Mumbai, Maharashtra: During an exclusive interview, actress Shruti Deshpande discussed her experience playing Inspector Agni Srivastav in 'Naqaab' alongside Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Shaura Siddiqui. She talked about the challenges of portraying an authoritative police officer, the energy of live theatre and her biggest learning from Nawazuddin- presence of mind during unexpected technical glitches. Shruti also reflected on identity, experimentation, networking, social media’s influence on casting and the challenges newcomers face in the industry. She opened up about her journey from HR consulting to modelling, dancing, theatre and acting, her aspirations to create globally recognised cinema and the importance of perseverance, craft and consistency.
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00:00First of all, welcome to INS.
00:02Thank you so much.
00:03The most attractive in this concept was that this is a crime drama.
00:20It is one and a half hour and there are three characters.
00:24There is an investigation by Inspector Agnish Ravastaf.
00:27There are three suspects.
00:30Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who is an icon from the industry, are playing.
00:33There is one victim, her daughter Shora Siddiqui.
00:37It is a very tight play.
00:38There is no point to play.
00:40There is no point to play.
00:40The most interesting thing was that this was a balance.
00:48Because an icon of the industry is involved.
00:51We are showing this in the three cities.
00:54It is very difficult because in the theatre there are many actors.
00:57Three actors have done a full play pull off.
01:00I think that was the most interesting thing.
01:02And it is the most interesting thing.
01:05And it is the most interesting thing.
01:05And to perform with such diverse actors.
01:08I think that was an interesting and gripping part.
01:12The most interesting thing is that this is the most interesting thing.
01:15What do you think that is the most interesting thing?
01:19The most interesting thing was that the biggest conflict was that
01:22I will explain it to some extent.
01:27But one conflict was that he is an inspector.
01:29and it is quite the opposite
01:32I am in my normal life
01:34a very happy-go-lucky
01:35very flamboyant person
01:37Agnish Ravastavik is a very stern
01:39strict and straight forward inspector
01:42his biggest conflict was that
01:44he knew that
01:45the one who murdered
01:46is right for his murder
01:48and then he has to arrest him
01:50sometimes they say
01:51that it is true and
01:55it is true and it is true
01:56and sometimes police
01:58have to give the truth
02:00when they know that
02:02what is happening, what is happening
02:03what is happening, what is happening
02:04and there is a reality
02:07but then when you have to arrest
02:10for duty
02:11it is a conflict
02:14of a police inspector versus a human being
02:17How do you portray this character
02:20how challenging it is
02:22especially with the live audience
02:25it
02:27it
02:28it was challenging
02:28because our rehearsal
02:30you know that in the industry
02:33about 30 plus years
02:35this character Agni
02:37has to dominate her at one level
02:40because she is investigating
02:41she is an officer
02:42so she has to be really strong
02:44so for me
02:45the most challenging part was that
02:46I had to figure out
02:48how to make that character
02:49so strong
02:50that he has to dominate the suspects
02:53that the investigation
02:55is truthful
02:56because in the theatre
03:00of course light and sound matters
03:02but the reality of doing
03:04on stage
03:05the drama create
03:06the dominance create
03:09the character
03:09authority
03:10I think that was the most challenging part
03:13and then that was the end
03:15because I got a lot feedback
03:17I got a lot of the message
03:17for the character
03:19to understand
03:21because in the theatre
03:22there is a lot of the audience
03:23that you do
03:24the audience
03:25and the performance
03:27makes you 100%
03:30I am here today
03:32with a show on Prithvi
03:33for a show
03:34it's called The Greatest Show on Earth
03:36I also sing
03:37I also act
03:38and dance
03:404 shows
03:41over the weekend
03:42the 5 p.m. show yesterday, the audience was very energetic
03:47so when the audience is laughing, reacts,
03:50we also have that energy.
03:52We also perform more crazy.
03:54But the audience was 70% in the second show.
03:58So we had to add more energy.
04:01Sometimes we thought,
04:02we will laugh now.
04:04Or at this point, the audience will be closed.
04:07Or it will be turned out.
04:08And they don't do it.
04:09So the energy will impact us.
