Mumbai, Maharashtra: In an exclusive interview with IANS, actresses Mahima Makwana and Vedika Pinto spoke about their upcoming film 'Musafir Cafe'. They shared their experiences of portraying emotionally driven, real-life-inspired characters and discussed how the film's old-school romance is expected to resonate with modern audiences. Mahima also expressed her views on the implementation of the eight-hour shift in the entertainment industry. The duo further opened up about their personal ideologies of love, reflected on their journeys in the industry over the past eight to nine years and spoke about the lessons they have learned through their work. They concluded by highlighting the key takeaways they hope audiences will gain from 'Musafir Cafe'.
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00:00Welcome Mahiwa and Vedika to INS. It is an absolute pleasure to have you with us on board today.
00:05Firstly, you girls are making absolute like absolute dolls.
00:08I mean, when I watched the preview, I was going to say that.
00:10But I was going to say that in the market, I was going to say that.
00:14Lovely, lovely.
00:15So now, when I saw the preview, when I saw the trailer,
00:21as an audience, I feel like there are many emotions.
00:27There is love, there is heartbreak, there is romance,
00:30there are tears and all of that.
00:31I wanted to understand that as an artist,
00:33when you have so many emotions in one project,
00:39it becomes more than easy, it becomes tough,
00:42because it is like an ECG.
00:44There are so many emotions.
00:45So I wanted to understand that when you portray such characters,
00:47what kind of depth do you bring on this?
00:50And how do you bring it?
00:55Okay, continuing to the question,
00:58I want to understand that.
00:58As an artist, we don't heal completely.
01:03I was getting to that.
01:05Predominantly.
01:06Because sometimes,
01:07it helps us bring our emotions on camera.
01:11So I want to understand that.
01:12I think I feel that we are very lucky to be actors.
01:16Because somewhere else,
01:18we can channelize our emotions,
01:20our traumas, our void.
01:23And when you get such an experience,
01:25where, like you said,
01:26you know, you get to experience love,
01:28heartbreak, sacrifices, and such is life.
01:30Life is not going to be simple.
01:32And which is what reflects in Musafir Cafe as well.
01:36Musafir Cafe is not just a love story.
01:38It's about what a particular's presence
01:41and their absence do to you
01:43and therefore your life.
01:44So I feel, how do you bring that?
01:47I think you bring a part of yourself.
01:50And then you have wonderful collaborators
01:52like Vikrant and Sharanya,
01:54who's our writer,
01:55and then Ruchir, my director, Vedika,
01:57and you know, the rest of our cast.
02:00It's a process of collaborating together.
02:04And I feel,
02:05kabhi kabhi na,
02:07you don't really realize what strength you have
02:09until you get those characters,
02:11which brings out a certain self of you,
02:14which you genuinely start loving.
02:16And I feel,
02:17I honestly had a cathartic experience
02:19in one of the sequences
02:21which you will watch in the show.
02:23And I feel,
02:24that particular experience helped me a lot to heal.
02:27Helped me a lot to have a,
02:29so to speak, a spiritual moment.
02:31So I had a wonderful time.
02:34And I think,
02:36as you evolve,
02:37not only as a person,
02:39not only as,
02:39and also as an actor,
02:41it only helps you become a better person,
02:44become a better actor.
02:46So I think it's an amalgamation of too many things,
02:48you know,
02:48and I,
02:50we,
02:51all of us have poured our heart into,
02:53touching upon those emotions.
02:55And we really hope that you get to be a part of that rollercoaster too.
02:59How do we bring depth to characters?
03:04Like you said,
03:05it's like an ECG,
03:06right?
03:07Like all the emotions are up and down.
03:09But I think the,
03:10the most beautiful part of our profession really is that,
03:15we're experiencing real life emotions on real.
03:19And I think that the,
03:21the only way really to bring about depth in your characters,
03:25is when you borrow from real life.
03:28And,
03:29the beautiful thing about our journey on Musafir is that,
03:33we all experience love in different ways.
03:35We all experience heartbreak in different ways.
03:38And it all comes together when you can borrow from other people's life experiences.
03:43Like,
03:44whenever we were,
03:45I was saying this earlier,
03:46that,
03:46my,
03:47most beautiful memories on the sets of Musafir Cafe,
03:51was,
03:51right before doing a scene,
03:53when we would discuss the scenes.
