Koffee with Karan, Season 7.
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Hello. You are on Koffee with Karan,
your favourite guilty pleasure.
I am Karan Johar,
with you for the ride.
So, fasten your seatbelts and get ready for this flight of fancy.
That reminds me, you know I wonder sometimes,
when did getting on a flight become such an event?
Think of it rationally.
Imagine asking someone,
"Why are you in the papers today?"
"Oh, because I took a plane ride."
How is that newsworthy?
Why is that newsworthy?
Unless, of course, you flew the plane yourself.
And yet, every day,
a large part of the Hindi movie industry
treats going to the airport like it's the Cannes red carpet,
for crying out loud.
And the paps show up like it could very well be.
I know people whose airport looks get far more attention
than all their films put together and I mean that.
I can vouch
that we see some of the best acting at the airport
when people pretend surprise at the pap showing up.
You should only be surprised if they don't.
Actually, you shouldn't be surprised.
You should be worried, and maybe hire a new publicist.
My guests on Koffee with Karan tonight,
though, don't need to be worried about any of the above.
They are flying high at the absolute top of the game
as two remarkable pan-Indian superstars.
She is one of the biggest stars of Telugu and Tamil cinema,
who made a spectacular streaming debut
with her series Family Man 2.
He too is quite the family man,
among many, many other things.
After 30 years in Bollywood, I can call him the one-man industry,
who has a finger on the popular pulse.
They are both self-made superstars.
They are masters of reinvention
and are alike in having scary amounts of professional discipline.
Please welcome Koffee with Karan debutant Samantha Prabhu
and Koffee with Karan veteran Akshay Kumar.
-Wow. -Thank God, you're not doing it to me.
Obviously not you.
Because I will not have been able to handle this hotness.
This is...
the best entrance.
This is, my God, I got such a shock.
I'm like...
-Now I'll give the coffee. -You know...
you are carrying the number 1 female star of India's
burden on your
number 1 shoulders.
-How does it feel? -I am not complaining.
I am not complaining at all.
How does it feel? What a grand welcome, Sam!
Nothing, I just asked her. Should I carry you?
She said yes, let's do it. That's it.
-That's great. That's the best thing. -And then it was just like a whoop.
-There was no effort. -You were telling me, Sam...
that you were completely stressed and nervous about the show.
You are not looking it at all, so that means you are a good actress.
-I can attest to that completely. -No, no, someone prompted.
-She actually said that? -Yes, she is very stressed.
-Very stressed. -Very, very stressed.
About what? Let's ask what you are stressed about.
When I saw you, I almost curtsied.
As soon as I saw him, I was like, "Sir."
-But why? -Like royalty.
I am meeting Bollywood royalty, so I mean like--
Hello, that's not me.
-That's him. -I'm Bollywood royalty?
-Obviously. -No, I'm the flagbearer of nepotism...
-I am not royalty. -That's exactly where it comes from.
-Okay. -Let's not go there.
No, please!
I beg of you.
-No, but that's one part-- -Whenever he asks any question,
which we don't want to answer.
-That's nepotism. -Just go to nepotism.
-Go straight to nepotism. -Straight there. Every single time.
All right, welcome. This is, as I said,
your debut on Koffee with Karan.
And you were in college when this show debuted actually.
You were not.
But you were definitely in college when it was on.
So, does it feel happy and fun
and amazing to be on this absolutely amazing show?
Absolutely, I feel like
this is...
almost divine intervention.
Like, otherwise,
I am...
so far away from home.
And
you can't even dream of such things.
You can't dare to dream such things, sitting on a couch with, you know,
a superstar, the biggest filmmaker
on the most talked-about show.
Must be divine intervention.
And when I was suggesting to everybody that I am having this...
I am having...
that I have this combination of Samantha Prabhu and Akshay Kumar,
they were like, "Why?" I said,
"Have you realised that they are the biggest stars
"right now in the country?"
I mean Akshay has been ruling.
We have an Ormax survey, and he has been ruling
as the number 1 movie star on that chart.
And recently they did a pan-India survey
that said the number 1 female actor across the country,
pan India, was Samantha Prabhu.
I want you to have a look at it.
This is an ego feed.
-Ego feed. -This is an ego feed.
-Let's have a look. -The entrance wasn't.
No, this. This is an ego feed.
Samantha at number 1, Alia Bhatt at 2,
Nayanthara at 3,
Kajal Aggarwal at 4, Deepika Padukone at 5,
Rashmika Mandanna at 6, Anushka Shetty at 7,
Katrina Kaif at 8.
Keerthy Suresh at 9 and Pooja Hegde at 10.
I should be honest. I am paying someone at Ormax.
-You are paying. -Yes, I am.
-Yes, I have to accept. -All right.
I am glad that you are out with it, because I was wondering.
-Yes -You beat Alia Bhatt, dude.
How does that feel?
Sorry.
It was a high price to pay.
All right, that's amazing. But, well, jokes aside.
You totally deserve it!
You have been working for how many years now? 12 years?
-12 years in the business. -Yes, 12 years.
And it has been a fantastic ride, and we are going to talk about that.
Akshay, month after month, year after year,
on the Hindi Ormax list,
you have been number 1, number 1, number 1, across.
When Ormax did the pan-India list, this is the rating that happened.
And I want to ask you, it's rather interesting.
You were the only Hindi film actor
on the male list.
So, that's Vijay at 1, Junior NTR at 2,
Prabhas at 3, Allu Arjun at 4, Akshay Kumar at 5,
Ajith Kumar at 6, Yash,
Ram Charan, Suriya and Mahesh Babu.
You are the only Hindi film actor on this pan-India list.
Now I want to start by saying,
what does that (a) make you feel and
(b) what should we feel as a Hindi film industry?
We need to work hard.