04:11The same thing in the US.
04:12There were 9 cities.
04:14The energy of all cities was different.
04:16For example, the show of the Houston show.
04:18And the show of the Dallas show.
04:20People were amazing.
04:22People were laughing and playing.
04:23Because Nakab is a comedy also.
04:25It's a crime drama and comedy.
04:27So when people were laughing,
04:28we were also enjoying it.
04:29We were also playing jokes.
04:31We were playing jokes on Jantar Mantar.
04:33I had to improvise with them.
04:35But there was a place like New York, New Jersey.
04:39And the audience was slightly subtle.
04:41So they didn't laugh so much.
04:43So our energy was also impacting them.
04:55And the world is a stage.
05:13And the world is a stage.
05:39So that's what I feel.
05:42So that's what I feel.
05:43What is the experience with them?
05:44What is the experience with them?
05:46What is the most important thing about акTless?
05:47What is the most important thing about the actor?
05:50What is the experience with them?
05:54There was a moment. We were showing in Chicago and there were technical glitches in the theatre.
06:00There were around 1000 people of the audience.
06:03There was a mic off on stage.
06:05And Sir's mic off.
06:07And there the audience started to hear.
06:10Mic, mic, we can't hear you, we can't hear you.
06:13And it's very distracting in the theatre.
06:15If you perform live and hear from the audience,
06:19because they didn't hear.
06:21Then Sir had to grow his projection,
06:22he had to grow and speak.
06:24There was one point that an actor can speak so much.
06:27At that point, we were also supporting.
06:29We were balancing our volume with them.
06:31Because the theatre is all about presence.
06:33But after one point, they had to go.
06:34Because they had to do the mic.
06:36He went backstage.
06:38It was the first time that the theatre was doing.
06:40I was doing it for 5 years.
06:41I knew that at this point,
06:43it was my responsibility.
06:44I had to manage.
06:45At some point, I improved.
06:47Then we had to handle it with a technical glitch.
06:49A small break.
06:50And we all came back.
06:51But the presence of mind in the acting.
06:55You can retake on the screen.
06:57But at that moment,
06:59the balance of thinking,
07:00OK, there was a technical glitch.
07:02Plus, the audience also had to handle it.
07:04And you didn't even see it.
07:05It was wrong.
07:06I think the biggest learning was presence of mind.
07:10Which I learned from Sir's three rehearsals.
07:11And I learned from Sir's.
07:12I learned from Sir's.
07:15I learned from Sir's.
07:16How do you work with her? How do you work with her?
07:18How do you work with her?
07:24I think I actually transformed her.
07:28Because she has been brought up in Dubai.
07:31And from that start to this point, she was able to grasp Hindi properly
07:35versus she delivered a proper monologue on a good stage.
07:39We had a good give and take.
07:41So I think I have seen her grow.
07:43She was like a younger sister for me.
07:46Towards the end.
07:47So this is the other question.
07:50What is your similarity?
07:51Sir is a very unique actor.
07:55He puts something new in every thing.
07:57Something to remove.
07:59So sometimes I see a streak in Shora.
08:01That will also remove something.
08:05Industry and new commerce are great.
08:08The conditions are also tough.
08:09Yes.
08:10How does the industry feel welcoming and new actors feel?
08:14Yes.
08:16If I give the truth,
08:18it is not welcoming.
08:21It is very...
08:23Look, there is a place now.
08:24Because OTT has come.
08:25It is not that there is a lack of opportunity.
08:28But you have to make your own place.
08:30You will not only give an audition.
08:34I realized that in the industry,
08:36you know someone.
08:38And until that point,
08:39when you reach the luck strike,
08:41that you get a right director and say,
08:43yes, I feel the right role for this role.
08:45Until your craft has developed.
08:47Because I know that I have been doing theatre for this year.
08:50I have done a few projects.
08:52I have done a lot of big roles.
08:53But I have done it.
08:54So I know that...
08:56I am not welcoming to anyone.
08:58And you have never really arrived.
09:00So...
09:00The point is that...
09:02You have to really work hard.
09:04You have to be ready.
09:05So nobody welcomes you.
09:09How important is the experimentation?