03:55And,
03:55you know,
03:56that experience was happening.
03:59It was like,
03:59it's made me happy that my heart moved out,
04:00or,
04:01my healing process was like this.
04:03And when you borrow little bits of life from everybody else's unique journeys,
04:08that's when you really bring the depth.
04:10Because I,
04:10as an individual,
04:11haven't had that entire,
04:14I haven't experienced the entire spectrum of emotions.
04:17But,
04:18me,
04:18and,
04:18and,
04:19we have all together.
04:23So,
04:24it's just a collaboration.
04:24Right.
04:26You know, a wife gives a lot of old-school love, deep-rooted love.
04:33Was it right?
04:34Yeah.
04:37When we look at today's time, it's Mrs. So, I won't think, I won't kind of think
04:44that it's a particular generation, but in general, when we look at it, we realize that
04:49that love, where you felt everything, where you felt the heartbreak also, like deeply,
04:55our emotions deeply feel.
04:57In today's time of swiping left and right cases, it's a heartbreak, it's healing,
05:02it's a heartbreak.
05:03This generation is out of patience.
05:06In this era, how much do you think that true love exists also?
05:10How much do you think that a show like Mosapel Cafe will actually be easily adapted by audiences
05:17of this generation?
05:18You know, Bachpanse, before we even, before you have your first crush, you still have
05:27an idea of love, right?
05:29And where does that idea come from?
05:31It comes from the movies that we watch or the books that we read.
05:35So, I think that if this generation exists right now, it's because of perhaps the content
05:40that they're consuming, perhaps because of what is available to you.
05:45And that kind of shames your framework of how you look at love.
05:48I don't think that this generation doesn't get true love.
05:54I just think the perspective on it is a little different.
05:57And that's true love.
05:58I mean, that's true love.
06:00I mean, that's true love.
06:00I mean, I know that this is happening with me.
06:02And in our show, maybe people may feel that the truth and love is a good thing.
06:22So, I think it's really just about exploring the bounds of love.
06:31I really hope that Musafir Cafe reminds people of the love that they truly want and they desire.
06:41Because concepts toh every generation ke saht change hotain, badaltain hain.
06:47But truly, we all want to feel loved and accepted.
06:50You know, inherently, I think love is something that drives you in your life.
06:55It's like an oxygen to your soul.
06:56So, in any form, you know, not just romantic love, but it could be any form of love.
07:01And I feel, you know, through Musafir, I got to experience three different philosophies on love.
07:09You know, there are different takes.
07:11Like she said, you know, you are what you are with the choices that you make and the circumstances that
07:16are around you.
07:18And sometimes people, they don't stay.
07:21But you know, the memories or the feelings and everything that you felt with them, they shape your life.
07:26And I think Musafir takes you on to that journey where it's about what those people do to you.
07:34And I really hope that, you know, as far as the generation is concerned, all of these things, I personally
07:39don't believe in them.
07:40But, you know, to each their own.
07:42I truly believe in old romance and love which stays and love where there's friendship and there's mutual respect.
07:52And, you know, I think there was a dirt for romance.
07:54You know, we all wanted to watch old school romance and here we are.
08:00But also, it's not just a, it's not going to be simple.
08:04It's not a, you know, it's not a glossy kind of a journey.
08:07It's going to have its own ups and downs and it is going to be messy.
08:10It is going to be complex.
08:12And that's what we humans are.
08:14There are grays and then how to deal with them is where the grace comes from.
08:18Yeah.
08:20Thanks to the same answer that you just gave.
08:22I want to understand that, do you feel,
08:24I think that when we were growing up,
08:31it's like,
08:32whatever information you need to get the information,
08:33it can get the information.
08:34But now, it's right at the tip of your finger, right?
08:37You have exposure to every topic.
08:39topic. So do you feel
08:41that our attention
08:43span is 10 seconds.
08:46People can't sit in for a
08:473 hour movie in a theater.
08:49Do you feel that the concept of
08:51holding back to your person
08:52we will hold back
08:55rather than not jump on to another person because
08:57so what is your take on this?
09:01What do you feel about it?