We all need to work hard. That's it.
And...
I actually don't know what to say.
Whether I should be happy about it or not.
Do you think that they are doing something right for them
to get this pan-India love?
That's something we need to up our game for?
Is their analysis in your head about the situation?
See, I'll tell you.
You know, one thing I understand,
I'll be very honest about it is...
you know, here,
in our Hindi cinema,
actors are very scared of doing
-2-hero, 3-hero films. -Right.
I don't know why.
I don't think that happens in the South.
As a producer, I'm telling you, it's impossible to cast a 2-hero film,
two any actor, two female leads, two male leads.
-It's just becoming more and more-- -What do you think, Karan,
-must be the reason? -I don't know. I just--
Is that the insecurity which makes them do that?
There is. I think it's also... It's insecurity that
"I can't own this film completely."
Or like, "There will be a one-upmanship,
"which will affect my stardom."
You ask any Bollywood producer, any producer across the border.
-You and I have produced a film just now. -Yes.
And you know how much problem we had.
We had a lot of issues casting for it.
Exactly. We asked 2 actors
to do it. We are producing a film together
where there are 2 actors,
and we had so much problem.
We asked 2 actors, other actors, to do it. 2-3 actors,
and they refused. "No, no. No 2-hero subject."
I even told them, "You choose the role.
"You take it, whatever you want.
"You take this one, I'll take this one. You take."
-Ask him. -Yeah.
He has been there.
I've been around for 25 years, and if I can find it difficult,
I can imagine what it's like for anybody else even having a dream...
to cast. So, yes, to answer your question,
there is a deep level of insecurity
embedded in many actors.
-This is a fact. -So, then this is going to happen.
So, you would think that women would have this problem.
But the women are all working together.
It's amazing that there is a film being made,
which Farhan Akhtar is directing, which has Katrina,
Alia and Priyanka Chopra.
All 3 of them doing this movie together,
and it's fantastic.
It's like the men seem to have more of the issues than the women.
A film of mine--
I did a movie called Mission Mangal.
-5 heroines. -Yeah.
-I watched it. -5 heroines, they all came together.
Beautiful film.
Nothing.
And it was beautiful. We used to put our table together,
all 5 actresses were sitting there.
I was sitting,
and we were having lunch together,
dinner together and breakfast together.
And it was so beautiful.
-Yeah. -I just finished a film with Nayanthara,
who is the biggest heroine in the South.
Not as far as my list.
So...
That Ormax cheque really paid off.
Yeah
So, it was fantastic working with her.
I think every interview I was asked,
"So, how was it working with Nayanthara?"
"Was there any friction?"
But it was amazing.
On the last day of the shoot, we hugged each other and cried.
-So, it really was-- -Oh, really, you had such a good time?
-Yeah, we had a great time. -Well, more power to you.
Sam, you were one of those rare movie stars
who actually put out her personal life
in the social domain in a way
that has not happened in your industry.
Now, I don't make divisions between South and North.
But, in this case, the Hindi belt have yet had marriages of people
when they have actually
succumbed to their situations.
They have still gone ahead and
shared their combined thoughts on social media.
In your case, I think you were the first,
when you and your husband decided to part ways.
-It was put out-- -"Ex-husband."
Do you think there was... Ah, "ex-husband." Yeah, sorry.
Your ex-husband decided to part ways.
Did you feel a lot of the trolling was a result
of you putting yourself out there in that manner?
Yeah.
So, I couldn't really complain about it
because I chose that path, I chose to be transparent,
and I chose to...
to reveal a lot of my life.
And, when the separation happened,
I couldn't be too upset about it
because...
they invested in my life and it was my responsibility
to...
have answers, which I didn't at that point of time.
And
I think I came out of it...
okay.
-Okay. -Of course, more than okay.
Better than okay.
I read this amazing line in this book called Greenlights,
which Matthew McConaughey wrote.
And he said, "In the art of life, I haven't scored all A's.
"But I'd rather take an experienced C over an ignorant A any day."
Oh, wow.
So, I think that,
yeah, I haven't scored all A's, but it's fine.
-It's my-- -It's not about scoring an A.
When a relationship fails, it's not that you get a C.
It's not a C, it's just life.
Life takes over. Sometimes...
some situations, relationships, circumstances are beyond you.
And it takes a brave person to acknowledge that and move on from there.
Which you did.
And therefore, I don't want to encroach into your personal life
and ask why and what. It's the end of something
-and the beginning of something new. -You already asked that off-screen, so...
-What? -You already asked that question...
You mean you are not going to ask in front of the camera.
Oh, I have asked you.
Off camera, I've asked you all those questions.
-That has happened -I am not going to ask you.
Even I was wondering, how you said, "I will not encroach into your life."
-I was wondering... -You are so sweet.
Are you sure we are in Koffee with Karan?
You know I won't.
You want me to?
No, no. Okay, sorry.
We met up casually, and I asked all the questions.
Koffee with Encroachment Karan.
Encroachment Karan.
Encroachment.
What rubbish!
But the good thing is that you put yourself, your thoughts...
How has life been post that for you?
It has been hard.
But it's...
It's good now.
It's fine.
I am stronger than I have ever been.
Yeah.
Are there hard feelings?
Are there hard feelings like, if you put us both in a room,
-you have to hide sharp objects? -Yeah.
Yeah, as of now, yes.
Oh, okay.
So, it is not an amicable situation right now.
Not
right now, but maybe sometime in the future, yeah.
Okay, well it's... okay.
Akshay is like...
-"Where have I gotten stuck?" -What happened to...
your non-encroachment policy?
What happened to that?
The interesting thing is--
Now again his statement will come,
"See, I don't want to encroach into your life,
-"but tell me something..." -"But I heard."
"I heard." That's it.
That's how he operates.
