Is this Second wave Pandemic good to pursue your Passion?
I was always fascinated by different art forms since my school days but growing up in the middle-class atmosphere and indulging in any of it was always looked upon as profanity as it consumes a lot of time and it was said, it has no future. So, taking any of the art forms even as a hobby was quite difficult for me in my school days. But when I joined college for my engineering, I inherited the bug from one of my college mates whose elder brother was a pass out from the National School of Drama. But coming from a family with rigid values about career, acting was something I never dared to consider a full-time job, but it was something that gave me a sense of fulfillment.
I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being. — Oscar Wilde.
In my sophomore days, I started watching a lot of foreign movies and reading books on the nuances of acting. Reading stalwarts like Satyajit Ray, Constantine Stanislavsky gave me a glint of hope of pursuing a far-fetched dream in hindsight but it remained and lingered for the longest time in the coming days and then becoming a stage actor became a major driving force in my life and in no time, it became a passion for me. Then I started seeing theatre as the voice for the people. No matter the drawbacks, I started working on my performance every time to convey my message to people. My passion for acting became so intense that I gave my heart and soul to each of my performances.
In the days to come, I started seeing theatre as a medium for intellectual growth and personal expression as reading plays, watching stage and film adaptations became a part of my daily routine in this scientific investigation. With all optimism, theatre demanded time and attention on its own, from the backdrop to the actor and actresses giving their all to depict life within life to deliver expertly balanced performances that seamlessly integrate theory and practice- it is a picture painted in live motion.
In a country pervaded by performing arts, theatre needs true love and passion intricately woven with a vision to convey the complex versatility in motion, yet a play can never be complete without an audience. With all the tenacity, the ability to take on any role onstage requires passion-fuelled with a desire to excel. The newer generation of performers are eager to deliver, but are the crowds really there?
