of junk.

1034
00:50:05,880 --> 00:50:07,800
I don't give
that importance to food.

1035
00:50:07,840 --> 00:50:09,480
I don't glorify mother's food.

1036
00:50:12,840 --> 00:50:15,560
I am an incredibly selfish
and a self-centred guy.

1037
00:50:15,720 --> 00:50:19,680
In context, you have to quantify
what you are doing, right?

1038
00:50:19,760 --> 00:50:21,560
There needs to be a measurement.

1039
00:50:21,640 --> 00:50:26,040
If you love someone,
how much do you love them?

1040
00:50:26,160 --> 00:50:27,320
I do the minimal thing.

1041
00:50:27,400 --> 00:50:30,320
But fundamentally,
I am a very self-centred guy.

1042
00:50:30,400 --> 00:50:33,720
No, you are open about it.
Everyone is selfish.

1043
00:50:33,840 --> 00:50:36,920
If I know someone, I speak
what I truly feel about them.

1044
00:50:37,040 --> 00:50:41,000
I don't particularly care or follow
up about them and their lives.

1045
00:50:41,080 --> 00:50:42,120
There is no concern.

1046
00:50:42,240 --> 00:50:44,400
It was random.
- Now that's too much.

1047
00:50:47,440 --> 00:50:49,280
You might perceive it as,

1048
00:50:49,360 --> 00:50:50,560
'Hey, he has done it for me.'

1049
00:50:50,640 --> 00:50:53,040
'He has given me such good
advice.' I don't see it that way.

1050
00:50:56,400 --> 00:50:58,080
So, what is that one quality

1051
00:50:58,160 --> 00:51:00,040
that a new director
shouldn't learn from you?

1052
00:51:00,640 --> 00:51:03,440
Huh! Should not learn from us?

1053
00:51:03,560 --> 00:51:05,400
That's a very interesting
question, actually.

1054
00:51:05,560 --> 00:51:08,000
If there are mistakes

1055
00:51:08,480 --> 00:51:11,520
that are very obvious
in me as a director,

1056
00:51:11,600 --> 00:51:13,000
if I can see something in myself,

1057
00:51:13,080 --> 00:51:14,240
I can tell them not to do that.

1058
00:51:14,320 --> 00:51:15,920
But since I don't know
what it is, I can't answer that.

1059
00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:17,280
Hmm.

1060
00:51:18,920 --> 00:51:20,200
So, over to Sandeep.

1061
00:51:20,640 --> 00:51:21,840
What we shouldn't be learning?

1062
00:51:21,960 --> 00:51:24,200
Sir, too much of micro-management.

1063
00:51:24,280 --> 00:51:26,240
If we try to avoid it,

1064
00:51:26,320 --> 00:51:28,360
most of the departments
would get the best of the guys.

1065
00:51:28,440 --> 00:51:30,160
Passion... It could be too
much passion as well, right?

1066
00:51:30,280 --> 00:51:31,640
Yeah, yeah! That could
be a reason, sir,

1067
00:51:31,720 --> 00:51:34,640
but because of micro management,
sometimes, things get delayed.

1068
00:51:34,760 --> 00:51:36,400
Yes.
- In my view,

1069
00:51:36,480 --> 00:51:39,320
any new director should
learn only from Sandeep.

1070
00:51:39,440 --> 00:51:40,600
They shouldn't learn
from anyone else.

1071
00:51:40,680 --> 00:51:42,440
Keep me aside. Not in the race.

1072
00:51:42,560 --> 00:51:43,760
I am not in the scheme at all.

1073
00:51:48,560 --> 00:51:49,960
Uniqueness in him...

1074
00:51:50,040 --> 00:51:52,600
He can create
a super, larger-than-life film

1075
00:51:52,680 --> 00:51:56,440
without spectacular
VFX, production value...

1076
00:51:56,520 --> 00:51:59,040
He can generate
the same thing in close-ups.

1077
00:51:59,560 --> 00:52:01,520
No other director
in India can do it.

