Talking Cinema was released in
June in Delhi and since then I have traveled many cities for the promotion. In
the forthcoming blogs I will share what inspired me to write this book. The
fact is cinema and show business is a magnificent obsession and the more you
read about the dream merchants the more you want to know about them. The book
gives an intimate view into the craft of acting and filmmaking.
Just
in the way there is a mood for a song and a dance and a mood for a cry and a
fight, there is a mood for an artiste and a journalist to engage in a
conversation on cinema.
For
most of them, an interview is part of an occupational hazard which they go
through mechanically disconnected from the distractions around them. During
this process however, unknown to them, comes a moment when the artist ceases to
treat the exercise as a task. He begins to enjoy the thought process for in all
probability, this is the first time that the actor has paused to reflect on his
characters and it is cathartic!
This
magical moment is in many ways similar to what the actor perhaps experiences in
front of the camera in between the words ‘action and ‘cut’.
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