2nd week of dasvidaniya :)

I receive quite a few sms s on my phone from fellow actors, directors or producers asking me to see their film or tv show or watch their plays .. and not all times i remember or even bother .. i take it easy .. very casually .. at times forgetting how important it is for them ..or how close it is to their heart s ..

today i feel on the otherside .. i normally never ask people to see my show or a film .. unless its family or some very very dear freinds of mine .. dasvidaniya released .. the buzz is that its a wonderful film ..and i really dont need to sell it to anyone .. but i find it difficult to accept that some people who matter to me ..fail to understand ..what it would mean to me ,them watching my film that am so passionate about ..not only bcoz i am in it ..but bcoz its a good film.. i really want everyone that i know, to watch ..can u believe it , my involvement in dasvidaniya .. is not more than an actor ,that too in just a few scenes.. but still ..i feel strongly about it


Maybe its human tendency , too much self involvement that dosent make u look beyond ur own convenience your own fayda :) am not pointing any fingers .. coz i havent seen a lot of work of my own friends .. i was too involved in self ... it never occurred to me that ..if i called a friend of mine whose film had just released ..he would have loved to hear from me about his film/tv show .. expecting feedback ..but mustve felt disappointed , if dint even mention the movie /show .. just did general chit chat and hung up :) am going thru that :) anyone who calls me on the phone .. i expect ..wouldve seen the film and so has called .. at times the call is about .. 'can i have so and so s number ' or ' pls sms ur address gotta send something ' etc .. but i gotta understand dasvidaniya is my world not everone elses

I cant help but think of my college years . where i was trying to make extra bucks by selling good quality cosmetic products .. oriflame .. it is just not easy to sell it to people ..who are brain washed by the posters and ads of lakme .. they would know that oriflame was good quality .. but would spend as much or more on foreign cosmetics ..but not oriflame .. coz they were looking at whats gauravs gain in it .. obviously i wanted to make money .. but in return i was giving them the best .. orflame sold well later .. not thru banners or posters but thru recommendations


Now before u think the example is too bizzare .. lemme relate it for u :) lakme bombarded with marketing ..i would say was dostana .. oriflame would be dasvidaniya .. am not saying lakme is bad .. but am saying it is so much in ur face ..it is so much fed in our minds thru ads posters banners .. that the first name that comes to u while buying toiletries and cosmetics is lakme ..also it is available ..almost at every shop .. dasvidaniya i would say is an appointment film .. not too many shows like dostana .. but sailing smooth and steady thru word of mouth .. recommendations


I quit oriflame .. but i wont quit dasvidaniya .. i will keep recommending it to all .. its important for me as a cinema lover to be offered good films to watch .. if i want dostana i also should be given a film like dasvidaniya as a viewer .. such films should be made .. why am i given foreign locales .. heros heroines dancing with 3o dancers in the back ground in most films .. its fun to watch .. but how much can i take .. am glad the trend is changing ..and smaller soulful films are being made and doing well too :)


now coming back to where i started .. :) if someone messages me to watch their film /tv show .. i will make an extra effort to watch it .. and i surely will let them know if i liked it