Akshay, you are not letting me really encroach.
I know why.
Because when he said that, I immediately let my guard down.
Then he will follow it up with that question.
You are making me sound like a master manipulator.
I am being so polite and lovely. You look gorgeous, by the way.
Thank you. And then shoot!
And then the next question is coming now.
-So, what I want to say... -Yes.
...is that, was it a brave decision? You said it was "brave" to me.
That's why I'm saying I think it's kind of sexy and cool and hot
that you go and do a song like "Oo Antava"
literally 2 weeks before Pushpa saw its theatrical release
and everyone who went up and said,
"Oh, my fucking Lord, she is hot!"
You just nailed it, you killed it, you owned it.
Was that a rebellious move?
Was that a strategic move?
Or was it something you just did, because you felt, "Fuck it, I'll do it"?
The third. Fuck it, I'll do it.
I mean why not? I loved the tune,
I loved the song. I loved that it was a satire on the male gaze.
I know I got a lot of criticism about--
Who has criticized you? You were amazing.
About pandering to the male gaze while making a satire on the male gaze.
Yeah.
But my logic was who else
can satire the male gaze except a nautch girl
who I was playing in the song,
or an actor who has such a wide experience
or wide range of the male gaze?
Only someone like a nautch girl
or me can satire the male gaze.
So, I found that,
as an actor, you use your body to
display a wide range of emotions.
Whether...
with Raji, it was physical combat and it was for a cause.
This one was to make a statement.
So, I don't think the problem was getting me into the character.
It was just the way people...
-Perceived it. -...perceived it.
Yeah, but you were hot.
Whether you were making a statement
or you were showing the world the middle finger,
it doesn't matter, you looked hot and that stayed.
That has been archived for posterity and for always.
Akshay, we have been talking about Samantha and her marriage.
You have had a very successful marriage with an actor yourself,
who is poles apart from you,
and I know it takes two to tango.
But has it been a lot of adjustments a lot of like...
And talk to us of what the experience of
making a marriage successful has been for you.
Every time I see Tina and you and meet you socially...
I have been at their home for dinners.
They are hilarious together because she roasts him all the time.
And he with a zen like
Buddhist quality takes it, and he allows her.
It's almost like he lays the red carpet of opinion for her.
See, I have no choice.
You don't have a good comeback?
Now I can. Don't get me...
If I do, then it will.
But my humour is different than hers.
It is completely different. Her humour is very different.
My humour is different.
That's it. What more can I say?
-I don't know how to start saying things. -Are you saying--
I don't want to say anything wrong
that tomorrow I have to regret it or when I go home.
Are you saying that she is more refined than you are?
-And all that? -Maybe she is.
And does that ever make you uncomfortable,
or do you enjoy the difference?
No, I enjoy. It's better to just sit down and listen, that's it.
There is nothing you can do about it.
You don't have to say anything back because
then she will say something.
It is better to just listen.
And it is a great advice that I am giving to
all the husbands. Just sit down, listen.
Listen when they are talking.
It's great.
And to listen is the best thing.
Did your husband sit and listen?
One second.
Before you point the finger at me,
I have a bone to pick with you.
You are on some level
the reason for unhappy marriages.
Oh, God.
Because you have marketed this idea of marriage,
wedding attires and wedding songs.
You know, from...
our youth, you have portrayed life to be K3G.
When, in fact, the reality is K.G.F.
Okay, so...
please do not ask any questions to us.
-Ask yourself. -It is me.
-Yes, it is you. -But you know I am unmarried.
The irony of it all.
-Imagine that's because you-- -That's why you can ask these questions.
That is why you are so smart.
Today you are going to get roasted.
I promise you will
because I have found a companion.
Today we both are going to take your case.
-I mean, it's lovely how you-- -She has blamed me.
You are like,
rich of me to ask these questions.
-Rich of you. -I sold this concept of love.
You have marketed marriage like no other Indian has
to the naïve innocent...
-youth of this nation. -I also marketed divorce.
I made a film called Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna.
Much later, when everything had already sunk.
Okay, this is really brewing some interesting conversations.
You and Twinkle both have flourishing careers.
And we all know how Twinkle has been very supportive of your career.
In what way do you show your support to hers?
By just not saying anything to her.
And whenever she writes something, just try to make her understand
don't cross the line.
Touch her feet
and make her understand, don't.
It will cause problems.
And then
it takes about 2-3 hours to make her understand
and after some time...
But she still does what she wants to, you know that.
-Mellow. -Mellow.
If you actually read the copy, that is not so.
So, are you saying that you are the editor of that copy?
With folded hands.
-And bended knees. -I beg...
go down, just please don't do this.
-Don't write this. -Don't write at all.
So, then I also need an Akshay Kumar in my life
because many times I have put my foot in my mouth.
You need 5
Akshay Kumars.
I need 5?
-You need 5. -I don't mind even if I get one.
That's enough.
I am very happy with one also.
In case, you are recommending.
-So, 5 would be like... -Oh...
It would be my emotional orgy.
You always loved buffets.
I love buffets, but unfortunately à la carte is also not on the menu.
Okay.
I am finding this very hard to believe.
What?
My love and sex life.
-It is very hard. -It is very lonely, Sam.
You and I are now floating on the same boat.
Karan...
Maybe I can hop on and we can go cruising together.
Maybe.
Shall we take a holiday together? I think that will be fun.
Hmm.
Are you trying to say "hmm" because you are already taking one?
-No. -Or you have already been to one?
No! We are not going there.
So, are you open to love now?
-No. -No? Why?
-Definitely not. -How can you close your door to love?
Akshay is, like, the epitome of love right now.
But I will take that holiday with you for other...
Nefarious activities.
-Yes. Just not love. -Yes.
-Just not love. -Yes.