1078
00:52:05,200 --> 00:52:06,600
100-150 million rupees

1079
00:52:06,680 --> 00:52:08,800
for hero's elevation scene
or introduction scene,

1080
00:52:08,880 --> 00:52:10,280
they do all that stuff,

1081
00:52:10,360 --> 00:52:13,200
Sandeep, in 'Animal', when the
hero steps out of the classroom,

1082
00:52:13,280 --> 00:52:15,680
he comes back in with the
close-up of a machine gun.

1083
00:52:15,920 --> 00:52:16,960
That was an elevation scene.

1084
00:52:17,080 --> 00:52:19,680
That was the first time in my life

1085
00:52:19,760 --> 00:52:22,000
that I stood up and
clapped in a theatre.

1086
00:52:25,200 --> 00:52:27,320
And along with me,
everybody in the theatre.

1087
00:52:27,440 --> 00:52:28,280
That was it.

1088
00:52:32,920 --> 00:52:34,400
To put it in one line,

1089
00:52:34,520 --> 00:52:36,840
only when you don't have ideas
would the production cost be higher.

1090
00:52:36,960 --> 00:52:38,720
When you have the
ideas, you'll be Sandeep.

1091
00:52:39,280 --> 00:52:40,480
Very good.

1092
00:52:46,120 --> 00:52:47,680
What is your opinion on Ramu?

1093
00:52:47,800 --> 00:52:49,280
Since I heaped so
much praise on you,

1094
00:52:49,360 --> 00:52:50,880
you should say
at least one or two lines

1095
00:52:51,000 --> 00:52:52,640
in return... It is not
what I am asking for.

1096
00:52:52,720 --> 00:52:54,280
Sir, actually...

1097
00:52:54,360 --> 00:52:55,880
I keep meeting him regularly.

1098
00:52:56,160 --> 00:52:59,040
Yes. - Every time
I meet him, I keep saying,

1099
00:52:59,120 --> 00:53:01,200
'Sir, I don't believe it's real
sometimes, meeting you.'

1100
00:53:01,320 --> 00:53:03,880
My admiration for Mr Ramu
is very big, sir.

1101
00:53:04,200 --> 00:53:06,440
Maybe since you are
asking about it suddenly,

1102
00:53:06,640 --> 00:53:08,520
I couldn't put it into words, but...

1103
00:53:08,600 --> 00:53:11,880
I mean, I must've seen
'Satya' about 50 to 60 times.

1104
00:53:11,960 --> 00:53:14,280
I revisit most of his films
a number of times.

1105
00:53:14,600 --> 00:53:16,240
I learnt editing from his films.

1106
00:53:16,400 --> 00:53:17,600
'Satya' taught me editing.

1107
00:53:19,760 --> 00:53:22,240
Even if I haven't worked under him,

1108
00:53:22,360 --> 00:53:24,400
Mr Ramu is my guru.

1109
00:53:24,640 --> 00:53:25,720
In many things.

1110
00:53:25,840 --> 00:53:27,640
So, he taught you a lot.
Today's Teacher's Day...

1111
00:53:27,760 --> 00:53:30,800
Yeah, it's not Teacher's Day,
but in a way, he is my teacher, sir.

1112
00:53:30,960 --> 00:53:32,360
If I had a student like Sandeep,

1113
00:53:32,440 --> 00:53:34,600
I would've quit teaching.

1114
00:53:36,880 --> 00:53:39,400
No one can teach anyone anything.

1115
00:53:39,480 --> 00:53:41,160
Everyone gets influenced,

1116
00:53:41,280 --> 00:53:43,760
or maybe gets impressed, or...

1117
00:53:43,840 --> 00:53:46,920
In data collection, it could
be some books or some films,

1118
00:53:47,000 --> 00:53:48,200
there are many things, obviously.

1119
00:53:48,280 --> 00:53:50,480
But eventually,

1120
00:53:50,640 --> 00:53:52,160
you are taking all that

1121
00:53:52,280 --> 00:53:54,800
and making it your own, and adding
your own interpretation to it.

1122
00:53:54,880 --> 00:53:56,880
So, between 'Satya'

1123
00:53:57,040 --> 00:53:58,400
or say, 'Shiva'

1124
00:53:59,040 --> 00:54:00,800
and the movies Sandeep
makes, there's no connection at all.

