Cinema Industry an uncertain place for Actress!!

                                          Cinema Industry an uncertain place for Actress!!                                                   

Cinema is part of life for most of the Indians. It has been entertaining us from 100 years and will do that forever. Though Cinema is a business, it has more than give and take. It gives us relaxation, it haunts us with its content, its takes us to a world which we like to be part of, it gives us a kick that lasts longer than that of cigarette, alcohol and of course the healthy kick.

To give that taste which we feel to have it again and again, many people will be doing loads of work for day and nights sacrificing many things.  Yes, of course they too have return backs for their hard work. We considered them as a family member and sometimes even more than that. We pray, we fight for them. We made them millionaires, billionaires, politicians and what else we even made them GODs.

Super, but is this true with every person involved in the movie making. Definitely not, though we like all the people who played their role for providing us good entertainment, most of the times our love is more on hero, some cases on directors, music directors as well. It was long back where we use to have separate fan following for lady actors as well and it lasted from Savithri garu time to Soundarya garu time. Of course, even now there are few actors like Lakshmi Manchu (AOD, UKUP, and GG), Anuska (Arundati) who got following with their different roles and there are some other actors who had good recognition as they are able to come in continuous films, of course same roles without big variations. I don't know and may be don't want to talk on why they are not getting recognition but want to know how come we are able to see so many new faces and were all these people having good career in film industry?

In these 100 years of Indian Cinema we cannot assume any movie without a female actor, which shows her importance as equal as male actor. Of course for these years, we have seen ups and downs in some male actors but we have seen the worst situations of many heroines. The reason could be different but the base behind every actress pain is betrayal. Even after seeing so many live examples and knowing the importance of actress in current day films, why so many people are getting attracted? I hope we cannot generalize the reason as its pure personal interest of the respective individual and they can have million reasons which need not be convincible to others.  However, their ideology may not be concluded, I just want to get some understanding as Jiah suicide has made emotional locker sir.RGV very emotional. 

Who are attracted towards film industry?

Almost every Indian love movies and most percentage of them by watching so many films will feel to be part of that industry. However very few of them express their interest outside and very few in that will make a try to work on their dream and very very few in that will get a chance and only countable members in that will be withstanding in the industry.  That very few people who are trying for a chance are from different backgrounds.

A girl who is exposed only to small place like a village or a small town might fall easily for the words of a people around her or she might have a feeling like she looks like a particular actress. Obviously at the end, her dream of placing herself in the roles of her dream actress drags her into this magical world.

Some actress says that they have not thought much of becoming actress but luckily it happened when they sent their photos for auditions and so their journey started J whatever be the reason for her entry to the industry, the important thing is whether the same luck helped her to withstand within the industry or make herself a fool?

There are situations where a girl who may not have any plan/interest to get into industry but will be made to enter due to some of the relations in the industry. Interesting to wait and see is to how many films that person will be helpful to her and to what extent her madness for films grows by the time she has to wait for a next film chance?

In certain cases, a girl who is very fame in certain fields like Ads, modeling, serials, and shows will be attracted towards movies by certain people who feel that her appearance may be helpful to their film. Even after having certain clarity on their ability to withstand within cinema world, they will enter into this dramatic world. The main problem in this case could be that it would be tough for them to come back to their own fields when they feel it is tough to withstand in cinema world. Of course, the person who has launched her in the films might be busy with some other projects or might feel that her appeal may not fetch special attraction anymore.

There are certain scenarios where a girl who is very much interested in films will walk around the offices for a chance. Who knows whether she will get a break after breaking her heart or breaking her walls? Of course she may get a chance at earlier level itself without much struggle, the interesting thing and the most disturbing thing for her could be waiting while struggling to get the next offer.

What could be the major changes when she enters the industry?

The first and foremost thing that will happen is her personal interaction with the people (apart from movie industry) with whom she has been interacting all these years from her childhood will be narrowed down.

When she got a break, some new faces try to enter into her space, narrowing down the people who might have helped her during her tough times in her initial career. This may look fair enough with an assumption that new faces could give new chances when the old ones could be there anyhow with her. But in case of relations the reality is different from assumption as everyone in this world needs to move on prioritizing the tasks and people that come across.

Who all could be the new faces? Directors, Producers, actors, celebrities and celebrity relatives who don't have any movie related work but just do the time pass in the industry. Actually Director, producer or an actor with whom she got interaction can give a chance to her and make her busy. Of course, there are very good examples, where an actress got continuous offers starting from the first film. If by chance, any of these people don't find apt role for this girl on their ongoing projects, though definitely will have an idea to give her a role but still ask her to wait for the proper time. To be frank enough, whatever they said will be correct as they will have their own calculations on casting and it is purely that girls fate for not having roles that apt her.

