One good thing about Bollywood is, it always respects the rising sun.If they need your assistance in any which way ,they will go out of their way to ensure that you are the... most important person in their lives and career.
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| Reflecting Bollywood |
It starts with the exchange of telephone nos , followed by an invite for the evening party (in case the matter is urgent). You are then introduced to other film personalities. They are told all the good things about you. By the time dinner is laid, you learn that actually you are more important then any of them present.
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| Dinner table politics |
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| Channel Driver.. |
You then decide to invite the host for your official function (with fingers crossed) and lo and behold your invite is accepted without betting an eyelid. In fact the host gives you a choice of more celebrities who can also attend your function. You are on the top of the world, suddenly discovering that you are more important then you think you really are. And the next moment the request from your host is immediate.... Sir.. please see that my name is ticked off from the defaulters list" or may be... "I have submitted the proposal it will be the channel driver for your TV network"
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| Channel Driver |
Now if their work is done(on its merit) or otherwise you are soon forgotten. Or you are ticked of their list once you are not heading the cell that brought you closer to the Bollywood star. They stop taking or returning your calls. They actually don't know who you are, in case you bump into them in some party or function. You are hurt most, if you are a simpleton from a small town and you have made it large due to your hard work and studies. You have grown with these larger then life figures.
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| Larger than life... |
So when you meet them you genuinely try and help them, since they were the heroes of your life. You are under the impression that the heroes will not ask you to bend rules or go out of your way to help them because they did no wrong on the silver screen. Heart to heart you still ensure that their proposal is approved with the given frame work. But then some how it does not happen for reasons beyond your control.
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| Heroes do no wrong on Silver Screen.. |
During my 33 years in the tinsel town, never ever I was proved wrong. Though I tried my best to tell my self that "this time the man is genuine" but my hopes were always short lived." Invariably I asked a question to myself.."Have I made it large?''
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