Interview of Pushkar Jog, Actor

Have you taken any special efforts for this role?
Actually, it needs efforts for any work. I am quite good at dance but I was unaware of “Cable Stunts”. My role in this film is actually dance oriented rather than acting oriented. So, I just wanted to concentrate on my dance & action scenes. Since childhood, I am a great fan of Mr. Mahesh Kothare. I found his all movies excellent which include “Thartharaat” and “Jhapaatlela”.

I was desirous to work with him and when my father Mr. Suhas Jog decided to make a movie after “Raju”, there was none other than Mahesh Kothare as a Director, because he is really very different kind of director. His ideas are just amazing. When we all decided to make a movie, Maheshji just told me to do what I can do. I began to dance first. He just stopped the dance after some time and came on stage & hugged me and said, "This is the face I want and this is the guy who will change the Marathi Film Industry". After that, he put forward the concept of superhero named "Jabardast". I was unknown with the actual procedure of cable stunt. The team of some fight masters from Bombay came and taught me

every thing, from the fighting to the cable stunts. There needs a flexible body to do all these stunts and I was having practice of dancing. My body is quite flexible and I was able to do all the stunts very well.

Who is your favorite superhero? Your idol? Your favorite actor?
My idol is Hritik Roshan. When I saw him in his debut film “Kaho na pyaar hai”, I was just impressed by his body language, his style & obviously his dance. He is a very sincere guy. I like his dedication towards work, his acting and his personality. He tried to give something different to the viewers through movies like “Koi Mil Gaya” , “Krrish” and ”Dhoom II”.
Here, it is not important how many movies you are doing but important is what kind of movies you are doing. I like his quality of keeping self as no one. I would like to reach at the top because there is always vacancy at the top

Some memorable moments during shooting?
There is a shot in movie that I run horizontally on the tree and the rehearsal was quite ok. Under the guidance of fight masters, everybody just put their attention towards me and I was just about to give the final shot. Maheshji said,“Action” and I passed two trees and due to some technical problem in the cable, I was thrown onto the third tree. I just put my hand on my face to save it and my thumb then got badly damaged. It got fractured. It needed some stitches and a surgery. Doctor advised me to take a rest for 21 days but I worked and done all the stunts with that thumb and the same shot was quite satisfactory.

Is there any change in you after this movie as a “superhero”?
Yes, now I have become very confident and I am sure that if the heroes in Hollywood can do the stunts on their own, so do I. Anybody can challenge me for this. I became very matured now. I understood the technique of the work in different roles with different teams .

As there are 41 stunts and 200 ft high jump in this movie why don’t you use dummy?
I liked this role very much. Dancing is my hobby since my childhood. So I can do any kind of dance. But when I listened the theme of the film, I decided to do all the stunts of superhero (and wanted to make this role a realistic one. So I have done all 47 stunts without using dummy. And the shot of jumping 200 ft. height was also done by myself without dummy. I feel proud to tell that I have done it.

How was the premiere show?
The premiere was just amazing. I felt that I have done something. When I entered the theatre with the crowd I felt very nice when all my viewers were coming to wards me and taking my autographs. And I can proudly say that all the shows are houseful from the very first day .

What next? tell something about upcoming movies..
I am doing the film “Osama”. This is the story of Kashmiri boy named “Osama”. He wanted to go out of India for education and gets the chance. This film reflects what problem he faces in the journey because of his name “Osama”. I am also doing a film with Bharat Nerkar, the director of FTI. That movie is murder mystery.

With Viren Pradhan, the director of marathi serials, “Ya Sukhanno Ya” and “Vahini Saheb” on Zee TV Marathi, Smita Thakrey production, I am doing a Hindi film, having Nana Patekar and Mallika Sherawat as my co-stars. We are also planning for “Jabardast-II” with the same team, as we get co-operation from all the co-stars like Sanjay Narvekar, Bharat Jadhav and Makarand Anaspure. They don’t make me feel that they are senior to me. The music directors Ajay-Atul are just amazing and we have glamorous , beautiful actress from the industry as Manasi Naik.

I will try to give something different to Marathi Film and its viewer to maintain the quality.