Do not believe anyone who says that they will give you work. Give auditions in authentic places. If you are good enough you will get a call back, no one claims money.
1. Tell us about your background and journey.
I am born and brought up in Kolkata. I live here with my family though Baba doesn't live in the city for work. I have done my schooling from Ram krishna Vivekananda Mission, Barrackpore, completed by 10th from there and then shifted to Indira Gandhi Memorial School in here to complete my high school. After that right now I am a student of English Honours from Basanti Devi College, Calcutta University. Between my years in studies I have started attending workshops for acting when I was Thirteen.
Also I appeared in few serials in small characters and
two short films, one of which is under post production and another one was
screened in Kolkata Film Festival 2018, and in two Bengali language
movies. I kept a low profile in my career apparently for my studies because I
wanted to do my graduation with any distraction but been on and off in the
on-screen industry, build some contacts. As now I am in the final year so I am
giving my best shot and concentration towards my career. Lets see how it
goes.
2. Did you ever think or dream of being an actor?
Apparently not at first. But then when I started hitting my teens and watched few movies like Iron-man and such at once loved the creativity in making movies, being onscreen and be someone or something that you are not in real as a person but you get to act like or live within that character. I got so much influenced or you can say enchanted with the idea of seeing myself there someday as an artist who entertains.
Would be lying if I don't say how
much the 'glamourous' lifestyle had actually got my teenager attention haha. So
since then I decided to do something that I love.
3. How can one approach their career and have the confidence and belief to become an actor?
I believe there is no accurate mantra for that because people are different and hence the circumstances in their lives. But to be something, to choose something as your career that you love to do, you need to be determined enough to let pass all the negative comments, de-motivations etc aside. And when it comes to art and creativity which still somehow underrated, never give up until you think you have given all of what is inside you to it. Struggling is the biggest reality in achieving something great.
I am struggling as well.
Nothing hood comes overnight. Success takes time. So give yourself that time
and make right choices keep the people who believes in you be that your family
or friends. They can be a huge support and help in making you what you want to
be.
4. If not this, what would you be doing?
Honestly, when I was 5 or so I wanted to be a designer. That's the first career choice I made and I somehow still feel like designing. But of course as middle class families goes, my maa told me it has very few success possibilities in this city (as back in 2004-2005). So i went on and being a pilot crossed my mind haha. But lack of opportunities and the continuous change of my young mind buried that thought even. As I started growing up when I was 10, I wanted to pressure achaeology.
And that was something I hooked to till my
12th grade. I wanted to graduated in that subject and do researches even after
choosing acting as my career because of the love for adventure and curiosity of
knowing things and the past. But then things changed somehow with circumstances
and I ended up with English and Human Rights. Both of which have huge impacts
on me in shaping me as a person today.
So
well, I love acting and whole heartedly want to be an actor but apart from that
I really cant think of being something else now though I would love to have a
taste on the things I once though i would be, if i ever get a chance.
5. For a compete outsider with inroads, what advice would you like to give?
The show industries of different language works differently I guess. If we talk about nepotism. Then it of course exists everywhere but very little to be precise in Tollygaunge industry. As we can see already now a lot of new faces are rising in the television. And from my experience too I will say the key to get good works is your politeness towards the other people, the technicians and your seniors or even your juniors. This is not just for the start but for the whole time. But before that comes in building good contacts with people, polish your abilities in the field, auditions.
But with that I
would say please be careful in whom you believe because there are indeed a lot
of fraudulents out there who claims money for roles Which does not how the
industry works. Do not believe anyone who says that they will give you work.
Give auditions in authentic places. If you are good enough you will get a call
back, no one claims money.
6. What is your mantra of success?
That's not really my mantra that I follow but my father's. He says
"compete yourself before you compete others. Be the best version of
yourself first" and that "Everything can be stolen from you except
Education and knowledge. So make yourself rich with that". I guess apart
from all the lessons that I learnt from my parents and grandparents, these
lines from Baba will always enlighten my way forward like always.
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