who extremely nervous that’s gonna let
all of this go because I think we’ve
reached a place in life where we don’t
experience moments anymore we just want
to capture them share them post them and
let’s see what happens with that the
first thing I learned when I was about
to become an actor was Alec if you feel
the moments of the character in a
particular scene and react accordingly
you’ll do well
that thing will be easy acting will be
fine very early I realized that that’s
the best way to live also be in the
moment experience it feel what is
happening around you and react and will
be good because we are all actors
playing all kinds of roles doing all
these things that we couldn’t imagine we
were supposed to but we do it and we all
do fine it’s good now I’m an 80s kid
when I was growing up and I really liked
a song I couldn’t just get it I had to
stay on to MTV for the next three hours
to make sure they showed it again
then I could listen to it because all
the music that used to come to India
used to come up on CDs or do cassettes
used to come a week later
CDs I couldn’t afford so then I to wait
for a week but there was this one guy
who used to source all these songs I
don’t know from where put them on an
audio cassette for you and hand it over
so all you had to do was just take an
empty audio cassette and give him a list
of songs that you wanted he would take
four days to do it but then for those
three four days you were really excited
and you were like oh my god I’m going to
get that song I’m gonna get that song on
the fourth day you would call him in the
morning he would say come in the
afternoon obviously so then in the
afternoon you would get all excited
again take an autorickshaw rushed to the
place make the autorickshaw wait wait
I’m going to
back in two minutes don’t go anywhere
get the audio cassette it’s there it’s
ready take it back in the Auto rush back
home as soon as you reach home take on
your bud you dick alone clean the head
off the deck
play the song it’s obviously the first
song on the list and sit back and enjoy
that moment that was pleasure somewhere
along the way a lot of things have
happened now you can go to an exotic
place nowadays because it’s easier to
travel it’s much easier travel the
world’s come closer so you go to the job
this is really exotic place you reach
there obviously you see this wonderful
sunset and then you’re standing there
and you’re like it’s time for a selfie
okay
you’ve got to go against the light
you’re gonna take a photo of yourself
okay the light will get adjusted so
don’t worry that you’re against the
light it’s fine as soon as you’ve taken
the selfie now you are in that exotic
place the Sun is about to set all the
lights around you are about to change
it’s all happening but no you have to
post that photo so you post it the
minute you posted it 10 seconds later
how many likes have I got
what are the comments that I’m getting
how many followers have increased how my
friends reacting what’s going on the
light has changed the Sun has set it’s
time for night now go get ready
again take photo of yourself about to go
out and post and that’s what we do I
thought the social media thing was about
freeness because your was a platform
where we could express ourselves maybe
we could share our views about things
where we could try to connect with the
world at large but we really started
expressing ourselves and all these
expressions came out and somewhere it
became about letting people know that we
are doing this you crack a joke even
before you can laugh you want to post it
not because everyone’s gonna think oh
he’s such a cool guy he cracked such
funny jokes you’re about to eat a meal
even before you’ve tasted it take a
photo of it and post it that’s what we
do
lovely crabs you not eatin that you
don’t know they’re alive or not but post
it even before you experience the place
post that I’m here I am already standing
you so somewhere what happened was what
was supposed to free us and slaved us
and we just became vulnerable to it but
then vulnerability is another thing that
we cannot deal with because how can we
show people that we are vulnerable no no
we have to post the best version of
ourselves we have to tell people I’m
really happy I have a great life I go
here I do this I laugh with him I dance
with him look at my friends and we cool
yeah it just became about that we have
all got really vulnerable but we’re not
going to share it now I’m still cool on
my birthday’s every year I do a review
of the yo so in so months when show
happened this month I felt like this
this dag this DAC and I will slip in a
couple of points what some things were
bad also things did not actually work
out the way I thought they would
I felt like life is war I will post it
but out of the 20 points to will be
about this 18 it was lovely
what a wonderful you are a bag it’s
great to do that but now when I see this
when I’m on screen or writer has told me
this is your character this is the way
you will feel this is what you have to
do but now when I’m online I can set my
character I can choose to tell you life
is good life is good I am absolutely
happy that is what I can do and that’s
what everyone starts to believe so it’s
in my control
