"Have to write something atleast once here in 2 weeks" will be a good resolution I have thought and hence this post...
Watched Om Shanti Om yesterday with my family. The movie was watchable really but the more I watch the new bollywood flicks, the more I envy the people in the show biz. Man, once you get in the industry( your birth right if you are born in a bollywood khandaan) the cake is all yours. Take crowd pulling faces, hype up a movie and don't forget good music with catchy visuals- and bingo there are 99% chances you will break even in the first 1-2 weeks. And after that its all neat profit, you can depend on people like me who advance book the tickets in multiplexes which don't even have a decent parking space to ensure that.
I can't help comparing these mega stars to the poor race of sportsmen. Even the richest of the latter breed, the godly cricketers, attract my sympathy, forget the ignored sects of swimming, athletics, etc. Most of them work hard to get their chances at the national level and perform multiple times to confirm the birth in the team. A few good knocks latter, may be they start getting idolized by people, media and advertising companies alike, but the truth is a few bad knocks later which they can't really control, they can soon desert them too. The die hard fans become bitter detractors in no time.
No such risks for our movie stars. Their body sells, they have money to maintain it and you just can't go wrong with your acting from one film to other.
And if you have your filmy connection firmly in place, then even if you perform badly, it doesn't matter if you can't act at all. Don't believe it? Well ever heard of Fardeen Khan? Or Amisha Patel?
Over last one year, the film biz has started making sense to me. Gone are the days of unpredictability in a movie's success. In these times of mushrooming big bazaars and baristas, there is big crowd of nouveau rich people who have money to spend on something which is packaged well. Already the biz is huge and with tier-2 cities slated to join the mall culture soon, the things can only go in northward direction for this business.
I wish our bollywood gets more organized something like the way things work in hollywood. There are companies like Adlabs etc available today in the market, but big banners are still controlled by individuals. When private companies like Time warner in hollywood become big banners in India, I will sure be among the first ones to fill up an IPO application for them!
Rather long post. Supper time now!
bye,
nik
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