Friday, November 23, 2007

Legacy, hype or real potential?

Survival of the best, or survival of the fittest, as propounded by Darwin's theory, seems to lose ground in this present generation. The best never rules, the better with a handful of hype and publicity is ruling the roost. Opportunities never come, but grab them when they come is the philosophical adage followed by our greats who have reached the peak of their careers. Success, power, money, are the three things that have been the criteria for defining the big, powerful and the omnipresent. Recognising a person's caliber, giving it a bit of publicity, facilitating his growth, and idolising him as your sole role model, are the practices seen here and there in almost all the fields. Good to have a person whom you would idolise and try to strive hard in building up your career. But recognising talent goes hand in hand with the hype created by the society, facilitating a person's growth goes hand in hand with the legacy behind him, giving the right opportunity to him is directly associated with his bank balance. The trend commonly followed in the so-called hyped bollywood or Tollywood, these days. The father and the son combination is a big hit amongst the poor audiences. A great piece of publicity by the starry father is enough to give his son starry airs. Good amount of publicity has been created, the next task is a little bit of hardwork, which anyone could do if given an opportunity, to supplement the publicity. A great screen presence with the son and father standing side by side hits the theaters. Audiences throng the theaters hoping to see the father in the son. The gullible public feel that he has in fact stood up to the expectations of his father, but not true. It is just because we have associated him with his father. Audience need to change and they are changing by recognising new faces that have no hype. A change for a good cause. Still a lot has to be changed. Recognise talent individually, not basing on the legacy a person has. All the hype and publicity is sure to create an illusory world of illustrious happenings.

4 comments:

Aalekhyaa said...

U R AN AMAZING WRITER !!!!!!!!!
THT'S ALL I CAN SAY!!!

Rajeev Turlapati said...

nice idea..but some feel it's in the 'blood',inherited.even if rakesh din hav gr8 actin skills,hritik does.he shot to fame in no time..but srk it took a couple of movies.it varies.even if u try to get into the skin it becomes difficult.sometimes v overlook the flaws wen the name is 'huge'..
anyway..hmmm

Unknown said...

yeah..we hav real examples depicting the truth...hrithik came out with much pomp and glitter so is the case with abhishek,ranbir,charan,bunny.....
feel sad for the audience who are subjected to the tawdry acts of these so called stars....

Unknown said...

If there's one thing that sucks about the Indian film industry its the father-son legacy....true that Hrithik is a real good actor but look at Abhishek, it took him about 15 films to find the right groove and develop some acting skills and even now he can barely dance....would he had not been the son of Big B would he have got that many chances....When a big actor's son is making debut, a lot of hype is created by the media and the fans alike saying that the film is a big hit even before it hits the big screen....one very good example of this is 'Chirutha' which turned out to be a flop eventhough the leading role in the film was played by the son of one of the biggest movie stars in India....An actor has to prove himself on the screen rather than being promoted by a mentor both off and on screen...