and then when I see the lives of others
I have again allowed them the control
over me
so it’s this whole thing that I’m
controlling what you feel about me
you’re controlling what I feel about you
nowadays when you have to apply for a
job like a corporate job and all you’re
told go on Facebook remove all your fun
photos from there if you’re a girl and
you have a photo with a guy it’s got to
go if you have a photo at a party it’s
gotta go sets a bad example it’s gonna
affect your job so now what was just
supposed to be the simple platform to
share what I feel and share what I’m
doing thing of pressure and I’m an actor
imagine the pressure I go through all
the time because now when we were kids
we were in school I had a name the
teacher knew my name then I went to
college I became an ID number then what
I want to try to become an actor there
was the box office numbers then when I
became a TV actor
they were the TRPs another number now in
the last five six years the amount of
numbers I have to deal with are insane
Instagram followers Twitter followers
friends on Facebook comments likes
shares tags numbers numbers numbers but
for an actor it’s important because now
brand see your followers and then they
tell you do a sponsored post for us you
have so many followers we can pay you
this much money so but no no no look at
him now he has many more followers than
you so he gets more money than you then
I get a call every three days sir would
you like to buy some followers would you
like to add more likes on your page I’m
like should I spend this money because
I’m going to make it back but then I
just cleaner money your money gone
what is the point my best friend is one
of the most successful TV actors in the
country right now he’s doing really well
he’s a part of a massive show so one day
I got a call from an acquaintance saying
that listen when your friend do a post
for a brand so I say speak to his
manager like no no no if you talk
he’s the rate will come down I’m like
okay I’ll talk but he’s got a ballpark
figure which is the wrong this much and
she’s like hey buddy listen
this other actor has way more followers
than him so but I mean he’s agreeing to
do it act so in surprise so I think your
friend has to come down he has to set
his stance again reconsider his position
in the market I’m like one second you
called me for a favor to speak to my
friend now you are giving me advice on
what I should tell my friend on how he
should conduct himself in the market now
there was a job but that’s the day I
realized that we all actually become a
statistic my friend had become a number
his number was a number of followers he
had on Twitter and that was gonna set
his price and I realized oh we’ve all
just become a statistic now what
happened why we were supposed to be
actors we were supposed to love this but
now you know he just put a number on you
then they put a price on you and then
the minute the price goes up the number
it’s it’s all very confusing because
frankly there is no math to it trust me
there is no math when I was younger and
I start acting and I was very fortunate
to have some wonderful teachers all of
whom told me perfu greatness be the best
version of yourself the greatest version
of yourself and trust me you will count
in life okay I’m going to pursue all
this greatness that is within me I bent
out and I thought I was the best actor
around like read about things in about
there were days where I would
Essene and I would just do my thing I
own the moment all of that happened you
know for five people when I started used
to tell you if you’re good or not
suddenly everyone started telling you if
you’re good or not everyone had an
opinion everyone became a critic so now
I try to become great then they said gee
aya you’re a very good actor suddenly I
turned eight I said no no you’re not
that good all right but no no you I
didn’t know no he’s not that good and I
think there was but debate not about me
about the entire world Game of Thrones
is great on the fifth season everyone is
flipping out six season one guy wrote I
don’t think is that good everyone is
saying it’s not that good so what was
such a great show that’s all of a sudden
become a mediocre show because your
critics and your trolls have come out
rules rules have lost the plot I don’t
know what they’re doing the language is
gone for a toss
is this a language that people to feed
to our youth so they’re abusing they’re
just seeing bad things about people is
that how you are feeling that’s not how
you genuinely feel about someone’s work
it feels like all these clothes and all
these critics actually go to see work so
that they can comment about it and they
will go and they will say this is back
this is not good you know what I have
seen something much greater the forties
were better the 50s were better now
everyone is losing the plot is not
working out they just go on and we are
supposed to face all of this so you told
that become great the military become
great you are told no no you’re not that
great come back down and catch the fight
that we go through all the time and
earlier it was only for artists and
actors and all of that now it’s become
for everyone everyone is judged by