During her wait, she will try to check all the links she got during her success period and of course that time pass celebrity will always be there to have a date with her. To my understanding, either if has already dated with her or if he has not yet dated with her and if she is still having fame in public, he will try to lend his supporting hand through a date with her. Of course, sometimes his reference can bring a new chance to her. But I think most of the times she might be used than be guided.

I cannot comment people who are using her but I should like to say to the girl, it is very obvious in any industry that there will be certain people who always try to make use of others and coming to glamour world that scope will be more as the reachability is high.

Again, I cannot comment on the girl considering her situation. It is very obvious to any person who reached certain heights in any career will try to maintain that stage or try to grow to the newer heights. Same will be the case with this girl with whom the fate is playing. Though her first film brought a good name, she is not able to find the apt role for next film and the people who can be helpful to her are busy with their own projects so there is no option other than to wait patiently and check all the possible links.

When the time pass on, the fame she had will slowly fade off and the new faces will try to replace her either it is in career or with the case of her boyfriend with whom she is dating. I don't know whether it is her mistake for not identifying the nature of the people whom she is interacting but still I may say it is the situation that give a chance to act cleverly or become a puppet in other hands.

I hope the command on a situation will only come with an experience and to girl who got fame with less effort and that too at small age, the command which she can have on any situation will be very weak.

Moreover in that small age when she is about to change her life from education stage to the career stage if she immediately pitches into a career without much effort she will have no scope to think any career other than the one which she pitched in. The main problem with this career is it is transparent to outside people and opaque within the industry people. No one can say an immediate reason why one person is rejected or offered but once he/she hits the screen they become public property making them tough to choose different career apart from this.

So unable to understand the reason for her rejections, unable to understand the attitude of the people around her, unable to decide whether to take up new career or still wait for an offer, unable to tolerate these many pressures at a time for a long period and that too at such a small age, there are huge chances to quit the fight and take send off from this beautiful yet mystery world.

I feel that GOD could have blessed her with more luck by which a person from somewhere could have understand her dangerous situation and pitched into her space to give the strength by which she would have been different than she is now. I don't know who can be that person as everyone that she is meeting might be busy or could have certain scheduled works or unexpected issues that can preoccupy their minds making them give less space to her views.

What could be the reason for this uncertainty in actress career?

There could be n number of reasons and can be nothing is the reason for the situation but still we cannot stop making speculations from the situation.

I hope most of people who are taking cinema as their career are learning less about cinema before they are entering. The reason for this is obvious that they will be pursuing some degree which is irrelevant to cinema atmosphere and again try to get degree in cinema before they complete learning alphabets in it. We have very few successful people like sir.RGV who proved that to make a cinema imagination is sufficient and that imagination has no measurements.

Even if a girl gets a break with a good hit, we cannot assume that she will get next film. Cinema industry is not streamlined like that of other industries, especially in case of actresses. Their experience in acting is not making big change to their carrier as there is no scope for their acting skills. Most of the current day movie stories do not have anything for heroines apart from glamour show.   Hence rather than experience in acting freshness in their glamor is playing key role narrowing down the careers of actress.

I have an experience with Madhura Sreedhar garu where he guided the people with proper inputs that has enlighten their blind dreams. I hope there could be many such directors who are currently guiding new comers and can do that in future as well such that we can avoid some miserable situations.

In earlier days, an actor or technician used to be signed by the production house for a period of movies that has created a safe career for the respective people. Now the case is different and everyone knows that every small financier is becoming producer and all big producers have restricted their making for limited people.  In few cases I know, I hope Madhura Sreedhar garu made his last two movies under same banner proving that even now it is possible if there is sincerity and clarity between Producer and Director.

After reading the news from sir.RGV “http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-07/news-interviews/39789218_1_jiah-khan-nishabd-guest-appearance”, I cried not for Jiah but for sir.RGV fearing and shivering for his boldness in expressing the truth. I believe that much of openness is not possible for normal human beings but one thing I strongly believe is that soon we will be seeing a positive change in the way new comers are welcomed and encouraged in the industry.

As sir.RGV said “I so wish I could have explained to you that there was nothing wrong with you except for bad time and destiny, which more or less controls all of us”, we as followers of him will try to use the same statement to any person including myself when found in depression. But, I can strongly say he is the one and only one person who makes his assistants as directors giving them life (of course he won’t accept that) by producing their film. With small information I had about sir.RGV, I could say (of course repeat his words) that there is nothing wrong with HIM except for bad time and destiny, which more or less controls all of us and in Jiah case it controlled HIM by not allowing to make point of her struggle during her struggle time.

I am always thankful to my guru RGV sir as he and his book "Na Istam" is my inspiration to analyze anything for an example above "Cinema Industry an uncertain place for Actress!! "