obsession : movies & friends

“vivek is obsessed with movies” anyone who knows me a bit would tell you this and it’s almost true. anyone who knows me more than “knowing in bits and pieces” would also tell you that “vivek is obsessed for his friends” well, it’s true as well, really. i solemnly swear i am obsessed with movies and my friends. and truly i am super-duper obsessed with the dialogues in my favorite movies. i really love excellent combination of simple words.

today, i write about my love to movies and my love for my friends on a same platform because of one reason and one reason only; i am disappointed with two of friends. specially, because they both are into movies or trying to be. i feel they are mere trying only, they are not giving their 100%. i have felt it for long enough now that i want to make it public now. i have told them in person a few times now and apparently it didn’t do any good.

though, i have been raised in a fashion in which a concept was blended in my blood: give 100% to everything you do. my father is a strong believer of it and so am i. the only difference between us is the fact; i don’t practice it always and i preach it often while he always preaches and practices it. it’s really sad that i don’t practice it always but i do in things which i really like and love to do and lemme tell you there aren’t many such things.for instance i love watching special kind of movies and specially listening to their dialogues.

i know it might not make sense to you that how could i take a hobby so seriously, well, i do take it very seriously. i don’t mix anything with my movies, i always watch a movie with utmost sincerity. strange but true, i watch movies so seriously that apparently, priya have really made it a point to not to watch a movie with me ever again, i guess i was too engrossed in movie(runn, it was crap movie to worsen the matter) that i ignored her for most of time while the movie was running except for some moments here and there to ask her if she was ok. obviously, it’s a big turn off for a girl.

i don’t like if you disturb me while i am watching a movie first time, oh, yeah i watch a movie repeatedly. specially a movie with excellent dialogues and dialogue delivery by the actors. no doubt about the fact that body-language and facial expression do make a real-deep impact on the viewer but i have always felt that audio/sound do play a huge vital role in the success of a movie, not just the commercial but also critical success. you name any great movie and i would tell you about it’s dialogues part.

the intonation, pauses, breathing technique, pitch and loudness of voice, pronunciation, grammar, the accent which suits the movie-script. emotions and humor (dark or bright) well knitted in dialogues makes a movie memorable. this is why i like movies and love to watch them again and again. this is why i bought an external hdd to keep such movies with me all the time.

the whole point is the to be a successful actor you gotta have command over at-least one language, if you are in usa. though if you are in india you should have command over atleast two languages : hindi & english, anything else would be a bonus. and it’s not just the know-how of language, one must me excellent in reading-writing-speaking any particular language with a neutral accent. neutral accept helps when one has to grab a different accent for a role based on a different entity.

it’s true that katrina, upen patel and few more other film-stars are there to defy it; but who is the heavens count them as actors. mr amitabh bachchan once said with a heavy heart that today’s actors read their hindi dialogues written in english, what a shame (he was referring to guys like upen patel). while when we watch movies like haasil, we simply fall in love with the dialogues. behind this there is hard work of years, irfan & ashutosh were just fabulous in the movie, weren’t they?

so when i see abhishek(bakri) and atul(lambu) not working at all on their language, it hurts. they might be working hard, and i say might be, on their acting skills but it doesn’t show off because i can’t capture their looks in normal life but i sure can keep an ear on their language, accent and intonation in any language known to me. i have a very keen ear if not sharp and i pay attention to anything being said around me, may be this is why few people think i am a good listener.

you see, while abhishek has a lot of potential and skills which supersedes and complements his not-so-heroic looks, i feel he could and should be one of the great actors. though i am one of his biggest critics because he doesn’t impress me with his acting skills, often. abhishek, as i know have a very limited casting span as far as acting in movies is concerned. roles would be less glorious and less glamorous but i am sure that someday there would be stories written around his acting skills.

at the same node atul has impressed me only a couple of times with his talent but he has the versatile looks, he could fit in any role easily with little bit of touch up but his language not only sucks but irritates. i just hope that he takes my advice seriously and starts working on it. he could be a super-star if he works hard on it and if he gets the hand of god on his luck. he needs to take his good care and realize what is it that he wants in his life before it gets too late.

they both have a very good ally and friend who they could and should inspire from, sometimes i feel envy with mohit’s efforts to master the pronunciation, meaning and uses in a sentence in different ways. he really works hard on it and it shows off from time to time.

i wish someday you guys will be successful and most importantly happy with your life’s as your are the rare ones in my college-friend circle who are following their dreams and passion (though, i strongly feel you could do better). i just hope i will be alive to see you guys enjoying that day and you will send me premier passes to watch your movies (or i will get one via book my show )

hope that you guys will take it seriously and sportingly because as atul says if someone criticizes you; it means that you are being noticed. and i say when a friend criticizes you, it’s time to wake up and keep working on it until you find your target. to be more intense and supportive i conclude it with a line of swami vivekananda which came after the first one.

उत्तिष्ठत:  जाग्रत : प्राप्य : वरन्  निबोधत : … which loosely translate to arise, awake, having reached the wise, be enlightened…because i believe the first one arise, awake and sleep/stop not till the goal is reached is not enough…