everyone else and that can really really
get exhausting
because if I were to sit and compare
myself and my journey and my career to
my peers to my juniors to my seniors to
people who started way before me to
people who started way after me and I’m
supposed to sit down because now you can
put a number to it they can tell you how
many followers XYZ has they can tell you
how many likes his post gets they can
tell you what’s going on in his life
through his stories all of that if I
started thinking about all of that there
will be the end of me trust me there is
too much out there to compare because
now there are statistics out there to
compare so then over a certain period of
time I realized that the pursuit of
greatness
there was another pursuit that I could
stick to the pursuit that I could see in
my mother’s eyes
the pursuit that I could see in the girl
I loved the pursuit I could see when
someone genuinely looked at me and said
hey not bad it was a pursuit of
happiness and I realized it’s much
easier the road to the pursuit of
greatness can go through the pursuit of
happiness
probably not the other way around
because you might just become great and
then the middle great someone’s gonna
tell you you’re not that good so I
realized over the years that I’m
genuinely happy I am genuinely happy not
because I have attained enlightenment or
anything of that sort I’m genuinely
happy because that’s who I am I’m happy
for my friends I’m happy for others
doing well I’m happy for the moments
that I have with work with family with
friends I’m happy for a good movie that
I watch I’m happy for a good book I read
I am happy and happiness could be
anything could be just holding the hand
of the girl you love could be just just
watching your favorite movie just
posting a photo on Instagram
checking the comments checking the
lights that’s also happiness guys I’m an
actor I love the social media platform
I’m not one to shy away
I’m not holier-than-thou it’s given all
actors a brand new platform to showcase
your work you can just go out there you
can post anything shorten off phone and
just put it out there and you don’t know
where that might take you it’s such an
open world but somewhere we try to close
it for ourselves I don’t know what we
need to do that because this was
supposed to do a lot of good and it has
done so much good the campaign’s that
have happened the charity work that has
happened the films that have been funded
so much has happened just because of the
gotta sum it up November last year I was
invited on a cruise ship to
professionally host of fellow actresses
wedding it was an 8 day wedding on a
cruise ship which was going to go
through Spain France Italy biggest
cruise ship in the world I think it was
classic now I don’t know why this girl
asked me to come and host her wedding I
was on a show with her for about a year
I never had a scene with her I did not
speak to her on the show at all but
there used to be moments when we were in
the makeup rooms just hanging out having
tea and I was just wrapping around I was
saying this was saying that I was just
talking I was just giving speeches and I
don’t know I was just I was just doing
some funny things somewhere those
moments struck a chord with her enough
for her to call me for a wedding pay me
to host the biggest occasion of her life
and just be there on that cruise it was
an experience of a lifetime
trust me on the fourth day of the cruise
we had gone sightseeing some exotic
sightseeing happened everything is cool
and all I came back I went on the 16th
floor on the deck it was his elderly
couple from
aha I was standing there with me and you
know the Sun was about to set something
about sunsets it was about a set the sky
was a different color the sea was just
right there the weather was great there
was seagulls flying around it was a
great view this couple is standing then
very honestly asking me so beta how is
it going how is the acting happening are
you happy
this back and then of course actors now
you have this profound answers ready and
I go you know Adi
things are good I feel that it’s all
happening things are getting better but
certainly I stopped and I looked at the
sky the sea and the Sun merging together
he was a moment to die for and I was
like what am i doing why am i talking
right now
can I just experience this moment I just
looked at it I looked at this ballet of
nature and then I look back at aunty and
I said I D whatever I’m doing whatever
is happening in my life is good enough
to get me here I’ve been able to get
time off from everything I I do back
home to come for this girl’s wedding who
I barely know but who’s been kind enough
to ask me to come and do this for her
she’s paying me for this she’s paying me
to be her and look at this auntie I’m
happy life turned out well things are
so yeah so that’s that it’s a it’s it’s
an elephant in the room it’s massively
out there but let’s not make it an
elephant in our lives
elephants are cute cute people cute
leeches social media is not bad it’s
good and if you want to use it for its
best it’s right there it’s available as
my friend earlier said don’t hate the
player hate the game I say love the
player love the game just love and you’ll be happy it’s all good