You don't want to sell love to her.
How should I do it?
How should I do it? Tell me.
-You are deeply in love with your wife. -Yes.
-That's great. -So, how do I?
So, should I tell her what love is on your programme?
You think she doesn't know about it?
I know what it's not.
She knows it more than anybody.
Yeah, she does.
She knows the pros and cons. Let's not get into it.
Okay, not get into that.
Right at the top of the show, we mentioned the N-word,
which we said we won't, and you said you would use it as a weapon
to completely attack me with it.
But I have to address the N-word.
When I say nepotism.
Now when I talk to you first, before I get to Akshay,
who is the brand ambassador of the "outsider"
who has made it massively in the film fraternity.
Everyone says, and this is hearsay, I don't know for a fact...
that, in Hyderabad,
in the Telugu film industry, it is the boys' club.
You know, boys who were raised together,
family to each other, many of them are all related to each other.
Somebody's son always becomes a lead actor.
Somebody's nephew is always propped up
by the family. It has happened,
and they don't think it's a big deal at all
because that's the order of the way.
Very few actors maybe, a Vijay Deverakonda that came from the outside
and broke through
with his cult film Arjun Reddy
and then went on to be a movie star.
But they call it the "big boys' club."
Do you acknowledge it? What do you have to say about those circumstances?
I think it differs from apple to apple.
Nepo kids, non-nepo kids,
everyone comes with their own demons, and they have their own demons to face.
It is as simple as,
once you are in the game,
even if your father is the coach,
he is still standing on the sidelines.
There is nothing he can possibly do for you to win the game
once you are in the game.
But what about first-move advantage?
But then comes the second and the third and the fourth.
And for me,
when I entered the industry, if I failed,
just my mom, dad and brothers would have known that I failed.
But when a star kid fails, the whole country knows.
And you are constantly being pitted
or being compared to the legacy that you are coming from.
I don't think all superstars are the greatest actors
and all great actors are superstars.
So, I think,
at the end of the day, like I said, there is divine intervention.
It has to be, that's the only...
It's destiny, divine intervention,
and the ball is always in the audience's court.
So, it differs from apple to apple.
Akshay, when you came in, you came as a complete outsider.
You had your struggles, trials and tribulations.
To say that you are the biggest movie star in the country
would be stating the obvious.
You have been around for over 30 years.
And right on top of the game and congratulations,
because it takes a lot of,
I would say, might
to really stay where you are and yet command the love of an audience.
You were an outsider
till it was brought to our notice that the concept of nepotism
is a feeling of entitlement.
Do you ever feel that in your journey?
Or you just felt like you just had to work hard?
Let me tell you about me being in this industry for 30 years.
I consider myself very lucky.
I know many people who work hard,
harder than me,
but they couldn't make it.
So, I consider myself very lucky.
Everybody comes with their fate.
Let's put that aside. What was the next question you asked?
I said, did you feel that you combatted it?
The concept of nepotism.
-There was preference given to-- -See, first of all...
the word "nepotism," I didn't even know the meaning of it.
I had actually asked my wife what nepotism is.
I didn't know that because my English is not that good.
So, I asked her then she explained to me,
and I saw...
all the fight that was happening.
So, I understood.
To give your answer, when I came into this industry,
I had no idea what this is. I just came here to earn money.
My simple thing was that I want to earn money
because...
when I came here,
I was earning ₹5,000 a month.
And one day I got an ad.
And for that I got ₹21,000 in 2 hours.
I just looked at that money and said, "Oh, my God.
"In 2 hours, I earned ₹21,000.
"What am I doing teaching martial arts?"
"Let me try that." So I just...
When I came in, I was not bothered
whose son it was or whether I would get work or not.
Whatever was coming to me, I just kept on taking work
to be honest. Another thing is that,
whatever work comes,
you like it a little bit, do it. Keep on doing it.
Forget about,
again, the concept of, 3 heroes, 4 heroes.
I have done 7-hero film.
-What? -Jaani Dushman.
Jaani Dushman.
Have you seen it?
His funniest story. Yes, I know.
Akshay has told me the most hilarious story of Jaani Dushman.
Please tell us how you were dead and became alive again.
What?
So, I was on a per-day.
He was on a per-day basis.
-You understand the per-day concept. -Yes, I do understand.
You work for a day, and you get your money.
Your per-day is my entire salary. I know that very well.
My entire movie.
Okay.
So, I was on per-day and I was working.
The scene was that
the villain kills me.
I am dead. I came to know
that the other hero,
who was going to
be acting now,
got stuck in New York,
and he wasn't coming.
So, I actually went and told the director,
"Should I come back?"
No.
So, what he did you know? You will not believe it.
He says, "You are not dead." That means me.
I'm in a coma.
I became alive again.
So, I have shot for another 5 days.
And you made more money for 5 days.
I made more money,
and you will not believe it.
Today, where I stay,
I needed money to buy that place.
And it's because of Jaani Dushman I got that place.
I made money and kept on giving it to him.
Who was that actor whom you had to thank?
It was Sunny Deol.
He had some problem; he got stuck there.
He had a back surgery or something.
Some back problem or something.
So, Jaani Dushman gave me that flat where I stay now.
I don't know how we have reached Jaani Dushman from nepotism.
But we reached.
Well, definitely nepotism made me a Jaani Dushman.
Yes, that word got introduced to India.
No, and it's a brand that has lived.
It's breathing and we still talk about it, like, everywhere.
It will keep on going.
Till your Koffee with Karan is there, this brand is going to go.
This brand is there, and now I have grown to accept it,
and I have grown to just enjoy it now.
Sam, brave decision for you to do Family Man as well.
For you, when I say brave, because I believe
they say, "South stars have not done digital.
"They don't believe in direct to digital."
That norm is also kind of changing as we speak.
