Maniesh Paul: The lockdown taught me that nothing is permanent – Times of India

A hobby that you picked up amid the lockdown?
I won’t call it a hobby but this is something I started enjoying because all of us were together. I started chopping vegetables, and I started ironing clothes. I also tried my hand at cooking during that time.

Any project that you started working on and finished amid the lockdown?
During the lockdown, I made two short films. I also started doing a show online for an e-commerce company. We started with a 30 episode thing, I was shooting from my home, using my phone with no crew. That ended at 120 shows, I really enjoyed that.

Maniesh Paul shares his post-lockdown lessons

A quote that defined that period for you?
It is difficult to summarise the entire experience with just one quote, but definitely a strong feeling of togetherness and hope in the situation of total uncertainty. Being a filmy person, it reminds of the song, “Aane wala pal, jaane wala hai, ho sake toh ismein zindagi bita do, pal jo ye jane wala hai.”

What did that period teach you?
That period taught me that nothing is permanent. Anything can change at any moment in life. We all keep running after work, money, and fame and at times, we forget that we have a family and we need to give time to them. We forget that we need to give time to ourselves, we all need to slow down a bit. I hope that we all have learnt that from that period.

Looking back, do you think lockdown changed you in any way?

Lockdown definitely changed us all in different ways. Personally, I have learnt not to take things for granted.

All our lives we have taken the smallest things like our loved ones, our privileges for granted. Lockdown taught us the importance of life and the people around us. And in a way it also taught us how careless we have been, I’m definitely more mindful about basic things like sanitisation and hygiene than ever before now.

One thing that you missed doing most in the lockdown?
I really missed my friends and family during the lockdown. That was the longest time in which I could not meet my parents.

One thing that you miss now about the lockdown?
I wouldn’t say I don’t miss the lockdown. I did enjoy the lockdown, that was the time I got for myself and my family. Now we are back to our routine; we are back to our shoots. I also miss the empty roads of Mumbai.

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