all of this go because I think we’ve
reached a place in life where we don’t
experience moments anymore we just want
to capture them share them post them and
let’s see what happens with that the
first thing I learned when I was about
to become an actor was Alec if you feel
the moments of the character in a
particular scene and react accordingly
you’ll do well
that thing will be easy acting will be
fine very early I realized that that’s
the best way to live also be in the
moment experience it feel what is
happening around you and react and will
be good because we are all actors
playing all kinds of roles doing all
these things that we couldn’t imagine we
were supposed to but we do it and we all
do fine it’s good now I’m an 80s kid
when I was growing up and I really liked
a song I couldn’t just get it I had to
stay on to MTV for the next three hours
to make sure they showed it again
then I could listen to it because all
the music that used to come to India
used to come up on CDs or do cassettes
used to come a week later
CDs I couldn’t afford so then I to wait
for a week but there was this one guy
who used to source all these songs I
don’t know from where put them on an
audio cassette for you and hand it over
so all you had to do was just take an
empty audio cassette and give him a list
of songs that you wanted he would take
four days to do it but then for those
three four days you were really excited
and you were like oh my god I’m going to
get that song I’m gonna get that song on
the fourth day you would call him in the
morning he would say come in the
afternoon obviously so then in the
afternoon you would get all excited
again take an autorickshaw rushed to the
place make the autorickshaw wait wait
I’m going to
back in two minutes don’t go anywhere
get the audio cassette it’s there it’s
ready take it back in the Auto rush back
home as soon as you reach home take on
your bud you dick alone clean the head
off the deck
play the song it’s obviously the first
song on the list and sit back and enjoy
that moment that was pleasure somewhere
along the way a lot of things have
happened now you can go to an exotic
place nowadays because it’s easier to
travel it’s much easier travel the
world’s come closer so you go to the job
this is really exotic place you reach
there obviously you see this wonderful
sunset and then you’re standing there
and you’re like it’s time for a selfie
okay
you’ve got to go against the light
you’re gonna take a photo of yourself
okay the light will get adjusted so
don’t worry that you’re against the
light it’s fine as soon as you’ve taken
the selfie now you are in that exotic
place the Sun is about to set all the
lights around you are about to change
it’s all happening but no you have to
post that photo so you post it the
minute you posted it 10 seconds later
how many likes have I got
what are the comments that I’m getting
how many followers have increased how my
friends reacting what’s going on the
light has changed the Sun has set it’s
time for night now go get ready
again take photo of yourself about to go
out and post and that’s what we do I
thought the social media thing was about
freeness because your was a platform
where we could express ourselves maybe
we could share our views about things
where we could try to connect with the
world at large but we really started
expressing ourselves and all these
expressions came out and somewhere it
became about letting people know that we
are doing this you crack a joke even
before you can laugh you want to post it
not because everyone’s gonna think oh
he’s such a cool guy he cracked such
funny jokes you’re about to eat a meal
even before you’ve tasted it take a
photo of it and post it that’s what we
do
lovely crabs you not eatin that you
don’t know they’re alive or not but post
it even before you experience the place
post that I’m here I am already standing
you so somewhere what happened was what
was supposed to free us and slaved us
and we just became vulnerable to it but
then vulnerability is another thing that
we cannot deal with because how can we
show people that we are vulnerable no no
we have to post the best version of
ourselves we have to tell people I’m
really happy I have a great life I go
here I do this I laugh with him I dance
with him look at my friends and we cool
yeah it just became about that we have
all got really vulnerable but we’re not
going to share it now I’m still cool on
my birthday’s every year I do a review
of the yo so in so months when show
happened this month I felt like this
this dag this DAC and I will slip in a
couple of points what some things were
bad also things did not actually work
out the way I thought they would
I felt like life is war I will post it
but out of the 20 points to will be
about this 18 it was lovely
what a wonderful you are a bag it’s
great to do that but now when I see this
when I’m on screen or writer has told me
this is your character this is the way
you will feel this is what you have to
do but now when I’m online I can set my
character I can choose to tell you life
is good life is good I am absolutely
happy that is what I can do and that’s
what everyone starts to believe so it’s
in my control
and then when I see the lives of others
