that’s my topic life is a theater do we
believe that yes no maybe after this
stock we’ll see so life is a theatre
William Shakespeare once rightly said
and he compared the whole life with the
performance and yes it is true every day
we play a role everyone has its entrance
and exits written yes do we agree so
what are the qualities of an actor
believability yes an actor should make
people believe that he is playing a
certain role that he is in to some other
character on stage versatility an actor
is known for his versatility if you can
embody anyone anywhere you are a very
great actor and we do it in our everyday
lives
don’t we longevity what is it
it is sustaining the character it is
sustaining the action when we go on
stage there is not only one dialogue to
be said but to sustain the emotion
throughout the character throughout the
time when you are on stage and that’s
what happens with our lives – if your
wife today you need to play wife till
you’re dead if you’re a mother today you
are mother if you’re a father you are a
father you are a son every day we change
into one character reliability what does
it means it means that one should be
reliable upon you
that means if somebody is looking at you
playing a particular character you
should justify that you should be
reliable going on life is a theater and
here are mantras for the success learn
your lines and actor goes under
tremendous rehearsals before the
performance to learn the lines tongue is
a problem creator for all of us
rival early anger any other such things
is created by the small little thing
lying in your mouth isn’t it true the
way you speak matters the law of
appreciation here I would like to take
you all back to the childhood when we
were small little kids used to go to our
mothers and say Oh mom you have learned
Appl e Apple Turing and what I used to
say wow it’s amazing and slowly it fades
away as we grow why is it so let me take
an example of a sales executive in a
corporate you go you didn’t finish your
targets what will the boss do what will
the boss do he’ll rip you off they say
get lost come on you have just gained 25
thousand the target is of thirty
thousand why is it so why have you ever
heard a saying that criticizes um some
someone in such a way that you
appreciate him if you appreciate certain
person’s efforts he’ll definitely be
motivated let me take back to our
childhood if we were teenagers and you
go back to your mother your father you
say oh I went to a party tonight I just
drank a bit of alcohol what will happen
we are all a teenager we know what will
happen
come on some parents even say to their
children that oh you might have found
somewhere you are not my child
Oh get lost why that’s the first time
when a child faced rejection that’s the
first time in a child faced rejection
that’s when he’ll stop talking he’ll
stop sharing now imagine the same
situation in the corporate if the boss
says ok you have gained 25000 that’s
good but work hard for next month you
can’t do it you can’t do it to 30,000
will the person be demotivated or
motivated he will definitely be
motivated he’ll go out work for a month
he might even gain thirty five thousand
just because just because by changing
the
way of communication by changing the way
of communication here we go keep a
notebook about the play we all play
different characters everyday for
example I am playing a speaker’s
character today you are all students
some of your listeners loved my parents
aunts uncles everyone is here so
everyone is playing a role you need to
be in that role now imagine has everyone
seen the film surely I suppose most of
us I believe so just imagine if Basanti
plays Gabbar Singh what happens what
happens it’s gone it’s nothing
just imagine so that’s where the time
comes that you need to understand what
particular character what particular
role are you playing note down that what
does it require sustained more never go
dead oh that’s never go dead okay never
go dead what does it mean have you ever
seen actors playing a tree oh we all
have dead when we were children I used
to dress up like a tree and used to
stand behind how do we look like a tree
just by dressing up
no carrying in motion of a tree now
you’d say what’s the motion of the tree
it’s just blank yes the blank is the
emotion a character even if it does not
have any dialogues he need to sustain
the expression emotion he cannot go dead
if he goes dead he’s not an actor he’s
same with the life we need to be on toes
every time every movement like many of
us here sitting might be acting like
very curiously listening to me may be
physically present but not mentally yes
you are playing you’re playing the rule
here moving on keep learning one of the
most important things everyday every
movement every second of your life you
learn new things I am standing here
watching you all I’m
ten different things I’m seeing how
hundred people are reacting to my speech
I’m learning that you might be learning
anything else for example the camera
crew is learning maybe old light is a
bit more oh we should see every second
of your life you learn new things better
things use all your senses here I would
like to divert your attention towards
one study by a famous psychologist I
won’t take the name because it’s very
difficult for me as well
a famous psychologist he did what he did
he projected different images to adults
a lot of images but he projected a order
with each image and when the order was
