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Up close: the great indian soap story!
[ Monday, May 01, 2006 08:59:47 pmTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
Ever wondered what's it like to be a sob opera talent hunt contestant? We explore
Aur yeh mera param soubhagya hai ki mujhe aisa parivaar mila hai. Mera rome-rome khushi se khil utha hai... jiwan mein nayi chetna jaagi hai'.
Phew, and one thought that such language had gone out of fashion with dinosaurs. But as we discovered in an 'undercover operation', this happens to be the bread and butter of our thriving telly industry.
It all began on a sweltering morning with Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi's experts landing in the city, looking for the next face, which will lead the soap forward on its billionth generation leap.
Then began the usual queues, youngsters with stars in their eyes asking to be given a chance and scripts being memorised frantically.
The tears and shouts of joy were still a little far away when boss decided that it's time we got to the other side of the fence and found out what the talent hunt hysteria is all about.
Uhh, can we do it when they are looking for the next rock star or something? Now really, a saas-bahu soap! But then, caught in the line of duty, there's hardly a choice.
So armed with some juice and lot of doubts, we got the registration done. That meant filling a form with specifics about what experience we had, what we did... the usual stuff.
It was from here that it started getting interesting. We were shown into a room, already full with aspirants who were trying to memorise the two killer scripts.
The scripts, keeping with the ambience were titled — 'Girl Positive' and 'Girl Bubbly'. Here is a memorable line — 'Maryaada, parampara, sanskaar; Ohhfo is ghar ke badhe kab samjhenge ki zamana badal chukka hai!' Just the thing we wanted to put across to the people holding the talent hunt!
But people all around were holding onto the papers with dear life repeating words like puratan, kartawaya and soubhagya being repeated, just to get the Hindi right.
Mechanical engineers, budding interior designers, DU students, software pros... they were all there. Conversations being the last thing on their mind, overtures for the same were regarded with hostility.
The few responses that we managed to get, bordered on "I wanted to be an actor since the time I was a child," to"TV industry is big, I think I can be the next Tulsi." Whew.
Now was the time to prove our mettle. Entering the audition room, we were advised to stay cool, look into the camera and just speak.
The first take was held while reading for the same. Maybe, they saw some potential so a retake followed it, without using the script.
An impressive nod followed. Others, meanwhile, didn't meet with the same approval. Especially the guys overdoing the shouting bit and girls making the emotions a bit of melodrama. Quite a few got the camera fright and were told to 'practice' again.
The distraught crowd trying another hand at 'Maryada ka palan and parampara ki pooja' was, needless to say, quite huge.
But the tears bit of it? Not today, as the organisers told us, the results would come later. Worked okay with us only the shutterbugs were left grumbling... what about the 'good' pics!
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Source: Times of India
Up close: the great indian soap story!
[ Monday, May 01, 2006 08:59:47 pmTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
Ever wondered what's it like to be a sob opera talent hunt contestant? We explore
Aur yeh mera param soubhagya hai ki mujhe aisa parivaar mila hai. Mera rome-rome khushi se khil utha hai... jiwan mein nayi chetna jaagi hai'.
Phew, and one thought that such language had gone out of fashion with dinosaurs. But as we discovered in an 'undercover operation', this happens to be the bread and butter of our thriving telly industry.
It all began on a sweltering morning with Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi's experts landing in the city, looking for the next face, which will lead the soap forward on its billionth generation leap.
Then began the usual queues, youngsters with stars in their eyes asking to be given a chance and scripts being memorised frantically.
The tears and shouts of joy were still a little far away when boss decided that it's time we got to the other side of the fence and found out what the talent hunt hysteria is all about.
Uhh, can we do it when they are looking for the next rock star or something? Now really, a saas-bahu soap! But then, caught in the line of duty, there's hardly a choice.
So armed with some juice and lot of doubts, we got the registration done. That meant filling a form with specifics about what experience we had, what we did... the usual stuff.
It was from here that it started getting interesting. We were shown into a room, already full with aspirants who were trying to memorise the two killer scripts.
The scripts, keeping with the ambience were titled — 'Girl Positive' and 'Girl Bubbly'. Here is a memorable line — 'Maryaada, parampara, sanskaar; Ohhfo is ghar ke badhe kab samjhenge ki zamana badal chukka hai!' Just the thing we wanted to put across to the people holding the talent hunt!
But people all around were holding onto the papers with dear life repeating words like puratan, kartawaya and soubhagya being repeated, just to get the Hindi right.
Mechanical engineers, budding interior designers, DU students, software pros... they were all there. Conversations being the last thing on their mind, overtures for the same were regarded with hostility.
The few responses that we managed to get, bordered on "I wanted to be an actor since the time I was a child," to"TV industry is big, I think I can be the next Tulsi." Whew.
Now was the time to prove our mettle. Entering the audition room, we were advised to stay cool, look into the camera and just speak.
The first take was held while reading for the same. Maybe, they saw some potential so a retake followed it, without using the script.
An impressive nod followed. Others, meanwhile, didn't meet with the same approval. Especially the guys overdoing the shouting bit and girls making the emotions a bit of melodrama. Quite a few got the camera fright and were told to 'practice' again.
The distraught crowd trying another hand at 'Maryada ka palan and parampara ki pooja' was, needless to say, quite huge.
But the tears bit of it? Not today, as the organisers told us, the results would come later. Worked okay with us only the shutterbugs were left grumbling... what about the 'good' pics!
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Source: Times of India
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