Gulshan Devaiah Puns

Gulshan Devaiah believes in frank talk. The actor, who has been a part of films like Shaitan, Hunterr and Mard Ko Nahin Dard Hota, had learnt a lot in his nine-year career, perhaps a result of deep thinking and analysis of the movie business.

The films in your filmography are mostly festival films, with great reviews and smaller releases. Is that the kind of films you gravitate towards or simply what's offered to you?

I don't make any distinction between films. I don't categorise films as festival or commercial films. I look at them on the basis of how much interest it generates in me.

Does the story appeal to me? Does the character appeal to me? Is it good for me as a craftsmen? Is it good for my career?

So it doesn't matter if it's a festival film or not. I try to have as much diversity in my filmography because that's who I am as a person.

You made your debut with Anurag Kashyap's That Girl in Yellow Boots in 2010. How did you get that film?

I was doing a lot of amateur theatre in Bangalore. I shifted to Mumbai on August 12, 2008 and started working with theatre companies here.

I became friends with Kalki (Koechlin) because some of my flatmates were friends with her. She hadn't married Anurag at that time, they were living together. We ended up having the same friends circle.

I think Anurag came to know of me, and they were making this film. Kalki had seen my plays, I don' t think Anurag had seen any of my work. She recommended me, so he gave me an opportunity. He narrated a few scenes to me and asked me to work on them.

After three days, I did an audition in front of him, which was not recorded on camera. He liked my interpretation of what I did and cast me in that role in That Girl in Yellow Boots.

It did well in the festival rounds but didn't get a wide release. Did you feel bad about it?

It released in September 2011, on the same day as Salman Khan's Ready.

At that time, I really didn't know how the business worked. I was very curious to find out what kind of shows we'll get, how many shows per screen are we getting... I was observing and learning how things worked.

There was no disappointment. We didn't have high expectations because it was a very small release. It was the kind of film that didn’t have a very wide appeal in comparison to Ready.

2011 was a big year for you because you had quite a few releases.

Yes. Dum Maro Dum was the first to release that year, then Shaitaan and then That Girl in Yellow Boots, which

Actor Gulshan Devaiah has reacted to Vijay Deverakonda’s recent comments, in which the Arjun Reddy star implied that he is in favour of dictatorships. Vijay’s comments were controversial online.

In an interview to Film Companion, Vijay had said that he thinks not everyone should be allowed to vote, and that dictatorship has its merits. “I won’t stand in an election where people would vote for alcohol and money... I’d like to be [a] dictator. I think that’s the way you can make change[s]. Like ‘just shut up, I’m having good intention[s], you don’t know what is good for you maybe but stick to this and five, ten years down the line it’s going to pay off’. I think somewhere, dictatorship is the right way, but you need to have a good guy,” he had said

Elaborating on the idea that only a few should be allowed to vote, Vijay had provided an analogy: “...Like so there is this concept that when you get on a plane and flying to Bombay, would we all decide who will fly the plane? Like we should let the 300 people on the plane decide who is going to go on that plane? No, we let an efficient agency like the airlines decide who is most competent, or who understands the business or the best person possible to fly the plane.”

Gulshan, sharing a snippet of the interview in which Vijay made the statements, wrote, “I suggest a haircut to release some pressure on the khopdi,” and added an eye-rolling emoji. “

Personal Opinion:- what is wrong with people like him and why are we even accepting them as 'heros'. He goes on to do sexist films like arjun reddy and then support and champion it, making angry comments on people who call out the nature of the movie. Then in a climate so politically sensitive (which no one can deny) he goes on to say people should not have the right to vote, i mean.....he might be a good actor but is he worth being made the hero?

It started with the questions about Sushant Singh Rajput’s untimely demise, moved to nepotism in Bollywood to now drug culture among celebrities. Coming down heavy on those maligning the film industry, actor Gulshan Devaiah says one matter about a probe into an actor’s death has been completely twisted and taken to another direction altogether.

“I have no idea about Rhea, frankly I hadn’t even known her before the whole thing happened… let me say that may be she will be convicted the benefit of the doubt is left with the accusers also but the kind of vilification that is going on is just the projection of a lot of negativity that a lot of people are feeling in these uncertain times. They are just looking for soft targets and Bollywood sure is one,” says the actor, who has been quiet vocal about the matter on social media.

But Deviah says he is only trying to step aside and look at who’s really gaining what from the whole situation. “I am a bit of a skeptic, I look at things that way and endorse critical thinking but I also understand that a lot of people don’t want to do that. But I think somebody is definitely taking the advantage of the whole situation because this is playing to someone’s advantage,” he explains.

