No Filter Neha Season 5: Neena Gupta Reveals Her Mother Was Against Her Acting
Neena Gupta talks about her time she spent during this lockdown
To tell you frankly, this has been the best four and a half months in my life. Beautiful place, lovely house, my own house so comfortable, staff, driver, no restriction, sit out, walk out because it's a gated thing and everybody inside is already quarantined for four months. So we could meet them, we could eat with them, I could walk with them, so I found a new family and this is the first time, me and my husband stayed together for like four months. Otherwise, he lives in Delhi, I live in Bombay. So, this was the first time I enjoyed being with somebody in the same house kind of thing, although both were busy. So this has been the most amazing time of my life and I'm coming back here, I have to get used to it, it'll take me sometime, but it was the most beautiful time.
Neena Gupta opens up about teething problems with her husband this lockdown
Majorly, majorly (laughs). I've learned sign language because he is always busy on his conference calls. The adjustment took some time but it was very interesting that I let him be, he kind of tried to let me be, but he had no alternative. In any case, he didn't have time to interfere in my life, so it was fine, but whenever he got time, then he interfered which I decided I will not interfere. It was very interesting, it was very calming.
Neenaji's Insta game is on a roll! But what does she think?
Dekho kai baar na I don't post for a longer period of times. I post whenever something hits me, whenever I see something happening really. It is happening with me or around me, I want to post. Like the sign language, I posted because I was laughing at it because I was doing it every day. So everything I post, like I got the sweaters made from the local girls, so I put that. So it is all genuine and I don't post for the sake of posting. I post because I want to say something and what I'm saying is actually the truth which has happened to me and which is genuine and I think that's why maybe people like it. Because like I say such things which we all women go through, so suddenly if my husband says something to me like that and I say 'Shit aare yaar, yeh aise kyu bol raha he. Accha mein batati hu. Main sabko bata dungi'. It is like that.
Did
she
learn
anything
about
Instagram
from
Masaba?
No,
the
matter
I
do,
I
don't
consult.
Sometimes,
initially
even
now
I
make
a
mistake
of
posting
like
I
will
post
something
wrong.
I
get
a
message
from
Masaba
immediately,
'Mom,
you've
done
it
wrong',
then
I
tell
her
to
set
it
right.
Then
she
sets
it
right.
Neenaji's
script
about
housewives
So,
once
I
had
written
a
script,
I
don't
why
I
never
made
it.
I
had
written
a
short
film
ka
script
that
mahina
ka
end
aata
he
toh
sabko
salary
baat
te
he,
this
woman
she
made
a
little
khidki
type
of
a
thing,
jese
ticket
lene
jate
he
na
aisa
khidki.
Sare
bills
ekhatte
kiye
hue
he
usne
aur
unn
bills
mein
kuch
bills
bhi
banaye
he
ki
yeh
bacche
ka
homework
karaya,
itte
paise,
uska
yeh
kiya.
Sabji
wala
se
sabji
mein
mene
100
rupee
ka
karaye,
uska
muche
discount.
Aase
karke
pura
usne
bola
yeh
mera
mahine
ka
bill
he,
apne
husband
ko
bill
diya.
That
is
what
I
wanted
to
make
once.
Talks about breaking stereotypes and how things have changed
It's changed very recently, like past 2 years, only. For everyone, there are women, actresses, my age group are also getting some very interesting work. Otherwise it was very bad, after 40 also it was bad. There was nothing. And right now I feel that everybody, not just me is getting something, it's not like the younger people obviously. It is started a little bit and I have even this lockdown, 2-3 very good scripts I have read, very nice scripts. I have said yes to 2-3 things, I have said yes to but I'm not supposed to talk about it.
