Feature films are
those, which last on screen or other medium of visual and audio display, from
30 minutes to three hours or more depending on the length of the content. The
general characteristics of a feature film are story, dialogues, characters,
shooting, artistes, technicians, producer, director, music director and so on
from the perspective of a layman like me. Most of us see feature films on
walls, screens, televisions and other media but very few of us know about how a
film is made and released. I write about some notions and ideas I have about
feature films, which I developed during the last 20 years as a passionate film
viewer. My interest in feature films is so strong that I like watching a
feature film almost every day if my life can afford such pleasure and comfort
level. Feature films have become an inseparable part of our lives during the
last 70 years or so.
The positive aspects
of a film, according to my basic understanding about them:
1.
I think feature film is the best offer we can get for what we are paying. They
are showing more than what we deserve for what we are paying, in a limited
period of time. We are buying cigarettes, liquor and so many other dangerous
items to consume and spoil our health knowingly. A feature film is always
better than all these items we see in our regular life. They are making us very
happy from one hour to three hours showing extraordinary things on screen. They
are not spoiling our health but inspiring us to live ideally and bravely. So, I
think intelligent, creative and ideal people should not hesitate to watch and
talk about feature films. It is the best creation of man on earth compared to
any art form.
2.
All viewers may not be intelligent, ideal and sensitive people but those
involved in film making mostly take viewers as great ones and so struggle and
suffer a lot to give the best to their regular clients. I think these are the
only people in this world, who always struggle to entertain and educate others
differently. This passion and mission is for novelty, creativity, innovation
and inspiration. Their march is towards excellence always. They live in dreams.
They desire to showcase their beautiful dreams to others like innocent children
do in a park. They are dreamers of this world. They are the creative and
imaginative challengers of this world. Their target audience is all healthy
human beings living in their age.
3.
They are so dedicated to their profession that they do not have time even to
shave or sleep in much part of their career as film related creatures. They
know that very few call or write to them to appreciate them. They know many
talk badly about them. They know that nobody dies in this world even if they
don’t make films. They are living in such sensitive and dangerous arena of
human thought and culture but making wonders even in those adverse conditions
around them. It means they always think about what they are giving to others,
not minding what they are getting back from their efforts. There is no surety
that every feature film would be a success at cinemas. Many filmmakers know
about this bitter truth but they are still continuing in this path of
hardships, fears and challenges. Their business is entertaining others. Many
times, viewers disappoint them not seeing films just out of their stupidity,
innocence or eccentricity. Producers suffer silently but never shoot any set of
viewers for their sin. It means they are more patient and ideal than all of us.
They invest a lot believing in the goodness and tastes of thousands of idiots,
rogues and lunatics and end up as paupers in many cases. What a pity in this
world as far as feature films are concerned. They are interested to entertain
me differently. I am neglecting them for no particular reason. They are able to
live depending on such nasty rogues also!
4.
Actors and actresses struggle and suffer a lot in the making of a film. Though
director is the captain of the ship of a film, coordinating different aspects
of filmmaking, even different role players should have all those natural or
trained talents to act as per the instructions of the creative and challenging
directors. Acting is not as easy as we think. It is smiling when we are
suffering inside. It is crying when we are laughing inside actually. It is
hiding intuitions and passions and exhibiting exactly what the director wants
and viewers expect from them. It is like toiling for a year or so in the sun
and rain for the claps and appreciation of a few folks from millions of
careless and insensitive viewers at large. Many boys may not get beautiful
girls to marry. Many girls do not get handsome guys to spend time with. There are
many demerits and drawbacks in our personal and professional lives. Actors and
actresses are satisfying those basic instincts in us indirectly. Our neighbor
does not allow us to see his beautiful wife or daughter because she is his
exclusive property. All of us strongly desire to see beauties and talk with
them but we don’t get those chances in our lives. Actors and actresses are
showing their beauty and good looks for all of us. To that extent, are we not
satisfying our hidden desires to a great degree? For example: Some of the
actresses I like for their impressive beauty are: Manisha Koirala, Hema Malini,
Meenakshi Seshadri, Meera Jasmin, Anushka Shetty and so on. I don’t like many
watching crazily at my wife in public places but I am watching the beauty of
all these actresses on screens like a passionate admirer of beauty. Are they
not ideal than me or my wife. Most of us think that some beauties exclusively
belong to us only and we cannot bear if others look at them. Actors and
actresses desire to entertain and educate their viewers exhibiting their bodies
and acting talents also to the most possible extent. They are more idealists
than all of us from this perspective. They are living and acting to entertain
all of us but we are living for our limited circle of dependents, relatives and
friends only. They are my masters always to learn something or the other from
them. I salute all those dreamers, visionaries and thinkers.