1125
00:54:00,880 --> 00:54:02,560
Whether the characters,
or the subject matter,

1126
00:54:02,640 --> 00:54:03,480
whatever it is, you know...

1127
00:54:03,600 --> 00:54:05,640
I feel it is truly original,

1128
00:54:05,760 --> 00:54:09,400
which is the reason he has
hit that higher mark, you know.

1129
00:54:09,680 --> 00:54:11,120
So, I...

1130
00:54:11,200 --> 00:54:13,080
Don't respect the term 'teacher'.

1131
00:54:13,400 --> 00:54:14,960
The reason is,

1132
00:54:15,440 --> 00:54:18,160
whenever you see, in life,

1133
00:54:18,240 --> 00:54:19,720
an engineer becomes
a great engineer.

1134
00:54:19,880 --> 00:54:21,440
A doctor becomes
a successful doctor.

1135
00:54:21,520 --> 00:54:23,120
A businessman becomes
a big businessman.

1136
00:54:23,240 --> 00:54:24,240
A teacher doesn't become anything.

1137
00:54:24,320 --> 00:54:26,360
Have you ever heard of
one successful teacher?

1138
00:54:26,640 --> 00:54:28,840
If he doesn't know stuff,
what is he going to teach me?

1139
00:54:29,080 --> 00:54:32,000
If you call someone a 'teacher', I
find it to be a disrespectful word.

1140
00:54:32,160 --> 00:54:34,920
If I was Sandeep's teacher,

1141
00:54:35,000 --> 00:54:37,240
why am I not able to make

1142
00:54:37,320 --> 00:54:39,880
as big hits as Sandeep? How can
I be his teacher then, Subbarao?

1143
00:54:42,800 --> 00:54:44,360
So, what he should say

1144
00:54:44,560 --> 00:54:46,680
'Satya' is my teacher,
not Ram Gopal Varma.

1145
00:54:46,800 --> 00:54:47,720
'Satya' is a film.

1146
00:54:47,800 --> 00:54:49,520
See, there are great films.

1147
00:54:49,600 --> 00:54:50,800
No great filmmakers.

1148
00:54:50,920 --> 00:54:53,120
So then, you can learn from a film.

1149
00:54:53,200 --> 00:54:54,520
Because in the end it's a product.

1150
00:54:54,600 --> 00:54:56,200
There's no relation

1151
00:54:56,320 --> 00:54:58,120
between the product and
the person who created it.

1152
00:54:58,200 --> 00:55:00,160
There could've been then. Even then,
I could've made it without knowing.

1153
00:55:00,280 --> 00:55:02,080
But I surely can't make
it now. Not able to do it.

1154
00:55:02,200 --> 00:55:03,440
So, the term 'teacher'

1155
00:55:03,560 --> 00:55:04,920
is not quite apt.

1156
00:55:05,000 --> 00:55:07,040
So, if this episode goes on air
on Teacher's Day,

1157
00:55:07,080 --> 00:55:08,200
it will be its misfortune.

1158
00:55:10,360 --> 00:55:11,480
Even if you haven't asked me,

1159
00:55:11,560 --> 00:55:14,080
Sandeep, I would like
to tell, knowing Ramu,

1160
00:55:14,160 --> 00:55:16,040
I mean, because I know
him very well as a friend,

1161
00:55:16,120 --> 00:55:20,360
as a director, as a maker, and
a creator... he created cinema.

1162
00:55:20,480 --> 00:55:21,640
Starting from 'Shiva'.

1163
00:55:21,720 --> 00:55:24,640
I'm really proud to have
him as a friend and a director.

1164
00:55:24,800 --> 00:55:26,840
Don't call me friend.
I am nobody's friend.

1165
00:55:26,960 --> 00:55:28,760
I am your friend.

1166
00:55:29,240 --> 00:55:30,800
But he is feeling it, sir.
- Yeah.

1167
00:55:30,880 --> 00:55:32,520
We are friends who fight a lot.

1168
00:55:32,600 --> 00:55:34,640
Now we are fine,
but we fight at night.

1169
00:55:36,800 --> 00:55:38,800
Let's begin Country Delight presents

1170
00:55:38,880 --> 00:55:41,520
'High Five with Zee5',
real answers only.