The PR scenario now and before
Ya, it is very irritating to me because you see this whole corporate business na, mereko samaj mein nahi aata. Ek kaam ke lia 10 aadmi rakhte he. Ab 10 aadmi ko jab they are paying salary, so 10 aadmiyo ko kuch na kuch toh kehna padega. Aur voh log jinko pata hi nahi he uss kam ke bara mein, jo kisi dusre chez se hokar aaye he, matlab unka talent kuch dusra he. Kahin log toh mujhe choti choti jo films hoti he, usme mujhe acting bhi sikhate he. Voh bolte he ki accha suno, isko na thoda sa esa kar dena, thoda iss line ko emote jada kar dena. Kyu bhai? Mujhe kyu le rahe ho?
On feeling out of place on a film set
Abhi abhi toh kya hua, I was doing Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan and my first day shoot and I had this dialogue and I was saying realistically and talking to like that. So our director Hitesh, he called me aside and he said, 'No, iska surr itna ocha hona chahiye. Oonche se shuru karna chahiye'. Toh mene kaha but why? Then he explained me the reason, I understood the reason because I am talking to somebody who is in a place on phone jaha bohot shorr he. Toh shorr wali jagah agar app bhi bolenge toh ooncha bolenge na, which I understood the logic. Jaisa unhone bola mene kara aur mein hotel wapas gayi and I said, 'shit yaar, yeh level pe meko kaam karayenge, yeh level pe'. I understood the whole film, so I read the script again, I understood that this film is going to be like this, it is not Badhaai Ho, you know what I mean. So I understood because I trusted the director and I understood his logic. Even if I had not understood, like there was a series called 'Srimaan Srimati', bohot pehle Archana Puran Singh was pregnant, so they took me for some time. Usme bhi director ne mujhe utna upar se shuru karwaya. It was that kind of comedy. Meko bohot taklif hoti thi but I understood ki bhaiya yeh comedy aise hi karni he. Aise nahi phasi ki bohot bura director, koi logic nahi he aur mujhe karna pade. Ha phasi hu ek do baar shuru shuru mein when I had to do roles which had no beginning, no middle, nothing, which had no logic, which had no sense. I have done many of those but then you needed money so it was okay.
Neena Gupta's advice to her younger self!
If you want to get better roles, more roles, you want to become a star, heroine, whatever is in your head, modesty is not a good policy. You cannot be shy. You have to go, call up people, they get irritated, which I never did and focus on work, not on men - two important things.
Neena
Gupta's
advice
for
Neena
Gupta
2020
2020,
ya,
ek
saal
toh
barbaad
ho
gaya
humara,
now
I'm
getting
work
so
every
day
is
important
for
me.
So,
I
tell
myself
-
very
important
to
look
after
your
health
because
you
want
to
do
more
work.
That's
the
most
important
thing.
And,
don't
let
even
one
moment
of
your
day
go
waste,
kuch
karo,
padho,
kuch
suno,
baithna
nahi,
kuch
na
kuch
karo.
Apne
kapde
theek
karo,
matlab
jo
bhi
karlo.
Ek
minute
bhi
waste
nahi
karna
-
Two
things.
What
has
Neenaji
passed
onto
Masaba!
I
think,
they
see
you
and
they
learn.
There
are
certain
things
which
are
genetic
like
I
know
what
she's
got
from
me,
what
she's
got
from
her
father,
what
she's
got
from
my
father.
So,
I
think
it's
all
a
combination.
One
day,
I
was,
one
day,
she
was
shouting
at
me
so
I
said
'Don't
shout',
she
said
I've
learnt
from
you
only.
So,
it's
like,
because
she's
seen
me
shouting
at
my
dad
also
once
or
twice
when
he
was
living
with
me.
They
learn
40%
from
you
and
your
behavior
and
60%
is
genetics,
DNA.
Neena
shares
one
quality
that
Masaba
should
and
should
not
take
from
her
Masaba
is
very,
very
important
thing
she
has,
which
I'm
very
happy
she
has,
she
can
laugh
at
herself.
Very
important.
And,
I
can
do
the
same.