5.
Most of us develop some wrong notions about a few directors, actors and
actresses. Example A: R Narayana Murthy always directs such films in Telugu,
which portray the lifestyles and issues of common people. Some of my friends
and relatives do not like watching his films when there is another film in the
cinema nearby. It means R Narayana Murthy is not a wrong person struggling to
discuss the issues of the poor and the downtrodden but those, who are not
interested to see and understand their problems on screen also. They are the
criminals and sinners of this world to that extent. They don’t want to know
about the filth and pain around them, which is being created and sustained
because of them only in this world. Example B:
Some consider some actresses and actors as bad ones because they portray
bad roles in many films. Female and male villains, prostitute role players,
body show dancers are just a few roles of this order. They are playing those
roles because we are interested to watch them so but not because they have such
qualities in their real lives. It implies that we, the viewers, are real
criminals and sinners because we like a heroine being raped passionately by a
villain than a male teacher and male student talking about ideals in a
classroom scene. It means they are making films minding our interests and
fancies but not focusing their attention on UFOs. They write stories and
dialogues gaining insights from the lives and professions of contemporary
people but not machines and forests. It means they are studying societies and
cultures more than all of us. As such, they are great scholars and critics.
6.
Most of us criticize almost every feature film, pointing out some error in it.
I heard many saying that first half is good or second half is bad. How many of
our lives and professions are perfectly interesting and inspiring from date of
birth to date of death? Highly touching and inspiring moments can be a few only
even in the lives of extraordinary artists, thinkers, scientists, celebrities,
social reformers, dreamers and challengers. It means none of us is a wonder.
Even God is unable to make each minute in our life splendid and remarkable.
Then, how can a man, a small creature created by God, for some purposes, always
make classic films or 100% absorbing scenes in every film? Ninety-five percent
of the viewers, who criticize films, filmmakers, artistes and technicians, for
some or other reason, regularly, publicly or privately, are, in fact, indecent,
insensitive, eccentric and mentally sick idiots of our times. I cannot write a
dialogue, a lyric, compose music, direct a song, shoot part of a scene, act a
small role also in a film…these are all my weaknesses and demerits as a human
being. Those, who are entertaining me acting in a feature film, are always
greater and superior to me from this perspective. It means I should admire and
appreciate them for what they are in comparison to me. This is what I do and
feel when watching any film on a television or in a cinema. I imagine myself as
an innocent school kid going to a park of stars and wonders, which I cannot do
in my real life, and so I passionately watch almost every feature film, unless
it is too boring to watch continuously. I am thinking and behaving like a
sensible filmgoer because I have the qualities of self-awareness,
self-assessment and self-criticism. Anybody can enjoy watching a feature film
if he or she has these qualities. You should not criticize others unless you
are greater than them in many respects. How many of you are assessing your
standards and values from this perspective before talking badly about a film,
actor, actress, director, musician or producer? This is why this world is so; idiots
and rogues talking nonsense about challengers publicly or privately. I think we
do much of it aiming at film folks but not others. Can I ever dance like Prabhu
Deva? Can I ever direct a feature film like Satyajit Ray, K Bala Chander or K
Viswanath? Can I ever sing like S P Bala Subrahmanyam, Shreya Goshal, Chitra or
Lata Mangeshkar? Can I ever create music
like Ilaya Raja or A R Rehman? It means I am nothing in comparison to them in
this set of different talents possessed and exhibited by them over the years.