09:03I feel because of social media
09:05like you said our attention span is
09:07anyway has gone lesser and lesser
09:09it is about practicing
09:11and identifying what you truly
09:13want you know because this is a part of
09:15evolution you cannot stop it you know
09:17now that there is social media it is
09:19made in a way to cut down on our attention
09:21span. It's like it's moving
09:23way faster than how our brain
09:25is supposed to function
09:26and you experience all of it
09:29but then you also do things like
09:31anything could be
09:33meditation it could be reminding yourself
09:35it could be and all of these
09:37realizations happen in isolation
09:39so I feel it is a personal
09:41choice to not
09:43reduce not cut out that noise but
09:45reduce that noise because it exists
09:46but it is about identifying
09:48what you truly want you know
09:51because there are some people
09:52who believe in situations
09:55and there are some people who also
09:57believe in old school romance and
09:59I think right now it's all about also
10:01co-existing and understanding
10:03what you need to do
10:04what you need to do
10:05because what we think is right to do
10:08it is probably not right to do it but
10:10it is about experiencing it
10:11and we know it is about it
10:12so I feel every kind of experience is
10:14equally important so that you know what you
10:16don't want more than what you really want
10:18you know so yeah
10:21absolutely exactly what she said
10:24it's about where you are in your life
10:26and what you are looking for in that
10:28moment of your life you know
10:30say if I am not ready or if someone's
10:33not ready for love then you're not
10:35going to have the time for it if you're
10:36not if you're not in the mind space to
10:39give your love or your partner the kind
10:42of commitment that they require
10:44or not to have the time to do it
10:44and then how will it make it happen
10:47It's just about where you are at in life
10:49you know while watching the trailer
10:51it's one of my personal favourite lines
10:52so this line
11:00it's one of my personal favourite lines
11:03Yah
11:05We have one of my personal favourite lines
11:09it's just ingrained into our minds right now
11:11So, because we resonate with it, he is especially being a part of this industry,
11:16bali camera can use side of his side ho.
11:18Monday-Sunday koji maine ne rakta.
11:41And particular our shift in this industry, you guys have been in a part of the industry
11:45for such a long time, childhood say.
11:48So, we want to understand ki what is your perspective on this.
11:54I feel a particular kind of structure is always important so that our mental health is also
12:00in place because it's not a profession where you're, I mean, any kind of profession demands
12:06you to be, for you to be in your best headspace more than anything.
12:09So, I feel every, any kind of a particular structure is extremely important and there
12:15is, you know, more awareness about it.
12:17But humara profession aisa hai, jahaan par na mande hota hai, na sundae hota hai.
12:21Toh, to speak of the context from the show, I think it just makes you want to live a little.
12:27It makes you want to, can I just pause and breathe and be in the present moment.
12:32But as far as the whole shift thing is concerned, I think a particular kind of structure,
12:40is being, you know, into consideration but that also happens where you are in your career
12:45and how you can voice it out and how do you find a middle ground with your, with your filmmakers
12:50as well.
12:51Because, yahaan par, I am speaking from my point of view but I also have to consider everybody
12:55else's point of view.
12:56Where loo ka paisa hai, loo ki mehnat hai.
12:58So, you find a middle ground.
13:00You find what works for you and therefore you, you know, go about it.
13:07At least that's my take on it.
13:09It, it is an industry at the end of the day.
13:12It's a business.
13:13There are people who work tirelessly and spend money as she was saying to keep our industry
13:19going, you know.
13:20There are, if we want to get into the administration part of it.
13:23Then there are unions, these are all things that kind of regulate how the industry functions,
13:29how it works.
13:30But again, I think that as far as structure is concerned, see, I am in a position in my life
13:35right now where, toh mujhse bheez ghante kaam karwa lo na, toh mujhe raaz ko chayne ki neind
13:41milti hai.
13:41But shayad, maybe five, seven years from now, I won't feel that way.
13:45So, it really just depends on, it really just depends on where you are in your career,
13:50what your priorities are in that moment.
13:53And, but I think what is important is that everybody is considered.
13:58You know, as long as there is consideration for everybody who is involved, it should, it
14:04should be fine, right?
14:05As long as there is equanimity, yeah, yeah, yeah, there is uniformity in how you are treated
14:13and as long as everybody is treated with consideration and care.
