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At India Today Conclave Mumbai 2026, filmmaker Subhash Ghai and Whistling Woods International president Meghana Ghai Puri discussed how AI and OTT are changing the rules of filmmaking and storytelling
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00:00So while arguably in one of India's or rather arguably India's best storyteller as he walked in,
00:07how many of you had a score from a Subhash Ghai film playing in the background in your head?
00:12So let me ask the man himself if Mr. Ghai, you know I'm going to introduce the session in just
00:18a while
00:18but everyone wants to know when Subhash Ghai is introduced and he walks on stage,
00:23I'm sure sir you've made so many films, the music in your films, the drama, the theatrics of it all.
00:30The larger than life imagery, if you had a background score which would play in the back
00:35while Subhash Ghai walked up from the audience to the stage, what will that song be?
00:54All right, so with that, now allow me to introduce our session
00:59to you, AI, OTT and the new rules of storytelling and like I pointed out,
01:06the showman often called in Indian cinema is the king of storytelling.
01:12And Mr. Ghai, when you look at it from where, when you have directed these larger than life dramas on
01:19screen,
01:19because I still remember, I was very young and I had gone and I'm sorry,
01:23I'm starting with a personal anecdote but I think everyone in the audience today has one personal anecdote.
01:29And my parents finally took me to watch Khal Nayak and that scene of Sanjay Dutt running
01:33and I was a young girl getting into, you know, 13, 14 year old girl
01:38and I was gobsmacked with the music playing in the back and the theatrics of it all
01:43and I still haven't forgotten it because that shot gave me goosebumps.
01:46And I think everyone in the audience will have that one moment in cinema which belongs to Subhash Ghai in
01:53India.
01:53So, Mr. Ghai, when you look back and you look forward and you look ahead, you have seen it all.
01:59You have seen the big screen drama, you know, how it completely awed India.
02:07You have seen the transition to digital and now you are seeing the same transition to AI.
02:12How do you view this journey, sir?
02:17Good morning everyone.
02:28You see, I was a student of Film Institute of India, Pune, as an actor.
02:34My journey start from there.
02:37I am from Delhi and I used to watch movies, motion pictures, but I always liked motion pictures.
02:46When you say movies, a movie means any story.
02:51You are glued with a story.
02:55Motion picture means that it is an experience.
02:59If you are in Ireland, if you are looking at the river Koi, David Lean.
03:05When you are looking at the Lawrence of Arabia, Dr. Zivago, this is the experience.
03:11When you are looking at the Mughalism, Ganga Jamna, Mother India, that was experience.
03:18So I was always impressed by the larger than life characters.
03:24But anyway, I had to go through this acting course over there.
03:29But when I came to Bombay, there was only cinema.
03:35Cinema was also a mass cinema.
03:37Mass means that a front venture.
03:39There were many workers sitting here.
03:42There were people standing there.
03:44There are people standing there.
03:45There were people sitting there.
03:48There are people sitting there.
03:50People who are watching this five people,
03:56And, every time, this is a mess
03:59To make the world these five people,
04:01To make the world fair,
04:03That it wasn't a joke.
