Her latest film, Do Aur Do Pyaar explores the themes of infidelity in marriage and the film’s lead actor Vidya Balan has now revealed her personal views on the matter. In a promotional video with IMDb, the actor said she does not quite understand the idea of open relationship.
Vidya said, “I don’t understand the idea of an open relationship. I think you can be open with each other about everything, but when you talk about open relationships and open marriage, you are talking about being okay with your partner being with someone else, sharing your partner with someone else. I am not okay with that. I am completely monogamous, and I believe in monogamy. I abhor this concept of open relationship. If it works for you, great, but I cannot fathom how it works for someone.”
She was speaking on the IMDb original series Ask Each Other Anything in which she was accompanied by her co-actor Pratik Gandhi. She also talked about working with him. “I had watched ‘Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story‘ already. So when Tanuj, Atul, and Swati (the producers of the movie) came home, we were discussing various characters, and for the role of Ani, they said ‘we’ve thought about Pratik Gandhi, the guy from Scam 1992.’ I was like, ‘Wow!’ He was fabulous.’ It didn’t feel like you were acting in the series even for a minute. If I didn’t know how Harshad Mehta looked, I would have thought it was you. So, I was very excited.”
During the conversation, Pratik also talked about the discipline of theatre and how he took it to films and shows as well. “You have to actually leave yourself and cut your ego and become selfless to tell the story in the most honest possible way. This is what helped me, because as an actor, we constantly deal with egos onset and offset, everywhere, and also sometimes while performing.”
He added that humility towards the process is important. “Also, “Theatre makes you human because one show will work wonders and the other show might not, so you don’t lose your heart quickly. So what I have learned from theatre is that all the claps are for the characters and all the criticism is for me as an actor. So if this is what we experience in cinema, then a lot of things will change”, he concluded.