Season Finale | A Behind-the-Scenes Journey With Ranveer, Ayushmann, Ratna Pathak & Others

[00:00:00] You all listening to the Quint's podcast.

[00:00:07] Hello and welcome to Itni Starry Baatein.

[00:00:13] And today, the guest is none other than me, myself.

[00:00:18] Yes.

[00:00:19] So it's a special episode and maybe not actually it is the last episode because good things

[00:00:26] you should be come to an end.

[00:00:29] And so is my journey with the Quint after seven years.

[00:00:32] So, start of the show.

[00:00:34] This time I will tell you that in the last 7 years I have interviewed your personal

[00:00:41] stars, what is behind the scenes behind them?

[00:00:46] What is behind your favorite interviews?

[00:00:49] So, I will tell you about your story.

[00:00:52] Hey people, I am Abira Dhar.

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[00:01:03] favorite stars love to hang out in their raw, uncut and uncensored authors.

[00:01:09] Or whether you are a movie buff, Starry I was simply a curious cat.

[00:01:15] You are sure to get hooked on real quick.

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[00:01:19] Because Itni Starry Baatein.

[00:01:25] Okay, let's talk about it first.

[00:01:40] One of the most important interviews that I did, important for me is because I think these

[00:01:46] people are legends.

[00:01:48] Parish, Ravel and Ratna Parta.

[00:01:50] I was very nervous.

[00:01:51] Let me tell you, I was very nervous before I had interviewed everyone.

[00:01:55] So, this is not a new thing.

[00:01:57] People who know me on the field, my friends, co-workers, they know me.

[00:02:00] Abira is very nervous.

[00:02:02] But I am very nervous.

[00:02:04] Ratna Partaakti, I was more nervous.

[00:02:07] I was very nervous when they are all set up.

[00:02:10] Those are interviews.

[00:02:12] And then I see Ratna Partaakt.

[00:02:15] She was so angry.

[00:02:17] And I went ahead to check what happened.

[00:02:20] They said, you don't have to put a mic on me.

[00:02:23] I will show you.

[00:02:24] She showed him once.

[00:02:26] Second time, the second setup, same mistake.

[00:02:29] The last interview that is just before me, my interview is the next.

[00:02:34] So this woman she does the interview and throughout the interview, I can see she was getting

[00:02:39] upset because she would ignore her and kept asking questions to Parish Ravel.

[00:02:45] At one point, she stopped the interview and said, I can talk to her.

[00:02:50] And I was like, I am done.

[00:02:52] My interview is done.

[00:02:54] Now I can't do anything.

[00:02:56] My interview is done.

[00:02:57] She is so upset.

[00:02:59] Anyways, I am taking a break from breathing.

[00:03:03] Breathe out.

[00:03:04] The heart is already on the right hand.

[00:03:06] The question is already forgotten.

[00:03:08] She is not understanding.

[00:03:10] She comes since.

[00:03:11] And I tell my sound guy, if you have worn my wrong one, then no one will be upset with me.

[00:03:19] You saw how upset she is.

[00:03:22] She should have worn my wrong one.

[00:03:24] She will not interview her but she will not wear my wrong one.

[00:03:28] So that's how it started and got them goes and puts the mic.

[00:03:33] She is like, no one has worn my right.

[00:03:36] I was like, thank God, got them.

[00:03:38] Breathe to you.

[00:03:40] That's how the interview started and it was for a film.

[00:03:44] So what happens when we want to interview a film?

[00:03:47] What time do we have to say that you can't ask questions.

[00:03:52] You just have to ask questions about the film.

[00:03:56] That becomes very difficult for us because it is once in a while that you get a Ratna Parish Ravel together

[00:04:03] and how can you not ask about other things?

[00:04:06] So many chance clear or many, putt clear.

[00:04:10] And the interview just went on in a flow like we were having such nice conversations

[00:04:16] and it was beautiful.

[00:04:19] I can just say I didn't feel like I'm doing an interview.

[00:04:22] I didn't look at my phone for questions.

[00:04:25] I just spoke to them and it just went so well after the interview.

[00:04:30] She was like, I didn't want the interview to stop.

[00:04:33] It was really nice and I think that was one of the biggest compliments.

[00:04:36] And I loved it.

[00:04:38] So people enjoyed it a lot.

[00:04:41] I got great reviews for all of the interview.

