[Mosha Sobti]

(TeamSarun In Conversation with Barun Sobti (August


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvfDzyR4dos



Barun’s Interview Written Update:

Saij – First and foremost thank you so much for giving the time to give us an interview. I know it’s pretty late and you are really tired from today’s events.

Barun – That’s alright.

Saij – I’d like to thank MBC as well for giving us the opportunity to come here today. It was very last minute.

Barun – I am not the owner

Saij – No but I have to thank you, if it wasn’t for you. It’s the second time I have ended up in Dubai.

Barun – Thank You.

Saij – You are visiting Dubai this time for Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon. When you first got the phone call from MBC inviting you here for the whole day, what was your reaction?

Barun – I wanted to come but I didn’t know if I was going to be working or doing something else at that day so working out the date was a first. So yeah actually.

Saij – When they told you, you will be watching Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon in Arabic. What was your reaction?

Barun – I actually didn’t know for a little while that it was dubbed. Yeah I thought it was running in Hindi but it was actually funny because I don’t know Arabic.

Saij – You know a couple of words now.

Barun – Yeah, these guys are training me in the morning.

Saij – What is your favourite thing about Dubai? What do you love the most about Dubai?

Barun – Infrastructure, it’s pretty cool.

Saij – Have you done all the touristy stuff, sight-seeing?

Barun – I usually don’t do touristy kind of stuff. I’ve seen a bit of it but I like what I saw.

Saij – You have just finished Tu Hai Mera Sunday. So can you tell us what is your role in that movie and why did you take up the film?

Barun – Mmmm why did I take it up? I am playing a modern day Mumbai boy. The whole plot is very difficult to explain. It’s a very human story. It’s very difficult to explain the whole thing. Why I took it was, the first time I met Milan. I went to his office, he’s a very excited talker. He started talking to me and I think he had met a few people before me also as well. So he met me and we spoke only for ten minutes. He sent me the script saying look at it, if you like it. I really like you. So ten minutes of conversation that I had with him and he was a very sensible guy; he is a very intelligent guy. The script was lovely, it was an amazing script, with few beautiful scenes to read and stuff; and obviously as an actor wished that you’ll obviously bring life to them so they gonna be probably better. That’s that. I had no idea who the cast was at that time or how the production is going to be. These guys had an excellent production team. The whole team is excellent. The actors, the direction team, the production, everyone was awesome. So I am hoping I made the right decision.

Saij – Sure you have.

Barun – I am sure.

Saij – Is there an element of football in there?

Barun – Yeah, all of the friends get together every Sunday to play football and the whole film is about…you know I can’t say that you have to see that.

Saij – Is it based on the actual real football club that exists?

Barun – Yes it is actually. Football is the backdrop, the story is about human emotions, how people are and how people around us are. We want to show the world that these are the kind of lives that go on in our country, in our city. So yeah it’s actually based out of a few characters that are actually based on people. This is all Milan’s eye, all of it but ours is not based on a famous. This is a regular persons stories that he has picked up from regular life and ordinary people, ordinary lives; and made that into a film.

Saij – Sounds interesting.

Barun – Yeah.

Saij – Then your project before that Dry Dreams, although it was such a short movie it had a huge impact on everyone. So what’s your personal take on importance of saving water and do you have any tips you would like to share?

Barun – Just use as much as you want is the simplest tip and as much as you need I mean. I know the long showers are very comforting and stuff but there’s a bigger issue that needs to be addressed. I actually don’t waste water at all, no. Actually to be honest with you what’s the need to waste water?

Saij – Like you said when people just enjoy long showers.

Barun – It’s ok once in a while if you earned it.

Saij – Yes. Especially living in the western world like myself you don’t think twice about turning on the taps because for us it is always there whereas in India of course they shut down the water during certain hours in certain places. We don’t think that far ahead.

Barun – No actually there is no need for that. I means it’s a very simple concept I think. If this is the pool of water available to the human civilisation and the number of people consuming it is let’s say fifty ok. So it keeps coming and going, I know the whole concept you know, I understand everything. I’m getting into evaporation after that I’m saying if this pool increases to five thousand there would be no time for the water to evaporate and come back. That’s what I am saying. We are definitely multiplying all the time that is not stopping. It’s a simple logic.

Saij – How was your experience of shooting the film Dawn for Scavin?

Barun – It was nice. We shot under water, that’s actually not very easy to do that. Because Delhi’s hot so you keep coming back and keep going in the water and coming out in the sun. That gets a little weird. It was nice people.

Saij – And watching it was very interesting. They made us wait for the teaser and for the film but finally we saw it. You have yet to see it, right?

Barun – Yeah, I have not seen it.

Saij – So you’ve been following Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. Sanaya has been doing really brilliant dance performances since the season started. Which one would you say is your favourite dance?

Barun – Charlie. Charlie Chaplin act.

Saij – Oh I haven’t seen that.

Barun – She was amazing in that. I told her that. And she was really good.

Saij – You watched the other one which of course is when she danced to Kangana’s song. One of the things that people had said was that you saw a lot of Khushi in her. So how much of Khushi did you see in that dance performance and how much of Sanaya did you see in that dance performance?

Barun – Sanaya is the one who made Khushi too right. Yeah so it was all her.

Saij – On record, your fans want to know are you going to Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa or are you going with the IPK cast to Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa?

Barun – As in?

Saij – As in, the whole cast. Actually people are asking that the whole cast of IPK attend Jhalak to support Sanaya. Any chance of seeing you guys?

Barun – You will be seeing us but I don’t know if it’s going to be physically on the set or no ya.

Saij – In one of our interviews with Sanaya she mentioned that you have bought her a box of doughnuts. So has she bought you anything which is either special or crazy or just like an impulse buy?

Barun – See actually Sanaya is good with that kinda stuff with respect in making you feel good and things. I am not that great. So the time she is talking about is when I went out and you know everyone else was eating something but she was not eating anything. I was getting things for people from the mall or something. And she was not eating so I obviously knew that she likes sweets, so that’s why she remembers only the doughnuts; I’m telling you. Yeah but Sanaya gets me a lot of stuff, I don’t know what to tell you. It’s too personal. And yeah all of these guys get me lot of stuff actually. Everyone, everyone likes me right.

Saij – Everyone likes you, oh my god everyone raves about you.

Saij – So if a fan wants to gift you a food item, what would it be?

Barun – I’m not saying anything. I’m not saying anything. Last time I said Ferrero Rocher my house was flooded with Ferrero Rocher.

Saij – I know I bought you some as well.

Barun – Yeah.

Saij – Actually one of my friends asked if you could enact a short scene as Angry ASR and Romantic Raizada.

Barun – Nah Please don’t do that, please don’t do that. What’s the name of the girl who asked you that?

Saij – Shara,

Barun – Shara

Saij – You remember.

Barun – Shara you’re a very nice person. And I’m sure you’ll be able to understand and I love you but I’m really tired right now.

Saij – Ok then at least give us your ASR eyebrow and smirk.

Barun – Yeah, ok.

Saij – I know you haven’t had the time to read the fan messages, the birthday messages that I have sent you. For all those fans that have sent you birthday messages or any other messages through TeamSarun over the years. Could you just say something for them?

Barun – Thank you for hanging by guys. And I’m really thankful that I have bunch of you sensible people who really like my work. And I’m forever gonna be thankful actually.

Saij – Thank you so much for the interview Barun.

Barun – No problem.

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