In a recent promotional interview for his upcoming film Ulajh, Gulshan Devaiah surprised his co-star Janhvi Kapoor by saying that he didn’t “vibe” with her while working on the thriller. In a chat with Film Companion, Gulshan revealed that although Janhvi didn’t find him “funny or interesting”, she got the job done because she is a “professional.”
“It is not like we are sitting and chatting, we don’t vibe at all, actually. I don’t think she finds me funny, interesting or anything like that,” he said.
Gulshan’s revelation made Janhvi burst out in nervous laughter. “I think this is the funniest thing you have said,” she said.
“Yes, but we don’t! I was like, ‘Bro we are not vibing, this is not happening.’ So, it’s not going to be like we are going to spend time and get to know somebody and use that familiarity in the performance. That’s not going to happen. That happens at other places with other actors, you vibe like that. Not necessarily become friends but you find something common, interesting about them or something to do together,” he added.
Gulshan, however, still complimented Janhvi, saying that despite these issues, Janhvi got the job done since she is a “professional”. “But I never felt that it was getting in the way of us doing the scenes, it didn’t feel like, ‘Oh I am not getting enough or something is lacking.’ I never felt that. We were trying to achieve whatever the director wanted and that was coming together! Because she is a professional actor, doing her job,” he said.
Janhvi then said that someone had asked her to go out for coffee with Gulshan, assuming that the actor, who made his debut almost a decade before she did, was “intimidated” by her.
“I got a call once on set saying, ‘I feel you and Gulshan should go for coffee, together. Because between takes you aren’t cracking jokes.’ And she was like, ‘Maybe you should laugh at his jokes because otherwise he might be feeling a little intimidated,' ” she added and Gulshan said, “No, not at all.”
Actor Vijay Varma also commented on the video, “I think the journalists are only trained and prepared to hear ‘we were like a family’ narrative. They need the training and not @gulshandevaiah78. Tu mast Aadmi and with the talent hai re gullu and personality you have.. I know you don’t get intimidated easily.”
Ulajh is directed by Sudhanshu Saria and apart from Gulshan and Janhvi, also features Roshan Mathew, Meiyang Chang and Rajesh Tailang in pivotal roles. The film is slated to release on August 2.