They are all doing it to entertain me or you. They are serving us substantially
every single day or night, directly or indirectly. Are they not real social
servants? Everybody can see those extraordinary films. Everybody can listen to
those classic songs anywhere? Are we spending thousands of rupees and years to
buy or enjoy them? We are spending a little money only. In fact, we are not
paying anything to them in most of the cases. How many melodious songs are we
listening to from All India Radio channels and public and private television
channels without paying anything to them? Are not these artists and dreamers
the admirable assets and challengers of our age? They have no discrimination. A
prostitute, a criminal, a scientist, a prisoner, a dirty politician…anybody can
enjoy the bliss of listening to those songs and watching those films. Feature
films are like moonlight, which is available to us on 365 days and nights,
almost freely. Whether to benefit from that vast and inspiring moonlight or not
is left to your discretion. I am deriving the best possible benefits from
feature films! I am able to remain as the best consumer only in terms of
watching and enjoying feature films.
7.
The culture of a nation can be assessed based on how most of its citizens are
getting some useful or pleasant thing from others? Are they grabbing it
secretly or using it properly as per the established system of laws and morals?
Piracy means stealing the property of others illegally and immorally. This is
what millions of Indians are doing now across places. It is like raping every
beautiful girl visible to us, be it in our family circles, neighborhood or
anywhere. It is never wrong if you spend 1000 rupees and have that joy with a
professional prostitute. It must be her chosen profession, but not imposed one
on her due to her poverty or other adverse conditions around her. You can do
the same with any creature provided he or she does have similar feelings and
notions like you for that short period of time. What about considering every
beauty as your desired object and so grabbing it! Do you remain silent and
neutral if your sister, cousin or mother is in that situation due to the
thoughts and activities of a rogue in your part of living? If you don’t like it,
you should not like to watch a pirated film also. At personal level, I never
like to watch a piracy film, though I could not strictly follow this
self-imposed guideline regarding film songs. They are available everywhere.
They copy immensely at audio stores. I forgot what is legal or illegal in this
world regarding getting and using music for my pleasure. No government is
implementing stringent rules in this domain. I am able to see many films and
listen to songs without paying anything for them at all. I have such
environment in India. Do I buy moonlight when moon is giving it freely to me?
The same is the case for music and feature films in India now in most of the
cases. Very few are going to cinemas, audio and video stores to buy original
music CDs and DVDs due to this clumsy environment in India. I scold if any
idiot brings a pirated copy of film and tries to play it on my computer screen.
I consider it as a crime and sin. I can buy DVDs. They cost very little. If I
cannot buy them, I can watch them on television and listen to them on radio. If
I cannot buy a television or radio, I must go to the house of a fellow familiar
to me and do it there. If I cannot do it also, I should go to a forest and
meditate God for making my life that much ideal and solitary but I should not
see pirated copies anywhere. I made it a rule in my life to give a certificate
of character to myself, which is superior to any other certificates issued by
shallow idiots in this world. How many of you are living honestly and ideally
to satisfy the commands of your conscience? God assesses your value based on
those certificates but not your material achievements. If you want such
certificate, you should not use any item illegally and immorally. We can grab
anything when we are at the verge of death or disaster to save ourselves or
others. We can commit a mistake or blunder if it saves our life or many of
others in a context. In all other times of our life, we have no moral authority
to grab anything from others and enjoy it.
8.
Feature films are like divine dreams for me. I consider my dreams and feature
films almost as one kind of items familiar to me. I derive bliss from both
almost alike. Dream is a creation of God or my mind and a feature film is a
creation of many challengers and idealists in this world. I owe to every
artiste, technician, producer and cinema owner in my familiar world because he
or she is showing me a piece of worth of 10-100 crore rupees for 50-300 rupees.