04:06you are saying one thing you are saying
04:08that five people listen
04:09and five people are different work
04:12so this was a very difficult work
04:15I understand
04:16that when I had the first picture
04:17of Kalicharan
04:19when you talk about evolution
04:20of technology
04:23when I had the first picture
04:25of Kalicharan
04:26then we did the editing
04:27in the movie
04:31we did
04:33and we had the same screen
04:37so we had the whole motion pictures
04:39we had the small screen
04:42then we had the movie
04:45then we had the stream bank
04:47then we had the other
04:50and now we are back to the mobile
04:56you are now
04:58and mobile where it is about AI
05:01it is about algorithm
05:02but Gai Saab
05:04when you were directing
05:06the 80s and 90s
05:07like you said
05:08you know
05:08was enriched with cinema
05:10which was larger than life
05:12yet
05:12the scale of it was so grand
05:14and it was so big
05:15but you always
05:16at least your films
05:17held on to the emotional story
05:19and
05:20today's cinema
05:21you know
05:22A
05:23the screen has shrunk
05:26completely into
05:27possibly a mobile phone
05:29it is more realistic
05:30it is quieter
05:32do you think
05:33the magic of theatre
05:35or the magic of cinema
05:36has gone a bit missing
05:38in this transition
05:39when you say magic
05:42it has to be magic
05:44it cannot be
05:45magic through
05:46phone
05:48or TV
05:50magic means
05:51silver screen
05:52no
05:53silver screen
05:54and the sound
05:55around
05:56when there is a
05:57sea beach
05:58you feel
05:59there is a big sound
06:00of a sea beach
06:01the storm
06:03those
06:04universe
06:05you have to experience
06:07you have to feel it
06:31I agree
06:31it was a sensory experience
06:33to walk into a Subhash Ghai film
06:35was an onslaught
06:36on all your senses
06:37and you walked out
06:39feeling
06:40that
06:40that you were a part
06:43of that film
06:44but I want to bring in
06:45Ghai Sab
06:46I want to bring in your daughter
06:47Meghana Ghai Puri
06:49you are the president
06:49of Whistling Woods International
06:51it is also carrying on
06:52the legacy of your father
06:54because along with just
06:55making cinema
06:57that will go down
06:58on the annals
06:58of Indian
06:59cinematic history
07:00he also attempted
07:02to create
07:03filmmakers
07:03who will add
07:04to that legacy
07:05and you are spearheading
07:06that legacy
07:07at Whistling Woods
07:08and I think
07:09you have been entrusted
07:10with one of the toughest jobs
07:11because you are in
07:13that transition
07:14of education
07:15and the education
07:16of bringing in
07:17fresh blood
07:17to cinema
07:18where at one point
07:20the language
07:21is evolving
07:22at a pace
07:23where AI is concerned
07:24and you have to make sure
07:25that when
07:26that kid
07:27who has come in
07:28with the dreams
07:29promised by Mr. Ghai
07:30walks out
07:31and he is equipped
07:32to carry on
07:33that legacy
07:34so that's a tough ask
07:38good morning
07:39everyone
07:39good afternoon
07:39I think
07:41nothing great
07:42can be achieved
07:43without it being
07:44difficult
07:45or tough
07:46so I think
07:47his vision
07:48and his dream
07:49to have something
07:50like that
07:50in Mumbai
07:51itself
07:51was
07:52such a big
07:53thing for all of us
07:55and we didn't believe
07:56in the beginning
07:56because I knew
07:57he was always
07:58a teacher at heart
07:59if you see all his movies
08:00he has launched
08:01so many new talent
08:02and not just actors
08:03you know
08:04music directors
08:05choreographers
08:06all technicians
08:07who have just started
08:08their first films
08:09and their careers
08:10with him
08:10so I knew
08:11my dad always
08:12is a teacher at heart
08:14but when he decided
08:15to build his dream
08:16it did seem
08:17a little bit
08:18of an impossible task
08:19because we didn't have
08:20anything like that
08:20in India
08:21at that point
08:24but I take it
08:25as my good fortune
08:26I take it
08:27as a responsibility
08:29that I can shoulder
08:31on his behalf
08:32and on behalf
08:34of our industry
08:34I think initially
08:35when I first joined
08:36Whistling Woods
08:37it was his dream
08:37that I had come
08:38to fulfill
08:38and so quickly
08:40it became my dream
08:41because I realized
08:42the dearth
08:43of trained talent
08:45in the industry
08:46the need
08:47for something like this
08:48and we've now
08:50this is our 20th year
08:51at Whistling Woods
