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It’s almost exactly a year now since I started shooting for my first feature film Sikandar. Before that I was wandering the vast wastelands of New York and London, begging for acting job handouts. Going to audition after audition, where I was told before I even got a chance to read for the part, that I didn’t “look right”. Too tall, too big, too brown, too Indian, not Indian enough, not white enough, not good looking enough et all. In three years I took more rejection than most people amass in a lifetime.
But a very great teacher named James Price told me that in New York before I even took my first step down this path. The great ones weren’t necessarily better than the others. The great ones are the ones that are just too damn stubborn to quit.
I was so excited to get a part in “Sikandar”. It was a great script, with a wonderfully odd and intelligent director, Piyush Jha, and best of all, it had a place for me in it! It’s strange to chase a single dream for years without any idea really what the dream actually entails. I’ve known I wanted to be an actor ever since I was 9 years old and saw the movie “On the Waterfront” with Marlon Brando. But you can want something bad enough that isn’t right for you. “Sikandar” showed me how much the life of an actor fits me. I love the research, the preparation, the rehearsals, the readings, the long conversations with cast members on set with really, really terrible tea. I love sitting on set and chatting with the assistant directors during those rare moments of calm.
But the film wrapped and now here I am, back to waiting. This time for it to release. This Strike is an important step in the evolution of the Indian Film Industry. I know that. Really. We need to come to a better business model on how films are made and distributed in this country. We cannot continue to function in this nepotistic, chamchagiri-filled system. Change is important.
I’m just hoping change happens soon. Because as much work as I’m doing now after “Sikandar” and I’ve been blessed with more than my share. My dream hasn’t become a reality until that first audience member pays for their ticket and sits down in that seat next to someone they care about with a big bucket of popcorn and the lights dim and the projector beams dance with the dust motes all the way to the screen and paste my mug there. I don’t know whether people will like me or think me the worst thing to hit the screen in Goddess knows how long.
But the truth is - I don’t care. I made it here. And no one can take that from me.
I hope who ever’s reading this gets a chance to watch “Sikandar” in theatres real soon. It’s a small film but a good film, with a lot of heart.
Watch it! And let me know what you thought. Even if it’s the digital version of a tomato in the face!
Heyy Arunoday,
It was surely superb naration of taking life positively and hidden struggle turned to pleasure … Lemme share my fathers advise forever and helps me when m lost ..
“Leave your spirit of competition aside. Life is not a race. We are given particular track when we are born.Dont fight with your past, learn to build down slowly. Doing things very fast achieve nothing and build an enormous amount of tensions. No one but only you need focus on your aim and than even miracles are forced to happen ….
Wish you loads of success ….
Take care
[ REPORT ABUSE ]Megha
O wow! All set to realease
Hey everybody will love the movie and especially you… all the very best… I’ll surely watch the movie 
[ REPORT ABUSE ]“SAAMNE KUCH PEECHE KUCH AUR KAHA KARTE HAIN,
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Hey best of luck for your movie.. yeah you are right that nobody can fetch it from you.. and thats the irony of life that you it makes you so helpless when you are dreaming to acheive something.. you think about it everyday, each sec, in your dreams, and just want to know the result.. I just wish that you acheive what you want. P.S just saw the trailer for sikandar surley i will watch it.
[ REPORT ABUSE ]Life throws challenges at everyone of us , the weak always quits and the winner never quits. Whatever may happen in the end but what matters is the courage to try to live our dreams and i believe you are one of those who has that will, detremenation and courage to live life by your own terms. Good luck for your movie, i hope it will be nice one.
[ REPORT ABUSE ]Thank you Raj. I think it is a nice film. But even if people think it isn’t, I don’t plan on giving up that easy.
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dont say that you hope people will like it, you are alone enough to change the mass consciousness… say that everyone will like it… never give up attitude is good, but, better still is to know that you have reached and achieved as you started….read Secret?? My prayers for you….Sikander will get you not more but at least 5 movie proposals in full faith, so be it!
[ REPORT ABUSE ]Not good looking enough :p ?!
[ REPORT ABUSE ]Not good looking enough ??! :p
[ REPORT ABUSE ]- You never know “Old Friend”, some people have excreble taste
- Thanks for the advice Ruchira. I shall Jedi Mind Trick you all into thinking I’m the coolest thing since the Ice Age. Is it working yet?
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