But you did Family Man. Was that because your...
closeness to Raj and DK?
Or because you thought the role was so amazing, which it was?
-No, I didn't know Raj and DK at all. -Oh, you didn't know.
And even Family Man Season 1 hadn't released
when I started shooting for Season 2.
So, it was just...
it was just
a cry for a challenge as you get typecast
with the roles
you are offered in the South.
Not...
because of any fault of theirs.
But the directors saw me a certain way. The bubbly, cute...
love interest, and I was...
feeling stifled and I really wanted to--
You wanted to break through.
Break through and...
Here, there was an opportunity to look at myself through another lens.
And I grabbed it.
-Did you think it would be-- -I did not!
-See, it's the divine intervention. -Divine intervention, I'm telling you.
-You know when I was shooting. -It is all about luck.
I believe it.
I don't know how much she would believe.
I believe it is.
Whatever the actor might say.
"I have worked very hard and all."
It is 70% luck and 30% your hard work.
Yes, absolutely. I am a believer.
And I think we are all products of our destiny.
And if that destiny is in our favour,
then great, it's going well. It's going really well for both of you.
-So, congratulations. -Yes.
-Very well. -Congratulations.
And see how well today has gone.
You were so worried about Koffee with Karan.
But it is really flowing, and you're giving us gem after gem.
-Pieces of advice and thoughts. -Oh, my God!
We are very, very blessed
to have you on this show.
Okay. Now, this is trolling.
-Am I trolling you? No. -Yes.
Yes, I can sense it from a mile.
If I had to ask you, before we get into my favourite part of the show
called the Rapid Fire round,
what is the worst thing you have read about yourself?
Should I start alphabetically?
No, your favourite piece of troll.
I took ₹250 crore in alimony.
You took ₹250 crore in alimony.
Yeah, every morning I woke up waiting for income tax officials
to show them, "Ta-da! There is nothing."
You mean they had made up the stories about the alimony.
Absolutely. So, first, they made up their stories of the alimony.
₹250 crore. Then they realised, okay,
it doesn't seem like a believable story.
Then they said, no, there is a prenup, so she can't ask for alimony.
So, there was...
-Everyone was making up their own story. -It was beautiful.
Akshay, what is the worst thing that you read about yourself online?
Or you kind of ignore the hatred?
No, I don't go online
or read much about it.
Actually, not much.
I have been very lucky with that.
You haven't been trolled a lot.
At the most, they write about Canada, which I don't care.
Canada.
-That's the maximum they can write. -That's the favourite.
The trolls call you Canada Kumar.
Yeah, Canada Kumar.
Fine, call me that.
But is there also criticism you got,
with a lot of men who are superstars your age get,
get about working with girls who are much younger?
-Is there trolling on that? -That's because they are jealous.
This is a point.
This is a very valid point.
-They are jealous. -They are jealous.
They are jealous.
You can't just have it all and all and all.
Exactly. And why shouldn't I?
I can work with them?
Do I look like 55?
-No, not at all. -So, I don't understand the problem.
They get jealous and keep on writing it.
Some media person will write it,
some trolling will happen and
who cares?
-Do your work and go home. -That's the best.
Listen from one ear and remove it from the other ear.
That is true.
-That's the way it should be. -I try. I rarely succeed, but I try.
-I try. -You try, but does it get to you?
Yes, it does.
It should not.
I kid you not, it doesn't get to me.
You have no idea what all they write about me.
You should go below an Instagram.
There is a famous emoji. It's a snake.
Snake comes out with my name all the time.
There is one snake, I don't know why.
Everything is about a snake.
I mean like...
-a wish-granting serpent. -I like snakes.
I really like...
-snakes. -Well then.
We are going on that holiday then.
-All right, this is the rocking... -This is the hamper or a bag?
-I am so-- -It is a suitcase.
-It is very big. -What's the cost of it?
Yeah, total cost.
I can't...
-divulge the cost. -Why can't I ask you?
Why don't you tell us?
I want to tell you it is a very expensive hamper.
Okay.
It is worth
-fighting for. -I have been told not to win.
You have been told not to win by whom?
You are a lover, not a fighter.
Yeah.
So, I am winning this one.
Shut it, leave it, let's move ahead.
So, I should just give it off.
Yeah.
I have to first change my glasses.
I turned 50, so...
-that is why. -Akshay, should I start with you?
Because you are the Koffee with Karan veteran.
Why can't we do it like that?
Answer questions alternately. Let's change it.
Let's have that kind of a fight.
-I just want to be clear. -Open both the pages.
We can change the format, but we have to take permission.
-From whom? -Judge and jury.
You are the judge and jury.
-I am not. -You are pretending there is.
No. Would you like to meet our judge and jury?
-Yes. -Please. Can we meet the judge and jury?
Hi!
They are all there.
So, okay, Akshay and Samantha have a suggestion
that there will be
one question to Akshay and one question to Samantha.
Are you guys okay with that?
Yeah!
Please don't get confused with the marking.
Yes, all right. Can we please turn on the Jaquar lights
for the Rapid Fire round?
Wow.
Okay. Are you ready?
Sam, this one is for you.
If your dog Hash could talk,
how would he describe you as a person?
An angel from the heavens above
with twinkle in her eyes.
I can go on and on. It's not like Hash is ever going to talk.
That Twinkle in the eye is mine. That line is mine.
-Sorry. -Twinkle is in his eyes, not in yours.
Unless you like the twinkle in her eyes.
My eyes are okay.
All right. Akshay.
What marriage advice would you give to the following newly-married actors?
To Ranbir Kapoor.
Happy wife, happy life.
To Katrina Kaif.
I know her very well, so, Katrina...
don't...
"Don't angry me."
Not "don't angry me." She isn't married to me.
Okay, fine.
