Q.
The
trailer
of
'Cheat
India'
features
a
combination
of
an
interesting
content
coupled
with
solid
punchlines.
Was it
a
deliberate
move
to
keep
those
dialogues
to
entice
your
audience?
A.
No,
it's
got
nothing
to
do
with
enticing
the
audience.
We
don't
have
that
kind
of
dialoguebaazi which
people think
would
be
there
in
the
film.
My
character
has
a
certain
philosophy
about
life.
He
is
a
good
talker
and
says
nice
things.
It's
not
for
the
effect
for
the
audience.
You
would
understand
this
when
you
watch
the
film.
There
are
spoken
lines.
It's
a
very
real
world.
There's
nothing
filmy
about
what
he
is
saying.
But
yes, still
in
his
inherent
nature,
he
says
some
really
nice,
profound
things
which
people
find
interesting.
Q.
Has
your
son
Ayaan
watched
the
trailer?
What
was
his
reaction
to
it?
A.
Yes,
he
watched
it
and
liked
it
a
lot.
He
is
very
intrigued
by
the
trailer.
Obviously,
I
had
to
tell
him
that
cheating
is
bad
because
his
father
is
propagating
cheating
in
the
trailer.
Q.
We
have
grown
up
hearing
about
the
corrupt
ecosystem
existing
in
the
education
system.
Now,
that
you
are
father
to
a
kid,
do
you
think
that
helped
you
to
connect
more
with
the
subject
of
the
film?
A. Of
course.
Not
just
because
I
have
a
son.
After
I
passed
out
from
my
school
and
college,
I
realized
how
little
I
had
learnt during
that
period
and
how
much
little
real
world
application
that
knowledge
has
given
me
or
lack
of
knowledge.
Everything
was
just
about
how
much
information
you
could
withhold
and
not
want
you
can
do
to
survive
outside
in
the
world.
That
was
one
reason.
Then
there
was
of
course
the
scams,
the
paper
leaks
which
happened
in
my
time
when
I
was
studying,
the
route-mugging
which
I
realized
was
of
no
use,
some
disinterested
teachers
that
I
realized
in
my
college
days.
It's
a
very
corrupt,
fractured,
rotten
education
system.
I
even
got
to
know
about
the
middle-men
who
make
money
around
it
while
working
around
this
film.
Earlier,
I
was
unaware
about
that.
Q.
Cheat
India
is
also
your
first
home
production.
If
you
had
to
pinpoint
that
one
USP
of
the
story
which
you
felt
you
should
be
told
on
the
big
screen,
what
would
that
be?
A.
A
plea
for
a
revolution
in
our
education
system.
That's
what
the
film
tries
to
tell
the
audience.
Our
education
system
is
rotten
and
fractured.
Something
should
be
done
about
it.
Our
kids
are
involved.
Parents
are
stressed
out,
jobs
are
unavailable.
Whatever
you
do,
this
country's
progress
will
be
stifled
because
of
the
education
system.
Q.
Your
character
Rakesh
lies
somewhere
between
black
and
white.
Playing
such
a
character
isn't
an
easy
feat.
How
challenging
was
it
to
switch
in
and
out
of
that
zone?
A.
I
can
switch
off
and
on.
I
don't
have
an
issue
with
that.
I
switch
off
after
the
camera
shuts
off.
I
don't
take
my
films
back
home.
Earlier,
I
used
to
though. Back
then,
when
I enacted
an
angry
scene,
I
would
end
up
getting
pissed
off
for
a
couple
of
hours.
I
am
sure
that
can
still
happen
to
me.
But
now,
I
don't
take
the
character
back.
I
have
a
fair
divide
in
my
head
with
what
I
am
playing
and
wear
a
reality
check
on
who
I
am.
Q.
Finally
now
that
people
are
finally
talking
about
your
2.0
version,
was
it
refreshing
for
you
as
well
to
play
this
character?
A. Yes.
Just
the
whole
tonality
of
not
doing
things
over
the
top,
playing
it
real
and
at
the
same
time,
keeping
that
sense
of
commercial
elements
intact
was
quite
refreshing.