On what he thinks of actor Kangana Ranaut who has been going all guns blazing ever since the passing of Rajput, Devaiah is quick to add, “I don’t want to engage with her about anything but all that I will say is a lot of things that she is saying insincere and a lot of voice that are affiliated to her school of thought are also insincere to me. But aap politics karenge aur doosre nahi karenge iska koi matlab nahi hai.”

The actor also feels that people who are spearheading this movement seem insincere to him. “**They may have faith in what they are doing and they may say that this is a righteous fight but I think it is insincere. It is an insincere fight disguised as a righteous fight. There are other hidden motives and agendas over here. It has now become really confusing as to what happened, it started with nepotism, then murder, then drugs then Maharashtra Police and then Shiv Sena… the narratives keeps changing,” ** he points out.

**Lauding those who have stood up for the film industry,Devaiah says, “We are a part of a fraternity and it is not like a family or anything it is a workplace, we are professionally related to each other. There are a lot of things that are bad in this industry and there are a lot of things that are not wha

The actor on his issues with web series, the disappointing release of Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota and the appeal of commercial films like Commando 3

Actor Gulshan Devaiah believes this year has been a turning point. He began the year playing a double role in Vasan Bala’s Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota – widely considered one of the year’s best performances – and ended it on the other side of the spectrum as an exaggerated villain in the action entertainer Commando 3.

For the first time he has so many meaningful projects coming his way that he’s having to pick and choose and lose out on some great ones in the process. It’s not a bad problem to have for the actor who’s been around since 2011 and, despite having made a mark in films like Shaitan, Ram Leela and Hunterrr, hasn’t entirely managed to break into the mainstream.

Your work in Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota is considered one of the year’s best performances, but the film was largely seen on the festival circuit before getting a limited release and ending up on Netflix. Was it heart-breaking when it didn’t get a wider release? >It was definitely heart-breaking. I’ve grown up dreaming about cinema and not OTT platforms. The holy grail for me is cinema and box office success is paramount, there’s nothing greater than that. That is always important and the fact that MKDNH didn’t have the kind of impact we’d hoped for was really sad.

>I felt it had the potential, but it had a lot of things going against it. We had some trouble with Ronnie (Screwvala)’s decision to take up the VPF (virtual print fee) issue with the exhibitors and that hurt us. It’s a genuine problem between producers and exhibitors and it just so happened that it coincided with the release of the film. INOX didn’t play us at all and other theatres gave us limited screenings. Releasing with Kesari was also a bad idea because Akshay Kumar has such a wonderful track record in terms of the box office collections. He earns people money. Why would exhibitors give you his shows? I also think Indian audiences don’t have the best opinion of ‘festival films’. For example, for a film like Luka Chuppi they’ll storm into theatres and see but with MKDNH, it doesn’t compel them to watch it in the theatres.

>But these are all observations. I really don’t know if this is the audience we were destined to get. We really thought it’s an entertaining film and I don’t think it fulfilled its theatrical potential. But you get over it. It’s not the first time I’ve be

Actor Sonakshi Sinha said that she, too, has lost out on projects. She also took a dig at those with no connections to the film industry who have opened up about being dropped from films so that a star kid could be cast instead.

In an interview with Pinkvilla, Sonakshi admitted to losing out on films and called it ‘part and parcel of the job’. “Of course. Who hasn’t? Like this whole star kid debate is useless because it is not like no star kid hasn’t lost out on a project because of somebody else. But nobody goes around crying about it. It’s okay, sab ke saath hota hai (it happens to everyone). Deal with it, dude. That’s life. There is no point talking about spilt milk,” she said.

“Chalo, forget me. My father also, who was not a star kid, has lost out on many projects. It happens to every actor, it’s part and parcel of the job. It’s not something which is so unheard of or so new, it happens to everyone and it has been happening. Like I said, it’s part and parcel of the job, you move on with your life, work hard and keep at it,” she added.

Sonakshi is the daughter of actors Shatrughan Sinha and Poonam Sinha. She made her debut with Dabangg in 2010 and completed 11 years in the film industry earlier this month. She has acted in films such as Rowdy Rathore, Lootera, R... Rajkumar, Force 2 and Ittefaq. She was most recently seen in Bhuj: The Pride of India alongside Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt, Nora Fatehi and Sharad Kelkar.

