How Stars Are Made: Mukesh Chhabra, India's top Casting Director, reveals | Karishma Mehta | Ep 13
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- Опубліковано 15 чер 2024
- “Whenever Rajkummar Rao performs in an audition, you just cannot ignore him! He’s among the rare crop of actors who crack almost every audition they give. He’s so genuine and sincere that he only cares about acting-his looks, his hair, or anything else are of no concern to him. And no matter how many times he’d be called for auditions, he’d show up without hesitation. I remember, for Kai Po Che and Shahid, we had 15 rounds of auditions, but he’d show up right away. He still has that desire and passion to perform that he has always had. And I feel that’s what has got him to where he is today…”
In a career spanning more than 15 years, Mukesh Chhabra has given us talents like Rajkumar Rao, Sushant Singh Rajput, Pratik Gandhi, Sanya Malhotra, Mrunal Thakur amongst many others! But 2 decades ago, as a student at NSD, Mukesh Chhabra had never imagined that he’d come to Mumbai one day and become the ‘star maker’… And yet, here he is!
A well-known Casting Director today, Mukesh found his love for casting on the sets of Rang De Basanti… In those times, when casting directors were few and far between, Mukesh’s knack for finding the right talent for the right roles earned him a reputation and soon, he started the Mukesh Chhabra Casting Company.
But after casting for 300+ movies, including iconic ones such as Gangs of Wasseypur, Dangal, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Kai Poche; 100+ web series, including Sacred Games and Delhi Crime, and so many TV commercials, Mukesh is far from done!
Join us as he takes us through his journey-from stumbling upon casting to how he trusts his ‘gut instincts’ to pick the right fit for roles, and from his take on nepotism and the casting couch to working alongside SRK in Jawan & lots more… This episode is a must-watch, especially for aspiring actors.
We also spoke about:
. How the Delhi boy moved to Mumbai
. Casting 384 actors for Gangs of Wasseypur
. What he saw in Rajkumar Rao
. Casting for Jawan
. The best films he’s casted for
. Casting couch
. His directorial debut
. Memories with Sushant Singh Rajput
. His advice to aspiring actors
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TIME STAMPS:
00:00 - Precap
00:23 - How did a Delhi boy come to Bombay?
02:31 - Gangs of Wasseypur anecdotes
05:09 - What makes you so good at your job?
05:51 - What brought Rajkumar Rao here?
07:11 - On Pankaj Tripathi
08:44 - Casting for Jawan
10:34 - Sharing screen space with SRK
12:13 - Memorable moments from his career
13:55 - Best films he's casted for
14:28 - Change in casting wrt OTT
15:35 - Nepotism & Casting
17:32 - How can upcoming actors get noticed?
18:45 - Casting couch
20:53 - On directing Dil Bechara
22:06 - On Sushant Singh Rajput
22:52 - What he saw in Sushant Singh
23:44 - Upcoming projects like Dunki and Fighter
25:46 - What he learnt in the last 15 years
26:23 - Advice to aspiring actors
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Wow.! Thank you Karishma Ma'am 😊🙏 for this privilege of hearing the iconic Mukesh Sir , about his experiences and journey. It will definitely be of great guiding light for actors like me. Thank you again 🤗
Insightful!
Rajkumar Rao as an Actor 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 better then anybody
Super informative Kari
Busted so many myths about casting in Bollywood!
A legend 🙌🏼
Indeed! ❤️
Interesting!
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Learnt so much from this episode ✨
So did we! ❤️
This is your best podcast ❤
there is lot to learn from them
Indeed! 🙏🏻❤️
Star Maker😮
Absolutely! ❤️
Wow
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Star Maker
SSR ❤❤❤
Always! ❤️
Mam please do more episodes in English, so that we ppl in south can also understand:)
We surely will!
You can check out our other episodes as well, they’re mostly in English. 🙏🏻❤️
Sar mujhe aapse baat karni hai😊
Casting agent को पैदा ही इसीलिये किया गया ताकि आउट साइडर आर्टिस्टों के साथ खेल खेला जा सके,
इस तरह से female आर्टिस्टों को कंप्रोमाइज़ के लिये प्रेशर देने का काम भी कास्टिंग एजेंट की वजह से आसान हो गया..
कोई चूँ भी करे तो कास्टिंग एजेंट के ज़रिये उसे ब्लैकलिस्ट करा दो!
Junaid sb looking better by trimming the length of your beard. There is still margin to balance your beard.
जा ना फिर दिल्ली
बड़े-बड़े प्रोड्यूसर, डिरेक्टर, एक्टर, एक्ट्रेस यहाँ तक कई बड़े नेताओं तक का चड्डी का देखभाल दलाल मुकेश छाबरा करता है,
इनके चड्डी का राज़ पब्लिक न हो जाये, इसलिये सबकी अटकी पड़ी है इस बीच वाले से!
क्या दिल्ली दीली करता हाय ye
Jawan was fluke
Donkey wont b
गिरगिट है
ये सब दिल्ली ki कास्टिंग करता hy
Sorry sir..i have just watched dunki trailer..some of the jokes totally went so flat...these are not for the today's generation....all raj kumrar Hirani's flim came before reels generation..so they already have better content what you just offered in Movie dunki.
Watch 3 idiots and munna bhai mbbs trailer and tell me if u laughed... Hirani doesn't reveal the real comedy clips in the trailer
Wow
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