I
can
be
in
great
this
thing
and
we
will
talk
to
the
wall
ki
'Bewakoof
ladki,
kya
kar
rahi
hai
tu',
you
know,
it's
like
that.
So,
Masaba
can,
she's
got
this
from
me.
She
can
laugh
at
herself.
One
bad
thing
she's
got
from
me
is
taking
immediate
decisions,
impulsive.
But,
the
main,
most
interesting
thing
is
that
she
realizes
that
she
has
that.
Neenaji's love story at 50!
We met in the plane. He was coming from London, I was coming from London to Bombay. He's based in Delhi but he was coming to Bombay for some work. And, just imagine, that is why I believe so much in destiny and fate. I was in business class - Air India, upstairs. He was somewhere behind, but, one lady wanted him to change his seat and that's how he came and sat besides me. My life would have been so different. He keeps telling me all the time you are the one, you are the one, ab main ladti nahi hoon uske bare mein. He says ki tune mujhe fasaya. Pehle main ladti thi, nahi maine kahan fasaya, tumne aisa kiya tumne aise kiya. Ab main ladti nahi, bola ha fasaya. Tum dukhi ho toh jao, tum sukhi ho toh raho.
Neena never gets the roles she auditions for!
Actually, most of my auditions, main fail ho jati hoon. Kabhi nahi milta mujhe. Badhai Ho mein audition nahi diya tha. Shubh Mangal mein audition nahi diya tha. Bahut si filmon ka, aur specially the foreign productions, I never get in, never ever get in. I don't know why. The Last Color - uska audition nahi diya tha. Ab kya bolu, ab jisko jo karna hai karega, because abhi mera audition dekho acting toh dekh liya aapne, shakal roz dekhte rehte ho Instagram mein, aur kya dekhna hai?
Neena's mother was against her acting and wanted her to be an IAS officer
Ya, ya. They were very much against. My mother used to look down upon Hindi cinema. She used to only watch English movies in the festivals and all. They were very shocked because my mother wanted me to do IAS so ya, she was very much against. But then, I said no, I have to go.
Neenaji's
advice
to
Masaba
into
getting
into
B-Town
and
how
she's
her
best
&
worst
critic
So,
we
have
a
big
joke
about
it,
these
days,
me
and
Masaba.
Obviously,
because
Masaba
is
surrounded
by
all
my
friends
who
are
connected
to
Film
industry
and
all
so,
because
you
see
the
glamour
na
so
she
also
wanted
to
go
into
acting.
So,
I
said
dekh,
tereko
main
yeh
nahi
keh
rahi
ki
tu
acting
shayad
achi
kar
paye,
nahi
kar
paye
but
because
you're
face
is
not
a
very
traditional
Indian
face,
you
will
not
get
all
the
heroines
parts,
all
the
main
parts.
Yeh
tere
ko
hoga,
ya
toh
phir
tere
ko
karna
hai
toh
you
go
abroad
and
you
know
struggle
there
and
find
some
work
there.
Finally,
she
understood,
I
was
very
scared
that
she
will
say
no.
But,
she
understood
and
she
went
into
a
different
direction.
So
now,
this
new
series
in
which
she's
acting
it's
about
her.
And,
when
I
saw
the
edit,
I
am
her
best
critic
and
her
worst
critic.
I
mean,
I
toh
criticize
her
all
the
time
which
is
very
bad
thing
and
she
was
like
this
when
I
went
to
see
ha
what
will
mom
say
and
I
was
so
impressed
by
her
acting.
So,
abhi
hum
jo
karte
hai,
Masaba
and
me
ke
how
much
I
told
her
no,
no,
no
and
then
whatever
has
to
happen
has
happened.
About
sharing
screen
space
with
Masaba
for
the
show
Masaba
Masaba
I
was
a
little
hesitant,
I
said
I
don't
know,
we
both
will
be
conscious
doing
a
scene
together
but
she
was
so
good.
