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Seema Kapoor: The entertainment industry is more corporate now and deadlines always linger!

CineBuster Online | Updated — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 10:41:03 +0000

Be it theatre, TV, or films, actress Seema Kapoor has done it all, and continues to shine. The actress, who has been part of projects such as #Udaariyaan, #Kurukshetra, #Virasat, #Silsila, #Janam-janam, #Knock-Knock, #Hasratein, #Padosan, #Lok-Parlok, #Sapnay, #Navrang, says that the industry has changed a great deal.

“The entertainment industry has altered drastically, it’s more corporate now and deadlines always linger. It is more sophisticated technically as well. Earlier, I used to have direct meetings with the producer to hear my role and to sign contracts with them. There used to be just one production manager, who handled all our issues. It was much simpler and less complicated. These days, there are so many departments handling stuff, half the time I’m unaware as to who is who and that gets difficult to remember,” she says.

She adds, “Those days, producers and channels finalise us based on our name and work history; whereas these days there are creatives and casting people who prefer to audition even renowned actors and that is cumbersome. Those days we had weekly telecasts so we could pick other good work as well but now due to daily’s, it’s not easy to pick up good work simultaneously. Many more changes are there which I feel aren’t required as much as clarity and competency suffers.”

But some things have worked out for the better as well, she says. “Thanks to multiple platforms, there is more opportunity for work, exposure and exceptional roles. In acting, one has to be more subtle and realistic than before. Yet, it all depends on the demand of the character and scenes. Your instinct has to be sharp enough to grasp and justify the role since I don’t follow the bandwagon or set rules to anything,” she says.

By Keerti Kadam

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“Acting is my passion and meditation, not my profession” says Bijay Anand

CineBuster Online | Updated — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 14:39:25 +0000

Bijay Anand has proved himself time and again by portraying characters not many have tried before, and feels blessed to be an actor at a time when cinema is evolving “Audience is now open to different genres apart from romance and comedy. They now like to watch films which are content driven and not star driven”

For actor Bijay, acting is a passion and joy similar to his famous meditation classes that he teaches around the world. Having made a comeback with Siya Ke Ram after a long hiatus of 16 years, the only problem he faced was that due to his new avataar as a yoga guru to his thousands of followers around the world, he only wound up with goody roles of a kind, warm hearted and beautiful human being.

But the actor within him was screaming for a juicy and meaty role to enact that would highlight his acting prowess which he had amply displayed as a negative character in Pyar to Hona Hi Tha, Kurukshetra and Aasman Se Aagey.

Along came the offer from Disney Hotstar Show Rudrakaal to play Malik, the ruthless International terrorist who’s out to disfigure the map of India and change the description of terrorism as we know it by planning the most heinous terrorist attack in human history.

We ask Bijay how it was to pivot himself in a character that was so much the opposite of what he is in real life and this is what he said, “No matter how holy and pious we become in life, there’s always a tiny bit of tamas that always remains a part of us. Without this tamas, we would not be able to operate normally. For example, if you were 100% purely Sattva, you would never get any sleep. So Tamas is an integral part of our life. As an actor, all that I need to do is amplify and magnify that tiny part of Tamas already in me to become the ruthless and heinous Malik. And that’s what I love about being an actor. It’s the same like losing yourself in meditation. When you lose yourself, you find yourself.”

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