[00:04:44] If you have not please go and listen to Parish Ravel and Ratna Parish Ravel in the interview or the quint.

[00:04:57] What's your name?

[00:04:59] I am a really nice person.

[00:05:02] And we didn't want to get married.

[00:05:04] When we were in the drama, we were in the drama.

[00:05:16] So the next interview is about the one who doesn't know that.

[00:05:22] Ranveer Singh.

[00:05:24] And Ranveer's interviews are always fun.

[00:05:26] That's a given.

[00:05:27] Like it has to be fun.

[00:05:28] I know when I'm going for a run-beard interview, I'm very confident that it will be great.

[00:05:33] Because if it's a little crazy and I'm a little crazy, then it becomes great.

[00:05:39] So it's fun.

[00:05:41] But this was a little different.

[00:05:43] 83 had just released and we went to Maldives on vacation.

[00:05:48] And I went to Shantini Ketan on vacation but we were working together.

[00:05:53] So we had to do an interview from Maldives and Shantini Ketan.

[00:05:56] Lights were very low, we were managing the interview.

[00:06:00] But somehow we got together.

[00:06:03] The internet was very bad.

[00:06:05] Somehow we got together.

[00:06:06] And this vacation was a little difficult for me because I was travelling for the first time with a toddler.

[00:06:12] So in my whole interview, my daughter was sitting in my bungalow.

[00:06:16] I was keeping her engaged.

[00:06:18] She was watching Koko Malin.

[00:06:21] And Ranveer put her here because she's not ready to put the audio down.

[00:06:26] And we are talking and suddenly I see Ranveer put her distracted here.

[00:06:33] Then I see his eyes are going here and there.

[00:06:36] I'm like, what are you doing?

[00:06:38] I think it's the pick up.

[00:06:39] Yes, it was the pick up walking around in the room and he's eyes following her constantly.

[00:06:44] He's so distracted.

[00:06:45] I told him, Ranveer, stop, you're so distracted.

[00:06:49] But we laughed about it.

[00:06:51] And then I was distracted because suddenly I think there was an ad on the YouTube channel that Koko Malin

[00:06:59] and Arohi, my daughter was like, mama, skip the video.

[00:07:04] And I had to stop the interview, skip the video, get her back to Koko Malin.

[00:07:08] So that's how we managed that interview in Tim Lied with a baby, with a wife.

[00:07:13] Who is walking around looking at what?

[00:07:15] Apparently that's what he said.

[00:07:19] They are falling.

[00:07:21] Oh my daughter is laughing.

[00:07:23] Look at that.

[00:07:25] Ding and hi Arohi, hi.

[00:07:27] Say hi, hi, hi, brother.

[00:07:29] Hi, brother.

[00:07:30] Hi, brother.

[00:07:31] Hi, brother.

[00:07:32] Hi.

[00:07:33] Hi.

[00:07:34] Hi.

[00:07:43] Okay, let's move on.

[00:07:45] Now, one interview that I can't get over is Ashok Patuk.

[00:07:50] If you know Ashok Patuk, we know Earth Panchayat too.

[00:07:54] I mean everybody knows.

[00:07:55] Come on.

[00:07:56] I have been following up with him that Ashok Ji lets go and interview her.

[00:08:02] Yes, he was very busy.

[00:08:04] He does it.

[00:08:06] And finally we got a date from him.

[00:08:08] We came to his house.

[00:08:10] Now we're knocking.

[00:08:12] But there's no door.

[00:08:14] He's knocking.

[00:08:16] The door is not opening.

[00:08:18] I'm getting stressed.

[00:08:20] I've got something inside.

[00:08:22] Finally he opens the door.

[00:08:25] And he was sleeping.

[00:08:29] I was like, oh my God.

[00:08:31] And he had completely forgotten about the interview.

[00:08:35] He came back last night from a shoot, not night at 4 in the morning

[00:08:39] and then a shoot was at 10 in the morning.

[00:08:41] And he made tea, biscuits, and all this is happening.

[00:08:46] We knocked him out.

[00:08:48] It's one hour, one room, kitchen and bathroom.

[00:08:53] And he has a very big deal in a place like Mumbai.

[00:08:58] So it's a very big deal.

[00:09:00] So the interview we were going to, we couldn't go to the fan.

[00:09:04] We were doing a joke.