09:11How important is it?
09:12Is it in a particular image compatible with different characters?
09:16100%
09:20As an actor,
09:21you explore different parts of your own inside.
09:24When you do characters.
09:26For example...
09:28Like I told you.
09:29I am a very vibrant person.
09:31I have played the inspector and Srivastava.
09:34He is a stern person.
09:35But when I am doing theatre.
09:37I am doing another play.
09:38I am doing art in one play.
09:42I am playing a journalist.
09:43I am playing an air hostess.
09:45I am playing a bhakt.
09:46I am also doing a...
09:50Sexy dance sequence.
09:51I am also playing...
09:54A regular person.
09:57A common woman.
09:58So I think that all characters are doing so much.
10:00That is a lot of fun.
10:01If you do one thing...
10:02If you do one thing...
10:03That is the case...
10:04It happens that you will be typecast.
10:05But if you are not doing experiments...
10:07Then what is acting?
10:10Acting...
10:11You should just...
10:11In water...
10:16You should just...
10:23You should just...
10:24You should just...
10:26You should just...
10:28I am really like...
10:31Tabu and Drishyam.
10:32And I also liked...
10:33Rani Mukherjee and Mardani.
10:35I think...
10:37Yes.
10:37I think she was brilliant.
10:39What is the quality of you...
10:41What is the quality of you...
10:41How do you do...
10:42How do you do...
10:43How do you do...
10:44Look...
10:44So...
10:46We live in India.
10:49So already...
10:51So...
10:51There is some...
10:52So my father is an army officer.
10:54My father has 36 years served in army.
10:56He was a black cat commander.
10:59Psychologist in SSB.
11:01I have seen the army officers.
11:02Ladies too.
11:04And I have seen the police inspectors.
11:05For this role...
11:07I observe the police inspectors.
11:10The reality is that...
11:11We have a very strong feminine side.
11:14So...
11:15When all these roles are...
11:17So...
11:18A lady...
11:19What do they say?
11:22Ardha Narishwar.
11:24Everyone has a masculine and feminine side.
11:26So...
11:26A lady has a masculinity...
11:28And a dominance...
11:29She has to take off and accept her.
11:32When someone doesn't accept her...
11:34Then...
11:34How do you deal with her?
11:36And how do you handle that situation?
11:38How do you handle that situation?
11:38How do you do that?
11:40I think...
11:41She has...
11:41In the way...
11:43In the way...
11:43They have...
11:44What circumstances...
11:44And...
11:46Without...
11:47To...
11:48Without...
11:48Or...
11:49I am still doing it.
11:51It doesn't matter.
11:53It doesn't matter.
11:53What gender is your...
11:54I think that matters.
11:57Lastly...
11:57If you want to...
11:58Comment-oriented roles...
11:59To parity...
12:00Or...
12:01Commercial...
12:06I have done a Tamil film. It's called Yuvan Robin Hood. I was second lead. I come in as a
12:24very glamorous woman and then I turn out to be an undercover agent.
12:28That's a commercial project. It's an action thriller that will come this year. I have played Inspector Swati Patal, a
12:38web series of Karate Girls.
12:40I have played two commercial projects. I want to explore more roles. I have played an actress called Padma Nayar
12:48in a short film called Existence, which is in the film festivals.
12:52I have played an athlete. I have played a show before. I have done a lot of things. But honestly
12:59speaking, you have to do the theatre. You have to do the screen.
13:02The theatre is very important. I have heard the sound of Rakish Bebhi, sir. Now, when we perform at Dhurandar,
13:10Prithvi Theatre,
13:12The audience here comes, and the audience here comes, the level has been different.
13:18Commercial projects equally important. No matter how much, we can say that it is only theatre, not the theatre. Commercial
13:24projects are also so important.
13:31?
13:33?
13:33I have a lot of social media followers on the internet
13:35The director and producers are involved in the industry
13:38and actors
13:41So that's why it's a field, but you have to find out
13:43that you have to find out that you have to find out
13:45that your social media
13:47Yes, you have to find out
13:49Like in the casting
13:51there are times that
13:53that's not your
13:55full 1 million followers
13:57or I have close to
13:59some 96 thousand followers on Instagram
14:01And that is why I am known as the dancing anchor for 9 years, apart from acting, I am known
14:07as the dancing anchor.
