Rajesh, who plays the father in the film, shared his opinion about the title “Almariyaan”, and said, “When we say ‘Almariyaan’, then in a almari there are lots of shelves. We use them to keep different stuffs, similarly in our life we also have a almari with shelves and we keep our feelings in them. I feel the title was perfect for the film. I was intrigued by the title, but I had some idea what it will be about.”

The movie revolves around a family where the parents drop hints to their son that they are aware that he is gay and have absolutely no problem with that. The actor stressed that this movie also points out the lack of communication between parents and kids these days.

He said, “If you see in today’s times’ parents are busy with their work, their lifestyle is such that both husband and wife need to work. Kids feel neglected and can’t speak about their needs to their parents, so they share it with their friends. That’s why their friends become more important to them than their parents. Now friends can’t always give them the right advice. It’s only their parents who can guide them properly and give them the right advice. So I feel parents today should interact more with their children.”

Rajesh also spoke about the LGBTQ community and said that though it will take some time, people have slowly started to accept and acknowledge them. “There was a time in the 80’s – 90’s when girls in villages were not allowed to wear pants and tops, they could only wear salwar suit or sarees. But now when I travel for work, I see girls in villages also wearing jeans and tops and this has been accepted by their families and society. So I feel the same way society will accept the LGBTQ community too,” he said.

In the movie, Supriya played Rajesh’s wife, and Pranav essayed the role of his son. This is the third time Supriya and Rajesh worked together, and he feels that working with an actor again definitely helps in bringing out the chemistry on-screen. He said, “Yes, it does happen. When you are working together you do recognise the actor, and you start to understand the person a little bit more. I’m not saying that you completely know the person but you do understand a little bit and there’s this comfort zone which gets created.”

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“Almariyaan” has been written and directed by Jiya Bhardwaj and Supriya praised her for being so clear about what she wanted in the film. “I was very happy to know the way it was written. Pranav told me that Jiya (Bhardwaj) has written it, and I really enjoyed working with her. She understood the whole emotion so well, and she was so clear about her shots, so I was really very happy to see that clarity in such a young director,” she said.

This was the third time that Supriya worked with Rajesh and she confessed that working again with a co-actor has some comfort level. “I have worked with Rajesh ji earlier as well. We played husband and wife in ‘Parineeta’ and ‘Doordarshan’. He’s a wonderful actor and a wonderful co-actor and because we have worked earlier, there was an understanding of the mechanism and working pace and everything about him. So that’s always a blessing. He is a fabulous actor. Pranav was new but he understood the whole concept so well because that’s how he narrated the film to me. I think Pranav, Rajesh ji, Jiya and everybody else were so well versed with what they are going to do with the film and it made me so happy to be on-board,” she said.

How was it working with FNP Media? “It was beautiful. They made the whole stay so comfortable, and everything was so nice. Initially, I was just dealing with Pranav but when I met everyone on the set everything was so beautiful and I think when the project is beautiful everything falls in place. And I think that has reflected in the film. I am also looking forward to watch it. All the best to FNP and they should keep doing the beautiful good work and they should keep making good films and keep casting me,” Supriya concluded.

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Jiya who hails from Delhi says, ”Theatre made me realise that all I wanted to do with my life was to tell stories. Back in Delhi when I was studying in Hansraj College, we used to spend all our time writing, directing and acting in plays which helps one understand the small nuances of anything related to performance and storytelling. That gave me the confidence to move to Mumbai and work on films and assist filmmakers through the years. This is where I learnt about a whole new world and I have to say that I’ve been supremely blessed to have worked with some of the best people from the industry. As for writing, I realised that to be able to make my own films I need to take that next step and get the formal training that’s going to help make me be more pronounced with my storytelling, so I went off to NYU in 2019 for a professional course in screenwriting and came back with a bunch of ideas that I couldn’t wait to translate onto the screen.”

Speaking about her first working experience she says,” My first work behind the camera was on a film called Aankhon Dekhi, directed by Rajat Kapoor which was shot in old Delhi. I was a clueless intern on set, mesmerised by the kind of magic that was happening around me. It was such a treat to witness exemplary actors on that film. It was the perfect first experience I needed.”

So how did you conceive Almariyaan? Jiya says, ”Pranav Sachdev , who is also an actor in this film, and I happen to be best friends since our college theatre days. He came and met me last year during the lockdown and told me about a play called “Dustbin” by Ajay Krishnan which he had recently performed. I read the play and found it challenging for an Indian setting. Somehow I felt that the conversation that was unfolding was not happening by Indian characters. And then an idea struck me – what if this conversation between parents happens in a regular middle class family of Delhi? What happens when you add some madness to this entire thing and make it something new? Pranav and I flew with the idea and I wrote the screenplay. When we had the script we were absolutely sure with what we wanted to do. Within no time we started pitching, knowing that this may not be the easiest task since this isn’t something that everyone would be comfortable making. And that’s when we met FNP Media and I think they got excited about it more than us and came on board immediately to make it.”

Almariyaan has actors like Rajesh Sharma and Supriya Shukla and Jiya can’t stop talking about them. “When we got to pitching Almariyaan to actors, I was secretly hoping that only they say yes. And they did!! Supriya ji called me instantly and said that what she read was so fresh and important that she would fly down to do it the next day! Rajesh ji was also thrilled to read it and we eventually worked out a window to get them out of their busy schedules to get this going. It’s been an absolute honour and I feel nothing but tons of gratitude that such senior actors trusted me and helped me fly! There were times I had to call cut but I would be so engrossed in their performances that I would forget and then Rajesh ji would crack us all up with his humour. Both of them have taken their characters to new levels of depth and dealt with the entire layer of this satire with the perfect maturity it needed. I can’t wait to work with them again and get those warm hugs from Supriya ji between takes.”

Speaking about FNP media Jiya says,”FNP Media is a fantastic platform for the young voices who want to showcase their talent. They are producing such diverse and important films under one umbrella and they are very enthusiastic and unabashed about it. I would urge all the young storytellers out there to try and approach FNP if you have something new to say. Vikas Gutgutia, the captain of the ship and the absolute visionary is down to take things to the next level in the short films game. I can’t wait to work with them again.”

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