08:52we've completed 20 years
08:54we have 4,500 plus alumni
08:56working in the industry
08:57and it's the most
08:59fulfilling thing
09:00to see
09:00every movie you watch
09:02every OTT show
09:03you watch
09:03we have at least
09:044 or 5 alumni
09:05who are part of that
09:06and I think
09:06that was his dream
09:07his dream really was
09:09that to have people
09:11who have no connection
09:12with the industry
09:12to be able to make it
09:14in the industry
09:14so for us
09:15it will always be
09:16everything that we do
09:18at Whistling Woods
09:18is student centric
09:20is centric
09:20towards giving them
09:22jobs and careers
09:23in this creative industry
09:25which is
09:26very tough
09:27and very challenging
09:28so technology
09:29will come and go
09:30we equip them
09:32with technology
09:33but our responsibility
09:34is really to
09:35foster them
09:37as good citizens
09:38of the country
09:39and the world
09:40because once they
09:41kind of connect
09:42with that feeling
09:43they can become
09:44better creators
09:44Kai-sabh I'll ask you this
09:46because you know
09:47one charge
09:47of great filmmakers
09:49creative people
09:50is that they are
09:51lost in that
09:52one moment
09:53of creativity
09:54and they lack
09:55foresight
09:56how do I plan
09:57you know
09:58ahead
09:58can I plan
10:00the technology
10:01how do I take it
10:02ahead
10:02most filmmakers
10:03actually lose out
10:05because they get
10:06lost in that
10:07one moment of
10:08creativity
10:08and they think
10:09that's larger
10:09than life
10:10which is
10:11with me
10:11I wanted to ask
10:13you
10:13I'm taking it
10:13to Whistling Woods
10:14with me
10:14it is always
10:16a change
10:17and change
10:18everyday
10:19change does
10:20not mean
10:21period
10:21change does
10:22not mean
10:23years
10:23I find
10:24everyday
10:25change
10:26I go
10:27and connect
10:27with AI
10:28Gemini
10:29Claude
10:31yes
10:31everything
10:34I'm used
10:35to it
10:35yes
10:36I'm used
10:37to it
10:38but Ghai
10:38saabh how
10:38when in your
10:39time
10:39I can see
10:40where your
10:40childhood
10:41I can see
10:42in AI
10:45but Ghai
10:45saabh
10:46so how do
10:46you look
10:47at it
10:47because
10:48everything
10:48in your
10:49films
10:49was
10:49you know
10:50that emotional
10:50story
10:51was so
10:51strong
10:52the spontaneity
10:53of that
10:53one tear
10:54that one
10:54emotion
10:55that one
10:55smile
10:56you know
10:56that one
10:57moment of
10:57romance
10:58which would
10:58be captured
10:59forever
10:59in the age
11:00of AI
11:01has that
11:01spontaneity
11:02in cinema
11:02being lost
11:03algorithms
11:04AI
11:04everything
11:04can be
11:05engineered
11:05whatever
11:06technology
11:07may come
11:07it will
11:09always
11:10need
11:10a good
11:11director
11:11good
11:12storyteller
11:12that will
11:14always be
11:15there
11:15for another
11:16200 years
11:18because the
11:19way I talk
11:20and tell you
11:21the story
11:21is different
11:22and some
11:23other person
11:24is different
11:25so the
11:26person who
11:27connects with
11:27your emotion
11:28and mind
11:29is the right
11:30person
11:31right storyteller
11:32only thing
11:33that writer
11:34writes through
11:35pen
11:36and director
11:37writes a film
11:39through camera
11:40please understand
11:42so that is why
11:43it is the
11:44captain of a
11:44ship
11:45because he
11:46has to command
11:4632 art and
11:48craft in
11:48filmmaking
11:49that is the
11:59director's job
12:00so I wish
12:01there are
12:02many
12:03and there
12:03are many
12:04good
12:04directors
12:04in India
12:08but good
12:10director
12:10has to be
12:11a good
12:11director
12:11does not
12:12matter
12:12technology
12:13does not
12:13AI
12:14CI
12:15we
12:17do
12:17nothing
12:19nothing
12:20nothing
12:20nothing
12:21what
12:22is
12:22now
12:23tell you
12:24in the
12:243000
12:24years
12:25in the
12:26book
12:26you
12:27have
12:28read
12:28it
12:29it
12:29Ramayan
12:30read
12:30Ramayan
12:31read
12:31yes
12:32Ramayan
12:33read
12:34today
12:34we
12:35have
12:35seen
12:35the film
12:37so
12:38the question
12:39is that
12:39Miriam is not
12:40important
12:40important is
12:41what do you tell
12:42how you tell a story
12:44that is important
12:45I think India
12:51today is also
12:52equipping itself
12:53with the world
12:54of AI
12:55and storytelling
12:56so if you give
12:57me a minute
12:58I would like to
12:59just draw your
12:59attention
13:00to a special
13:02teaser
13:03which the
