Stereotyping in Entertainment Industry; Struggles, Aspirations, Opportunities

Bhubaneswar: Many young people come to Mumbai, which is otherwise called the city of dreams and it is the economic capital of our country to achieve their dreams through acting, Bollywood. Not everybody gets the success of getting that one chance and break to showcase their talent. Many of the struggling or aspiring actors slip into various psychological and mental tensions due to the constant rejection and get frustrated. Very few get the threshold for entering into Bollywood films but notwithstanding that there is another medium which can be safely be said as a bigger and wider platform than the films is television industry. The television industry has broader reach than the films because television actors are coming everyday on the screen to the households. Even if someone is not fond of watching TV, the person must be knowing about the actors as it is played and watched by the women of the house every evening.

So this way, television actors are connected with the ground level audiences deeply far fetched manner. But when it comes to the television actors getting into films there is a strong bias towards them. It has been mentioned by many television artists that they are rejected by the film industry or don’t get opportunities because of their television background. It is mostly reasoned that the actors working in television are over exposed and conditioned in a certain manner. Their talent is hardly appreciated or encouraged. Though there are many examples of actors who have made big in the film industry started from the television but the stereotype about the television artists does not wipe out so easily.

It is well known that the entertainment industry is very dark and harsh. The industry is solely success driven. When somebody is struggling or dealing with failure this entertainment industry is not your friend. It not the case for only about entertainment industry but this is the tendency of our society and it exists almost every industry. To counter this surrounding and survive, it is very urgent to be in such a mindset that one can surpass every noise around and move ahead.

Unfortunately, every where it is taught to run in the race and win but very rarely it is taught to deal with the failures in life. Failure is more important as a lesson in life. It prepares the person to get ready for the tough fights. Success also many a times get into the head of the people and make them do silly mistakes in life. It is very important to teach the children in their growing age to handle both success and failure in a dignified manner.

Resilience is more required because life is all about moving ahead, taking the next step and go on. Continuation is the reality. As in sociology we study that change is the only constant. It is taught in Bhagvat Gita as well, ‘ nothing is constant, everything is a hallucination. This is the crux of love life, if someone is well aware about this then there will is no stopping.