14:17Right.
14:18This question is from both of you.
14:20Chis tarikai se ab baat kar rahe hain, beha ki mature, you know, perspective mujhi mil rahe
14:26hain, from aap loge ke, you know, answer se.
14:29But at the same time, I just want to understand that, has this maturity come from certain failures?
14:35in your life?
14:36Because what happens is, when you are only successful, shayad aapko wo level of understanding,
14:40wo level of intensity, kabhi kati samaj nahi hain.
14:43Why am I asking this is, you have been around in this industry for a long time to see ups
14:48and
14:48downs, both, right?
14:49What happens, aapke zhehen mein kya chalta hai, jab, when you see ki jo bhaati bade aspiring
14:55projects, apne kuch kye hain, I don't want to take minis, kye hain, and they don't work
15:00the way you would expect them to be.
15:02How do you take this failure and what kind of, because people perceive this industry
15:09to be all, you know, all hunky-dory and all nice and lovely, but I want to talk, I really
15:14want to understand from your perspective, you guys, certain big projects, how do you guys
15:18do that?
15:20I think it depends on how you define failure, whether a project works or not is not in your
15:28control.
15:28But what is in your control is how you feel about that project.
15:32So, if I have had a project that I expected to work very well and it didn't work for whatever
15:38reason, of course, I felt the heartbreak of that.
15:41Of course, I felt, you know, ki hai, achha ho jata toh, zindagi alag uti, ya, you know,
15:47my journey would be different.
15:48But at the same time, I have the privilege of looking back at those beautiful experiences
15:55and the opportunity that I was awarded to be a part of that journey.
15:59And I think that in the long run, that matters more than a failure that is way beyond my control.
16:04And Mahima said something really beautiful earlier today.
16:06She said that, bhalai hum na rahe, humara kam rahe jata hai.
16:11So, you know, and that's amazing.
16:13Like for me to know that the projects that I have given my heart and my soul to, regardless
16:18of whether they were successes or they did very well or box office mein itne paise kamayai
16:24despite all of that, wo kaam hai aur mo mira kaam hai aur mein bade garv ke saath kae sakte
16:30ho ki wo mein ne kiya tha, mein us project ka hissa thi.
16:35And I think that really matters much more than anything else for me.
16:39Of course, everyone wants successes.
16:40Of course, you want everything to be loved.
16:43As an actor, I think that a large part of what I do is for that validation.
16:47It's for my feelings and my work to reach people, for it to be appreciated, for it to be validated.
16:55Aur wo hota hai.
16:58Whether that happens to be a success or not, I think that you do get validated for the work
17:03that you do.
17:04And I think that's one of the most redeeming qualities about the industry.
17:08I think everything that I wanted to say, Vedika, has almost covered it.
17:12What I also want to add is, ek baat tu hai na, hum rahe ya na rahe, humara kam.
17:17And we are one of those very, very few lucky people who get to reach out to audiences.
17:23Baat kam loog hota hai, jinko wo moka milta hai ki wo logon ke dilo tak pohonche, impact create kare.
17:30Like, we know the kind of impact that cinema has, any kind of storytelling has.
17:35It touches you, it moves you, it breaks you, it makes you cry.
17:38And I think that's the larger conversation of, you know, of everything that she said.
17:44And yes, definitely, jab ap, hum, hum, especially jab ap outsider hota hai, tab ap ko asa lagta hai ki,
17:51oh, you know, one project and everything is going to be a cakewalk.
17:54And then you realize that, no, it's, it's a matter of business.
17:57And there are things that are way beyond your control.
18:01All you can do is make the choices that you have in front of you and give your heart and,
18:06you know, give your, give everything to it that you can.
18:09Uski baat tu sab destiny hai.
18:10So, I think we are extremely lucky that we, we get to reach out to people.
18:17And as far as failure is concerned, there are, you know, hum sab ke definition of success badalte hai.
18:23But I think failures are something that we learn a lot from.
18:26You know, they make you realize whether it is anything, you know, they make you realize about what are the
18:32things that you could have done better.
18:33They, they make you, they, they mirror a lot of things about the society and about yourself and they only
18:39make you realize that aapke control mein vaakhi kuch nahi hota.