removed and only images were shown the
adults were able to remember what order
was it using more than one sense
definitely makes you learn a lot of
things believe in yourself
that’s one of the things we all need to
do especially when you’re living in
India you need to learn to believe in
yourself there will be hundreds
thousands of people saying you cannot do
you can’t do this you can’t do that no
there is nothing in this whole world
which a person can’t do you need to
believe in yourself if I am doing ten
push-ups today I’ll believe that I will
do 15 tomorrow
I’ll believe I’ll do 20 tomorrow but if
I say to myself oh my god it’s ten I
can’t even to eight I’ll be doing six
believe in yourself prioritize your
brain use so what do you mean by this
let me die what you all attention to our
day-to-day works how many of has ever
ever used to find keys here and there at
home how many of us most of them I
suppose I do that as well so how much of
our energy we waste in finding those
keys how much of energy how much of our
brain energy do we waste in finding
those key
that wallet oh no I have a mother I just
call my wallet but she is also using a
brain to search for that why don’t we
just designate small spaces for a key
for a wallet and just know we should do
that
why why why is the question very good
question why because if we use our
brains energy towards that things our
memory will get shot will start
forgetting things it will be a habit it
will be habit a continuous habit of
forgetting and once it will influence
your work your study whatever you do so
yes
prioritize your brains use repeat what
you want to know that’s one of the most
amazing things in theatres I have learnt
an actor curses his lines always keep
repeating keep repeating keep repeating
keep repeating why what happens with
that we learn our brain tends to go easy
with such things now we know who we have
repeated that means I need to know this
and brain says I need to know this
because he’s repeating a lot of times I
need to understand what this person is
saying and yes you will be a master you
might be next Einstein if something goes
wrong don’t run away with it what if an
actor forgets his lines in the middle of
a play where you have 400 people sitting
in front of you oh he can’t see hurry
give me the script oh give me the
script
he can’t say that thank you for the
music he can’t say that
why why is it so because you have lot of
people sitting in front of you who are
here to see you same way as the life
goes there are a lot of people watching
you every day lot of people watching you
every day you cannot you cannot go wrong
anywhere you cannot go wrong and force
the real life right now scenario
before we go ahead let me ask you one
simple question if I don’t know
something if I don’t know something what
do I do
I escaped I escaped we as humans are
master of escapism and we yes we escape
things we escape a lot what would I do
if I did something wrong I’ll go put on
music and listen Oh 20 songs 30 songs 40
songs yes wow that’s good that sort of
stress you know that sort of frees our
stress off that’s definitely true but
what if I have bills to pay
escapism doesn’t does not leave that
bills off
I have financial stress so I I do a
movie marathon chello 10 movies 20
movies 30 movies but those bills are
lying there that is the real life we
need to understand that that is the real
life and force the real life right now
scenario what what do what do we mean by
this how many of us are you on Facebook
oh and I can’t believe if anyone is not
there most of us all of us I would say
so we what what if you feel sad okay let
me text my friend hi I’m feeling sad do
you understand words do not have
emotions that way what we read do not
have emotions what if that person is
sitting in a toilet saying oh I feel sad
– does he feel sad does he feel sad no
is there in any other emotion man come
on words do not have emotion what do we
do then call them up say hey come to my
place we’ll have a chat I’m feeling a
bit low get catch your friends talk to
them play games with them lies don’t
play ps2 again we call them um oh let’s
play something ok again in front of that
idiot box
why do we do that why do we do that
because we are all trying to escape the
scenario but if we talk to our friends
our family around our ankles share our
things
definitely help you somewhere they
define what it means to escape what do
you think that escapism is bad no
sometimes it’s good for sure like
escapism sometimes good is because you
are redefining it to yourself as
refueling just delete the word escapism
and redefine it as refueling if you step
back from your real life saying I need
to take back this step I need to I need
to understand I need to contemplate
what’s going on
take back the step but again put forward
if we just keep getting down the
staircase that staircase will go high
and high and high and high and high take
a step once back then put forward
another step just take a step and
realize oh oh I’m doing something wrong
let me wait for a while
let me refuel myself let me rephrase my
mind then I’ll step back again what do
you mean by that identify what you are
trying to avoid and why why do we escape
is because we need to avoid certain
things we need to avoid a lot of things
just know the root cause of it ask
yourself questions and answer them with
honesty look at that person whom you
look at every day in the morning in the
