Comical take on marriage

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I heard Tere Mere Phere gives a comical perspective on marriage and love. What’s the character that you play in the film about?

It’s a lighter take on the relationship, and why it changes very drastically right after marriage. I play Jai Dhoomal, who is very much in love with his girlfriend (played by Riya Sen). But the girl’s family wants her to get married elsewhere. He panics and decides to reach his girlfriend. But after seeing a young couple fighting everyday over petty issues, he revokes his decision to marry his girlfriend.

Q: Are we going to see a rather serious side of you in Tere Mere Phere?
Marriage is a serious thing. But having said that, everything that happens in the film has a comical element to it. The subject is very serious but it’s the situations that add humour to the film.

Q: You have been a TV presenter, film producer, TV actor and a theatre artiste. How do you juggle between all these roles?
It’s not rocket science, really! If you put your heart in what you want, it’s not difficult to do. The job has to excite me, and it’s not like I’m doing all at the same time. All the jobs that I have taken so far because they excited me.

Q: You, alongwith Rajat Kapoor and Ranvir Shorey are referred to as the actors of the new genre of Indian cinema. Does this make you feel proud of the work that you are doing? You guys have given many good films together.
It’s not the label, but the work that makes me feel proud. If you have observed, we always reserve our excitement about the work that we are doing. Because if you commit yourself to the job that you do, you don’t want your concentration and dedication to get diverted. And that’s why we don’t really go about promoting our film. We just release the film and the let the audience, decide whether they like it or not.
The sensibilities that we (Rajat, Ranvir and me) have as actors, producers are very much on the same line. Most of the cinema that we have done has been situational comedies and moving. It’s always been about people and their problems.

Q: Comedy has become a forte for Vinay Pathak. Doesn’t this make you feel like you have been stereotyped in Bollywood?
I’m not about the image and more about the story. If the story doesn’t excite me, I don’t agree to it. It’s also about the director’s vision because the same story could be told in many ways. The stereotype has come from the media. I don’t strive for a label. I just do what excites me. My effort has always been to breakaway from this stereotype.