Bollywood ab door nahin

Talentspotting

Bollywood ab door nahin, say the billboards all over Mumbai and even a few here in Calcutta. Why? The second season of Zee Cinestars is here. The talent hunt show is looking for artistes to impress the judges and home-viewing audiences, and win their ticket to tinsel town.

The judges' line-up this time is impressive to say the least. Anupam Kher, Madhur Bhandarkar and Pooja Bhatt are the three wise people on the show hosted by Aman Verma.

"Having started as a struggling actor and then done 322 films, I know exactly what raw talent goes through," Kher told Metro in his Mumbai office. Adjoining the office is his training school An Actor Prepares, where all the Cinestars hopefuls will be groomed from scratch.

For Pooja, the quest for new actors is hereditary. "I have inherited from my father (Mahesh Bhatt) the responsibility to discover and launch fresh talent," she smiled. "Very few people have the audacity to work with new people. But our conviction has always paid off and through Cinestars I want to take this process a step further."

After rounds and rounds of elimination, 24 contestants appear on the show (it went on air on November 3 and can be seen every Friday and Saturday at 10 pm). The journey of the contestants will be shown as a reality series spanning 18 weeks.

The three judges will have three distinct roles. Kher spelt it out: "Having my own school all these years, I would rather be a teacher to these kids wanting to make it big. Madhur will give the director's point of view and Pooja will look after the styling and presentation of the contestants."

Pooja is confident even those who don't make it big on the show will take back a lot from the experience. "A show like Cinestars engages you with life," she explained. "Most people have misconceptions and pre-conceived notions about the film industry but once you are here you will be corrected."

What the winner(s) most definitely will have is a launchpad. Zee will be signing them up for some under-production movie. Even Pooja hopes to cast the Cinestars participants in her productions.

"You don't even need to look like a hero or heroine to make it big today," Kher added. "Cinema is no longer about stars. It is about characters and if you are talented you can fit it."

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1061110/asp/calcutta/story_698 2902.asp

Thanks for sharing the article.

I really liked what Anupma Kher said, "You don't even need to look like a hero or heroine to make it big today," ....I think he is right nowadays it is more about acting ablities than anything else...👏

thanks for the article..one thing they refuse to write about is that this show may or maynot get you to bollywood.. we are still waiting a year later for the first batch to be sucessful so changing the jury and host does not mean that the outcome of becoming a star will change

Good Article!!! -- But aaj kal tho itnee Tqalanted log hain keh nowdays people look at looks & they start watching the show , or blah Lakin in a way he is rigth now amtter what byt the end of day no matter how cute the guy/gal is if they don't have the talent they are nothing ggreat article!! 😳