13:04India Today
13:05group has
13:05come up with
13:06and it has
13:07launched
13:07life
13:08it's our
13:09new home
13:09for cinematic
13:10micro dramas
13:11because it's
13:12the world
13:12of AI
13:13it's the world
13:13of you know
13:14everybody wants
13:15quick fixes
13:16micro dramas
13:17the teaser
13:18in our first
13:19offering
13:19Raghupati
13:21Raghav
13:21Raja Ram
13:22the eternal
13:23story of
13:24Ramayana
13:24reimagined
13:25entirely
13:26through AI
13:27I'd like to
13:28give you a
13:28small glimpse
13:29of that
13:32it'll just
13:33play at the
13:33backs
13:35right behind
13:36you
13:36behind
13:37you
13:37it's
13:38a micro drama
13:40it's
13:41a small
13:41teaser
13:42dharamagya
13:46satyasandhaschya
13:49prajanam
13:51chahite rata
14:17ripunishudana
14:22rachita
14:23dharamagya
14:25dharamagya
14:27dharamagya
14:27pali rachita
14:49so ghai saab
14:51in the world of AI
14:52this is our
14:53small contribution
14:54to storytelling
14:55and it will not
14:57be complete
14:57if India's
14:59arguably best
15:00storyteller
15:01adds to
15:03not just
15:03what we've
15:04created
15:04but how
15:05in the age
15:06of AI
15:06can a director
15:07equip himself
15:08or herself
15:09where storytelling
15:10is concerned
15:11as i told
15:12you that
15:12ramayana
15:13and mahabharat
15:14have been
15:15two stories
15:16which have
15:17been told
15:18retold
15:18retold
15:19thousands
15:20years
15:20only three
15:21medium changes
15:24stage
15:31now it is
15:32well equipped
15:33with the
15:34latest
15:35technology
15:35the AI
15:36so what
15:37we are
15:37expecting
15:38today
15:38is definitely
15:40this one
15:41only
15:41but
15:42you
15:42will not
15:42make
15:43ramayana
15:43ramayana
15:44ramayana
15:54ramayana
15:55conclave
15:56india
15:56today
15:56i have
15:58years
15:59before
15:59i had
15:5915
16:00years
16:00before
16:00so
16:01there
16:03paint
16:03a
16:04a
16:05candle
16:06something
16:06like that
16:07now you
16:08have
16:08seen
16:08a
16:09beach
16:10comes
16:10a
16:10beach
16:11and
16:12fear
16:13that
16:14this
16:14what
16:14the
16:15door
16:15opened
16:15all
16:16digital
16:17but
16:18the
16:19problem
16:19is that
16:20we are
16:20programming
16:21we are
16:21doing
16:22in this
16:23we have
16:23no
16:26So content is the king, always remains the king.
16:29And I am expecting a lot, we are all expecting a lot from Ramayana
16:34because it has been made by the good director and good storyteller
16:38in spite of the budget and big budget and big hearted people.
16:43Megha, would you want to come in because you also, you know,
16:46you are teaching young talent to enter the industry.
16:49Has AI somewhere down the line democratized the Indian film industry
16:54and storytelling because tools which were earlier only equipped
16:58with large studio houses, now, you know, a young person
17:01with AI technology can actually create it.
17:04AI is also, I would think, the biggest leveler where storytelling is concerned.
17:08Well, yeah, I think I agree and to an extent disagree with you.
17:12I think there are two types of AI, algorithmic and, you know,
17:16where we are looking at more utility-based AI.
17:19And then we are looking at generative AI, which is on the creative side.
17:22I feel generative AI is something that, you know, is not going to be able
17:26to compete with human emotions, human creativity.
17:30Yes, human beings as we are and we have seen ourselves grow over the last,
17:34especially last 30, 40 years with so much change in technology and in media,
17:41we will adapt and we will use AI as a tool to make our work maybe easier,
17:47to enhance it.
17:49But at the end of the day, when you are generating AI, and this is wonderful work,
17:53by the way, this is excellent, you know, we had, I am just going to quote somebody
17:56that I heard yesterday at Whistling Words.
17:58We had Rana Daghubati at Whistling Words and he shared a very nice thing about AI,
18:03which I would like to share.
18:06He said, you know, at some point in our life, we will always want Coke and chips.
18:11We will always want to go and have French fries and Coke and enjoy ourselves.
18:15But at the end of the day, we always also go back to our full meal, our nutritional meal.
18:20So big screen cinema, which was the theme of our festival, it's never going to go away.
18:25You know, it is here to stay because we are human beings and we like to connect to creativity in
18:31that way.