Are they not stars of this world selling their highly valuable products that
cheaply to everybody in every imaginable place? If I buy a DVD of a feature
film, how many folks can watch it on my computer for any number of days and
nights? It means I am deriving uncountable amount of benefits and happiness
spending 30 or 50 rupees once. I am getting such joy and benefits from nature
and God only, after feature films. This is the value I accord to feature films
and those artistes and technicians in my life. Even my parents, siblings,
well-wishers have no such concern for me. They are living for themselves most
of their lifetimes but these artistes are always struggling and suffering to
entertain and educate me. They are admirable challengers of extraordinary
thoughts and their presentation. This is why I consider ‘feature film’ the
greatest invention of the modern times. It is making millions of lives happy
and dreamy. When you are in difficulties, watch a feature film, which shows
life as a dream of beauty and excellence. When you are very happy, you must
watch a set of tragedies. Feature films educate you immensely if you are ready
to change yourself. They can never change you if you think that they are
creations of ordinary people and there is nothing to learn from them. You call
God also dog if you are essentially a wrong person. You can see God in a dog
also if you are fundamentally a sage in thoughts and actions. So, what you get
from feature films depends on what you are basically and what you want to
become in course of time. Personally, I like watching every kind of film
because they made it for me, an innocent and helpless human being, who
continuously struggles to benefit from what is created by others after a lot of
hard work and suffering. In short, they are making films to satisfy highly
selfish and unreliable blokes like me. I watch a film for my pleasure but not
to make a producer rich. I may make him rich spending a little money at my end
and so a producer is always a loser in this game. I am cheating him or her
every time I watch a feature film anywhere because I am buying a product of
1000 rupees for one rupee always. I am an intelligent but narrow-minded
businessman in this arena always and nobody is giving me such chance in any
other field. I am buying very useless and harmful products from many idiots regularly
at high prices, clearly knowing that he or she is publicly cheating me. Are not
filmmakers, artistes and technicians idealists from this perspective, who never
cheat anybody? I love all of them though I cannot write about them because of
various mind and time related constraints. So, the greatest favor I can do for
the creators of these feature films is simply to watch as many of them as
possible. My mother may prepare a curry extraordinarily or very ordinarily for
me based on her skills but the fact is she made it out of pure love for me. I
should eat it unless it is very bad, which cannot be put on my tongue at all.
Her love for me is greater than the taste of the curry. Her love is
immeasurable and invaluable. The taste of curry is very ordinary and negligible
idea. Similarly, every feature film may not be extraordinary. Still, I must be
watching every film because the creators of feature films are like my mother.
My mother prepares 10 kinds of curries and 10 kinds of soups only always for
me. But, these mothers are making hundreds of varieties of curries and soups
for me regularly. Their love and contribution to my life is just like that of
my mother for me in my lifetime or even more than that when considered
critically. So, a feature film is like food served to my senses. If I don’t consume
it, it’s like insulting the love and care of my mother. Feature films are
sources of bliss and inspiration for me. I can never think and make such
classic films. So, I had better watch them regularly.
There are some
disadvantages and negative comments about feature films. I discuss some of
them.
I heard a lot about
the immorality prevalent in film industry. Generally, most of us, based on the
portrayal of characters powerfully and ideally in films, consider actors and
actresses as extraordinary human beings. They play roles of deities,
challengers and social reformers. Many viewers admire film personalities. There
are many fan clubs across India. However, the widely available negative talk
about film industry is:
A.
Females get exploited physically and mentally in course of their struggle to
establish themselves as actresses and in retaining those positions thereafter
because of many immoral producers, directors, music directors, character
artistes, financiers, distributors and so many other participants related to
film industry. I heard many saying that a film actress has to become a
prostitute in her journey as an actress, at some or all levels. Some artistes,
exploiting another artiste, this way, is sinful and inhuman.
B.
Mostly we observe that the son, daughter or a relative of the present actor or
actress only becomes another actor or actress. It means there is no much
recognition and appreciation for fresh talent in film industry. They promote
their or their chosen creatures artificially. If we see somebody many times on
screen, we manage to love him or her in course of time. This is how many are
becoming stars now. It’s really pity because filmmakers, who talk a lot about
standards and values in films, through dialogues and character presentation,
are really failing to practice those morals in their lives.
C. Ghost writers are there in film industry. I
write story, lyrics and compose music also but my name does not appear on
screen. They pay me some money and write their names as producers of their
creative pieces. This is why many doubt whether one really wrote a song or not.