mirror why blushing and ask him oh my
god am i doing it right
he will definitely answer you definitely
will answer you
just a minute warm up your body to face
challenges every performance is
challenging every day in our lives we
all face challenges lot of challenges
and every performance is challenging for
an actor and every instant of our lives
is challenging for a human being what do
we do what did we do form of your body
what if I’m a theatre artist and I want
to act on the stage what do I do I go
ahead and look around the auditorium
take up the worst seat and i have
conversation what am i doing I mean I am
familiar izing myself with the
auditorium with the acoustics yes do
that in our lives to familiarize
yourself with the challenge don’t skip
it no no go to the key find it out take
it out and say yay
I found the challenge here I’m gonna do
this I’m gonna accomplish this and not
all challenges are bad you know
definitely you can take up challenges
like getting hundred marks it’s not
possible I know I have been student but
getting hundred miles that’s a challenge
that’s a good challenge for you running
a marathon asking yourself know I can
win it that’s a good challenge for
yourself take up good challenges convert
all the negative challenges which you
feel into positive challenges going on
be ambitious what do I mean it doesn’t
mean that oh say it close my eyes oh
gosh if I would get 100 crores Wow no
that’s not ambition let’s just marry
your fantasy that should dream be
ambitious be ambitious in whatever you
want to succeed an actor a director has
an ambition of 100 films now or 100
plays now and if he completes it will be
203
hundred four hundred five hundred till
he accomplishes every ambition he has
jumped off he wouldn’t stand same thing
is with our lives being ambitious think
about what you want well how do you want
to succeed that goals put on your goals
a goal-oriented person is one of the
most successful persons in this planet
if you have a clear-cut goal you need to
understand set goals however in your
mind that what’s I said be goal-oriented
take risks compete with yourself we
every time we step back for something we
believe that you know this is restful
for me I cannot do this I cannot do this
no you can do this make that can’t do
can take risk it is rightly said if a
person escapes and putback semi put
backs himself into the problem and
experiments with him he’ll definitely be
successful one day and definitely take
risk compete with yourself what can I
say every day I look into myself I am
the competition
you are the competition to yourself
finally I would like to say you and your
personal experiences are the greatest
motivation to your future thank you
[Applause]
believe that yes no maybe after this
stock we’ll see so life is a theatre
William Shakespeare once rightly said
and he compared the whole life with the
performance and yes it is true every day
we play a role everyone has its entrance
and exits written yes do we agree so
what are the qualities of an actor
believability yes an actor should make
people believe that he is playing a
certain role that he is in to some other
character on stage versatility an actor
is known for his versatility if you can
embody anyone anywhere you are a very
great actor and we do it in our everyday
lives
don’t we longevity what is it
it is sustaining the character it is
sustaining the action when we go on
stage there is not only one dialogue to
be said but to sustain the emotion
throughout the character throughout the
time when you are on stage and that’s
what happens with our lives – if your
wife today you need to play wife till
you’re dead if you’re a mother today you
are mother if you’re a father you are a
father you are a son every day we change
into one character reliability what does
it means it means that one should be
reliable upon you
that means if somebody is looking at you
playing a particular character you
should justify that you should be
reliable going on life is a theater and
here are mantras for the success learn
your lines and actor goes under
tremendous rehearsals before the
performance to learn the lines tongue is
a problem creator for all of us
rival early anger any other such things
is created by the small little thing
lying in your mouth isn’t it true the
way you speak matters the law of
appreciation here I would like to take
you all back to the childhood when we
were small little kids used to go to our
mothers and say Oh mom you have learned
Appl e Apple Turing and what I used to
say wow it’s amazing and slowly it fades
away as we grow why is it so let me take
an example of a sales executive in a
corporate you go you didn’t finish your
targets what will the boss do what will
the boss do he’ll rip you off they say
get lost come on you have just gained 25
thousand the target is of thirty
thousand why is it so why have you ever
heard a saying that criticizes um some
someone in such a way that you
appreciate him if you appreciate certain
person’s efforts he’ll definitely be
motivated let me take back to our
childhood if we were teenagers and you
go back to your mother your father you
say oh I went to a party tonight I just
drank a bit of alcohol what will happen
we are all a teenager we know what will
happen
come on some parents even say to their
children that oh you might have found
somewhere you are not my child
Oh get lost why that’s the first time
when a child faced rejection that’s the