18:33Mobiles will exist, AI will exist, animation films will exist.
18:37I remember when animation films came up, we said actors are not going to find jobs anymore
18:42because animated films like a fish can emote better than an actor.
18:46But that didn't happen.
18:47So I think we have to have more belief in ourselves, in our own creativity as human beings.
18:53And I think the whole AI bubble and the scare that, you know, that it's going to take up jobs,
18:58I think the one industry that is not going to affect as much is going to be the creative industry
19:04because creativity is all about humanity, about empathy, about feeling.
19:09AI cannot feel, fortunately for us.
19:12You know, Mika, that's very reassuring because there are a lot of children and young kids out there
19:15who are looking at this field and in the fast-changing world of AI think that tomorrow,
19:19what if AI takes my job?
19:21So you're actually telling them AI will not take their job.
19:23I'd just like to add, over the last three days, we've had so many filmmakers
19:26and it's been such a positive take on AI and on creativity and on big screen cinema.
19:32I don't think we have anything to worry about.
19:34Only thing, my suggestion to the all youngsters is that they must learn AI as fast as they possible.
19:40So it can help them.
19:41Because there are going to be a lot of jobs for you.
19:45Finally, it is an artificial intelligence.
19:47It's not a human intelligence.
19:48Your intelligence will work.
19:51AI will help you.
19:53So you have to understand that people will make it cost-effective.
19:57When we were in the film, it was made 100 crores, it could be made 10 crores with AI.
20:04So it will be cost-effective, which will be a benefit for all the new talent to grow and to
20:11exhibit their talent.
20:13It is going to be a fantastic world for you.
20:16Please do not disappoint yourself.
20:19That's very reassuring.
20:20And Meghna, so as you carry on your father's legacy, so the young talent going out of Whistling Woods International
20:28just carries on Mr. Ghai's legacy, his dream, but also monetizes that dream for themselves.
20:34And I think that's very, very important and reassuring to hear that.
20:39I think Whistling Woods has given all of us such a purpose.
20:42Each person who is involved with Whistling Woods, and I'm not just talking about myself, every student, every faculty, every
20:47parent.
20:48We had some parents yesterday of students who were receiving scholarships.
20:51And just to see that they are all part of this family who, and they all have this purpose, to
20:56make sure that the industry only grows from here.
20:59And, you know, how important training is.
21:02People often feel that actors can't be trained or directors can't be trained.
21:06It's natural talent.
21:07But I think over the last 20 years, Whistling Woods has proven that when training and education is done in
21:13the right way, there is no stopping our talent, our Indian talent, from going global.
21:18That's very, very reassuring and very good to hear.
21:21You know, I have very, you know, a few questions left because I know the clock is ticking.
21:26So I'm going to now completely, I know we were here to discuss AI and, you know, digital and moving
21:31ahead.
21:31But I have Subhash Ghai on stage.
21:33And I am not going to, you know, we've spoken for what AI is worth and, you know, to take
21:40storytelling further.
21:41But Ghai sahab, to have you on stage, I don't know the number of people in the 80s, 90s have
21:47looked up and been completely in awe of your filmmaking.
21:51I want to ask you, as a filmmaker, if you go back, do you have a favorite film?
21:57Because I think everyone in the audience has one favorite film of Subhash Ghai.
22:01What is your own favorite film?
22:03First of all, 90s-ho, 2000-ho, or 2040-ho, I want to be remembered in 2040 also, through my
22:14cinema.
22:15Because there are stories of human beings, they are interactive, they are emotion, and they are relationship, their values.
22:25So these movies, today, Mughal Aasam, Ganga Jumna, Mother India, today, if you watch it, you have to cry, I
22:32can understand.
22:33Sir, for many people, today, I remember the dialogue of Ram Lakhan, the scenes of Ram Lakhan, the scenes of
22:40karma, the songs of karma, you have sung all of us.
22:43My favorite film is the director of the film, which I thought was making a very difficult film, and it
22:50becomes, it becomes, it becomes, it becomes, it becomes, it becomes, it becomes, it becomes, it becomes, it becomes.
22:57It becomes, it becomes, it becomes.
23:19The musical narrative with Likganana, it was a very big challenge.
23:23And hats off to my music composer, R. R. Ravan, and Anand Bakshi.
23:29They helped me so much, to narrate the whole story through their music.