18:42Aapke control mein sirf aapka ka kaam hota hai.
18:45And it's about making the most out of the opportunities that are being offered to you.
18:49And that's what, that's what I believe in.
18:53And of course, matlab, who doesn't want their first work or any form of work to, you know, to make
18:59the blockbuster and be the hit, you know, be the biggest hit.
19:02But wo mere control mein nahi hai.
19:04You know, aaj, I want to focus on the opportunities and not on my expectations because that's the perspective shift
19:11that even, that I have found.
19:14Yeah, yeah.
19:16Reuniting with Vikrant, I mean Balika, like I told him as well that I'd been, I'd been following Balika from
19:21his, I mean, aap, wo, hum sabi chhoti hai, tab se hai, sabi hai, sabi hai, sabi hai, sabi hai,
19:26sabi hai, sabi hai, sabi hai.
19:30So, um, I really wanted to know how was it reuniting with him and what kind of fond memories do
19:36you share of the show with him?
19:38Of Balika, wadu?
19:40Posh, bilkul yaad mi nahi hai, yaar, mein boh chhoti ti, haa.
19:42And it was probably my first, it was from one of those initial, not even years, initial days on a
19:48set where I didn't know what is this, ye set hai, kya hai, director kya kar rahe hai.
19:53And I just, there's one thing that I definitely remember is Vikrant being the kindest.
19:57And I'm not saying it for the sake of it.
19:59He was genuinely the most genuine person.
20:01And I feel energies never lie.
20:03I think while I was a little child, he was just, that's the glimpse that I have of him.
20:09And I think it was a full circle moment for me when I realized that, oh, we're going to be
20:15working together.
20:15And I think, um, um, um, it was beautiful.
20:19I think he's a, he's a very, very giving actor and it reflects and also the kind of person he
20:24is.
20:25Uh, jo ab insaan hota hai, wo aapke kirdaro mein, aapke kam mein reflect karta hai.
20:29And, uh, we all have seen him, you know, do amazing work and jis tara se, wo depth lekar aate
20:35hai in characters mein.
20:37Aur wo bhoati achhe collaborator hai.
20:39Um, so it was, it was a lot of fun, you know, collaborating with him and yeah, I just hope
20:44Musafir gets a lot of love.
20:46All three, all three characters, all three actors and in fact the entire team have put in their heart and
20:52soul.
20:53So, we really hope that it reaches out to everybody and you guys fall in love with love.
20:59Also, just talking about your health, I mean, I'll end it on that note.
21:02I mean, how are you dealing with it and firstly, how did it happen?
21:04We read it on Instagram, but exactly hua kya?
21:07Bas ho gaya yaar.
21:08Mai bas ho gaya.
21:09Kuch cheize, ye, wo aasi cheize hai, mitlab ye medals hai, mitla hai lagta hai muje.
21:14At least I have a story to tell, but no, it just happened.
21:16It was not in my control, you know, yeah, it just happened and I am in a lot of pain.
21:22But I also didn't want to step away from promoting my show because, you know, so I am also trying
21:28to balance my health and my commitment.
21:33So, yeah, I think I am recovering and hopefully I will be better.
21:43I am actually curious to hear from the audiences what they are taking away from Musafir Cafe
21:50and I really look forward to reading, obviously, as an actor, I want to read what the critics
21:58and all have to say.
21:59But more than that, I want to know what the audiences feel.
22:02I want to know what we make the audiences feel.
22:05I want to know ki agar kisi ko apna pehla piar yaad ajae yaa bachpan wala piar yaad ajae yaa
22:13you know, you have a new perspective on love, then I think we would have been successful.
22:18Yeah.
22:19I think our only intention is to reach out to people and make them, I mean, it's basically
22:28a relatable and a universal story, you know, so I feel that everybody in the audiences
22:34are gonna relate to everybody in the show and they're gonna have a lot of fun and we're
22:42gonna also break a lot of hearts and it's gonna be a beautiful journey to take on and
22:46like she said, I'm looking forward to what people take away from the show because I personally
22:51have taken home so many things from my character and the show.
22:54So I'm looking forward to knowing how they feel about it, but I just really hope that
22:59you know, as actors, we reach out to y'all and I hope you guys love it.
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