Riteish Deshmukh turns 42 today! The actor shares his experience with sex comedies, while comedians from East India Comedy think the video could be titled the “Roast of Vivek and Aftab”.
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00:00There's a bit of science to it.
00:04In sex comedies. In sex comedies, there is science.
00:08There's definitely biology, so there has to be science somewhere there.
00:12In fact, midday, I remember for Kya Cool Hai Hum,
00:16they had left those two and a half columns blank.
00:20There was white space. This film doesn't deserve a review.
00:24Grand Masti is made for an auto rickshaw guy and whatever.
00:28If you get that guy to review your film, tell him how you liked the film.
00:32He'll give you 50 stars. He'll say it was great fun.
00:38In 2000s came the era of sex comedies.
00:42And of course, we have the connoisseur of sex comedies.
00:46The man himself. The legend.
00:50It's you, it's you.
00:54Masti was the first sex comedy for us and this was your first sex comedy.
00:58How was this pitched to you? Because at that time, I remember, at least in Hollywood, you had American Pie.
01:02So the writer was like, sorry India ka American Pie banate hain. Aisa kuch nahi tha.
01:06Nahi, aisa kuch nahi tha. In fact, I got a call from Inder Kumar Singh.
01:10I saw your first film and why don't you come and hear the script.
01:14So I went there. I had this great narration.
01:18I laughed a lot and I was slightly embarrassed because at that time,
01:22my father was the Chief Minister of Maharashtra. And I wasn't too sure,
01:26abhi yeh sahi hai, galat hai. And I knew if I asked my father, he would say,
01:30take your own decisions and whatever, you can figure out what you want to do.
01:34So I thought, let me just, ek aur baar narration hona chahiye aur kisi ko saath mein leke jaunga.
01:38Toh main ek dost ko saath mein leke gaya.
01:42How did you judge kaun dost hona chahiye? Uska dharki level dekhtar ki?
01:46Nahi, actually, wo ek doctor tha.
01:50Actually, there's a bit of science to it.
01:58In sex comedies. In sex comedies, there is science.
02:02There's definitely biology, so there has to be science somewhere there.
02:06Whenever there is a scene that is going to be naughty or slightly sexual,
02:12and you know that, okay, you're trying, always as an actor, be the victim.
02:18So, you should be victim of misunderstanding.
02:24Toh jaise, and I'm going to narrate the scene from, kya super cool hai hum.
02:28I get into this room where I think I'm going to get a job as a DJ.
02:32There are these three women, who are middle-aged women, who are looking out for some fun.
02:36And they think this guy is going to come and obviously do the job.
02:40My problem is, ke I can't say risk, I say ricks.
02:46I can't say disc, but I say dicks.
02:50Ke compact dicks hai.
02:54Angad, teri baare bol raha hai.
03:03Tum suna the entire conversation goes ki, yaar, ma'am, kaam ke liye.
03:08Of course, of course, kaam ke liye toh aap aaye hai.
03:11Then I say, toh kaha karenge?
03:16Toh, kuch laaye ho?
03:18Haan, dicks mein karenge? Aur kaun karenge?
03:20So, I'm saying, not that, I'm saying this scene is funny or whatever.
03:23Whenever you do something, always try to be the victim and play it innocently.
03:27Haan, like, I don't know what happened.
03:29Yaar, I don't know. Main toh dicks bola.
03:33But, unhone kya suna? Dicks.
03:35Toh usme farg hai.
03:37Can you do that face once again?
03:41Just, it's there. It's right there.
03:44In fact, strangely, when Masti happened, Vivek was behaving slightly holier than thou.
03:53So, he said, nahi, aise lines main nahi bolunga. Main aise saare heroes ki lines bolunga.
03:57And, eventually, me and Aftab had the funnier lines.
04:01So, when people saw the film, arey, Aftab aur Ritesh ne bohot mata kaha, Vivek?