1171
00:55:44,200 --> 00:55:45,400
Some questions, Ramu.

1172
00:55:45,480 --> 00:55:47,920
I will ask the questions
and I will answer them too.

1173
00:55:48,000 --> 00:55:50,320
Because I know you inside
out. I will guess the answers.

1174
00:55:50,400 --> 00:55:52,440
What keeps you going in shoots?

1175
00:55:52,800 --> 00:55:54,600
Tea with milk, or coffee?

1176
00:55:54,720 --> 00:55:56,160
Your answer will
surely be Black Coffee.

1177
00:55:56,240 --> 00:55:57,720
If you hadn't become a director,

1178
00:55:57,880 --> 00:56:00,880
according to me, you
would've been a godfather.

1179
00:56:00,960 --> 00:56:03,280
If I hadn't become a
director, I would've died.

1180
00:56:06,680 --> 00:56:08,640
Because other than this,

1181
00:56:08,760 --> 00:56:10,320
I get bored
of everything else in life.

1182
00:56:11,680 --> 00:56:12,600
You have worked with three heroes.

1183
00:56:12,680 --> 00:56:14,280
Who is the hero you
would like to repeat?

1184
00:56:14,400 --> 00:56:16,080
Vijay, Ranbir. Both.

1185
00:56:20,000 --> 00:56:22,160
What's one combo you can't resist?

1186
00:56:22,240 --> 00:56:24,000
Ghee with rice, or ghee with dosa?

1187
00:56:24,080 --> 00:56:26,120
I'm sure, ghee with rice.

1188
00:56:26,440 --> 00:56:27,760
What's the duration
of 'Spirit', Sandeep?

1189
00:56:27,840 --> 00:56:29,440
I will try to keep it
under 3 hours, sir.

1190
00:56:33,160 --> 00:56:35,000
For a change,

1191
00:56:35,120 --> 00:56:36,760
I would like to ask Sandeep
a few rapid-fire questions.

1192
00:56:36,840 --> 00:56:38,480
Okay, sure, great. Why not?

1193
00:56:38,600 --> 00:56:40,440
Is Rajamouli better
or are you better than him?

1194
00:56:43,680 --> 00:56:44,880
Obviously, Mr Rajamouli is better.

1195
00:56:45,000 --> 00:56:47,240
Don't be so over-modest.

1196
00:56:48,080 --> 00:56:49,920
Do I look like an idiot?

1197
00:56:50,040 --> 00:56:50,920
No.

1198
00:56:53,400 --> 00:56:55,680
I said you are better
than Rajamouli.

1199
00:56:55,920 --> 00:56:57,600
I said that. So, I am an idiot then?

1200
00:56:59,880 --> 00:57:01,360
No, no, sir. It's
not like that, sir.

1201
00:57:02,760 --> 00:57:04,800
It's your feeling,
sir. My feeling is...

1202
00:57:05,080 --> 00:57:06,400
Sir, in rapid fire,

1203
00:57:06,480 --> 00:57:07,440
you should answer instantly.
- I answered immediately.

1204
00:57:07,520 --> 00:57:09,880
Don't give an explanation.
- I said that I am not.

1205
00:57:09,960 --> 00:57:12,280
So, can you keep a hand
on your heart and say

1206
00:57:12,360 --> 00:57:14,760
that Rajamouli is truly
better than you? Say it once.

1207
00:57:14,920 --> 00:57:15,880
Yes, he is.

1208
00:57:16,000 --> 00:57:17,160
It feels like you had
a heart attack.

1209
00:57:17,240 --> 00:57:18,640
I am saying it, sir.

1210
00:57:19,520 --> 00:57:20,800
Mr Rajamouli is a
better director than me.

1211
00:57:20,880 --> 00:57:22,680
Why do you say that?
What's the reason?

1212
00:57:22,760 --> 00:57:25,880
In one of my movies, I
had this minor CG work.

1213
00:57:25,960 --> 00:57:28,120
For that, the CG

1214
00:57:28,320 --> 00:57:30,000
went to and fro about 500 times.