Katrina, don't...
eat his ears off.
Just slowly nibble it.
And Vicky Kaushal?
Watch your ears?
Make her a home gym and you will see her more at home.
Oh, God, okay.
All right. Sam, how would you describe your following co-stars in one word?
Ram Charan.
The OG.
Bunny, Allu Arjun.
Magic.
-Dhanush. -Global star.
Akshay, given that you are the most anti-party person,
who would be on your guest list if you had to host a private dinner party
for industry folks?
I think Ranveer Singh
because he will come and entertain everyone.
I'll just need to be quiet. He will entertain everybody.
He'll sit on everybody's lap.
He will kiss everybody, left, right and centre.
-He will do that, I am sure. -I love him.
You made him sound like Hash the dog.
Just now, I had gone to the IPL finals.
-Oh, my God. -Some seven times he came
and sat on my lap and kissed me.
Oh, God.
And that also, you know, those wet ones.
-Oh, God. -All right, okay.
If you were cast in a love triangle with Akshay Kumar,
who is the second male actor you would pick?
-Ranveer Singh. -A man you would like to be
in a love triangle with, Akshay Kumar, Sam.
-No, you didn't put it that way. -She said Ranveer Singh.
-You said Ranveer Singh. -She said Ranveer Singh.
She likes wet kisses.
Yesterday, I shot an ad with him and...
I am like...
Ranveerified.
Ranveerified completely. A fan for life.
Okay.
If you had to share the Khiladi title with a Gen-Z actor,
-who would it be? -I think Tiger Shroff.
Tiger Shroff, good answer.
Sam, one social media trend you hate.
When rumours become facts.
Oh, okay.
True. True that. All right.
Akshay, three things that you miss from the 90s as an actor.
-Heroines. -Huh?
-Those heroines. -Those heroines, yeah.
Not heroines in general.
They haven't vanished;
they are still around.
-The music. -Oh, I love. The best.
And in those times, we used to do 10 films a year.
-I miss that. -You miss that.
Sam, if you had to host your best friend's bachelorette party,
which two Bollywood hunks would you hire to dance at the bash?
Ranveer Singh and Ranveer Singh.
-Only two Ranveer Singhs. -Ranveer Singh and Ranveer Singh.
Because you think he can be like two for the price of one.
Or be 10,
or just Ranveer Singh.
But that means you have to see him in all his glory, I want to tell you.
Like I said, I am Ranveerified.
All right, okay, good.
One thing Bollywood is obsessed with, Akshay, which you don't approve of?
Fillers.
-That you take it on this... -Botox, fillers.
No, no, fillers of this.
-Fillers? -Yeah, they have, right?
-Oh, "filters." -He totally didn't get that.
Even I didn't get it.
No, it's not filters.
It's "filters" or "fillers"?
-Oh, my. -It's "filters."
I have never used it.
I was like, wow.
Extremely...
I would hear this from a therapist.
"You should love yourself, not use fillers and Botox."
I thought he was going there.
Fillers also.
-Bollywood is obsessed. -Fillers and filters.
Fillers and filters.
-Fillers and filters. -That's it now.
I...
I am going to cry. You're taking the hamper.
All right. That was hilarious.
That hamper is going further and further away from me
with every question he is answering.
Fillers!
Which famous celebrity's voice would you want as your GPS?
Yash from K.G.F.
Oh, Yash from K.G.F. Solid voice.
Akshay, if Chris Rock made a joke about Tina, what would you do?
If he made a joke about Tina, I would pay for his funeral.
Because she is going to kill him.
She is just going to kill him.
And she doesn't even have to slap.
Who do you think is the most desirable man in India?
Please don't say Ranveer Singh.
But let her say.
No. Why?
-Vijay Deverakonda. -Deepika is reaching her house
if you discuss it anymore.
-Vijay Deverakonda? -Yeah.
He is also meant to be single, isn't it?
And you are doing a film with him.
Oh, God, I just walked into it.
And you had a long outdoor shoot in Kashmir just now.
You just asked me an honest question.
I just gave an honest
answer from that observation of one month.
Okay, that's it.
All right.
Akshay, if Rohit Shetty had to make a female cop universe,
which is the one actress, according to you,
will be a badass woman in uniform?
Alia Bhatt.
-Alia Bhatt. -Small in size but explodes greatly.
Correct.
One thing, Sam, that you wouldn't do for money?
Lots of things. I still haven't done a film
-just for the money. Never. No. -You haven't done.
Only if something that excites you.
What would you not do for money?
My name is Akshay Kumar.
There is a price for everything.
Oh, damn it. Damn it. Another one.
Please stop answering the questions.
I have to tell you to stop answering.
Okay.
And, Samantha, what is the way to your heart?
It's closed. Please take a U-turn.
All right, okay.
And tell me the one Instagram account that you stalk?
I think my wife's, because
you never know what she is going to write anytime.
I have to be very careful.
I have to keep on stalking her all the time.
Unforgettable performance, multiple awards,
was acting something that always floated your boat?
No, I didn't have a choice.
I entered the profession because things were hard at home.
And...
we didn't have too much money for me to study further, so...
But then I am really glad.
In a way, that is a very similar situation to what happened with Akshay.
Like he said, one furniture gig
made him realise that he could make more money
in the business, in the entertainment business.
That was... that was...
-That changed my life actually. -Changed your life.
When my father said, "No, I can't pay your loan,"
it changed my life.
Good, well, more power to you.
Thank you.
Martial arts, photography, modelling, acting, you are a man of many passions.
What is it that truly floats your boats?
I would say martial arts.
-Martial arts. -Yeah.
Thank you, Akshay. Thank you, Sam.
You both were exceptional.
"Thank you, Akshay," here. "Thank you, Sam."
No, I was not wearing my glasses.
