Being an actor .

'Being an actor' feels great its a creatve field u get fame and lotsa money .. But!! yes its not as secure as you want it to be .. the good part of it is .. if u are famous u dont really need an introduction .. people are nice to you .. and they wanna know more about ur life .. like how are the other actors .. parties and lotsa gossip ..they are really keen on knowing how much money you make .. what ur lifestyle like etc

When i started .. I hated the word struggler for me .. coz i felt its not a struggle .. its just a journey from where i was .. to where i wanna be and thats all .. it never felt like a struggle too .. when i travelled by public transport .. or had to give lotsa auditions or had to wait long hours without being given any preference .. of course i was no star kid and i wasnt the best looker :) but was confident and had faith in myself and yes parents having faith in you is also very important .. u need them .. u need their support and well wishes

when u are young and just starting.. you think once u get a break all will be rosy .. nope thats not the case .. even if u get a brilliant break ur success is measured by how u doing right 'now' .. we have seen a lot of cases .. lots of actors become overnight stars .. and few months/years later ..no one even talks about them .. i just feel its as 'good' or as 'bad' as any other field .. all depends on how well u doing right 'now' .. definitely the glamour attached to it is bigg :) and exciting

once ur show or ur film is out .. if its a big hit .. ur second project is easier to get .. you get better money and roles to choose from .. but all depends on how ur last tv show/film fared .. and then once the second show or film is out all depends on how that fares .. so its all about 'now' .. its 'now' who u are ... 'now' where u stand and 'now' what are u doing ..its like any freelancing job .. This feild attracts more attention and more eyeballs .. people openly critise u or judge ur performance .. u gotta be ready for it .. being judged :) and everyone gives u an opinion .. u ask for it or not

i took a big risk .. leaving my job shifting to theatre .. and moving to mumbai .. without knowing where and how to go about it .. i was lucky , thankfully media was booming .. so i dint have to sleep on any footpath :) people around me praised my guts and vision to be able to move to mumbai ..be self made .. but am also aware if i hadnt done well for myself .. they would call me a fool .. to have quit a job and make this stupid move .. so again .. its all about 'now' .. i dunno about future .. how i would do? .. better or maybe be down in the dumps .. you never know .. but am glad i followed my heart and did what i felt i could do .. there is nothing better than having proud parents and friends :)

my journey .. to where i want to be.. has not ended .. i wanna go far far away .. wanna go down in the history .. via acting or not .. i dunno how .. but am going with the flow .. i do, what feels right .. i listen to all but i do what i gather ..[I hope am able to express myself thru my blog .. and hope this doesnt sound like random blabbering :) ]being an actor .. gives u a platform to express ur self .. u are interviewed more .. u speak ur mind more than others .. and people listen .. coz u r an actor .. u wouldnt read my blog if i wasnt an actor unless i was ur friend or family .. and am not still big league .. just imagine how many clicks must mr bachchan be getting on his blog .. people are dying to know about what hes doing right now .. so being an actor surely is a great kick .. its fun .. and if u love the work u r doing .. its icing on the cake.. a lot depends on how the audience likes it .. they could shatter u with their comments .. or praise u to no end .. but you are given attention this or that :)

people like to talk about you .. i have felt great in school when i used to boast about anil kappoor being my relative .. bahut door ka rishta hai .. but still he is " meri maami ki bua ke jaith ka ladka " my claim to fame in school .. hahahha i loved flaunting the relation .. am sure mr kapoor has no idea about our relation :) if i meet him .. i dont think ill try and explain the relation to him ..

there is a peoples way of looking at an actor too .. they expect u to be making a lot of money and live in style .. i remember .. some years back when i had a santro car and jassi was a huge hit .. i was at a crossing and this guy on a bicycle got really excited to see nandu .. he yelled "eh Nandu .. iss gaadi mai ?? " hahahha trust me i was so sure i dont wanna change my car .. but that cycle wala made me upgrade my car .. it dint matter to him that it cost me additional few lakhs :) .. people expect an actor to wear gucci .. armani and all designer brands

in the end ill say that this is a proffession which comes with a few hazzards and u must be ready to face them .. these things are not offending or troubling unless u make a big issue about them .. its a creative feild .. u get to meet a lot of new people .. u get to deal with different kinda situations .. u r given all eyes and ears .. and u get paid handsomely .. and people look upto u .. they wanna know u more ..and be u :)

a lot of people ask me how to go about being an actor .. so in my next post ill write about that .. hopefully that will help new hopefulls :) take care .. i am loving to blog .. lemme know if u liking it