I have again allowed them the control
over me
so it’s this whole thing that I’m
controlling what you feel about me
you’re controlling what I feel about you
nowadays when you have to apply for a
job like a corporate job and all you’re
told go on Facebook remove all your fun
photos from there if you’re a girl and
you have a photo with a guy it’s got to
go if you have a photo at a party it’s
gotta go sets a bad example it’s gonna
affect your job so now what was just
supposed to be the simple platform to
share what I feel and share what I’m
doing thing of pressure and I’m an actor
imagine the pressure I go through all
the time because now when we were kids
we were in school I had a name the
teacher knew my name then I went to
college I became an ID number then what
I want to try to become an actor there
was the box office numbers then when I
became a TV actor
they were the TRPs another number now in
the last five six years the amount of
numbers I have to deal with are insane
Instagram followers Twitter followers
friends on Facebook comments likes
shares tags numbers numbers numbers but
for an actor it’s important because now
brand see your followers and then they
tell you do a sponsored post for us you
have so many followers we can pay you
this much money so but no no no look at
him now he has many more followers than
you so he gets more money than you then
I get a call every three days sir would
you like to buy some followers would you
like to add more likes on your page I’m
like should I spend this money because
I’m going to make it back but then I
just cleaner money your money gone
what is the point my best friend is one
of the most successful TV actors in the
country right now he’s doing really well
he’s a part of a massive show so one day
I got a call from an acquaintance saying
that listen when your friend do a post
for a brand so I say speak to his
manager like no no no if you talk
he’s the rate will come down I’m like
okay I’ll talk but he’s got a ballpark
figure which is the wrong this much and
she’s like hey buddy listen
this other actor has way more followers
than him so but I mean he’s agreeing to
do it act so in surprise so I think your
friend has to come down he has to set
his stance again reconsider his position
in the market I’m like one second you
called me for a favor to speak to my
friend now you are giving me advice on
what I should tell my friend on how he
should conduct himself in the market now
there was a job but that’s the day I
realized that we all actually become a
statistic my friend had become a number
his number was a number of followers he
had on Twitter and that was gonna set
his price and I realized oh we’ve all
just become a statistic now what
happened why we were supposed to be
actors we were supposed to love this but
now you know he just put a number on you
then they put a price on you and then
the minute the price goes up the number
it’s it’s all very confusing because
frankly there is no math to it trust me
there is no math when I was younger and
I start acting and I was very fortunate
to have some wonderful teachers all of
whom told me perfu greatness be the best
version of yourself the greatest version
of yourself and trust me you will count
in life okay I’m going to pursue all
this greatness that is within me I bent
out and I thought I was the best actor
around like read about things in about
there were days where I would
Essene and I would just do my thing I
own the moment all of that happened you
know for five people when I started used
to tell you if you’re good or not
suddenly everyone started telling you if
you’re good or not everyone had an
opinion everyone became a critic so now
I try to become great then they said gee
aya you’re a very good actor suddenly I
turned eight I said no no you’re not
that good all right but no no you I
didn’t know no he’s not that good and I
think there was but debate not about me
about the entire world Game of Thrones
is great on the fifth season everyone is
flipping out six season one guy wrote I
don’t think is that good everyone is
saying it’s not that good so what was
such a great show that’s all of a sudden
become a mediocre show because your
critics and your trolls have come out
rules rules have lost the plot I don’t
know what they’re doing the language is
gone for a toss
is this a language that people to feed
to our youth so they’re abusing they’re
just seeing bad things about people is
that how you are feeling that’s not how
you genuinely feel about someone’s work
it feels like all these clothes and all
these critics actually go to see work so
that they can comment about it and they
will go and they will say this is back
this is not good you know what I have
seen something much greater the forties
were better the 50s were better now
everyone is losing the plot is not
working out they just go on and we are
supposed to face all of this so you told
that become great the military become
great you are told no no you’re not that
great come back down and catch the fight
that we go through all the time and
earlier it was only for artists and
actors and all of that now it’s become
for everyone everyone is judged by
everyone else and that can really really
get exhausting