23:33and I took a second seat as a director
23:38and I followed their music
23:40and each instrument, every part of it,
23:43every breath of it
23:44and I could make a piece of musical film.
23:50Music was a part of your storytelling.
23:52It was as much of your canvas.
23:53But that was completely, yes.
23:55That was a complete musical.
23:56Which, so, favorite film looking back
23:59for someone you were most invested in was Tal.
24:02Favorite music score?
24:03A part of your film
24:05which you like most, which you listen to the most?
24:09Before, I don't listen to it.
24:12If I listen to it,
24:14then I have a classical bass song
24:18by Lakshmi Kahn, Parallel Ji,
24:20and the other music composer.
24:23I like that.
24:24Like, one of you will come, one of you will come,
24:27one of you will come,
24:27oh, my God, you will come.
24:29These songs are the same songs.
24:31Because we are a filmmaker,
24:33I am growing every day
24:35and I cannot be a fan of my own product
24:39or all those cosmetic things.
24:41I have to reach to some cosmic,
24:44cosmic thing than the cosmetic.
24:47That is my present situation.
24:49Your present.
24:49Can I just add something to that?
24:51So, my father completes 50 years as a filmmaker this year.
24:54I think that in itself deserves it.
24:57Yes, absolutely.
24:58And the fact that his songs,
25:00even my children who go to, you know, nightclubs and parties,
25:05they are playing those songs
25:07and they are usually sending me videos saying,
25:08Nanu's song is playing here,
25:09which is just an amazing thing.
25:12In December this year, as a tribute to him,
25:15there is going to be a concert
25:17with all his songs going live with Mithun,
25:21who is Pyarel Lal Ji's nephew, of course,
25:22and very well-known music composer.
25:24And I'm so excited about that.
25:26I think everyone is,
25:27because I think all his songs will come alive
25:29with an orchestra on stage
25:31and I think it's going to be fabulous.
25:34So, I just want to say that, you know,
25:36as a tribute, we're doing this
25:37and I hope all of you actually come and watch it.
25:39I think everyone is already looking at booking tickets.
25:43My one request to children
25:46and creative people,
25:49please understand,
25:51the poetry is the essence of life.
25:55Once you start reading poetry,
25:58understanding for you,
25:59even if you are an engineer or a doctor
26:02or a journalist or a philosopher,
26:05you will grow three times more than
26:07what you are doing.
26:09Even a doctor.
26:11Please understand,
26:12the poetry has a philosophy
26:15and which will imbide in you
26:18and it will excel,
26:20it will take you to the excellence of your profession.
26:25Poetry is the first thing children must learn.
26:28That is always I say and I claim.
26:32Guys, I will ask you,
26:36if Subhash Ghai,
26:37and there's not a niff,
26:39you still have one film left
26:43or two or three films left?
26:45Because you don't direct.
26:46Do you want to direct another big film?
26:48OTT, Silver Screen?
26:55See, the time has changed.
26:58Today, it has become more of a commerce
27:01than a passion.
27:03So, kya hota hai ki,
27:05you have to understand
27:06that you need all comforts of
27:08making the film.
27:10If there are limitations,
27:11it is better to withdraw.
27:13I write stories,
27:15I write every day
27:16for four to five hours,
27:18either poetry
27:19or script
27:20and we have a story department.
27:23We are producing a film,
27:24we have produced
27:25a film like Mania,
27:27a very small film
27:28but for an extremely good subject.
27:31Mania is a 14 years old story.
27:33So, I enjoy it.
27:35I should enjoy making films
27:38whether on the paper
27:40or in cinema.
27:42I am theirs.
27:43We look forward to
27:44reading those scripts
27:47on screen,
27:48watching them.
27:49We all look forward to that.
27:51But Ghai Sahib,
27:51if you had a film
27:53that you were directing today
27:54and you had to pick a star cast,
27:57who will you cast in that film?
28:00None.
28:02Newcomers.
28:03Because you are known
28:04to cast newcomers.
28:05That is why.
28:06I will pick up my characters
28:08and I will go
28:10a thousand miles away
28:11to search for him
28:13if the character is new.
28:15But character is available
28:16in Odisha.
28:18But I will not go
28:19for the star
28:20because star has
28:21a huge baggage
28:23and pressure on my mind
28:26to create a new character.