She
was
so
professional.
Our
scenes
went
off
so
well.
It
is
not
the
real
real
thing,
it's
a
little
scripted
thing
but
it
is
so
real
like,
there's
a
scene
you'll
see
in
the
trailer
that
when
you
see
the
scene,
it's
so
real
between
the
daughter
and
her
mother.
So,
it
is
not
that
this
had
happened
in
our
lives,
it's
not
necessary
but
it
is
very
real.
Neenaji
on
giving
acting
tips
to
her
daughter,
Masaba!
Very
little.
I
did,
but,
very
little.
Maybe
twice.
Initially,
when
we
were
doing
the
readings,
I
told
her
to
slow
down
her
pace
in
the
reading
and
one
or
twice
more,
I
gave
her
a
little
thing
while
she
was
acting.
Ya,
she
took
it.
She
changed
immediately.
I
thought
darte
d
arte
yeh
bolegi
ki
Mom,
I
know.
How Badhaai Ho was a game-changer for Neenaji?
Badhaai Ho changed everything. It changed my life because people couldn't imagine me because meri image banayi thi media ne kuch aur, toh jaisi image hoti hai wiase hi aapko acting assignment milte haina, yeh actor ko koi nahi samajhta. So, Badhaai Ho just changed my life, changed my image, changed everything. Now I make calls with great confidence. I do, I still. Day before yesterday, I sent a message to a director that I heard you are making a film, is there any role for me? Now, I do. I have confidence now to do. Earlier, I could never do. But, Badhaai Ho has like, I tell Amit Sharma, who's the director, I said, aap jo bologe na, main aapke joote saaf karungi, kuch bhi karungi aapke liye because he's, he has changed my life. Woh bechara Neena Ma'am, Neena Ma'am karta hai aur main usko bolti hoon ki main kuch bhi karungi. I have so much gratitude and so much love for him. Because, also, I also love the film. It's not that film hit ho gayi, no. I think, it's one of the best films I have ever done and seen.
What
Neenaji
has
to
say
about
sharing
any
good
news
just
like
the
concept
of
Badhaai
Ho?
Aree
nahi
yaar.
Ab
Masaba
ke
bache
paida
hone
ka
time
aa
raha
hai
main
kahan
se
bacha
paida
karu.
Did
Neenaji
anticipate
the
film
'Jaane
Bhi
Do
Yaaro'
to
become
such
a
hit?
No,
no,
not
at
all.
You
know
it
was
very
gareebi
mein
bani
hui
film.
There
was
no
money.
I
used
to
take
a
auto
rickshaw
to
go
to
the
shoot,
take
my
own
food
because
I
did
not
have
a
conveyance
and
NFDC
ki
film
thi.
There
was
very
little
budget.
We
had
so
much
fun
in
the
film.
I
was
so
new,
I
was
getting
to
work
with
such
good
actors,
first
film
and
all.
When
I
see,
we
never
expected
this
to
become
like
this.
Is there a remake to Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro?
They were planning to make Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro 2. I read the script also. It was a big, huge script and they were saying we will come back to you for the dates par who fizzle out ho gaya aur hua hi nahi. Kaafi saal pehle ki baat hai.
Recasting & Casting Game in 2020
Naseeruddin
Shah
in
Jaane
Bhi
Do
Yaaro
-
Hrithik
Roshan
Gajraj
Rao
in
Badhaai
Ho
-
Hrithik
Roshan
Amar
Akbar
Anthony
as
three
women
-
Three
women!
-
Alia,
Kareena,
maybe
Vidya
Balan
Anil
Kapoor,
Jackie
Shroff
in
Ram
Lakhan
-
Jackie
Shroff
can
still
do
it.
For
Anil
Kapoor
in
Ram
Lakhan,
acha,
I
can't
say
Hrithik
again
na?
Uh,
Ayushmann
Sonam
Kapoor
in
Veere
Di
Wedding
-
Anushka