Pati Patni Aur Woh 2, starring Ayushmann Khurrana, Rakul Preet Singh, Sara Ali Khan and Wamiqa Gabbi, is all set to hit the screens on May 15. But along with the buzz has come some bit of scrutiny. While many have been raving about the camaraderie between Rakul and Sara, some netizens have pointed out that Wamiqa is being ‘ignored’ by the duo.
Speaking exclusively to News18, Rakul and Sara shed light on the manufactured perception of women actors not getting along. Sara describes the team of Pati Patni Aur Woh 2 as her ‘family’ and believes that ‘secure’ women can’t be bothered by such a perception. “Ultimately, it comes down to how secure you’re as an actor and a human being,” she states.
“All three of us are very different people but similarly
confident and secure in our own skin. And all credit goes to Mudassar (Aziz; director) sir for writing a script where there’s no scope for any character’s costumes, hair, make-up, language, dialogue, personality or objective to coincide with one another. We all know that well,” Sara adds.
According to her, the film set became a space for all co-stars to root for each other. “When you’re doing a film, you should ideally stop looking at ‘my part’ and ‘her part’. It’s ‘our film’. The funnier Rakul is, the better it is for me. The better she is in a song, the better that is for me. The better I am in a song, the better for her. We’re a family,” she says.
She, in fact, remarks that the brilliance of her co-stars like Rakul will only help her credibility. “We’ve done this film together. The more Rakul works, the more I work. It only helps my market if she’s brilliant in the film, so may she be and she is,” Sara tells us. Rakul, on the other hand, feels that female catfights are, more often than not, product of media narratives.
“The media created this. A perception is a narrative which becomes the truth if it’s repeated ten times. This has been going on for years now. Who has seen these catfights, differences and disturbed relationships? Any professional actor who comes to a set knows that the film is important to their career and to everyone’s. A film is your rozi-roti,” she states.
Rakul further adds, “You’ve to give your hundred per cent to a film you’re working on. So, you aren’t going to be silly and have issues with your co-actors unless kisi ke saath kuch bahot hi zyada galat ho raha hai. But I just don’t understand this norm of women not getting along. I get along with everyone.”
She also attributes these notions to social media, where everyone enjoys the freedom to share their thoughts without any filters. “Times are evolving now. We’re in the day and age of social media. Back in the day, you heard about these things on set or consumed them through magazines. But on social media, there’s new chatter every day and anyone can have an opinion,” Rakul tells us.