I mean, it's that bad? Oh, no.
Akshay, don't be silly now.
Oh.
Thank you, Sam. Thank you, Akshay.
Incredible round of Rapid Fire.
But this particular season, I am not the judge and jury.
We have a judge and jury
who will decide the winner. Please vote.
You vote for Akshay or vote for Samantha.
Your preferred winner
for the rocking Rapid Fire round.
Please vote.
We'll give you 30 seconds.
And the result's coming up at your nearest screen.
No.
Oh, my God.
Akshay, congratulations. 83%
-voted for you. -Oh, my God.
All right, thank you very much.
Thank you.
Sam.
-It is very sad. -But
I want to give my hamper to her.
No, no.
Why? I'll tell you. I have a reason.
The reason is I just feel like giving it to her.
All right, then be chivalrous. Come.
No, but this is not how I want to win.
-Here. -But this is not how I...
Okay, anyways, I'll take it.
I am cheap like that. I am cheap like that.
All right, Samantha.
This is your debut, and you may not have opened very well
in the Rapid Fire round, but you have an opportunity
to kind of, like, vindicate yourself again.
And win perhaps because we have our last and final quiz round.
And if you win that,
there is a massive present waiting at the end of that round for you.
That's it. No more Mr. Nice Guy.
So, now let's go the MyGlamm Zone,
for some glam, slam and some games.
Now, here is what happens.
When I ask a question, you have to buzz and then answer.
-Okay. -In this round, I'll ask you questions
ranging from Bollywood, general knowledge and pop culture.
Bollywood is not fair.
You have to press the buzzer.
Then you have to ask from Tollywood also.
Yeah, it's from all that only. Bolly, Tolly...
You have to press the...
All right. Name...
any three superheroes from the Marvel universe.
You answered first.
Captain America, Ironman and Black Widow.
-I'll give it to you. Thank you. -Yes.
-All right. -Yes, yes, yes.
What is Sir Paul McCartney's middle name?
Your options are.
I did. Paul.
Now I...
His middle name is not Paul.
I felt like saying it.
Yeah, do you have an answer?
-What is Paul McCartney's middle name? -Yeah, let's hear it.
Your choices are.
-Choices. -James,
-John, Paul, George. -John Lennon.
-James. -James.
You are right.
-Yes, Beatles. -I was giving choices.
Paul. You said.
-Okay. -Karan, it is Paul.
-What? -Oh, it is Paul.
-No. -Oh, it is Paul.
You said middle name.
It is Paul.
-You said middle name. -It is Paul.
-I was. -What?
-Sorry. -It's the middle.
One second, can I pull out the buzzer?
No, you can't pull the buzzer. Go there.
Okay, Paul. You got it.
But how?
Is it Paul Paul McCartney? I didn't understand.
He is Sir James Paul McCartney.
Paul is his middle name.
How many bags of wool did Baa Baa Black Sheep have?
-Three. -Correct.
All right. Who entered his own lookalike competition
and came third? Your options are--
Charlie Chaplin.
-Oh, wow, hope he is correct. -One second, options... How?
-Because he knows the answer. -You don't have to hear it. I know it.
He was the only guy who did that.
There is something.
I feel there is foul play in this matter.
There is foul play.
This is going to become Bollywood versus South.
-I see it happening. -No, no, you can't do that.
What about me? I am in the middle always.
All right.
Which city slogan is "What happens in--" Yes?
Vegas.
Correct, I'll give you that.
How do you know?
-There is something. -What happened is what happened.
That is what happens only once.
No, let him say it. Let him complete.
What happens in Las Vegas stays in Las Vegas.
Okay, but she got it.
If Lady Gaga's fan army is called Little Monsters
and Beyoncé's fan army is called Beyhive,
then what is Game of Thrones fan army called?
GOT fans? I don't know, what. No, no.
Thronies.
No, I got it.
-But I got it. -Yeah, you had to say, what is it?
Thronies.
-Too late. -I got it.
-Yeah, he got it. What? -I wanted to say.
-It is your fault. It is your fault. -He got it.
But you first said wrong,
-and then he buzzed. -But I am new to this game.
All right, if a director directs,
an editor edits, what does the viewer do?
-View. -Correct.
Eat popcorn.
-Weirdest question ever! -"Eats popcorn," he says.
Okay,
I am a fictional British character fond of magical potions.
-Harry Potter. -Correct.
I am green and healthy. I am used in salads and smoothies,
I rhyme with the word "pale."
Kale. No, no. Me, me. Kale, kale.
You should have that thing.
If she is pressing, then this won't buzz.
Otherwise, you will never come to know. Okay.
No, I am seeing, I am alert.
All right, okay. Now I will display
symbolic posters of popular movies.
You have to guess the movie.
-Who presses the buzzer first... -Where? Where do we see?
...will answer. On the screen next to you.
-Which one? -Symbolic posters of popular movies,
and you have to guess the movies.
Whoever presses the buzzer first answers.
Let's have a look at the very first film.
Where? Black. Black.
No, no, no.
Rockstar. Rockstar.
Rockstar.
-Rockstar. -But I could see black.
The screen was black.
Rockstar, you said, is right.
Second poster, please. Keep your hand on the buzzer.
What is this?
Pushpa.
-Why? -Fire.
Pushpa.
Phool Aur Angaar.
-No, no, Pushpa. -Phool Aur Angaar.
Also, true.
-It is Phool Aur Angaar. -Pushpa. Fire.
"You think I am a flower because my name is Pushpa?
"I am fire."
I am giving both,
because the fact that, you know, Phool Aur Angaar.
I am giving it to him.
You are right. Third poster.
Hand on buzzer.
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara.
-Yes. -Yes.
-I know. I remember this. -Okay.
-I got it. -Fourth poster.