because if I were to sit and compare
myself and my journey and my career to
my peers to my juniors to my seniors to
people who started way before me to
people who started way after me and I’m
supposed to sit down because now you can
put a number to it they can tell you how
many followers XYZ has they can tell you
how many likes his post gets they can
tell you what’s going on in his life
through his stories all of that if I
started thinking about all of that there
will be the end of me trust me there is
too much out there to compare because
now there are statistics out there to
compare so then over a certain period of
time I realized that the pursuit of
greatness
there was another pursuit that I could
stick to the pursuit that I could see in
my mother’s eyes
the pursuit that I could see in the girl
I loved the pursuit I could see when
someone genuinely looked at me and said
hey not bad it was a pursuit of
happiness and I realized it’s much
easier the road to the pursuit of
greatness can go through the pursuit of
happiness
probably not the other way around
because you might just become great and
then the middle great someone’s gonna
tell you you’re not that good so I
realized over the years that I’m
genuinely happy I am genuinely happy not
because I have attained enlightenment or
anything of that sort I’m genuinely
happy because that’s who I am I’m happy
for my friends I’m happy for others
doing well I’m happy for the moments
that I have with work with family with
friends I’m happy for a good movie that
I watch I’m happy for a good book I read
I am happy and happiness could be
anything could be just holding the hand
of the girl you love could be just just
watching your favorite movie just
posting a photo on Instagram
checking the comments checking the
lights that’s also happiness guys I’m an
actor I love the social media platform
I’m not one to shy away
I’m not holier-than-thou it’s given all
actors a brand new platform to showcase
your work you can just go out there you
can post anything shorten off phone and
just put it out there and you don’t know
where that might take you it’s such an
open world but somewhere we try to close
it for ourselves I don’t know what we
need to do that because this was
supposed to do a lot of good and it has
done so much good the campaign’s that
have happened the charity work that has
happened the films that have been funded
so much has happened just because of the
gotta sum it up November last year I was
invited on a cruise ship to
professionally host of fellow actresses
wedding it was an 8 day wedding on a
cruise ship which was going to go
through Spain France Italy biggest
cruise ship in the world I think it was
classic now I don’t know why this girl
asked me to come and host her wedding I
was on a show with her for about a year
I never had a scene with her I did not
speak to her on the show at all but
there used to be moments when we were in
the makeup rooms just hanging out having
tea and I was just wrapping around I was
saying this was saying that I was just
talking I was just giving speeches and I
don’t know I was just I was just doing
some funny things somewhere those
moments struck a chord with her enough
for her to call me for a wedding pay me
to host the biggest occasion of her life
and just be there on that cruise it was
an experience of a lifetime
trust me on the fourth day of the cruise
we had gone sightseeing some exotic
sightseeing happened everything is cool
and all I came back I went on the 16th
floor on the deck it was his elderly
couple from
aha I was standing there with me and you
know the Sun was about to set something
about sunsets it was about a set the sky
was a different color the sea was just
right there the weather was great there
was seagulls flying around it was a
great view this couple is standing then
very honestly asking me so beta how is
it going how is the acting happening are
you happy
this back and then of course actors now
you have this profound answers ready and
I go you know Adi
things are good I feel that it’s all
happening things are getting better but
certainly I stopped and I looked at the
sky the sea and the Sun merging together
he was a moment to die for and I was
like what am i doing why am i talking
right now
can I just experience this moment I just
looked at it I looked at this ballet of
nature and then I look back at aunty and
I said I D whatever I’m doing whatever
is happening in my life is good enough
to get me here I’ve been able to get
time off from everything I I do back
home to come for this girl’s wedding who
I barely know but who’s been kind enough
to ask me to come and do this for her
she’s paying me for this she’s paying me
to be her and look at this auntie I’m
happy life turned out well things are
so yeah so that’s that it’s a it’s it’s
an elephant in the room it’s massively
out there but let’s not make it an
elephant in our lives
elephants are cute cute people cute
leeches social media is not bad it’s
good and if you want to use it for its
best it’s right there it’s available as
my friend earlier said don’t hate the
player hate the game I say love the
player love the game just love and you’ll be happy it’s all good
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