[00:09:07] We used to bring a break, we used to bring a fan.

[00:09:09] We used to stand there and then switch off the fan again.

[00:09:13] And we shoot again.

[00:09:15] And that's all we had.

[00:09:17] If I knew that it was going to happen,

[00:09:21] I would have put it like this.

[00:09:23] It was a little bit dry.

[00:09:25] And then we started talking.

[00:09:27] The whole thing was told by the interview.

[00:09:31] One hour of the interview.

[00:09:34] I had to cut it and I didn't understand how to cut it.

[00:09:38] Every story that he told me about his life was so interesting.

[00:09:42] A family who migrated from Bihar to Haryana to make a living.

[00:09:47] The poverty that they have seen.

[00:09:50] And then from there how he became an actor.

[00:09:53] And after becoming an actor also, he would, he told me he would always get rules

[00:10:00] that are of a poor person.

[00:10:02] And a rich person.

[00:10:04] And a farmer.

[00:10:06] And a poor person.

[00:10:08] Just because the way he looks.

[00:10:10] He told me that when he was young,

[00:10:14] he would sell the cotton.

[00:10:16] And the money that he used to earn from it, he was very proud of it.

[00:10:20] He would go to the theatre and watch movies.

[00:10:23] One day his friend told him to go to the theatre.

[00:10:27] And he said,

[00:10:29] he is going to go to the theatre.

[00:10:31] And he started to go there.

[00:10:33] He came from such humble background that

[00:10:37] you know it makes you feel that

[00:10:39] maybe he is not a very good star.

[00:10:42] But his life is not about how I learn a lot about him.

[00:10:47] I learned that everything doesn't matter where they come from.

[00:10:51] You should respect them.

[00:10:53] He would listen to the interview and you will know

[00:10:55] he was talking about a filmmaker.

[00:10:57] His film was shot and it was a chasing role.

[00:11:01] He said,

[00:11:03] I am so tired of running away from here.

[00:11:07] But I don't get money for that film.

[00:11:09] It's just shows the other side of our film industry

[00:11:13] that that exists.

[00:11:15] It is beyond these stars

[00:11:17] that these people were struggling every day to survive in the film industry.

[00:11:47] Okay, this one is going to be a little hard.

[00:11:51] Shahid Auroi.

[00:11:53] First ever trans beauty queen of Pakistan.

[00:11:55] She reached out to me on Instagram, I remember.

[00:11:59] And she wanted to do an interview with me.

[00:12:01] And I was fascinated.

[00:12:03] I was like yes,

[00:12:05] this is worth it.

[00:12:07] We started talking and she has such a

[00:12:09] vivacious energy.

[00:12:11] She is so happy and so nice.

[00:12:13] And we were doing an interview.

[00:12:15] And of course,

[00:12:17] then she started telling me her story.

[00:12:19] And I had to stop the interview because I just broke down.

[00:12:23] As a human,

[00:12:25] it should be hard.

[00:12:27] It is hard.

[00:12:29] But as a mother, it becomes much more harder.

[00:12:31] And I kept telling Shahid after the interview that

[00:12:35] you know,

[00:12:37] your mother's heart is broken and I feel her.

[00:12:39] She couldn't stand by you but she loves you.

[00:12:43] And I have always,

[00:12:45] you know, told myself after such interviews that no matter what,

[00:12:49] nobody will come before my child.

[00:12:53] And I am going to support my child no matter what.

[00:12:57] It was very hard for me to do this interview.

[00:12:59] But I would not change anything in this interview.

[00:13:03] It was a learning experience.

[00:13:05] Life experience, you know,

[00:13:07] these are just not professional experiences that I'm talking about.

[00:13:11] It is taught by interviews.

[00:13:13] You can't just interview me.

[00:13:15] I hope she's listening to this.

[00:13:17] And I would just want to tell her I'm so proud of her.

[00:13:19] And I hope on day,

[00:13:21] my daughter listens to this.

[00:13:27] Just because I have transformed my gender,

[00:13:29] it does not mean that I'm a less human.

[00:13:31] I do love you the way I used to be.

[00:13:35] You know, my heart is the same.

[00:13:37] But I will understand it.

[00:13:41] Now we will talk about one of my favorite people.

[00:13:51] I will try to do it again.

[00:13:53] I have known all this till now.

[00:13:55] I repeat it again.