Sonakshi will soon make her digital debut with an Amazon Prime series directed by Reema Kagti and Ruchika Oberoi. She will play a cop in the show, which also stars Vijay Varma, Gulshan Devaiah and Sohum Shah.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/sonakshi-sinha-takes-a-dig-at-outsiders-says-star-kids-lose-out-on-films-too-but-nobody-goes-around-crying-about-it-101632910445846.html

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#Celebs in Bollywood who are South Indians :

1.Waheeda Rehman (Dakhini Muslim from Tamilnadu)

2. Vyjayanthimala (Tamil Iyengar Brahmin from Tamilnadu)

3. Hema Malini ( Tamil Iyengar Brahmin from Tamilnadu)

4. Rekha (Tamilnadu)

5.Meenakshi Sheshadri ( Tamil Brahmin from Jharkhand)

6. Sridevi ( Tamilnadu)

7. Aishwarya Rai (Tuluva/Mangalore from Mumbai)

8. Sunil Shetty (Tuluva/Mangalore from Mumbai)

9. Tabu (Hyderabadi Muslim from Andhra Pradesh)

10. Shilpa Shetty (Tuluva/Mangalore from Mumbai)

11. Malaika Arora Khan (Half Malayalee/Punjabi from Maharashtra)

12. R Madhavan (Tamil Brahmin from Bihar)

13. Dia Mirza (Half German/Bengali from Andhra Pradesh)

14. Sameera Reddy (Half Telugu/Mangalore from Mumbai)

15. Siddharth (Tamilian from Tamilnadu)

16. Vidya Balan ( Tamil Brahmin from Maharashtra)

17. Deepika Padukone (Saraswat Brahmin from Karnataka)

18. Asin (Malayali Syro-Malabar Catholic from Kerala)

19. Lisa Haydon (Half Tamil/Australian from Tamilnadu)

20. Aditi Rao Hydari (– Half Bohri Muslim from Hyderabad, Chitrapur Saraswat from Mangalore & Telugu )

21. Pooja Hegde (Tuluva/Mangalore from Mumbai)

22. Vijay Varma (Andhra Pradesh)

23. Sobhita Dhulipala ( Telugu Brahmin from Andhra Pradesh)

24. Gulshan Devaiah ( Bangalore, Karnataka)

25. John Abraham ( Half Malayali Syrian Christian from Kerala & Irani with roots in Gujarat from Mumbai)

#Celebs in Southern Industries (Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada) who are North Indians :

1. Nagma (Jaisalmer, Northern India)

2. Jyothika (Half Punjabi/Half Maharashtrian)

3. Bhumika Chawla (Punjabi from New Delhi)

4. Simran (Punjabi from Mumbai)

5. Shriya (Haridwar, Northern India)

6. Hansika Motwani (Sindhi from Mumbai)

7. Taapsee Pannu (Punjabi from New Delhi)

8. Tamannaah Bhatia (Sindhi Hindu from Mumbai)

9. Charmee Kaur (unknown)

10. Rakul Preet Singh (Punjabi from New Delhi)

11. Kriti Kharbanda (Punjabi from Delhi)

12. Kajal Aggarwal (Punjabi from Mumbai)

13. Raashi Khanna (Delhi)

14. Isha Talwar (Mumbai)

15. Shalini Pandey (Madhya Pradesh)

#Fluency in Language Almost all of them have mastered the language of the industry they're working in. Special mention to Vyjayanthimala, Rekha, Sridevi, Hema Malini, Kriti Kharbanda, Tamanna Bhatia, Kajal Agarwal, Jyotika, Simran for having learnt/mastered the languages of the respective industries g

SPOILERS AHEAD FOR BREATHE SEASON 2

I was watching Breathe: Into the Shadows and had to cringe everytime >!Abhishek played that other personality!< due to how atrocious it was.

What are some of the better examples of actors and actresses playing two wildly different roles in a movie and excelling at that?

The list contains 85 insiders and 148 outsiders.

INSIDERS:

• Aamir Khan (son of producer Tahir Hussain).

• Abhay Deol (nephew of Dharmendra).

• Abhimanyu Dasani (son of Bhagyashree).

• Abhishek Bacchan (son of Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan).

• Aditi Rao Hydari (maternal 2nd cousin of filmmaker Kiran Rao, who, in turn, is wife of Aamir Khan).

• Aditya Pancholi (son of filmmaker Rajan Pancholi).

• Aditya Roy Kapoor (brother of producer Sidharth Roy Kapoor).

• Aisha Ahmed (daughter of Rukhsar Rehman).

• Ajay Devgn (son of veteran action director Veeru Devgan).

• Akshaye Khanna (son of Vinod Khanna).

• Alaya F (daughter of Pooja Bedi and granddaughter of Kabir Bedi).

• Alia Bhatt (daughter of Mahesh Bhatt).