Originally talented ones don’t get due credit because of this ugly trend in
film industry. It’s a mess made by them.
D.
I often hear about creative folks roaming about film production areas with
bundles of stories and creative talent, looking for somebody to recognize and
appreciate their talent. Why are they remaining on roads always? Because in
film industry, it is not talent and hard work that are recognized often, but
your dirty politics of meeting somebody for something and doing nasty things to
get into a filmmaking process somehow. Born artists have to depend on trained
artistes to promote themselves. It means, once a fellow becomes famous in film
industry, he starts looking down upon other folks with similar talents. Some
are paid in lakhs for a story and some are not paid at all. There are many
stories about the filth in film industry about such immorality and illegality. They
think nobody knows about it!
E.
Many idiots are also making feature films now thinking about the salability of
their product somehow but not about the real worth of their films and what they
are genuinely giving to the viewers. If shallow rogues make films, it directly
or indirectly brings a bad image to the entire film industry.
F.
Recently I noted that high budget films are being released in a number of
cinemas but low budget ones are remaining in labs or dustbins forever. Some
financially and politically strong producers, directors and distributors have
made the release of films into a big issue, controlling the ownership or long
lease status of many cinemas in this nation. It’s a kind of cruel monopoly
wherein small budget and innocent film producers fail to bring their films into
limelight. Talent suppressed is injustice to the core.
G.
Most of the film actors and actresses are not accessible to viewers at their
homes, shooting spots or other public places. They try to remain as inaccessible
gods and goddesses to ordinary folks. Once I went to the house of Akkineni Nagarjuna
in Hyderabad to see him but his security guard considered me like a stray dog
and drove me away. He created a wrong impression in me about the entire range
of film artistes with this gesture of insensitive rejection. I understood that
film actors and actresses cannot be as accessible as me because they are not
leading honest and brave lives like me. Some may believe that they are stars,
extremely busy and so do not have time to meet folks like me. It is a wrong
statement. I am also very busy in my life but I am creating time to see a film.
It means I have passion for art. At the house of Nagarjuna, that day, I played
the role of an art lover. Every artist must create time to meet and please art
lovers. If they don’t do so, they are not really artists. They are
professionals only. I consider such shallow professionals less worthy than dogs
and donkeys. Dogs and donkeys look at me when I make a little sound aiming at
them, angrily or happily. If professionals have no even such responsive nature,
I had better admire dogs and donkeys instead of these shallow and nasty professionals.
H:
Many noted actors and actresses are worse than dogs and bitches in their real
lives. We somehow come to know about them. Once we develop aversion for them,
we treat all actors and actresses alike. We propagate these ideas among all.
Thereafter really talented ones fear to tread this path. This is why there are
talent hunt events in film industry now. If you respect one that comes to your
office or studio looking for a chance, you need not shout on roads for fresh
talent. You should respect the available talent at your doorstep instead of
knocking at other doors later, who do not like your presence at all.
Most of us know a lot
about some actors, actresses, directors and producers only but not about
hundreds of other artistes and technicians who toil a lot in making a film. It
means, in film industry, everybody does not get due credit for what he or she
does. Only some are getting the credit. It is the biggest drawback of the film
industry. We all see the hero and heroine dancing but what about others dancing
around them? We all see extraordinary dancers only but not those excellent
choreographers.
We feel spellbound and highly inspired listening to many
dialogues and songs in some films but how many of us know much about those
dialogue writers, musicians and lyric writers. Now they are getting focused due
to shows on televisions and other platforms but many are still remaining behind
the screen. Is it not absolute immorality, one or two getting great name, for
the hard work and creative talent invested by those, who remain behind the
stage? When do we see their faces and appreciate them?
We love art pieces
and artists but not their personal lives. If an actor became very famous in a
period of 50 years, it means he neglected much of his personal life during all
those years. They did not sleep with their wives adequate number of nights,
they did not play with their sons and daughters, they did not personally
supervise their growth as children…so many failures as fathers, mothers, sons
and daughters. So, a great star is one, who tortured his real folks a lot in
his lifetime without being accessible and reliable to them when they needed him
or her badly. They earned 100 % fame, committing 50% crimes and sins! Perhaps
this must be the background of every person that worked for others always!
