Originally posted by: hotchoco
This is the most unintentionally funny thing I've read today. Of course having a degree in film if you want to get into production/direction is much better off than sauntering in based on just your name. Of course having a real degree in acting is much better than jumping in as an actor based on pulling strings or walking beauty pageant ramps.
Experience and education help in every single field and makes you more prepared for the career you want. Putting effort into that preparation is a lot better than doing nothing which is what most nepo-kids do.
It will help even in terms of giving interviews and dealing with meetings and other public relations. Education is never wasted or worthless and will ALWAYS put you a step above the people who didn't bother with it.
As far as Ranbir goes, he has admitted himself that he was bad in school and couldn't deal with and chose to just take some acting classes. He would not be able to do that if he wanted a real degree. I don't know why his fans are trying to prove him "qualified" in that way when he's clearly not. It's okay - most people in BW are not so it's just everyone else.
My dear Hotchoco,
Going to give you the benefit of doubt and assume that you didn't actually mean to suggest an education is useless. Because I didn't say anything of the sort and to imply that I did would be an outright lie.
I'm simply going to assume you're very young or very naive. Or you'd know that degree doesn't have anything to do with success in the arts.
As I said before courses give you an understanding of the technicalities. Which makes it easier on you by not having to reinvent the wheel.
None of those courses will ever give you the talent that you're born with or the skill that results from hard work. Then there's that thing called marketing yourself. Finally, luck. None of these 4 factors have anything to do with a formal degree.
So yeah, Karthik Aryan, being an engineer, is more qualified to be in Bollywood than Aryan Khan at the moment. Because Karthik has proven himself.
Tabu, who quit college, is more qualified than Suhana at the moment because Tabu has actually proven herself.
Radhika Apte has degrees in Economics and Mathematics. She got her start in theater but doesn't have formal training in arts.
At the same time, there are people like Naseeruddin Shah and Irrfan Khan who had the talent and then got the training they needed at NSD. They also put in the hard work.
Let's take playwrights/scriptwriters. The one every darned writer goes to is Shakespeare. Didn't even complete school.
Jane Austen: didn't finish school
George RRM: Journalism
Quentin Tarantino: high school dropout
But James Patterson is an English major.
Point is not whether education is imp. It's imp even if you don't plan to write. Point is a COURSE, which is different from an education, is not a qualification for the arts. Because art is subjective. 2+2 not always = 4 in the arts. E may not be mc2.
I'm sure you'll continue arguing Aryan's degree somehow makes him qualified to be in Bollywood. I believe his daddy will have more sense than to believe that. Talent, hard work, marketing, luck = audience acceptance. Not a degree.
Edited by HearMeRoar - 2 years ago
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