TEST DRIVE I ASHUTOSH RANA I SAMEER CHAND I ROYAL STAG BARREL SELECT LARGE SHORT FILMS

You are a very good person. What dreams did you show me? I thought one day you will become a big man. You don't want a life like this. But everyone has the right to live a basic life. Acting, acting, acting. I think you act more in front of me than in front of the camera. Go and act like this there. Will it be okay if I pay you tomorrow? Ever since I eloped and got married to you, I feel like my luck has run out. This basic life, high status, surely belongs to those people who have never been successful. If you see in the mirror, then see properly. What kind of face have you made of yourself? Will anyone give a job to such a face? Very good. All my life I have only listened to my father. I wish I had listened to him for the last time. What did I think when I married you? That after marriage you will become a big actor? Will there be servants in our house? Here I have become a servant myself. There is nothing right in my fate. Rations are over in the house, money is over in the pocket, everything is over. Do you even remember? When did we go out to eat for the last time? People hit their feet on the iron, I have broken my head. How many times have I told you? That wear this and go out. You have spread your own filth in the whole house. Such a bad smell comes out of the body. Like a mosquito bite. Okay, don't wait for me to eat. I will be late. Come on. Wish me luck. God bless you son. What happened Guruji? Why are you sitting here? Nothing, I am waiting for the milkman. I have to take the medicine. Where are you going all decked up? Is Salim brother there? He has called me today to meet the producer. Don't worry son. You have a lot of capability. And you will see, you will be successful very soon. Do you also think that I am not successful? From the first play of my life, till date, all the characters I have played, while performing them, have I ever been unsuccessful? Did anyone tell you? That Mr. Shirke, Shantanu is a weak actor. You are too much son. The world has tested you a lot. Now you will get everything. Whether I live or not. But my blessings will always be with you. Always with you. Was it necessary for you to say whether I live or not? You know Guruji, apart from you and Shilke, there is no one else in my life. I want to give you both all the happiness of life. Okay, come on. Don't worry. Do whatever you want to do with your heart. Come on. I am coming. Brother, bring the shirt. What a shot! Amazing! It's the best shot of your life. Sir, how did you like it? If you ask my opinion, I think this year all the awards will be yours. I will write it down. I had told you that I want the lawyer's costume So? No excuse will work. You have 20 minutes. I want the lawyer's costume in 20 minutes. How are you, Shantanu? How are you, Salim? Everything is good. I swear, your luck is on full Mumbai Barsaat. Why? What happened? Nothing, my dear. These people sit in the vanity van and eat food every day. You are lucky today. Everyone is sitting on the set. Isn't it? Wow! You have come fully prepared. You will take the role. Listen, I will go inside and see the situation. I will do the setting and then call you. Tea? No. Pandey, get tea for my star. Sahil, if I get 7 more days of your time, I will complete this schedule. Otherwise, I will be at a loss. Yes, sir. I will do something, sir. You don't worry. It will be done. Done. Are you sure? I am sure. That's why it happens in all my films. Thanks, my dear. Hey, Salim. Come here, kid. Do one thing, Salim. Book the film location for your final sequence. We will shoot it in this city, boss. Are you sure, sir? I will do it right now. Okay. Sir, he has come. Who? Sir, you told me that there is a role of a friend and the actor whom I had mentioned is a theatre artist. Okay, okay. I have taken someone else in that. Do one thing, refuse him. Apologize to him. Sir, meet him. He has come. I swear, he is an amazing actor. Which actor has come? Will you shoot him well? Do one thing, call that theatre actor. I am sorry, sir. I made a mistake, sir. Bring him and tell him. Let's see how big he is. Sir, I will check the location. Sorry, sir. Forget the location. Call your actor right now. Go. Yes, sir. I will bring him right now. Salim. Kishori is doing the role. This is the final. Now watch the drama. Your theatre actor is coming. Now watch the fun. I am going to teach him a lesson. Theatre is far away. He won't be able to act in front of the mirror. Sir, I was telling you that he is the actor. He is Shantanu, sir. I like your work a lot, sir. And I... I... I also like sir's work a lot. Everyone is his fan, brother. And what is the compliment? Even Salim was complimenting you. Do you know anything or not? Yes, sir. This showreel... You don't get the role by showing the showreel, friend. You have to act. Don't you know how to act? Yes, sir. I did theatre for 15 years, sir. With Guru Santosh Shirke. Which Guru? Santosh Shirke. Yes, sir. Shall I tell you a secret, son? Those people do theatre who don't know how to act. They have to learn acting. Do you see this camera? When you hear the sound of