I hear a lot about
wrong people in film industry getting awards from the governments and many
cultural organizations. I heard that many struggle a lot to get awards and
recognition immorally and illegally. The fact is I love anybody based on what
he or she delivered in his or her films rather than what award he or she got
from an agency. I developed this opinion over time because I knew that awards
are not being given to really talented artistes always. For example: Late
Telugu film song writer Veturi Sundara Rama Murthy got a national award for a
Telugu song starting with ‘Raali Poye
Puvvaa Neeku Raagaalendhuke” in feature film Maathru Devobhava. In fact, he wrote hundreds of extraordinary
songs for many other Telugu films as well in his long classic career in film
industry. This Telugu song is almost nothing when compared to those
masterpieces, which this master of songs created for years in Telugu film
industry. So, this award for this song has very little value in my
consideration. Similarly, Sirivennela Sita Rama Sastry wrote masterpieces for
the Telugu films like Sirivennela and
Swarna Kamalam. I presume he wrote
all other songs to give bonus to Telugu film viewers after paying this main
salary for their lifetimes. So, Sirivennela is competitor to himself because he
could write classic songs for some films only but not for all. So, I can know
the value of this challenging lyric writer listening to his songs, if I have a
bit of taste and passion for Telugu film songs. In this context, I don’t place
any importance on any award given to this extraordinary lyricist because I gave
him a great certificate before other idiots recognized him. So, ultimately, an
artist’s life can be considered successful, remarkable and blissful only when
his target audience recognize and appreciate him in their hearts and public
places voluntarily. Anantha Sriram, who looks like an innocent and ignorant
college student, is writing highly touching and inspiring songs. I already gave
him many certificates in my heart after listening to his songs. Why should he be
bothered about dirty and nasty governments giving awards to him in this
context? There are many such great lyric writers, singers, musicians, directors
and producers in the film industry now. I love and admire all of them though I
can’t put all their names on paper. It means I am unable to document everything
hidden in my heart. What I write is a little of what I think and know but there
are hundreds of other records in my brain. I keep in love with them always.
This is what every viewer and listener feels about different artistes and
technicians in film industry. So, for me, awards are like waste papers and
donations given to artistes because it is a formality. I know about talent. I
know how to recognize masters of art.
At many cinemas, tickets
are being sold in black at unbelievably high prices. I witnessed this heinous
crime about 10 times in many cinemas when I went to see some interesting films.
I avoided seeing some films just not to buy a ticket in black. Those, who are
talking a lot about measures to arrest piracy and other malpractices by viewers,
in general, must discuss black ticket issue also. If every viewer can see a
feature film in any cinema paying the fixed price only, they generally develop
good impression about films and cinemas and avoid becoming rogues at their
level. Then, in almost every cinema, the owners of cinemas sell eatables and
drinks at high prices to loot viewers. This is a crime about which no film
producer is talking. Before talking about the dirtiness of the bottoms of
viewers, producers and directors should wash their bottoms also thoroughly.
Never think that your dirt does not smell widely!
I am upset and
embarrassed observing the measures being taken by many film folks to promote
their films. If an hotelier starts giving costly chocolates for some days to
attract different folks to his hotel for having their meals, in course of time,
they hate that hotel if he does not give those chocolates as bonus before the
meal. If you give chicken only to your dog for some days out of your excess
love for it initially, it looks for it thereafter also even after you become a
pauper because you habituated it to that extent. The mistake is not dog’s, but
yours. Similarly, every sensible idiot comes to see a film in a cinema even if
you do not go to their house and sleep with them for a night before the release
of your film. They are going to hotels because they need food. They go to
cinemas if they really have passion for films. You need not push them to do so.
You had better focus on making good films instead of on the matter of bringing
brainless rogues to cinemas through your monkey acts in public places and
otherwise. Then there won’t be difference between an actor and a monkey player.