04:06So, saath saal guzar gaya hai. And then we were offered Grand Masti.
04:14And now, Vivek decided that last time I made a big mistake.
04:20So, let's make another one.
04:26Now, this time I need to be funnier.
04:29So, he said, Hinduji, jo Aftab aur Ritesh karenge, main bhi vaisa hai kuchh karunga.
04:36He tried.
04:42There is a very thin line between being funny and being offensive.
04:45And you very carefully tread that line.
04:48No, I think, when you are doing films like, not Masti, Masti was still okay.
04:54But when it came to Grand Masti and then Great Grand Masti,
04:59you know, there is a chance of trying to be funny but then slightly offensive.
05:06And you need to respect that fact, you know.
05:09Especially when it came to how you treat women in the scene.
05:14That's very important. Many a times we fail to convince.
05:19It's not like, you know, the director, what if we just, let's reduce this, let's not make it that obvious.
05:26Oh, you did that? You were doing that on sets and stuff?
05:28And consciously. And not because I am sitting right here, but consciously we keep doing it.
05:33But it's a battle, right? So, they give in a bit and you are like, okay, let's figure this out.
05:38Somewhere I feel that Great Grand Masti failed because of that.
05:41Right. Or became too…
05:42Because, no, no, I will tell you, the humor in 2003 was funny.
05:462014, I think it is, was okay. But again in three years, because this digital medium and
05:56you guys have ruined it for us.
05:59By being so funny.
06:00We were just sitting.
06:01And that's the reason, you know, you have to upgrade yourself.
06:04But are you saying that you are not going to be doing a few sex comedies for a while at least?
06:07I have nothing new to offer.
06:15But do you have any female fans who come and say, Ritesh, Grand Masti scene, oh, oh, oh.
06:19Like, do you have female fans like that?
06:21When a film does 100 crores, it's not only youngsters, which you say, Tharki.
06:26It's not that.
06:27But Tharkis are old as well.
06:29Old as well. But lot of societies went in big jhond, like all the women used to sit separately
06:37and all the men used to sit separately.
06:39And women laughing out louder than men.
06:41And these are all aunties and whatever.
06:43And they said, son, it was fun.
06:44There was this old lady.
06:45She says, how funny was that?
06:47I said, which one?
06:52So I said, Vivek.
06:53She said, no, no, not that one.
06:57I said, Aftab.
06:58She said, not that one at all.
07:00Idea.
07:01So we'll call this video the roast of Vivek and Aftab.
07:05But OK, but we're talking about all these movies.
07:08And what is your take on the censors?
07:10And then, of course, the critics.
07:12Because your movies always, critics are like, it's a disgusting movie.
07:16No, what happens is, if you're doing Kapoor and Sons.
07:20Right.
07:21OK, and you have a critic.
07:22And, oh, five stars and great emotions and, you know, beautifully shot and whatever.
07:27Brilliant.
07:28And it has done so well and done well in Delhi and all the metros and whatever.
07:33And now you have a movie like Grand Masti.
07:37Same guys.
07:38Oh, this film is two hour, 15 minutes too long.
07:42I've got these reviews.
07:44In fact, midday, I remember for Kya Cool Hai Hum,
07:48they had left those two and a half columns blank.
07:51There was white space.
07:53This film doesn't deserve a review.
07:57That's funny.
07:58That's mean, but clever.
07:59Clever, but it's really mean.
08:01Main kya bolta hu?
08:02Grand Masti is made for an auto rickshaw guy and whatever.
08:06So if you get that guy to review your film, usko bolo kaise lagi picture.
08:10Auto rickshaw.
08:11Pacha star dekha hu.
08:12Boleko, bohot mazaaya.
08:13Bohot mazaaya.
08:15Aur usko dikhao, Kapoor and Sons.
08:19Kitni boring family hai.
08:21But sir, auto wala review nahi dekha.
08:23Like, auto review toke nahi sir, lamba wala chahiye.