Honestly or as in her own words ‘Sach Kahu Toh’, this is the kind of episode that will encourage you to follow your heart.
Because our next guest is someone who is the flagbearer of “I’m my own Hero”
She's a veteran actor, a single mom and a classified fighter ! - it's none other than Ms. Neena Gupta!
From paving her own unconventional path in the film industry to having a child out of wedlock, to then single handedly raising that child into a wonderful woman, whom we all know as Masaba!
Neena Ji has given a righteous definition to the word - "Self-Made"
And as one would expect, in this episode, she was her brazen but real self. She shared with us her own unique take on love and lust, giving the kind of advice that will certainly stay with us forever! She didn’t shy away from opening up to us about her failed marriage in her 20s, about finding love in her late 40s and eventually getting her first lead role in her 50s! A truly one of a kind journey.
She's just how you would imagine her to be - real, funny and no-nonsense! And so over this heart-to-heart, we managed to ask Ms. Neena Gupta - How The Hell Do You Keep Doing It?
“How The Hell Did I Do It?” is a Humans of Bombay Original – a talk show where we speak with the dreamers, the pioneers, the go-getters and the never-say-no’ers from all walks of life. We discuss their journeys – the highs, the lows and everything in between. And through our candid conversations, we try to decode the human behind the name, and get pretty close to figuring out – How The Hell Did They Do It?
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0:00 - Introduction
1:07 - Neena’s happy days of childhood
3:40 - Neena remembers her late Mother
6:03 - Nostalgic trip on her 1st boyfriend
7:07 - Love hate relationship with Media
9:30 - I used to cry and go back home
10:26 - Dev Anand’s article on a celeb’s life
12:00 - First tryst with Acting
13:55 - Merging Sanskrit with Theatre
15:04 - Seeing her on big screen for the first time
15:28 - Getting married at just 20
17:42 - What Neena’s first marriage taught her?
19:45 - Entry in National School of Drama
21:35 - Debut film ‘Aadharshila’ with NSD Gang
23:29 - Bombay Arrival and working in GANDHI
24:41 - Acting journey and Bombay hustle
26:55 - Cooking ‘Baingan ka Bharta’ at Prithvi Theatre
28:00 - Meeting Sir Viv Richards
30:00 - Having and raising Masaba as a single mother
31:23 - What does ‘Masaba’ mean?
31:40 - He was the man in my life
32:41 - Working 12-14 hours a day to support my family
33:41 - Meeting Subhash Ghai for Khal Nayak
34:43 - Turning Director and Producer for DD Metro
36:02 - Getting the big break after 50 and being thankful
37:58 - Love or Lust?
39:21 - Give me Work!
40:58 - Badhai Ho blessed my life
41:33 - Dream to work with Rajshri Productions
43:10 - Working experience in Unchai
44:26 - Google doesn’t know
46:30 - I’m not bold
47:30 - Advice to upcoming actors
48:20 - Going back in time and memories
50:00 - Focus on work, not men
50:39 - Parting Words
50:50 - Next Guest
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