14:08So I am doing a lot of shows.
14:10Because I am singing, dancing, anchoring, I am doing a lot of 9 years.
14:14I have done in 7 countries.
14:16So I have done so many shows.
14:18People watch and follow.
14:20Plus my content is very viral.
14:23Because people have not seen this concept.
14:24I am doing a lot of anchor.
14:25I am giving a lot of people to dance.
14:28So I have become a hashtag, dancing anchor.
14:30I have done that work.
14:31So the following came from it.
14:33Now that following, I created that song.
14:36So I am a dancer.
14:38But I am an artist.
14:40So I am not the idea that I am creating content.
14:43For those who are following me.
14:45I am doing art.
14:46And I am displaying it.
14:48And people follow me from it.
14:50But the point is, when I get casted.
14:52And when people tell me,
14:53Oh, you have not touched 100k or 200k.
14:57So I am not following me.
14:57So I am not following me.
14:59So I am not marketing.
15:00And then when they forget all my art and craft.
15:03So it is a pinch.
15:05Because...
15:06When did this happen?
15:08How did you get involved?
15:09In industry, you say that
15:13If you are in the good shape,
15:16Then you will be able to work hard for you.
15:18So how do you think about it?
15:25I don't think that just with auditions
15:28I speak very candid and to be very honest yes auditions matter
15:35because it makes sense that this character is not
15:38but that audition you get
15:40that audition is not tertiary characters
15:43no one is small but in a film
15:47there is a lead, a supporting, a tertiary
15:50there are junior artists
15:51the lead characters, the main, primary, meaty roles
15:55they are getting people who know
15:58who is a good circle
16:00and there is no harm in it
16:02it may be that my friend is a director
16:04and he knows that I have theatre so many times
16:07so he will ask me
16:08but I never say that you take me
16:11I say I want to audition for this role
16:13so I think a lot of auditions are circulating
16:16which are basic roles
16:18and the primary roles
16:21they are able to reach the people
16:23who actually know the filmmakers
16:25who are producers
16:26so there is an important circle
16:28that is why people come and live in Mumbai
16:31or whatever level
16:32social media
16:34and people are networking
16:36then you can become actor
16:38what is necessary to live in Mumbai
16:39what needs to be husband
16:40what is necessary to live in Mumbai
16:41, I am sure as the director
16:42often asked about
16:43that the,-
16:43the neo-kamer
16:45did you see a team
16:48as for you
16:49you understand?
16:50I saw the casting couch
16:51or perhaps any in the midst of our work
16:52I think
16:55it was done
16:56though
16:56yes
16:56so casting couch
16:58honestly
16:59this way
17:00because the use of social media
17:02you can Matt approve it
17:03You can highlight it
17:05When I first came to Mumbai
17:07I had an interview
17:10It was a meeting
17:12With a producer
17:13Of a music video
17:15He said that it will be a music video
17:17And a potential feature film
17:20I was just new
17:22And when I was talking
17:24He said
17:25Let's hang out in the evening
17:28So I got a little blank
17:29So I said
17:30You can do the work
17:32So he didn't do the work
17:33He focused on it
17:35Let's hang out in the evening
17:37Let's have dinner
17:37I said
17:41Sir
17:42He was my age
17:45Sir
17:47If this is the work
17:50I am not interested
17:51And if it is not
17:54Then you say
17:55He was very like
17:58Because no one is openly doing this
18:00But this is happening
18:01And you have to be very careful
18:04Because there are many people who do it
18:06And I am not blaming
18:10Anybody
18:10But I am just saying that
18:11There are many people
18:27There are many people who do it
18:28Which is very crazy
18:29Because
18:30This is very open
18:32But people can make a choice
18:33Now
18:35Overall journey
18:37What do you say
18:39How much
18:40Are you satisfied
18:41Are you satisfied
18:43Are you satisfied
18:44Are you satisfied
18:44Are you satisfied
18:46Are you satisfied
18:46Are you satisfied
