BOLLYWOOD PLANET FOR ASPIRING ARTISTS

CHAPTER 1:   HOW TO BECOME AN ACTOR/ ACTRESS IN BOLLYWOOD OR      

                         HOLLYWOOD OR ANY REGIONAL FILM INDUSTRY???

1. PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT: THERE IS AN OLD ADAGE THAT PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT. YOU CAN SELECT ONE     OF THE POPULAR DIALOGUES WHICH ARE YOUR FAVORITES SO THAT IT IS EASY TO REMEMBER. THEN YOU CAN PRACTICE THAT FOR 10 TO 15 TIMES UNLESS YOU  GET IT PROPERLY 

4. STAGE FEAR: THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE WHICH MOST OF THE ARTISTS FACE. IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR, YOU ARE ALONE BUT WHEN YOU SEE THE AUDIENCE  FROM THE PODIUM OF THE STAGE YOU GET NERVOUS. PERFORMING MORE IN FRONT OF THE AUDIENCES INCREASES YOUR CONFIDENCE, ENHANCES YOUR ACTING SKILLS, PERSONALITY AS WELL AS YOU CAN ACT WITH APLOMB.

5. CAMERA FEAR: EVEN THE WELL-ESTABLISHED STAGE ACTORS HAVE THE FEAR         OF THE CAMERA WHEN THEY APPEAR FOR AN AUDITION. THERE IS A SAYING             THAT WHILE FACING THE CAMERA, THE ACTOR GETS NERVOUS & PROFUSELY          KEEPS ON SWEATING. THIS IS THE WORLD OF MODERN GADGETS, CAMERAS &    MOBILE PHONES. YOU CAN SHOOT YOURSELF EVERYDAY IN THE CAMERA &    WATCH YOUR PERFORMANCE. THIS CAN HELP YOU TO DISSUADE THE CAMERA      FEAR

6. SKIN OF THE CHARACTER: ACCORDING TO MY INFORMATION, NO ACTING                  SCHOOL IN THE WORLD CAN TEACH YOU HOW TO ENTER INTO THE SKIN OF A             CHARACTER. THIS WORK CAN BE DONE BY THE ACTOR ITSELF. LOTS OF THINGS      COME INTO EXISTENCE WHEN A PERSON HAS TO ENTER IN THE SKIN OF THE      CHARACTER. WHETHER YOU PLAY A GANGSTER, A LOVER, A SIMPLE MAN, AN      ARROGANT BUSINESSMAN, SHREWD LAWYER OR A CORRUPTED BUREAUCRAT YOU HAVE TO SIMPLY JUSTIFY YOUR CHARACTER TO EARN THE ACCOLADES &     STANDING OVATION FROM THE AUDIENCES AS WELL AS BE A LEGEND. WHETHER THE MOVIE TURNS INTO A HIT OR A SHIT (APOLOGIES) A FLOP, YOUR PERFORMANCE SHOULD BE PRAISED BY THE AUDIENCES AS WELL AS THE CRITICS. REMEMBER, CRITICS ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND YOU SHOULD CONSIDER THEM YOUR FRIENDS AS THEY CLOSELY ANALYSE & MONITOR YOUR PERFORMANCES. THIS IS THEIR JOB & THEY ARE EXPERTS. HAVE A LOOK AT ONE OF THE BIGGEST LEGEND OF INDIAN CINEMA WHICH PRESENTS THE PERFECT ACTOR WHO GOT UNDER THE SKIN OF THE CHARACTER IN A NEGATIVE ROLE AS A DACOIT. EVEN A 5 YEAR OLD INDIAN KID REMEMBERS HIS NAME NOT ONLY IN INDIA BUT FOREIGN SOILS ALSO

7. STRONG BELIEF: THE LAST THING IS THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE A STRONG BELIEF IN YOURSELF WHETHER A PERSON ENCOURAGES OR DISCOURAGES YOUR PERFORMANCES. THERE ARE MANY INSTANCES IN BOLLYWOOD WHERE THE ACTRESS BROKE INTO TEARS ON HER DEBUT MOVIE AS THE DIRECTOR SHOUTED ON HER BUT LATER ON SHE WENT ON TO BE A GREAT ACTRESS WHO EVEN WON FILMFARE AWARDS & MOST IMPORTANTLY WORKED IN HOLLYWOOD MOVIES TOO. IT WAS HER STRONG BELIEF & WILL POWER WHICH TOOK HER TO THE TOP POSITION IN BOLLYWOOD. SHE IS ONE OF THE RECOGNIZED GREAT ACTRESS OF INDIA AS WELL AS ABROAD.