1215
00:57:30,080 --> 00:57:31,120
Then, I thought,

1216
00:57:31,200 --> 00:57:33,320
'How did he make a film
with housefly and everything?'

1217
00:57:33,400 --> 00:57:35,120
Oh, in that way.
See that's a quality. - Yeah!

1218
00:57:35,200 --> 00:57:36,560
It's a different matter.

1219
00:57:36,640 --> 00:57:38,760
See whoever the director is,

1220
00:57:38,880 --> 00:57:40,680
in my view he should
think to some extent,

1221
00:57:40,760 --> 00:57:42,880
'I can make it better
than everyone else'.

1222
00:57:42,960 --> 00:57:44,920
If you don't have that
belief, you can't make it.

1223
00:57:45,000 --> 00:57:46,280
Yes, that's also true.

1224
00:57:46,400 --> 00:57:48,280
Before making that first film,
we do have that feeling, sir.

1225
00:57:48,360 --> 00:57:50,360
When this scene comes out
on the screen... - Definitely,

1226
00:57:50,440 --> 00:57:52,000
while I was making
'Shiva', I thought

1227
00:57:52,120 --> 00:57:54,200
I could make it better
than all the reigning directors

1228
00:57:54,280 --> 00:57:55,120
at that time.

1229
00:57:55,200 --> 00:57:56,160
If they could make movies
better than me,

1230
00:57:56,240 --> 00:57:57,120
why would I come into this field?

1231
00:57:57,200 --> 00:57:58,560
Why would there be any motivation?

1232
00:58:00,960 --> 00:58:05,600
So basically, you meet so
many beautiful girls and all that.

1233
00:58:05,680 --> 00:58:08,240
So, did you feel like you made a
mistake by getting married early?

1234
00:58:08,320 --> 00:58:10,120
No, sir, I didn't feel that way.
- You didn't? - No, sir.

1235
00:58:10,200 --> 00:58:11,000
So, you are Lord Rama?

1236
00:58:11,000 --> 00:58:12,200
I thought you'd ask
only one rapid-fire question.

1237
00:58:12,280 --> 00:58:13,160
Then I thought...

1238
00:58:15,720 --> 00:58:17,800
Sandeep, you ask him
one rapid-fire question, no?

1239
00:58:17,880 --> 00:58:19,280
We can't win, sir.

1240
00:58:19,360 --> 00:58:21,200
He will enjoy it in
the end. We won't.

1241
00:58:23,840 --> 00:58:24,920
We don't have to
win. Let's just enjoy it.

1242
00:58:25,000 --> 00:58:26,440
Shiva or Satya? - Shiva.

1243
00:58:26,520 --> 00:58:28,120
Urmila or Antara Mali?
- Urmila.

1244
00:58:28,200 --> 00:58:29,800
Nagarjuna or Ajay Devgn?
- Nagarjuna.

1245
00:58:30,120 --> 00:58:31,600
Nagarjuna or Amitabh Bachchan?
- Amitabh Bachchan.

1246
00:58:31,720 --> 00:58:34,320
There can't be anything
beyond Amitabh Bachchan.

1247
00:58:34,600 --> 00:58:36,240
I have never seen such rapid fire.

1248
00:58:40,520 --> 00:58:42,520
Can we both ask rapid fire to you?

1249
00:58:42,640 --> 00:58:44,960
Oh, my Goddess! I am in trouble.

1250
00:58:45,040 --> 00:58:47,320
In 'Gaayam', in your place,
if there was someone else,

1251
00:58:47,400 --> 00:58:49,040
would it have been
a bigger hit or a smaller hit?

1252
00:58:49,120 --> 00:58:50,480
100% me.
- What do you mean?

1253
00:58:50,560 --> 00:58:51,920
It should've been me.
- You are the right choice.

1254
00:58:52,000 --> 00:58:53,880
Do you think I too feel that way?

1255
00:58:54,040 --> 00:58:56,480
Why else would you have cast
me, instead of someone else?

1256
00:59:00,880 --> 00:59:02,800
Even if you see, 'Gaayam' for me,

1257
00:59:02,880 --> 00:59:05,320
you think Nagarjuna
would've been better,

1258
00:59:05,440 --> 00:59:07,760
or Venkatesh
or Jagapati, in 'Gaayam'?