18:47And what kind of work
18:48Are you satisfied
18:51I think
18:52I am very satisfied
18:53From this point
18:56Because I am a human resource consultant
18:59A fortune
19:01I was in the top MNCs
19:04I used to be a human resource consultant
19:06With Deloitte
19:07And from there
19:07I got into modeling
19:09And dancing
19:10And then I got into acting
19:11I was in the FTI teachers
19:13Under training
19:14For two years
19:15There is a drama line
19:16In Pune
19:17I am doing theatre
19:19I am doing
19:20I have two years of Mumbai
19:21I have been operating in Pune
19:23In two years
19:24I have been doing a Tamil film
19:26And an Amazon web series
19:28In Prithvi theatre
19:30The Blackbird
19:31The Blackbird
19:32The Blackbird
19:32The Blackbird
19:33The Blackbird
19:33The Blackbird
19:33The Blackbird
19:33The Blackbird
19:35The Blackbird
19:35I have been doing shows
19:36I have been doing shows
19:36I have been doing with Naqab
19:38I have been doing with Naqab
19:40I have been doing with Naqab
19:41I think that this is enough for 2 years
19:41I am just a bit
19:42I am just a bit
19:45Continuous
19:45Because what I am doing
19:46I am doing
19:47Because I have given up a lot of life
19:49In my dance studio
19:51We are staying away from my parents
19:52I am doing
19:53What I am doing
19:53I am doing
19:54And I am doing
19:55I am doing
19:56I am doing
19:56So I am satisfied
19:57And until I am a top notch actress
20:00Not just in Bollywood
20:03But globally
20:04Until I have a name
20:05My dream
20:06To create cinema
20:08Not just act in cinema
20:10I have a passion to make stories like Pulp Fiction
20:16Think of the old movies
20:17The classic cults
20:19Like Godfather
20:20Gangs of a Seppur
20:21Or even Life in a Metro
20:23I have a great movie
20:24I want to produce movies one day
20:27Then act
20:28To create cinema
20:30That is the history
20:31That is my dream
20:33I am doing
20:36So
20:37I am doing
20:38My message
20:38Thank you for all the support
20:41Who are the people
20:44Who have shared stories
20:45Who have been watching my story
20:45And who have been watching the US
20:48Who have been watching the show
20:49Who have been watching in Mumbai
20:49Who have been watching the show
20:50Who have been watching the US
20:51There were many people
20:51Who have been watching the show
20:52Rakesh Bedi sir
20:53Johnny Liver
20:54Mukesh Shabra
20:55Industry
20:55Some people came to me, they gave me a lot of feedback, some people posted, my friends came to me,
21:00my family, my mom and dad supported me, my friends helped me in scripting, I mean, there's a lot of
21:06time in prep, 5 months.
21:08What was your interaction with Mukesh Chhabra?
21:12Actually, sir, I had a minimal interaction since we were in Mukesh Chhabra.
21:17So, sir, I met sir, I met him, I met him, I met him, I met him, I met him,
21:22I met him, I met him, I met him, I met him, but I think now he knows me as
21:32an actor, because that is also a thing, there are so many actors in Mumbai.
21:36So, in that moment, to be honest, there wasn't so much interaction, sir, the play was good, the actor was
21:44good, he said it was good.
21:45I remember that Rakesh Bedi sir gave me a lot of feedback, he was like, his body language and presence
21:51is very good.
21:52So, yes, coming back to what you asked, as much as people have supported him, there are many difficult times,
22:00you know,
22:01I think that's a lot of times when we were rehearsing, we had 60 run-throughs.
22:05Sometimes it was that your whole spirit was gone, sometimes you have fevered.
22:09One or two times I was dehydrated, I have vomited and then gone to rehearse.
22:15But I have gone.
22:16I haven't missed one rehearsal, because I know that it's all the consistency.
22:20So, those people who have told me to motivate me, don't do it, don't do it today.
22:34But I think that's the people who are around you, who motivate you, just say thank you.
22:40And all the fans, who are constantly commenting on the posts, supporting, following.
22:46I'm glad you're here.
22:46And we at LUC membrane.
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