Piyush Mishra gave some of the iconic performances and songs to the Indian film industry. He also shared the screen with several notable stars like Ranbir Kapoor. While the senior artist spoke about his career in an interview, he opened up about his experience of working with Ranbir Kapoor and Imtiaz Ali in Rockstar and Tamasha.

Actor, singer, lyricist, playwright, musician, screenwriter- there’s hardly anything that Piyush Mishra hasn’t aced in his extensive career. While he is currently on the biggest India tour with his brand Ballimaaraan, he also indulged in a conversation with Bollywood Hungama. While talking about his personal and professional life, the artist shared how it was working with Imtiaz Ali in the 2015 romantic-drama film, Tamasha.

The Gangs of Wasseypur fame stated that he paid the part exactly the way Ali had penned. In fact, he did it nearly 16 times. However, Mishra was quick to mention that the filmmaker has a unique way of making movies. According to him, Imtiaz doesn’t do retakes but he asks the actor to continue acting and he keeps rolling. Then during editing, he keeps the best part in the film. He further mentioned that both Ranbir Kapoor and him are Ali’s trusted actors. Moreover, their bonding was also great on the sets. Hence, they would keep doing their part and he retained what he felt was perfect.

In the same chat, The Shaukeens star stated that it’s always fun to work with the Amar Singh Chamkila filmmaker. Both the actors also had a great time working with the director in the 2011 award-winning movie, Rockstar. This is when he went on to divulge about the iconic ‘malish scene’ in the film. Mishra made a revelation and stated that he had told Imtiaz about that scene nearly 20 years ago.

“Vo jo malish wala scene tha, maine us aaj se 20 saal pehle bataya tha. Romeo and Juliet mai adapt kar raha tha purani Dilli mein, maine use ye scene bataya tha. (I have told him about the malish scene 20 years ago from today. I was in Delhi, adapting the epic love story Romeo and Juliet when I had told him about it)” Piyush Mishra recalled.

Earlier this year, Mishra shared the screen with Pankaj Tripathi in Main Atal Hoon. Ranbir, on the other hand, is filming for Ramayana slated to release during the Diwali 2025 weekend.

Rajkummar Rao is a self-made man who went from doing minor roles in movies like Rann to winning a National Film Award for Best Actor for the 2012 movie, Shahid. While he is proud of working hard and creating his characters with his sweat and blood, he admitted his life would have been easier if he had a support system in the industry. The actor also spoke highly of his co-stars Shraddha, Janhvi, and Sonam in an interview.

Rajkummar Rao was in a conversation with Unfiltered by Samdish wherein he spoke about his debut movie and his personal and professional life. This is when he also heaped praise on his co-stars, Shraddha Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, and Janhvi Kapoor. During the candid chat, the Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video actor said Janhvi and Shraddha are ‘mehnati (hardworking)’. To refresh your memory, Janhvi and Raj recently shared the screen in Mr. & Mrs. Mahi while he worked with Shraddha in Stree 2.

While talking about his Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga co-star Sonam Kapoor, the ace actor stated that she is a kind-hearted girl. Rao said so when he was talking about being an outsider in the industry. He admitted that sometimes, it’s not easy and there are occasions when he wishes to have someone from the industry. If he had family members from Bollywood then people would also be around him and his acquaintances would have handled a lot of problems. But since that’s not the case, he has to fight his own battles and struggle himself.

He further shared with the host that his association with the insiders of showbiz would have helped him seek suggestions on films and he would have someone to guide him. Sharing how the production houses make him overwork during film promotions, the Badhaai Do fame stated that if he had close connections in the Indian film industry then he would also been spared of the uninteresting and mundane work. “Tab lagta hai mere bhi industry se hote papa-mummy toh bol dete ki ‘Listen, guys, don’t do so much na.’ (This is when I feel If I had parents in the industry, they would have also told the makers to not make him work so much).”

When asked his any of his co-stars with influential parents in the industry ever did that, Rajkummar stated that all the actors that he has worked with are genuinely hardworking.