first time in a child faced rejection
that’s when he’ll stop talking he’ll
stop sharing now imagine the same
situation in the corporate if the boss
says ok you have gained 25000 that’s
good but work hard for next month you
can’t do it you can’t do it to 30,000
will the person be demotivated or
motivated he will definitely be
motivated he’ll go out work for a month
he might even gain thirty five thousand
just because just because by changing
the
way of communication by changing the way
of communication here we go keep a
notebook about the play we all play
different characters everyday for
example I am playing a speaker’s
character today you are all students
some of your listeners loved my parents
aunts uncles everyone is here so
everyone is playing a role you need to
be in that role now imagine has everyone
seen the film surely I suppose most of
us I believe so just imagine if Basanti
plays Gabbar Singh what happens what
happens it’s gone it’s nothing
just imagine so that’s where the time
comes that you need to understand what
particular character what particular
role are you playing note down that what
does it require sustained more never go
dead oh that’s never go dead okay never
go dead what does it mean have you ever
seen actors playing a tree oh we all
have dead when we were children I used
to dress up like a tree and used to
stand behind how do we look like a tree
just by dressing up
no carrying in motion of a tree now
you’d say what’s the motion of the tree
it’s just blank yes the blank is the
emotion a character even if it does not
have any dialogues he need to sustain
the expression emotion he cannot go dead
if he goes dead he’s not an actor he’s
same with the life we need to be on toes
every time every movement like many of
us here sitting might be acting like
very curiously listening to me may be
physically present but not mentally yes
you are playing you’re playing the rule
here moving on keep learning one of the
most important things everyday every
movement every second of your life you
learn new things I am standing here
watching you all I’m
ten different things I’m seeing how
hundred people are reacting to my speech
I’m learning that you might be learning
anything else for example the camera
crew is learning maybe old light is a
bit more oh we should see every second
of your life you learn new things better
things use all your senses here I would
like to divert your attention towards
one study by a famous psychologist I
won’t take the name because it’s very
difficult for me as well
a famous psychologist he did what he did
he projected different images to adults
a lot of images but he projected a order
with each image and when the order was
removed and only images were shown the
adults were able to remember what order
was it using more than one sense
definitely makes you learn a lot of
things believe in yourself
that’s one of the things we all need to
do especially when you’re living in
India you need to learn to believe in
yourself there will be hundreds
thousands of people saying you cannot do
you can’t do this you can’t do that no
there is nothing in this whole world
which a person can’t do you need to
believe in yourself if I am doing ten
push-ups today I’ll believe that I will
do 15 tomorrow
I’ll believe I’ll do 20 tomorrow but if
I say to myself oh my god it’s ten I
can’t even to eight I’ll be doing six
believe in yourself prioritize your
brain use so what do you mean by this
let me die what you all attention to our
day-to-day works how many of has ever
ever used to find keys here and there at
home how many of us most of them I
suppose I do that as well so how much of
our energy we waste in finding those
keys how much of energy how much of our
brain energy do we waste in finding
those key
that wallet oh no I have a mother I just
call my wallet but she is also using a
brain to search for that why don’t we
just designate small spaces for a key
for a wallet and just know we should do
that
why why why is the question very good
question why because if we use our
brains energy towards that things our
memory will get shot will start
forgetting things it will be a habit it
will be habit a continuous habit of
forgetting and once it will influence
your work your study whatever you do so
yes
prioritize your brains use repeat what
you want to know that’s one of the most
amazing things in theatres I have learnt
an actor curses his lines always keep
repeating keep repeating keep repeating
keep repeating why what happens with
that we learn our brain tends to go easy
with such things now we know who we have
repeated that means I need to know this
and brain says I need to know this
because he’s repeating a lot of times I
need to understand what this person is
saying and yes you will be a master you
might be next Einstein if something goes
wrong don’t run away with it what if an
actor forgets his lines in the middle of
a play where you have 400 people sitting
in front of you oh he can’t see hurry
give me the script oh give me the
script
he can’t say that thank you for the
music he can’t say that
why why is it so because you have lot of
people sitting in front of you who are
here to see you same way as the life
goes there are a lot of people watching
you every day lot of people watching you
every day you cannot you cannot go wrong
anywhere you cannot go wrong and force
the real life right now scenario
before we go ahead let me ask you one
simple question if I don’t know
