WhatsApp presents Just Between Us by Filmfare, is a series where the celebrities pour their soul out to Jitesh Pillaai, the editor of Filmfare about the trials and the tribulations they've gone through in their bid to make it at the movies. They talk about how they have navigated the showbiz terra firma,gone through life’s most trying moments and sweet ones too with the support of their family, friends and mentors.
A star goes through many phases in his/her life. To begin with, there's the struggle to make it big at the box office. Once they've made it, the challenge then is to maintain the status quo, of delivering hits every Friday. And that's not an easy task. Considering you're judged by your last performance at the ticket window. Stardom surely comes with its trappings of fame and fortune. Yes, there's that dizzy exhilaration that comes with success.But it also brings along insurmountable pressures, insecurities... That's the other side of stardom. What you see is the glitz, the glamour, the smiles... What you don't see is the tears, the sweat, the fears and the struggle to keep afloat... That's the privilege of the few. It's the close knit of people around the stars, who are privy to their extremely personal moments. Moments of extreme happiness and of despair. Who are these people? Who do the stars share their personal moments of triumph and of failure?
We find that out in our show WhatsApp Presents Just Between Us By Filmfare. So we have six stars talking about their vulnerabilities, their weak moments, their struggles and their ecstatic times... who do they turn to in their hour of need or when they feel like celebrating their accomplishments? All of them have had to put up a brave front while fighting their personal battles off camera. How do they do it?
The first episode features Rajkummar Rao talking about losing his parents and how it changed him as a person. He confesses to putting on a hard exterior to cope with his loss. He says he turned to a few friends in his life for comfort.
We also have Parineeti Chopra. Parineeti was once considered the next best thing. And then she had a string of flops and hit rock bottom in her career. That was enough to send her into depression. Who did she reach out to, who helped her in her trying times? And now that she's back with a bang, she has cause to cheer. Parineeti gets emotional and talks about all this and more.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui talks with pride about his struggles. Those were indeed tough, dark days when he was trying to make his mark. He shares his fears and reveals his coping mechanism and the people he turned to, to stay sane when life was hard. And now when things are looking up, he has his closest people who spread happiness in his life.
Pratik Gandhi, the man the world calls an "overnight success” has struggled for fifteen years beforeScam 92 made him a household name. He speaks of his struggles like a braveheart and takes us through the most intimate moments in life that almost broke him. But he had people who rallied around him and kept him going. The troughs and the crests in his life are worth their weight in gold. He sure has his band of people who party with him, when the going is good and support him when the going is tough.
Vikrant Massey has taken the world by the storm with his brilliant performances. But his life behind the curtains is ridden with fears and vulnerabilities. Vikrant speaks candidly about how he copes with the pressures of being a private person in a profession that's so publicity oriented. All the cheers and the tears are worth treasuring, and he has his confidants who do just that.
Radhika Apte seems so confident of herself. You'd think life is all roses and daffodils for her. You'd think wrong. She's had her share of fears and insecurities. But her parents and siblings have always had her back. And she found some brilliant friends on the way to fall back on... They've helped her during her bad and good times.
Watch them as they get candid about the close-knit set of people who helped them in their journeys only on WhatsApp presents Just Between Us by Filmfare, streaming NOW on MX player & Filmfare's YouTube channel. #MessagePrivately
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