1259
00:59:07,840 --> 00:59:09,600
No, sir. I liked him. Yeah.

1260
00:59:09,680 --> 00:59:11,480
That was new, after
'Peddarikam' and all that.

1261
00:59:11,560 --> 00:59:13,800
The fundamental
mistake here is that,

1262
00:59:13,920 --> 00:59:15,440
we are conducting the rapid fire,

1263
00:59:15,520 --> 00:59:16,680
especially centring around you.

1264
00:59:16,800 --> 00:59:18,040
Since you are right in front of us,

1265
00:59:18,160 --> 00:59:19,520
we have to say
everything in your favour.

1266
00:59:19,640 --> 00:59:21,480
No, no, no. - If Sandeep
and I hang out together later,

1267
00:59:21,560 --> 00:59:23,520
then maybe, we would...

1268
00:59:23,600 --> 00:59:24,680
No, no.

1269
00:59:29,160 --> 00:59:32,240
You both have changed way movies
are made in our country.

1270
00:59:32,320 --> 00:59:35,200
I want to ask you questions
related to style.

1271
00:59:35,280 --> 00:59:37,320
To talk about these questions,

1272
00:59:37,440 --> 00:59:39,840
shall we go to
the Oaksmith Style Studio?

1273
00:59:40,240 --> 00:59:41,200
Please come then.

1274
00:59:49,400 --> 00:59:52,280
Ramu, in your view,
when does a hero look stylish?

1275
00:59:52,400 --> 00:59:53,640
When he doesn't have any style.

1276
00:59:56,240 --> 00:59:58,960
When he is holding a machete or when
he is giving the heroine a flower?

1277
00:59:59,080 --> 01:00:00,040
Machete.

1278
01:00:02,240 --> 01:00:05,080
Who is the most stylish heroine
among those you've worked with?

1279
01:00:05,200 --> 01:00:06,120
Urmila.

1280
01:00:09,240 --> 01:00:12,040
Sandeep, if you have to
choose 'Arjun Reddy' or 'Animal',

1281
01:00:12,120 --> 01:00:13,960
who looks more stylish?

1282
01:00:14,080 --> 01:00:15,120
'Animal'.

1283
01:00:17,520 --> 01:00:20,600
Among the villains you have seen
who is the most stylish villain?

1284
01:00:20,680 --> 01:00:22,640
Amrish Puri.
- You thought he'd say your name?

1285
01:00:24,800 --> 01:00:26,280
Okay, that's it. It's over.

1286
01:00:30,360 --> 01:00:33,320
On behalf of Vijay JB Infra Pvt Ltd,

1287
01:00:33,400 --> 01:00:36,560
Ramu, I present you this
powerful Hanuman's idol.

1288
01:00:41,240 --> 01:00:42,080
Sandeep.

1289
01:00:46,360 --> 01:00:48,280
To elevate your style further,

1290
01:00:48,360 --> 01:00:50,800
from our fashion
partner, 'The Arvind Store',

1291
01:00:50,880 --> 01:00:52,520
Yeah! Thank you.
- A gift hamper for you.

1292
01:01:00,160 --> 01:01:01,960
Shirting, suiting, readymades.

1293
01:01:02,040 --> 01:01:04,160
You won't get these anywhere
other than in Arvind Stores,

1294
01:01:04,280 --> 01:01:05,440
in the world.

1295
01:01:06,520 --> 01:01:08,760
'Jar App', savings tip of the day.

1296
01:01:08,840 --> 01:01:10,280
Don't start spending

1297
01:01:10,760 --> 01:01:12,120
right after getting the salary.

1298
01:01:12,240 --> 01:01:14,800
Save some money first.

1299
01:01:14,880 --> 01:01:18,400
To make sure you don't miss it
any month, automate these savings.

1300
01:01:18,520 --> 01:01:21,040
After that, if you spend
the rest of that money,

1301
01:01:21,120 --> 01:01:23,400
you will have some
safety net in difficult times.

1302
01:01:23,480 --> 01:01:25,000
Shall we meet again
in the next episode?

1303
01:01:25,120 --> 01:01:28,120
Signing off, with me, Jagapati.