something if I don’t know something what
do I do
I escaped I escaped we as humans are
master of escapism and we yes we escape
things we escape a lot what would I do
if I did something wrong I’ll go put on
music and listen Oh 20 songs 30 songs 40
songs yes wow that’s good that sort of
stress you know that sort of frees our
stress off that’s definitely true but
what if I have bills to pay
escapism doesn’t does not leave that
bills off
I have financial stress so I I do a
movie marathon chello 10 movies 20
movies 30 movies but those bills are
lying there that is the real life we
need to understand that that is the real
life and force the real life right now
scenario what what do what do we mean by
this how many of us are you on Facebook
oh and I can’t believe if anyone is not
there most of us all of us I would say
so we what what if you feel sad okay let
me text my friend hi I’m feeling sad do
you understand words do not have
emotions that way what we read do not
have emotions what if that person is
sitting in a toilet saying oh I feel sad
– does he feel sad does he feel sad no
is there in any other emotion man come
on words do not have emotion what do we
do then call them up say hey come to my
place we’ll have a chat I’m feeling a
bit low get catch your friends talk to
them play games with them lies don’t
play ps2 again we call them um oh let’s
play something ok again in front of that
idiot box
why do we do that why do we do that
because we are all trying to escape the
scenario but if we talk to our friends
our family around our ankles share our
things
definitely help you somewhere they
define what it means to escape what do
you think that escapism is bad no
sometimes it’s good for sure like
escapism sometimes good is because you
are redefining it to yourself as
refueling just delete the word escapism
and redefine it as refueling if you step
back from your real life saying I need
to take back this step I need to I need
to understand I need to contemplate
what’s going on
take back the step but again put forward
if we just keep getting down the
staircase that staircase will go high
and high and high and high and high take
a step once back then put forward
another step just take a step and
realize oh oh I’m doing something wrong
let me wait for a while
let me refuel myself let me rephrase my
mind then I’ll step back again what do
you mean by that identify what you are
trying to avoid and why why do we escape
is because we need to avoid certain
things we need to avoid a lot of things
just know the root cause of it ask
yourself questions and answer them with
honesty look at that person whom you
look at every day in the morning in the
mirror why blushing and ask him oh my
god am i doing it right
he will definitely answer you definitely
will answer you
just a minute warm up your body to face
challenges every performance is
challenging every day in our lives we
all face challenges lot of challenges
and every performance is challenging for
an actor and every instant of our lives
is challenging for a human being what do
we do what did we do form of your body
what if I’m a theatre artist and I want
to act on the stage what do I do I go
ahead and look around the auditorium
take up the worst seat and i have
conversation what am i doing I mean I am
familiar izing myself with the
auditorium with the acoustics yes do
that in our lives to familiarize
yourself with the challenge don’t skip
it no no go to the key find it out take
it out and say yay
I found the challenge here I’m gonna do
this I’m gonna accomplish this and not
all challenges are bad you know
definitely you can take up challenges
like getting hundred marks it’s not
possible I know I have been student but
getting hundred miles that’s a challenge
that’s a good challenge for you running
a marathon asking yourself know I can
win it that’s a good challenge for
yourself take up good challenges convert
all the negative challenges which you
feel into positive challenges going on
be ambitious what do I mean it doesn’t
mean that oh say it close my eyes oh
gosh if I would get 100 crores Wow no
that’s not ambition let’s just marry
your fantasy that should dream be
ambitious be ambitious in whatever you
want to succeed an actor a director has
an ambition of 100 films now or 100
plays now and if he completes it will be
203
hundred four hundred five hundred till
he accomplishes every ambition he has
jumped off he wouldn’t stand same thing
is with our lives being ambitious think
about what you want well how do you want
to succeed that goals put on your goals
a goal-oriented person is one of the
most successful persons in this planet
if you have a clear-cut goal you need to
understand set goals however in your
mind that what’s I said be goal-oriented
take risks compete with yourself we
every time we step back for something we
believe that you know this is restful
for me I cannot do this I cannot do this
no you can do this make that can’t do
can take risk it is rightly said if a
person escapes and putback semi put
backs himself into the problem and
experiments with him he’ll definitely be
successful one day and definitely take
risk compete with yourself what can I
say every day I look into myself I am
the competition
you are the competition to yourself
finally I would like to say you and your
personal experiences are the greatest
motivation to your future thank you
[Applause]
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