the house from this camera... I have seen good theatre actors talking in front of this camera. Got it? Now he will do something and show us. He will waste our time. Sir, script. Sorry, sir. We have finalized the script without you. Pick up this scoundrel. He is wasting our time. He is saying that he has done theatre for 15 years. Didn't you hear the word improvised in theatre? Improvise something according to yourself. Do one thing. Do something according to your face. Do some tragedy. Do you know anything? Here? No, no. Where does your Guru Shirke go? Does he sit there? Nothing is going to happen with him. Saleem, take him away. Get lost. Go, Saleem. Don't spoil the mood. Saleem, do you know? I wasn't destined to ask for this role and struggle. My father was a big businessman of this city. Bungalow, cars, luxuries. We had everything. My father was more generous than any other businessman. He used to help people a lot. The school where I used to study, he used to donate Rs. 2 lakhs every year. At that time, one day, everything was gone. First father, then cars. And what was left was only bad times. And my mother to fight the bad times. Fighting the bad times, my mother might have broken from inside. But she didn't let me break. I learned the strength to dream from her. Even after my father's death, my mother taught me in the same expensive school. The school people helped me a lot. They gave my mother the job of selling samosas and ice cream in the school canteen. They used to say, this is the reward of my father's favours. Whenever I used to see my mother taking the order of samosas in the school canteen, I used to think of my mother, who used to give the order herself. I used to get very angry. But my mother used to say, in difficult times, a person should not get angry. He should laugh. Bad times are considered bad because of this. I even learned to act from my mother. She didn't eat food at night. She used to say that I was getting fat. When in reality, we only had this much food. I learned one more habit from my mother. The habit of never losing. My mother used to say, whenever you lose hope in life, you should remember your mother, who used to stand at the door of the school, laughing and fighting with you. You will regain your hope. I have been doing that since then. And I have never lost. Look at that. My mother is standing at the door of the school and telling me, my child, don't lose hope. Don't lose hope. Don't be disappointed. Now tell me, how can I say something more important than God to my mother? Done, sir. How was it? Drama? Tragedy? Do you know comedy? Yes, sir. Action? Yes, sir. Romance? Yes, sir. Intense romance? Yes, sir. Car driving, horse riding, swimming? Yes, sir. Dance? No, sir. Dance is the main thing, boss. Dance is the main thing. What are you doing, Salim? Don't you tell the artist everything? You have three songs with the hero in this film. Dance is very important. Sir, I am an actor. I am not a dancer. What do you mean? Is this all a lie? You make me rehearse, sir. I will do it. My dear, you will rehearse? I have got a choreographer for you. You have been to the theatre for 15 years, right? With your guru Shrikha. Didn't she tell you? How important dance is for an actor. Acting is not for everyone. Everyone wants to be an actor. I will give you four expressions of tears. You will get an award. You go and sell samosas like your mother. Samosas. Instead of giving you a role, I will give a tree a role. If nothing else, at least it will give shade. Salim, from today, if you bring any actor here, by God, I will give you a final pack up. And one more thing, let me clear your misunderstanding. You think your mother is laughing for you, right? Your mother is not laughing for you. She is laughing at you. What kind of an example I have created. Take him away. Take him away from here. And listen, from today onwards, you will only do theatre. From today onwards, your film career will end. And this is my box office. Come on, take him away. Thank you. All the best. Sir, today's pack up. Where are you, Shantanu? I have been calling you and Shilpa bhabhi since so long. Both of you are not picking up the phone. Shirke ji, let's go. Before going, let me take your name. You should not leave me and come. Shilpi, I promise you, whatever you will touch with your eyes, it will become yours. Please, become mine. And now coming on stage, your beloved and the superstar of Allahabad College, Shantanu! Shantanu! Shantanu! Shantanu, I am leaving you. Forget me as a bad dream. The world has tested you a lot. Now you will get everything. It is not in everyone's control. Which Guru? Where did you get this sample from? Rations are over, money is over, everything is over. You are lucky. You have created such a sample. From now on, you will get only this. You go and buy samosas for your mother. What do you think? You will get only this. You are lucky. Rations are over, money is over, everything is over. You are a very good thing. You were also a very good thing. So Guruji, you have to get all this for Shruti. Yes, sir. Yes, I will go, sir. For the audition at 6 in the evening, right? Yes, yes. Dance. I know, sir.