[00:13:57] I will show you how I feel when I go back

[00:13:59] when he just started as an anchor

[00:14:01] and I was his producer for a show.

[00:14:03] He always says,

[00:14:05] Abhirah, remember,

[00:14:07] you came to watch my first film.

[00:14:09] I was so proud of you.

[00:14:11] I really liked it.

[00:14:13] And yeah, and rest is history.

[00:14:15] So every time I meet me,

[00:14:17] I use the PRs on God.

[00:14:19] They don't understand why I use

[00:14:21] and Abhirah are bonding like this

[00:14:23] or be hearing like this.

[00:14:25] And I'm like,

[00:14:27] I'm so proud of you.

[00:14:29] I really liked it.

[00:14:31] And yeah, and rest is history.

[00:14:33] So every time I meet me,

[00:14:35] I use the PRs on God.

[00:14:37] Abhirah are bonding like this or be hearing like this.

[00:14:39] Because you know when he becomes a star,

[00:14:41] the PRs it is their job.

[00:14:43] They will make sure that there is some kind of distance

[00:14:46] between the media and the star.

[00:14:48] Even if he doesn't like it,

[00:14:50] even if I don't like it,

[00:14:51] we have to maintain that distance.

[00:14:53] So I still remember

[00:14:55] we had a interview

[00:14:57] and it was lunch time.

[00:14:59] We will lunch today.

[00:15:01] And we were not allowed.

[00:15:03] He was not allowed.

[00:15:05] So this is the interview I remember.

[00:15:08] It was in the Ashrad and

[00:15:10] Bhai Sahib walks in.

[00:15:11] And like Abhirah are

[00:15:13] trying to interview us.

[00:15:15] We used to eat set in the break.

[00:15:18] And I used to eat Gulab Jamun.

[00:15:20] And he was in my bag.

[00:15:22] So Gulab Jamun is in front of me.

[00:15:24] He used to say Gulab Jamun.

[00:15:26] But he couldn't eat because he will put on weight.

[00:15:29] And then I used to eat.

[00:15:31] And I used to put it in my mouth

[00:15:33] and I was like,

[00:15:34] oh my God!

[00:15:35] What a amazing Ayush!

[00:15:36] And then he used to fall for it

[00:15:38] and would have one.

[00:15:39] And then he would cost me.

[00:15:41] It's like Abhirah Yad.

[00:15:42] And I remember you told me,

[00:15:44] you know,

[00:15:45] we have to be underweight

[00:15:46] so that we can on screen

[00:15:48] which shows the right weight.

[00:15:50] So I'm underweight.

[00:15:52] And I was like,

[00:15:54] Gulab Jamun,

[00:15:55] what will happen?

[00:15:56] I absolutely,

[00:15:57] when I know it's an Aishwan Kuranah interview,

[00:16:00] I'm so relaxed.

[00:16:01] I am so at peace.

[00:16:03] And it needs so many jokes.

[00:16:05] It's not over.

[00:16:07] And we talk behind the scenes

[00:16:10] about that film.

[00:16:12] The only thing about that film

[00:16:14] which can't be seen on the camera.

[00:16:17] So we are so happy.

[00:16:18] But he trusts me with that.

[00:16:20] Aishwan Kuranah.

[00:16:22] Aishwan for me.

[00:16:25] Aishwan and me go along with that.

[00:16:29] Aishwan, you want to tell them?

[00:16:31] Who was a producer, Aishman?

[00:16:33] When you were an anchor.

[00:16:34] You were the producer.

[00:16:35] That was an anchor.

[00:16:36] So from there being a producer,

[00:16:38] where we used to call Gulab Jamun

[00:16:40] because the girl is a coward.

[00:16:42] Please eat it.

[00:16:51] And with that,

[00:16:53] we come to an end of the season

[00:16:55] of It Me Stari Bhate.

[00:16:57] We were very happy to talk.

[00:16:59] But how much I said.

[00:17:01] And now how much I will listen.

[00:17:03] But I have to say many things.

[00:17:05] I have to say many things.

[00:17:08] So let us know how you enjoyed

[00:17:11] It Me Stari Bhate and which one was your favourite episode?

[00:17:15] So now,

[00:17:16] just say it.

[00:17:18] Signing off.

[00:17:19] You're truly a bira.

[00:17:27] You're truly a bira.

[00:17:29] You're truly a bira.