• Ananya Pandey (daughter of Chunky Pandey).

• Anil Kapoor (brother of producer Boney Kapoor).

• Anushka Ranjan (daughter of Shashi and Anu Ranjan).

• Arjun Kapoor (son of Boney Kapoor).

• Athiya Shetty (daughter of Suniel Shetty).

• Bobby Deol (son of Dharmendra).

• Dulquer Salmaan (son of Mammootty).

• Emraan Hashmi (nephew of Mahesh Bhatt).

• Esha Deol (daughter of Hema Malini).

• Fardeen Khan (son of Firoz Khan).

• Farhan Akhtar (son of Javed Akhtar).

• Govinda (son of actor-producer Arun Ahuja and actress Nirmala Devi).

• Harman Baweja (son of producer Harry Baweja).

• Harshvardhan Kapoor (son of Anil Kapoor).

• Hrithik Roshan (son of Rakesh Roshan).

• Imran Khan (nephew of Aamir Khan).

• Ira Dubey (daughter of theatre director, stage and film actress, Lillete Dubey).

• Ishaan Khatter (brother of Shahid Kapoor and son of Neelima Azeem).

• Jackky Bhagnani (son of producer Vashu Bhagnani).

• Jahnvi Kapoor (daughter of Sridevi).

• Kajol (daughter of Tanuja).

• Karan Deol (son of Sunny Deol).

• Kareena Kapoor Khan (daughter of Randhir and Babita Kapoor).

• Karisma Kapoor (daughter of Randhir and Babita Kapoor).

• Kiara Advani (step-great-granddaughter of Ashok Kumar and great-niece of Saeed Jaffrey).

• Konkana Sen Sharma (daughter of filmmaker, screenwriter and actress Aparna Sen).

• Kumar Gaurav (son of Rajendra Kumar).

• Meezan Jaffrey (son of Javed Jaffrey).

• Neil Nitin Mukesh (grandson of Mukesh and son of Nitin Mukesh).

• Parineeti Chopra (sister of Priyanka Chopra).

• Pooja Bedi (daughter of Kabir Bedi).

• Pooja Bhatt (daughter of Mahesh Bhatt).

• Pranutan Bahl (daughter or Mohnish Bahl).

• Prateik Babbar (son of Raj Babbar and Smita Patil).

• Purab Kohli (grand-nephew of Dev Anand and nephew of Shekhar

Did anyone else notice VD's British accent in SD3 was so fake

I just saw mard ko dard nahi hota and GULSHAN DEVAIAH WAS BRILLIANT. A good villain can level up a movie and how?

Do your worst!

It really does, I swear!

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

The actor on his issues with web series, the disappointing release of Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota and the appeal of commercial films like Commando 3

Actor Gulshan Devaiah believes this year has been a turning point. He began the year playing a double role in Vasan Bala’s Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota – widely considered one of the year’s best performances – and ended it on the other side of the spectrum as an exaggerated villain in the action entertainer Commando 3.

For the first time he has so many meaningful projects coming his way that he’s having to pick and choose and lose out on some great ones in the process. It’s not a bad problem to have for the actor who’s been around since 2011 and, despite having made a mark in films like Shaitan, Ram Leela and Hunterrr, hasn’t entirely managed to break into the mainstream.

Your work in Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota is considered one of the year’s best performances, but the film was largely seen on the festival circuit before getting a limited release and ending up on Netflix. Was it heart-breaking when it didn’t get a wider release? >It was definitely heart-breaking. I’ve grown up dreaming about cinema and not OTT platforms. The holy grail for me is cinema and box office success is paramount, there’s nothing greater than that. That is always important and the fact that MKDNH didn’t have the kind of impact we’d hoped for was really sad.

>I felt it had the potential, but it had a lot of things going against it. We had some trouble with Ronnie (Screwvala)’s decision to take up the VPF (virtual print fee) issue with the exhibitors and that hurt us. It’s a genuine problem between producers and exhibitors and it just so happened that it coincided with the release of the film. INOX didn’t play us at all and other theatres gave us limited screenings. Releasing with Kesari was also a bad idea because Akshay Kumar has such a wonderful track record in terms of the box office collections. He earns people money. Why would exhibitors give you his shows? I also think Indian audiences don’t have the best opinion of ‘festival films’. For example, for a film like Luka Chuppi they’ll storm into theatres and see but with MKDNH, it doesn’t compel them to watch it in the theatres.

>But these are all observations. I really don’t know if this is the audience we were destined to get. We really thought it’s an entertaining film and I don’t think it fulfilled its theatrical potential. But you get over it. It’s not the first time I’ve be