Both are on roads no to promote their worth and attract audience. I think
excessive spending on the promotion of a film is like extraordinary spray of
scent on your clothes instead of taking a simple bath. Concentrate on the
basics of a film but not on the gimmicks of promoting it. If there is dust only
in your film, and if many viewers came to cinema expecting a lot from it based
on what you showed and did in your promotion process, slowly they realize that
your films are also nonsense and so you are doing much fuss on roads. An
intelligent and dedicated viewer may be fooled once or twice by your promotion
tactics and once he stamps you and your films as dirt, you can never change his
mind. Let him remain as a sensible man!
It is unfortunate
that film stars are admired when acting in films and forgotten soon if they
stop appearing on screen. Many artistes are dying pathetically after living
happily and richly for a limited period of time. Viewers have concern for only
those, who are appearing on screen now, attractively. It means their tastes and
preferences for artists and art pieces are transitory and unreliable. Shortly,
they are senseless rogues. Actors and actresses should not get into unbearable
risks to satisfy them in the form of risky dances and fights and other fatal
scenes. Viewers are like crazy monkeys. Their interests do not remain the same
always. Don’t try to please them going extra mile. You suffer from three months
to two years to make a film but many nasty viewers spread bad talk about your
classic film within hours after release of it just like that. It means those,
who are coming to see your film on the first or second day of its release
itself, are the real villains to your film. They talk nonsense based on their
volatile impressions about your film. They are not intellectuals, critics or
highly admirable viewers of your circle but rogues to the core. Really talented
artists do not consider your film worthless because they know the worth of art.
If somebody is reacting over-enthusiastically soon after seeing your film somewhere,
he or she is a nut. Do you want to treat yourself great or bad based on their
comments, I mean those of your brainless fans? Every financially successful
film may not be a classic piece but every classic piece gets a place in the
history of film industry. Your concern must be to make a great film with
elements to attract large base of audience but not a few rogues and nuts on
those three or four days. You may act in 100 feature films but audience
remember only some of them because they are only classic pieces. Decide what
kind of actor or actress you want to be and thus your real contribution to film
industry. Makeup lasts for days. Your original beauty lives for years. Depend
on your real worth.
How do ordinary
people talk about film actors and actresses in their private lives? How do they
react when a film actress comes across them a day or night all alone? They talk
a lot of nonsense about them thinking that they are immoral creatures to the
core. This is a paradox. They admire them when they are inaccessible to them
and consider them as low standard creatures when they appear to them without
their effort. So, actors and actresses should realize that most of their
admirers have very low standards and values as individuals. They need not worry
much based on their applause or criticism because essentially they are rogues.
If an ordinary film is becoming a massive hit and an extraordinary film is
turning out to be an utter failure, this is all because of these low standards
of most of the viewers. Doing your best is your role as far as a film is
concerned. The reaction of viewers at cinemas may not be a reliable source for
you to appreciate or criticize yourself for your earlier decision to act in that
film. Nature does not produce intellectuals and dreamers profusely but
decisively. It creates 10 challengers to decide and lead the lives of 10,000
people. Nowadays, only four or five of those few challengers only are coming
out to lead people and the remaining are staying back being disgusted and
disappointed with the contemporary culture and trends. In these bleak times of
evolution of human beings from narrow to narrower, really talented and cultured
film artistes may not be recognized and admired by all, instantly or even
later. You know about your talent. A few worthy folks of your circle also know
about you. They readily help and appreciate you. Be satisfied with it. Do not
crave applause from millions of rogues. Be content with a few words of praise
from one or two challengers of your industry. Even they may not appreciate you
for lack of time. You are the best judge of your talent. Give a certificate to
yourself.
There is still a lot
to write about films and those related with film industry because I have such
experiences and knowledge about this arena based on my passion for it. I would answer
if there are any questions and doubts based on what I wrote above. Every layman
has something to say. This is it.
My love for feature
films continues as long as there are artists and art in this world.
I did not mention the
names of many film artistes whom I love deeply for what they did in this field
so far. It is a long list and so avoided it. The fact is we can represent only
a fraction of our heart and mind in a visible form and the rest remains in us
as a storehouse of memories.
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