28:29Star ki baggage
28:30hoti hai,
28:32wo kabhi bhi
28:33aapko justified
28:34nahin kar sakti
28:35because script
28:36follows the star.
28:37And when there is
28:38a newcomer,
28:39story follows
28:40the characters.
28:43So I will always
28:44like to work
28:45with newcomers.
28:47Bahat mada hata hai.
28:49A technician
28:50is aapke brilliant
28:50honi chaghi.
28:52Aar actors
28:53be achi honi chaghi.
28:54Chaba ho theater se hon,
28:55television se hon,
28:56kahin se bhi hon.
28:57Good actors,
28:58I respect them a lot.
29:00Who was the most
29:01hardworking newcomer
29:02that you launched
29:03and you are very very
29:03proud of the way
29:04his or her career
29:05shaped out?
29:07I think everybody
29:08is working
29:09very hard for money.
29:12Who has fulfilled
29:13the craft most
29:14in your eye?
29:16The demands
29:17of the craft?
29:20I like
29:21Ranbir Kapoor.
29:23I like
29:24new actors
29:24Alia.
29:26I like
29:26new
29:30newcomers.
29:31There are many
29:31good newcomers.
29:32The ones
29:32from you
29:33launched?
29:33From the time
29:34when you
29:34launched them?
29:36They were all
29:37raw.
29:38They were all
29:39innocent.
29:40And they still
29:40maintain their
29:42innocence in
29:43front of me.
29:45So they are
29:46all my friends.
29:47I love them
29:47all.
29:48We meet them.
29:48Who was the
29:49most hardworking?
29:50Who was that?
29:51Hardworking.
29:53Anil Kapoor.
29:55Usko lagta ki
29:56film acting
29:56padi hard work
29:57chize.
29:58Oh mein usko
29:59gultata ki
30:00thodo hard work
30:01kam kardo yaar.
30:02Amalio par
30:03bhi chhodo.
30:05But he is
30:06so hardworking
30:06till today
30:08that ap uske
30:09passion se
30:10hard work
30:10se ghabara
30:11ne lagta hai.
30:11Who was the
30:12most, who was
30:13the best dancer?
30:15Best dancers?
30:16They are all
30:17managed.
30:18Because there
30:18was dance and
30:19music was such
30:19an eternal
30:20part of.
30:20Best dancer
30:21is Madri
30:23Hema Malini
30:24and there are
30:25good dancers
30:27but boys
30:28mein toh
30:29they all
30:29manage.
30:30Who was
30:31the worst?
30:33Who gave
30:33you a full
30:34headache?
30:35Kese to
30:36ho gai
30:36nahi.
30:37Kitanasi
30:37khalo.
30:38You understand
30:38now.
30:39Achha
30:39I understand.
30:41Ghai
30:41sahab if
30:42you have
30:42to leave
30:43our audience
30:44with one
30:45message because
30:46the time is
30:46up there's so
30:47many questions
30:47we wanted to
30:48ask but if
30:49you want to
30:49leave them
30:50with one
30:50message what
30:51is that one
30:51message that
30:52you leave
30:52them with?
30:53My message
30:54to you
30:57be aware
30:58of yourself
30:59what you
30:59are doing
31:00do not
31:01bother and
31:02interfere
31:03other
31:04affair
31:07khud is
31:08a khuda
31:10am is
31:11a bhagwan
31:12only look
31:14after yourself
31:15yourself and
31:16yourself
31:19don't be
31:20participating to
31:21negative energies
31:23only positive
31:25energy and
31:25you will see
31:26that you
31:26will live
31:28in peace
31:29and happiness
31:30life is a
31:32celebration
31:32is not a
31:34conflict
31:34thank you
31:37Ghai
31:37sahab thank
31:38you for
31:39joining us
31:39Meghna thank
31:40you for
31:41coming and
31:42joining us
31:42ladies and
31:43gentlemen please
31:44raise the
31:44warmest applause
31:45for not just
31:47one of the
31:48biggest names
31:48in Indian
31:49cinema but an
31:50institution in
31:51Indian cinema
31:52Subhash Ghai
31:53ji thank you so
31:54much and Meghna I
31:55wish you all the
31:56best in carrying
31:57forward the
31:57legacy and
31:58creating your
31:58own in time
31:59to come
31:59thank you so
32:00much