Fourth poster.
Yes.
-Arjun Reddy. -Correct.
Yes!
Samantha at 13, Akshay at 6.
Now the next performance
question will be for 5 points.
5 points.
In this round, Akshay and Samantha have to do different dance forms.
I will keep changing the dance form and both Akshay
and Samantha have to do on the beats of
"Oo Antava."
For example, I will say twerk, then you start twerking.
If I say Kathak, you start doing Kathak.
If I say ballroom, you go down that path.
-Are you guys ready? -Ready.
Can Akshay and Samantha come to the centre stage, please?
Anyways, I am the winner.
No, no, this is for 5 points.
Then there might be tiebreaker.
-So, whoever wins this. -Yeah.
I will decide about the winner.
Can we have the song? And I'll give you the dance form.
Okay, Akshay.
Original.
You have to sit here.
Okay, now signature step.
-What? -Signature step.
Bhangra.
Oh, my God.
Kathak.
Oh, my God.
Ballroom.
Oh, my.
And last Bollywood.
-What is Bollywood -I'll show you.
What is Bollywood?
Oh, my God!
Are you okay?
Is the heart in a happy place?
No, I might need the ambulance now.
-You might need the ambulance. -Yes.
That you got a bit of... Well, I have to say that Akshay,
outperformed himself in the dance round.
So, from 6, he goes up 5 points and he is at 11.
And you are at 13.
Samantha's still in the lead.
And our last round now. You have to pick up your phones,
call up a Bollywood or Tollywood celebrity,
and make them say,
"Hi, Karan, it's me."
I only want to know
where they are and what they are doing.
Please put it on speaker, so I can hear their voice.
Pick up, Tam.
-Tam, Tam, please pick up. -Tam, pick up.
-Hi. -Hi, Tina.
How are you?
Okay, just say.
Tina, you have to say, "Hey, Karan, it's me."
-Just say this. -Hello.
Yes!
-Say it. -Say it.
Tamannaah say...
Tamannaah say, "Hey, Karan, it's me."
Say, say fast.
Okay, okay.
Okay, next, next.
Tamannaah, did you say, "Hey, Karan, it's me?"
-No, she didn't. -Hey, Karan, it's me.
And, Tam, what are you doing?
I am actually at a shoot.
You are at a shoot. Okay, she is at a shoot.
-All right, okay. -Thank you, Tam.
-I love you, bye. -All right.
And the last opportunity if you have.
But I did first.
You both got the points.
-You both called simultaneously. -Okay.
14 and 12.
One more call, but she will still win.
-Hello. -Who is it?
-Riteish. -Rana, say, "Hi..."
"It's Karan."
Okay, say, Riteish...
-Hey, Karan, it's me. -Yes!
That's Rana Daggubati saying,
"Hey, Karan, it's me." Rits.
It's me, Riteish.
-Where are you, Riteish? -Thank you so much. You made my day.
I am in my office, working on my film Ved.
Where are you?
I am... Well, what do you think I am doing?
Where are you?
All right.
Thank you so much. You made me win.
Thank you, Rana.
I needed you, so I called you.
Okay, I will call you later.
-All right, very well done. -Okay, bro.
And with valiant efforts from Akshay
and valiant efforts from Samantha.
You are the proud winner of the quiz round by 2 points.
-Yes! -You win
-the quiz round, congratulations. -Thank you.
-I am so proud of you. -I am a winner.
You are a winner.
And now can we please proceed back?
Samantha, clap, clap, applause, applause.
-You won. You won. -I won something.
You won this fabulous gift.
Is it gold?
Well, it's the worth of gold.
It's a... What?
It's a present. When you open, things will come out of it.
-Don't worry. -Okay.
-Thank you. -Can we open it now?
No? Okay.
You want to see what you lost?
It has a dollar sign on it.
Yeah, I think it is expensive.
It is expensive.
Well, congratulations.
And, before I sign off, I have to ask you.
Both of you are looking absolutely fabulous tonight.
Both have got your fashion A games to our wonderful show.
What do you think makes your fashion a cut above the rest?
I use my style as an expression of how I am feeling,
so can't go wrong with that.
You feel red and pink tonight?
Yes, I do.
-And, Akshay, what about you? -So, what do I feel, turquoise?
What makes your fashion a cut above the rest?
I just like being very casual.
I like to be comfortable.
I love my fashion.
I would say I wish I could go everywhere in my tracksuits
or my pyjamas and just...
And you also have a unique way of wearing your tracksuits,
which is one up and one down.
-That I've had it since my childhood. -Oh, really?
I don't know how it happened.
Well, it's called the Akshay Kumar way of wearing a tracksuit.
So, every time, in my house, if I am scratchy for some reason
and I put my one... my mother says,
"Stop trying to copy Akshay Kumar."
And I was like, "I am very far away from that."
But, Akshay, Samantha, thank you so much
for actually being on the episode.
I had a blast. I hope you did too.
Thank you so much. Your experience in one word?
Better than I ever thought it would be. Like, amazing.
-Okay, amazing. -I love it.
-And, Akshay. -She is coming again.
Yeah, I am coming again.
Akshay, it's your fourth time on the show.
You feel fine?
-I enjoy myself. I feel at home. -Thank you so much
for always, always being a Koffee with Karan supporter.
Before I let you both go,
may I please have you sign the mug right next to you.
All right. Can we take those mugs with us
to our Koffee wall of fame
while we say goodbye to each other?
Thank you.
-Thank you. -Thank you.
One thing Bollywood is obsessed with, Akshay, which you don't approve of?
-Fillers. -Botox, fillers.
No, no, fillers of this.
-Fillers? -Yeah, they have, right?
-Oh, "filters." -He totally didn't get that.
No, it's not "filters."
It's "filters" or "fillers"?